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The Yankee Candle Company Releases Girl Scout Cookie-Scented Candles and Air Fresheners
The Yankee Candle Company has released a limited edition line of scented candles and air fresheners that smell like Girl Scout cookies. The company is offering…
smrtGRiPS, Connected Bike Handlebars With Built-In Navigation, Tracking, and Haptic Feedback Notifications
smrtGRiPS are a new bicycle accessory by Montreal-based company Boréal Bikes that slip onto handlebars bringing an array of smartphone-connected functionality, including GPS navigation, the…
Facts About the Sci-Fi Action Film ‘The Matrix’ That You May Not Have Known
To celebrate The Wachowskis‘ new space opera film Jupiter Ascending releasing in theaters next week, CineFix has created a video where they highlight seven interesting…
A Variety of Coffee Recipes From Around the World
BuzzFeedBlue demonstrates how to prepare a variety of coffee recipes from around the world in a recent video. The recipes in the video include mazagran…
Southern California Home Builder Turns His House Into an Amazing Playland for His 15 Rescued Cats
“The cats make the house feel alive.” Peter Cohen, a Santa Barbara, California home builder and the co-owner of Trillium Enterprises, has created an amazing…
Scientists Use Ultra-Fast Camera to Capture the Flight Path of Laser Photons as They Bounce Off Mirrors
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland have utilized ultra-high speed cameras to capture the flight path of of laser photons as they bounce off…
First Official Trailer for ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Features Young Superheroes Preparing for What’s to Come
20th Century Fox has released the first official teaser trailer for their reboot film being directed by Josh Trank and based on Marvel’s renowned group…
First-Person ‘Gun Cam’ Video From a Drone Armed With Roman Candle Fireworks
YouTube user PIEROGRAM armed a quadcopter with a pair of Roman candles positioned on either side of a camera to capture “gun cam” video of…
‘Turbo Kid’, A 1980s-Style Post-Apocalyptic Film About a Young Man’s Heroic Journey to Save the Wasteland & the Girl
Epic Pictures has released a bloody good teaser trailer for Turbo Kid, a feature-length film created by writers Anouk Whissell, François Simard, and Yoann-Karl Whissell…
Twitter Adds Group Private Messaging and Direct Video Capture and Editing
As promised, Twitter has begun rolling out new features for 2015, starting with private group chat and the ability to capture, edit, and share videos…