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‘Dji. Death Sails’, An Amusing Animation About a Grim Reaper Who Is Too Distracted by a Treasure Chest to Do His Job
Dji. Death Sails, the follow up to the award-winning short film Dji. Death Fails, is an equally amusing 3D animation by director Dmitri Voloshin and…
‘PBS Game/Show’ Explores Empathy and the Importance of Gay Characters in Video Games
In the latest episode of the series, PBS Game/Show host Jamin Warren explores empathy and the importance of gay characters in video games. Specifically, Warren…
‘Cute Enemies’, Art Show Celebrating the Cute Side of Pop Culture Villains at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland in Los Angeles
Boba Fett by Dela Longfish Cute Enemies is a group art show, curated by artist Tony Bui of Genuine Haha, at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland (previously)…
SciShow Answers the Question ‘Will We Ever Run Out of Dinosaurs?’
SciShow host Michael Aranda answers the question “Will we ever run out of dinosaurs?” Aranda talks about the history of paleontology and the pace at…
Hilariously Strange Manipulated Photos of Birds With Big Mouths Instead of Beaks
Artist Sarah DeRemer has used a bit of digital manipulation to create freakish bird creatures with gaping mouths instead of beaks. She calls them, rather…
A Group of Playful Pandas Comically Wrestle With Each Other to the Delight of the People Watching
A group of very playful pandas comically wrestle with each other much to the delight of a people visiting the pandas’ home at the Chengdu…
Frustrated Father Will Reid Creates an Instructional Video to Teach His Teenagers How to Vacuum the House
Frustrated father Will Reid continues his series of instructional videos for his teenage children with one that teaches them how to vacuum the house. In the past…
Adorable and Creepy Anatomy Illustrations by Ken Tackett
Artist Ken Tackett prances through the valley between adorable and creepy in his imaginative anatomical illustrations. His illustrations are available as prints, shirts, and more…
Haunting Drone Footage of Former Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Taken For 70th Anniversary of Its Liberation
BBC News has captured incredibly haunting overhead footage taken by a drone camera as it flew over the shuttered Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in honor…
‘The News’, A Comic by Grant Snider About the Depressing Effect of Newscasts
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics made “The News,” a comic about how listening to newscasts can affect one’s outlook on life. Posters of his work…