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Cedar Point to Unleash Valravn, The World’s Tallest, Fastest, and Longest Dive Roller Coaster
The Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement park, Cedar Point, has announced that they will be unleashing the world’s tallest, fastest, and longest dive roller coaster in 2016…
Google Creates the ‘Flange’, A New Artificial Body Part to Give Users More Places to Strap Gadgets Onto
The Onion News Network reports on the Flange, a new artificial body part created by Google that gives users more places where they can strap…
A Small Baby Pretends to Cry When Her Father Tries to Trim Her Nails and Then Laughs at Her Own Ruse
A small baby pretends to cry when her father tries to trim her nails, but it’s not long before she drops the act and…
Blind Film Critic Tommy Edison Talks About Some of His Favorite Things To Touch
Film critic Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, talks about some of his favorite things to touch.
Stephen Colbert Asks Apple CEO Tim Cook Why He Decided To Come Out as Gay
Last night on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert asked Apple CEO Tim Cook why he decided to come out as gay last year. Stephen also…
A Determined Man Makes Every Element of a Chicken Sandwich From Scratch Over the Course of Six Months
Andy George, host of the video series “How To Make Everything”, spent the last six months and $1,500 of his hard earned money to make…
Kaa Introduces Mowgli to the Jungle in the First Trailer for the Live Action Remake of Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’
Disney has released the first official trailer for their upcoming live action remake of the classic 1967 animated film The Jungle Book based on Rudyard Kipling‘s…
Two Musicians Play Eminem’s ‘The Real Slim Shady’ Together on One Guitar
In “2 Shadys 1 Guitar“, musicians Laurier Lachance and Mathieu Paquin perform Eminem‘s song “The Real Slim Shady” together on one guitar. For comparison, here is…
OldNYC, Historic City Photos From the New York Public Library Plotted Onto Google Maps
OldNYC is a fascinating project that uses Google Maps to plot historic data from the New York Public Library‘s digital collection of Percy Loomis Sperr’s…
First Trailer Released for ‘Back in Time’, A Documentary About the Cultural Impact of the ‘Back to the Future’ Films
Gravitas Ventures has released the first trailer for Back in Time, a feature-length documentary by filmmaker Jay Aron that examines the cultural impact that the…