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‘Menace II Middle-Earth’, A Comedy Sketch That Brings Guns & Rap Battles to ‘The Hobbit’ Film Series
“Menace II Middle-Earth” is a special effects-filled comedy sketch, created by PistolShrimps, that brings guns and Middle-earth rap battles to Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit film…
An Intriguing View Inside an Electric Arc Furnace With the Power Turned On
A video by Sentinel76 gives an intriguing view inside an electric arc furnace with the power turned on. The furnace works by running a powerful…
Colorado Students Create a Bright Red 3D-Printed Exoskeleton for a Malnourished Tortoise With a Damaged Shell
When design students at Colorado Technical University (CTU) in Colorado Springs learned that a rescued female tortoise named Cleopatra at Canyon Critters had a severely…
Taco Bell Continues Its Propaganda Campaign Against McDonald’s With a Series of Soviet-Style Posters
Taco Bell has continued its propaganda campaign against McDonald’s with a series of posters featuring Soviet-style imagery and slogans. Earlier, Taco Bell released a dystopian short…
Comic Papyrus, A Complete Font Designed as a Mashup of Papyrus and Comic Sans
Graphic designer Ben Harman combined the two generally loathed typefaces Papyrus and Comic Sans into the font Comic Papyrus.
Diaper-Clad Slow Loris Performs an Adorable Pole-Dancing Routine
Earlier this month, a tiny domesticated slow loris named Sara performed an adorable pole-dancing routine while clad in a yellow floral diaper at her home…
Google Reportedly Working on Bringing Their Augmented-Reality Game ‘Ingress’ to Television
According to The Information, Google is working on bringing their augmented-reality game Ingress to television. The game studio under Google’s banner behind Ingress, Niantic Labs,…
NerdCon: Stories, An Event Celebrating the Human Tradition of Storytelling Announced by Hank Green
NerdCon: Stories is a recently announced event to celebrate the human tradition of storytelling. Vlogger Hank Green (previously) announced the event in a recent episode…
A Cat Walks Through a Panoramic Photo and Becomes a Hilarious, Multi-Legged Cat-erpillar
FallenCoffee took a panoramic photo while his cat was walking by. The result was a hilarious photo of a multi-legged cat-erpillar that rivals Longcat in…
First Image of Ryan Reynolds Suited Up as Deadpool Casually Posing on a Bear Skin Rug for Upcoming Film Adaptation
photo via Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds recently revealed the first rendered image on Twitter of himself suited up as Marvel‘s anti-hero Deadpool for the upcoming…