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Cardist Zach Mueller Performs a Series of Masterful Tricks With a Deck of Cards
Cardist Zach Mueller, founder of Fontaine Cards, masterfully flicks and spins a deck of cards in “Black Belt,” a video featuring a series of impressive…
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, A Documentary About the History of Humor Magazine ‘National Lampoon’
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a new documentary by Douglas Tirola about the history of the humor magazine National Lampoon. The magazine was founded in 1970…
Realistic Mechanized Sculptures of Characters From the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ at Monsterpalooza
Norman Chan of Tested ventured to yet another impressive display at the Monsterpalooza convention (previously) in Burbank, California, where he scoped out an impressive collection…
BusyBody, A Spinning Zoetrope-Style Animation Toy Featuring Posable Figures
BusyBody by Eye Think Inc is animation toy that features ten posable figures mounted to a rotating base (in the manner of a zoetrope, or…
How to Make Enormous, Long-Lasting Bubbles With Guar Gum
NightHawkInLight demonstrates how to make giant bubbles using a solution made of guar gum, baking soda, dish soap, and water. He dips a giant bubble…
‘Kite Fight’, A Fascinating Short Documentary About the Sport of Kite Fighting in Brazil
Filmmakers Guilherme Tensol and Leandro HBL explore the sport of Brazilian kite fighting, known locally as soltar pipas, in the mini documentary “Kite Fight.” The…
Sushezi, A Sushi Bazooka That Shoots a Cylindrical Tube of Rice and Filling To Create Rolled Sushi
Sushezi is an invention by Hydraflow Industries in New Zealand that slowly plunges rice and filling out of tube in a perfect cylinder for making…
Bondic, A Welder of Liquid Plastic That Hardens Under an LED Ultraviolet Light
Bondic is a welder of liquid plastic that hardens under an LED ultraviolet light. The liquid plastic is capable of fixing a variety of issues…
Chipper, An Alarm Clock That Only Stops Ringing Once People Are Out of Bed
Chipper is an alarm clock by a group of students at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California that only stops ringing once…
A Fatality-Filled A Capella Cover of the ‘Mortal Kombat’ Theme Song
In honor of the Mortal Kombat X video game recently being releasing on PC and consoles, The Warp Zone (previously) performed a fatality-filled a capella…