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‘PBS Game/Show’ Explores How Changing a Video Game Avatar’s Appearance Changes In-Game Behavior
PBS Game/Show host Jamin Warren explores how changing a video game avatar’s appearance changes in-game behavior in a recent video. Warren specifically looks at how…
Special Effects Video of an Imaginative Little Kid Interacting With Objects From ‘Super Mario Bros.’ in Real Life
YouTube user Monke Y has created a special effects-filled video of a cute little imaginative kid interacting with all sorts of objects from the Super…
A Simple Explanation of Why Our Fingers and Toes Wrinkle in Water
SciShow host Michael Aranda explains why the skin of our fingers and toes wrinkle after being in water for an extended period in their most…
A Wayward Turkey Plays an Improvised Game of Soccer With a Little Girl and Her Dad
In 2012, a wayward turkey wandered into YouTube user spencerlwcs‘ backyard and began playing an improvised game of soccer with the resident towheaded little girl…
The Great John Coltrane Talks About Performing, Spirituality, and Learning in a Rare 1966 Interview
In the most recent episode of the animated PBS series Blank on Blank, the late, great “Saint” John Coltrane talks about performing for an appreciative…
A Captain America Shield Backpack for Assembling and Storing All Your Schoolwork
The creatives at ThinkGeek have released an amazing Captain America shield backpack for assembling and safely storing all your schoolwork and superhero accessories. The officially…
Tile Artist Fills Potholes in Chicago, Illinois and Jyväskylä, Finland With Colorful Ice Cream Mosaics
Bomb Pop – Chicago, Illinois Tile artist Jim Bachor (previously) recently performed his unique method of pothole repair with a project he called “Street Treats,”…
A Little French Girl Devises a Terribly Adorable Plot to Get Away With Sneaking Candy
A little French girl named Capucine and her mother devise a terribly adorable plot to hide the fact that they snuck too much candy in…
Builders Create the Double-Decker Couch From ‘The LEGO Movie’ for a Family of LEGO Super-Fans
AWE Me series Super-Fan Builds (previously), master builder and prop maker Tim Baker and his team construct the double-decker couch from The LEGO Movie. The couch was built…
A Flux Capacitor Replica Styled Like Doc Brown’s Time-Travel Device From the ‘Back to the Future’ Films
The officially-licensed Flux Capacitor replica by Diamond Select Toys was built to look just like Doc Brown‘s time-travel device from the Back to the Future…