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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).…
Movie Posters Featuring the Same Actors Doing the Same Things
Demon Ape has created an amusing short video that showcases a number of movie posters featuring the same actors doing the same things like Eddie…
Behind-the-Scenes B-Roll That Shows Some of the Live-Action Footage From ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
ScreenSlam has posted a very interesting B-roll that contains a number of different live-action scenes from the incredibly popular film Mad Max: Fury Road. The…
Starfish-Like Microbots Could Be Used to Perform Colon Biopsies and Other Procedures
Doctors could soon be deploying starfish-like microbots to perform colon biopsies and other procedures. The “microgrippers” were developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins University, and they…