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Storm Chasers Capture Footage of Hail Demolishing Their Windshield Outside Stephenville, Texas
Storm chasers Spencer Basoco and Lawrence McEwen captured footage of hail demolishing their windshield outside Stephenville, Texas on April 26, 2015. HUGE hail pummels Spencer…
Artist Uses 3D Software to Create Delightfully Odd Deformed Faces
Artist Lee Griggs uses Arnold 3D rendering software to create wonderfully bizarre digital portraits that he calls “Deformations”.
Creepy Fiberglass ‘Selfie Arm’ Adds the Illusion of Holding Hands With a Friend to a Selfie Photo
For the serial selfie photographer looking to conceal their rampant narcissism, artists Aric Snee and Justin Crowe have created the Selfie Arm, a combination selfie…
What Facebook Might Be Like If They Got Rid of Everything People Complained About
A recent video by CollegeHumor demonstrates what Facebook might be like if they got rid of everything people have complained about on the social network.…
‘Unbreakable Bruce Willis’, A Mashup of the ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Theme Song and the Film ‘Unbreakable’
“Unbreakable Bruce Willis” is a mashup of the theme song from the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the M. Night Shyamalan film Unbreakable starring Bruce…
Ray Bradbury Shares His Thoughts About Friendship, Fear, and Storytelling in an Animated 1972 Interview
In the most recent episode of the animated PBS series Blank on Blank, legendary author Ray Bradbury shares his thoughts about friendship, his fear of…
Comedy Writer Ramsey Ess Dies and Regenerates Into Chris Elliott in His Series ‘Ramsey Has a Time Machine’
Comedy writer and actor Ramsey Ess dies and goes through a Doctor Who-style regeneration into a body that looks like Chris Elliott (played by Chris Elliott) in…
100 Years of Hair and Makeup in Mexico Shown Decade by Decade in a One-Minute Time-Lapse Video
In the fifth episode of their “100 Years of Hair and Makeup” series, Cut Video shares the visual history of the past 100 years of…
Dam Curry Rice, A Fun and Functional Wall of Rice Holds Back Delicious Curry Sauce
photo via 38beem Restaurants and cooks at homes in Japan are serving curry rice in a functional and eye-catching way: by building a wall of…
Walt Disney Introduces His Plans for the 1964 New York World’s Fair in a Promotional Video
In an original promotion for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, an eager Walt Disney introduces such concepts as the Carousel Theater and audio animatronic…