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Microsoft Releases Outlook for iOS and a Preview of the Email Client for Android
Microsoft recently announced in a blog post that they have released their email client Outlook for Apple’s iOS and a preview of the program for Android.…
Imgur Launches Video to GIF, A Tool for Converting Online Video Into GIFs
Image hosting service Imgur has unveiled Video to GIF, a handy new tool for converting online video from YouTube, Vimeo, and other video sites into…
Diverse Group of Models Portray the Changing Ideal Female Body Types Throughout History
Eugene Lee Yang of BuzzFeedVideo has created an interesting visual narrative regarding the history of ideal female bodies and how these standards of beauty changed…
Child Prodigy Tanishq Abraham Shares Some Side-Splitting Science Jokes With Conan O’Brien on ‘Conan’
“I’ve got some science jokes so… let’s hope you understand them.” Child prodigy Tanishq Abraham made a recent appearance on Conan to share some side-splitting science jokes…
‘Mr Selfie’, A Clever Animation That Painfully Nails Our Modern-Day Obsession With Smartphones
The painfully spot-on animation “Mr Selfie” follows a man as he goes through an entire day while staring at his smartphone–which may be awfully familiar…
CollegeHumor Pokes Fun at the Fake Baby Used in a Pivotal ‘American Sniper’ Scene
“War is easy. Art directing is hard.” CollegeHumor hilariously reenacts a pivotal scene of the popular film American Sniper in which a fake baby was…
Vsauce3 Explains Three Different Time Travel Paradoxes and Accidentally Blinks Bill Nye Out of Existence
Vsauce3 host Jake Roper explains three different time travel paradoxes in a recent video, and in doing so accidentally blinks Bill Nye the Science Guy out…
Akira Kurosawa’s Masterful Use of Geometry in the Staging of a Scene From the 1960 Film ‘The Bad Sleep Well’
Tony Zhou of the film analysis series Every Frame a Painting (previously) examines how director Akira Kurosawa deftly uses geometry in the staging of actors…
LED Dice That Light Up When They Roll a Critical Hit
ThinkGeek has created an amusing set of LED dice (specifically a d10, d12, and d20) that light up when they roll a critical hit–meaning that…
The Definitive Chart of Evil Video Game Mustaches
CollegeHumor has posted a helpful chart that visualizes notable video game character mustaches on the basis of size and evilness. image via CollegeHumor