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Impressionist Jim Meskimen Shares His Expertise and Techniques Through Instructional Video Series
Jim Meskimen’s How To Do Impressions #1 Impressionist Jim Meskimen (previously) has put together “How to Do Impressions,” a series of 11 instructional videos in…
Rainn Wilson Explains How His ‘The Office’ Character Dwight Schrute Would Turn Office Supplies Into Lethal Weapons
Actor Rainn Wilson made a recent appearance on the brilliant Made Man web series Speakeasy where he was presented with a variety of office supplies and asked…
Obvious Plant Adds Hilarious New Book Sections to a Local Bookstore
Obvious Plant “improved” a local bookstore with new bookshelf tags, including the “Animals I Want to Wrestle” section and the very romantic “Dudes Who Lost…
Royal de Luxe’s Monumental Puppets Descend on Perth, Australia for a Three-Day Performance
photo via Perth International Arts Festival Last weekend, monumental puppets from French theater company Royal de Luxe (previously) descended upon Perth, Australia for a three-day…
Serbian Artist Creates Gorgeous Series of Bleeding Watercolor Portraits Featuring His Beloved Black Cat
Serbian artist Endre Penovác has created a gorgeous series of portraits created with black watercolors that bleed into the canvas and mimic the fluffiness of…
Why Asparagus Makes Pee Smell Weird
The latest episode of the Mental Floss series Big Questions features host Craig Benzine sniffing out an explanation to the user-submitted question, “Why does asparagus make your pee smell…
‘X-Men: Magneto Cat’, A Powerful Tabby With Magnetic Super Powers Who Always Gets His Way
Visual artist Kaipo Jones has created “X-Men: Magneto Cat“, an X-Men parody that features a very powerful tabby who repeteadly uses his magnetic super powers…
‘Saturday Night Live’ Gets Their Own Temporary New York City Street Sign to Honor the Show’s 40th Anniversary
The New York City Mayor’s Office announced via Twitter that they renamed a street sign at Rockefeller Center in honor of the 40th anniversary of…
An Experimental Video That Visualizes Seagull Flight Paths as Unending Processions of Birds
The flight paths of seagulls are visualized as unending processions of birds in the experimental video “Seagull Skytrails” by UK-based filmmaker Paul Parker. To create…
‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Questions the Continued Existence of the ‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver questions the continued existence of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in a recent “How Is This Still A Thing?”…