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A Fun Line of Custom LEGO Friends Mini-Dolls Turned Into Characters From Film and Television
Doctor Who Jon Lazar (previously), a New York-based social media consultant, has created a fun line of customized LEGO Friends mini-dolls (which have different proportions…
The Main Drain, A Simple Urinal Attachment for Home Toilets
The Main Drain is an adjustable urinal that can be attached to an existing toilet. The urinal attaches to the toilet bowl (no tools are…
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…