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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Performs a Dramatic Reading of ‘The Onion’ Article About His Ominous Snow Storm Warning
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio recently performed a dramatic reading of The Onion article “NYC Mayor: ‘Reconcile Yourselves With Your God, For All Will Perish…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Announces That the Apple Watch Will Begin Shipping in April 2015
During an earnings call this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered a slightly more firm timeframe for the Apple Watch (previously) than the company’s previous…
SciShow Explains Why We Start Off With a Deciduous Set of Baby Teeth as a Toddler
In an episode of the SciShow series Quick Questions, host Hank Green explains why we start off with a deciduous set of 20 baby teeth…
Amazing X-Wing Drawings Based on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ by Licensed ‘Star Wars’ & Disney Artist Robert Bailey
Officially licensed Star Wars and Disney artist Robert Bailey has created an amazing collection of X-wing starfighter drawings based on the upcoming film Star Wars…
Passengers React to Tesla’s ‘Insane Mode’, Which Accelerates From Zero to 60 Miles Per Hour in 3.1 Seconds
“So you can go insane? I’m not going to throw up?” DragTimes put together a compilation of host Brooks Weisblat gauging passenger reactions as he…
‘GoPro: Retro Revolution’, A Short Film of San Francisco Bay Area Sights Shot on a Custom Rotating Camera Rig
In the short flim “GoPro: Retro Revolution,” a constantly revolving camera provides a most unusual perspective of the San Francisco Bay Area. Filmmaker and GoPro…
Artist Creates Hilariously Bizarre Characters by Painting Modifications on Vintage Cabinet Card Portrait Photos
British artist Colin Batty creates bizarre, fantastical characters out of vintage portraits in his delightful altered cabinet card photographs. Remarkably, Batty augments each photo the…
Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans Plants a Fake Brochure for ‘Dad Land’ Amusement Park at a Hollywood Tourist Kiosk
Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans recently planted a hilarious brochure for “Dad Land,” a fictional amusement park, at a tourist kiosk in Hollywood. According to the…
‘MinutePhysics’ Explains the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
A recent episode of MinutePhysics explains the law of conservation of angular momentum. Host Henry Reich demonstrates how to calculate angular momentum, and also describes how the Earth’s…
Notable Maps From 100 Years of National Geographic Cartography
A 1914 map of Central Europe produced shortly before the start of World War I. To mark the 100-year anniversary of its cartographic department, National…