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a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Remarkable Castanet Performance by Mexican Castanetist Lucero Tena
Lucero Tena masterfully plays the castanets along with Voces para la Paz in a 2007 performance of La boda de Luis Alonso in Madrid. Tena…
Empathy Cards, A Wonderful Line of Plain-Spoken Notes That Help to Connect With Someone Who Is Ill
Artist and cancer survivor Emily McDowell has created a wonderful line of plain-spoken Empathy Cards, honest notes that can help people really connect with a…
New Art Books of Simon Stålenhag’s Fantastic Retrofuturistic Paintings
Back in 2013, we first posted about the fantastic retrofuturistic paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Stålenhag’s paintings combine nostalgic imagery from the artist’s childhood…
Dancers Move in Graceful Unison in New Chemical Brothers Music Video ‘Go’ Directed by Michel Gondry
In the wonderful new video for the Chemical Brothers song “Go” directed by the acclaimed Michel Gondry and featuring Q-Tip The Abstract, dancers clad in…
A Creepy Stop-Motion Animation of a Deconstructing Clay Head
A clay sculpture of a man’s head deconstructs in a series of unsettling transformations in this short stop-motion animation by animator Isak Åkerlund. via The…
How to Paint an Ombré Wall for Free Using Paint Chips
Molly Lloyd demonstrates a thrifty way to create a pretty ombré wall by “painting” it with 1,872 free paint chips taken from hardware and home…
Italian Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Brews First Espresso on the International Space Station
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has brewed the first espresso on board the International Space Station using the station’s new ISSpresso machine developed by Lavazza and engineering company…
A Vendor Makes Turkish Sand Coffee That Appears to Brew Like Magic
A vendor in Istanbul makes Turkish coffee using a heated bowl of sand making it somehow fill from the bottom up magically from the sand,
John Oliver Tackles the Convoluted World of Standardized Testing on ‘Last Week Tonight’
Host John Oliver tackled the convoluted world of standardized testing on a recent episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. Oliver specifically looks at…
CatCon LA, A Weekend Event ‘Like Comic-Con But for Cat People’ in Los Angeles
It’s like Comic-Con…but for cat people. CatConLA, aka the ComicCon for Cats, is a a two-day event in Los Angeles, California that is dedicated to…