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Laura Linney Reads a Heartfelt 1989 Letter From Actress Fay Wray to Her Co-Star King Kong
Laura Linney read a beautifully heartfelt letter that fellow actress Fay Wray wrote to her gargantuan co-star King Kong.

Blind Man Builds Fully Adaptive Skatepark for Visually Impaired and Disabled Skateboarders
Dan Mancina built a fully adaptive skatepark for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, as well as those with physical disabilities.

Wes Anderson Explains Every Movie He Has Made
Wes Anderson sat down with Vanity Fair to talk about every movie he has made and how his vision for each one came to colorful life.

The Nerve-Wracking Process Behind Auditioning for ‘Saturday Night Live’
Nerdstalgic explains the audition process for "Saturday Night Live" and why it was so nerve-wracking for performers.

British Physicists Use Nanotechnology to Create the World’s Smallest Violin
Physicists at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England used nanolithography to create the world's smallest violin.

Big Bird Flees From His Feathered Friends in a Dramatic Mashup of the Alfred Hitchcock Film ‘The Birds’
The Bell Brothers dramatically inserted Big Bird from "Sesame Street" into pivotal scenes from the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds".

WeatherSTAR 4000+, A 1990s Local Weather Forecast
NetbyMatt created WeatherSTAR 4000+, a retro local weather forecast that mimics those seen in the 1990s on The Weather Channel.

How the ‘Star Trek: TNG’ Episode ‘Darmok’ Prioritized Communication Between Different Languages
The Art of Storytelling analyzed "Darmok" from Star Trek: TNG" and how it dealt with communication among those speaking different languages.

Personified Natural Numbers Learn About Mysterious Fractions in an Amusing 1971 Educational Cartoon
"The Weird Number" is an amusing educational cartoon from 1971 that features personified numbers who learn about mysterious fractions.

How Daft Punk Made Electronic Music Go Mainstream
Matt Beat looked at the enigmatic duo of Daft Punk, noting how they broke boundaries while bringing electronic music to the forefront.