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Bill Gates and Jimmy Fallon Face Off in a Poop Water Taste Test on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
On a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, host Jimmy Fallon was challenged to a poop water taste test by philanthropist Bill Gates. In a…
Boston Dynamics Upgrades the ATLAS Humanoid Robot With a Battery for Untethered Wireless Operation
Boston Dynamics has overhauled its ATLAS humanoid robot (previously) ahead of the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge finals, rebuilding around 75% of the ‘bot’, including, most…
Digital Art Collective eBoy Is Making a Hyper-Detailed ‘Pixorama’ Pixel Art Illustration of San Francisco
Digital art collective eBoy (previously) specializes in pixel art ranging from solitary characters to hyper-detailed posters. Some of their most elaborate works are their “pixoramas,”…
Dancers Perform a Breathtaking Aerial Dance on a Cliff Face on the Northern California Coast
Dancers Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber perform a gravity-defying dance on a cliff face on the Northern California coast in this breathtaking video produced by…
A Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock Mashup by Pomplamoose
In their latest video, musical duo Pomplamoose performs a mashup of “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder and two Herbie Hancock songs: “Watermelon Man” and “Chameleon.” Fans…
An Enormous Flock of Starlings Forms Mesmerizing Shapes in the Sky Over Utrecht in the Netherlands
An enormous flock of starlings forms mesmerizing, ever-shifting shapes in a video shot earlier in January in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands by…
‘The Slackbot Bot’, A Robot That Physically Delivers Messages Via Text Commands in the Slack Application
redpepper, a Nashville, Tennessee marketing agency with employees who are avid users of the communication tool Slack, decided to make Slackbot Bot, a physical version…
Mischievous Monkeys Boldly Steal Bananas From the Hands of a Guy Who’s Just Trying to Enjoy His Snack
Mischievous resident macaque monkeys at the Kam Shan Country Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong boldly, yet unsurprisingly steal bananas that adventurer Joey Katz (aka AdventureKatz)…
The Four Horsies of the ‘Pocalypse, A Series of Truly Twisted Collectible Pony Figures Based on the Four Horsemen
The Four Horsies of the ‘Pocalypse is a series of truly twisted pony figures by Bigshot Toyworks. The ponies–Raven, Clash, Calamity, and Ghost–are specifically themed…
Elders React to the Video Game ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers capture the reactions of senior citizens as they play online multiplayer in Rockstar Games‘ open world, action-adventure…