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How to Make Quick and Easy Mini-Rockets From Simple Tea Bags
Dave Hax (previously) demonstrates how to make quick and easy mini-rockets just by emptying out simple tea bags, standing them on their side, and lighting…
How Smart People Prey on Idiots and Take Their Money
The latest episode of the delightful Above Average series The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People explains how smart people prey on idiots and take their money.…
A Series of Beautifully Crystallized Books
To Kill A Mockingbird Artist Alexis Arnold uses a solution containing borax to “crystalize” books into twisted shapes and to render the text inside and…
An Amusing Compilation of Bloopers and Character Breaks From the Terribly Serious HBO Series ‘Game of Thrones’
HBO has created a second compilation of bloopers and character breaks from the terribly serious fantasy series Game of Thrones. Here’s the first Game of…
‘Sir Jony Ive’ Introduces the ‘Apple Car’ in a ‘Leaked’ Ad for the ‘Real’ Self-Driving Car
Apple Car wouldn’t be an Apple product if it had windows. So we got rid of them, and replaced them with gorgeous retina displays. Al…
Netflix Releases the Second Official Trailer for Season Three of ‘House of Cards’
What are you looking at? Netflix has released the second official trailer for the third season of the political thriller House of Cards, which stars…
CT Scan of Mummified Buddhist Monk Inside Statue Casts Doubts on the Monk’s Mummification Process
photo by M. Elsevier Stokmans A statue of a seated, meditating Buddha that houses the mummy of Chinese Buddhist Master Liuquan–who died around the year…
‘Gazing Globes’, Illuminated Fiberglass Spheres on Outdoor Display in New York City’s Madison Square Park
photo by Yasunori Matsui Artist Paula Hayes has created “Glowing Globes,” a beautiful series of illuminated spheres containing the “detritus of contemporary culture” such as…
A Short Compilation of the Isolating Long Shots Used by Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson
“Paul Thomas Anderson: From a Distance” is short compilation film by Jacob T. Swinney, who has compiled together the long shots used by filmmaker Paul…
An Editor Combines 198 of YouTube’s Biggest Video Moments to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Site
Editor Luc “Zapatou” Bergeron has combined 198 of YouTube’s biggest video moments, starting with its first video “Me at the Zoo,” to celebrate the site’s…