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a daily dose of unique and curious things
Agabag, Handbags and Jewelry Made of LEGO Bricks
Based in Krakow, Poland, agabag makes jewelry, handbags, and other fashion accessories out of LEGO bricks. The primary colors of LEGO bricks are particularly pleasing…
An In-Depth Look at the Mission to Clone the Extinct Woolly Mammoth
In a recent video by Motherboard, Vice reporters went to Sooam Biotech in South Korea to learn about the company that is at the forefront of…
First Trailer for Season Two of ‘True Detective’ Features New Cast & Dark Story About a Bizarre Murder in California
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of their gritty crime drama television series True Detective. The new action-packed season…
Beautiful Folded Book Art Featuring Words and Patterns That Pop Out of Pages
Artist Rosy Hammersley folds the pages of old discarded books and turns them into lovely pieces of art. With careful folds, Hammersley pops hearts, geometric…
Mophie Introduces the Mophie Space App and New Space Pack and Spacestation Storage Devices
Mophie has introduced a new line of products that include the Mophie Space app as well as the Space Pack and Spacestation storage devices. The…
New Trailer for Season 3 of the Netflix Series Orange Is the New Black Featuring Inmates Old and New
Netflix has released an official trailer for the third season of the Emmy-nominated comedy drama series Orange Is the New Black. The trailer features Litchfield…
The 2015 Two5six Festival, An Event by Kill Screen Celebrating the Intersection of Games and Culture
The 2015 Two5six Festival (previously) is a three-day event hosted by video game arts and culture publication Kill Screen that celebrates the intersection of games…
‘Sundays’, A Gorgeous Short Dystopian Sci-Fi Film About the End of the World
“Sundays” is a short sci-film directed by Dutch filmmaker Mischa Rozema set in Mexico City sometime in the future that deals with one man’s memories…
New Analysis May Reclassify the ‘Brontosaurus’ as Its Own Genus Once Again
New analysis by Emanuel Tschopp and his team at Nova University in Lisbon says that the sauropod dinosaur Brontosaurus should be returned to its own unique genus status. The Brontosaurus excelsus…
Postmodern Jukebox and Singer Haley Reinhart Perform a Vintage Cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
During their recent European Tour, pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox (previously) and singer Haley Reinhart performed a beautiful vintage arrangement of Radiohead‘s 1992 song…