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49 Animation Students Recreate Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Music Video With Beautiful Hand-Drawn Rotoscoped Footage
49 students from the University of Newcastle each took 52 frames from Taylor Swift's music video for "Shake It Off" and recreated it.
Final Episode of ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ Airs as Letterman Ends a 33-Year Late-Night TV Career
On May 20, 2015, CBS aired the final episode of Late Show with David Letterman as the late-night host retired from a television career that lasted more…
A Mashup of Transformers Literally Wrecking the Ending to Scenes From Popular Movies
Funny or Die has released a funny mashup, created by Ryan Coopersmith and Charles Muzard of Boo Ya Pictures, that shows Transformers literally wrecking the…
The Story of a Chinese Superfan Basing His Life Around the Sitcom ‘Friends’
A recent short documentary by the Vice blog i-D profiles Gunther, a Chinese superfan who bases his life around the sitcom Friends. Gunther has even gone…
Makies Creates Line of Dolls With Inclusive Accessories in Response to Campaign for Disability Representation in Toys
Makies dolls (previously) has created a line of dolls with inclusive accessories endorsed by the Toy Like Me, a group of parents of kids with…
The KFC Tray Typer, Paper-Thin Bluetooth Keyboards Meant to Keep Smartphones Clean While Diners Eat
The KFC Tray Typer is a paper-thin Bluetooth keyboard created as a promotional item for new KFC locations in Germany. The keyboard is intended to…
Gorgeous Flowers Sculptures Created With Thousands of Blue and White Porcelain Shards
Israeli artist Zemer Peled has created a beautiful line of sculptures made from thousands of cobalt and white porcelain shards that are formed and deliberately…
Pizza Hut Warns of the Dangers of Selfie Stick Use in a Combination PSA & Pizza Commercial
Pizza Hut warns of the dangers of selfie stick use in a combination PSA and pizza commercial. A concerned-sounding spokeswoman introduces the problem and looks…
Vsauce Ruminates on Numbers, Thinking, and Thinking About Numbers
Vsauce host Michael Stevens ruminates on numbers, thinking, and thinking about numbers in a wide-ranging video. Stevens touches on logarithmic thinking, two different folks (Mike…
How to Make LEGO Brick Gummy Candies
SFHandyman shared a tutorial on how to make wobbly, translucent LEGO shaped gummies. His tutorial even includes instructions on how to make a mold for…