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An Explanation of the Best Times to Drink Coffee or Other Caffeinated Beverages to Get the Most Benefit
A recent episode of AsapSCIENCE explains how cortisol levels in the body have an impact on how it processes caffeine, and suggests that the best…
Cosplay Music Videos From the 2015 Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey
Beat Down Boogie (previously) has created two new cosplay music videos (part one and part two) from the 2015 Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New…
A Cartoon Proposes Five Food Innovations the Animator Thinks Society Desperately Needs
A recent cartoon by H. Caldwell Tanner (previously) of CollegeHumor proposes five food innovations Tanner thinks society desperately needs. Tanner’s ideas include a way to cool the…
‘Driving & Dying’, A Supercut of Point-of-View Shots From the Original ‘Mad Max’ Movie Trilogy
Artist Rishi Kaneria (previously) has created “Driving & Dying,” a supercut video of action-filled point-of-view shots from the original Mad Max movie trilogy. One of…
A Baby Humiliates Walter White of ‘Breaking Bad’ by Laughing at Heisenberg After He Says ‘I Am the One Who Knocks!’
Marca Blanca (previously) has created a great new mashup video that makes it look like a cute little baby humiliates Walter White of Breaking Bad…
‘Space Weird Thing’ Reimagines David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ Using Only the Most Common English Words
“Space Weird Thing” by Alaska Robotics is a music video tribute to the classic David Bowie song “Space Oddity.” Molly Lewis, Marian Call, and Seth…
Really Terrible Money Saving Tips by Pleated-Jeans
Jeff Wysaski offers some really terrible money-saving tips to help you get through life.
Japanese Farmer Finds an Enormous, Mutated Strawberry That Is Now Officially the Heaviest Ever Found
A farmer in Fukuoka, Japan found an enormous (by berry standards) strawberry that tipped the scale at a whopping 250 grams—that’s a little over half…
Mill Ends Park, The Smallest City Park in the World Nestled in a Two-Foot Diameter Space in Portland, Oregon
photo by Craig Dietrich Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is a city park spanning only two feet in diameter. In 1946, journalist Dick Fagan…
A Detailed Wooden Map of Dinosaur Land From the Video Game ‘Super Mario World’
Artist Alex Griendling collaborated with Neutral Ground to create a detailed wooden map of Dinosaur Land from the video game Super Mario World. The 18.5″…