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‘The Charted Sandwich Board’ Art Print by Pop Chart Lab Features a Mouthwatering Menu of 90 Hand-Drawn Sandwiches
“The Charted Sandwich Board” is an art print by Pop Chart Lab (previously) that features a “mouthwatering menu of nearly 90 hand-drawn heroes, gyros, and…
The Cast, Crew and Co-Creator of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Endow an Undergraduate Science Scholarship Fund at UCLA
While most of the cast, crew and executive staff of the television show The Big Bang Theory aren’t actually scientists (the wonderful Mayim Bialik being…
Wild Animals React With Curiosity, Vanity and Hostility to Mirrors That Are Placed in Their Paths
French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre traveled to Gabon in Africa to set up a number of mirrors around different locations in order to capture the…
Mmuseumm, A Tiny Modern Museum of Found Objects Housed in a Former NYC Freight Elevator
Mmuseumm is a tiny gallery sponsored by the Fractured Atlas charity that’s dedicated to displaying found objects and art exhibitions. Housed in a 20 square…
Man Pours Molten Aluminum Into a Lava Lamp, Gets Wax Everywhere
TheBackyardScientist (previously) recently decided to pour molten aluminum into a lava lamp to see what might result. As it turns out, the glass bottom of…
Pixar Posits a World in Which Dinosaurs Still Exist in the First Trailer for the Upcoming Film ‘The Good Dinosaur’
In the first trailer for their upcoming film The Good Dinosaur opening in November, Pixar Animation Studios posits a world in which the asteroid that…
Brooklyn Musician Performs an A Capella Jazz Version of the Beloved 1980s Anthem ‘Take On Me’ by A-ha
Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Koren (previously) performed each vocal part of an interesting smooth jazz, a capella cover of the beloved 1980s anthem “Take On Me”…
Shia LaBeouf Delivers an Intense Motivational Speech in Front of a Green Screen
Shia LaBeouf delivers an intense motivational speech in front of a green screen in a clip from a larger video titled “#INTRODUCTIONS” that was created…
How the Complicated Borders of Europe Formed From the Peace of Westphalia Treaties in 1648
In the latest episode of Things You May Not Know, host Tom Scott (previously), standing on the border between Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog…
A New TV Spot and a Collection of Images Released for the Upcoming Marvel Film ‘Ant-Man’
Movie Madness Trailers has uploaded a new TV spot and Marvel has released a new collection of images for the upcoming superhero film, Ant-Man (previously).…