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Tidy Monkey Neatly Puts His Toys Away in a Heart-Shaped Box & Desperately Tries to Get Treats in a Candy Machine
A very tidy common squirrel monkey named Charly neatly put his toys away in a red heart-shaped box while a fluffy Ragdoll cat sleepily supervised…
SciShow Dispels the Myth That Dogs Can’t See Color and Explains How They Do See the World
An episode of the SciShow series Quick Questions dispels the myth that dogs can’t see color and explains how they do see the world. Host Michael Aranda explains…
Adidas & ‘Star Wars’ Join Forces to Release ‘Originals’ Spring/Summer 2015 Collection of Kids’ Glow-in-the-Dark Shoes
Adidas and Star Wars have once again joined forces to release an “Originals” spring/summer 2015 collection of kids’ glow-in-the-dark shoes. The Star Wars footwear, inspired…
Three Little Hamsters Live in a Little Apartment, Use a Little Bathtub, and Get Tucked Into Their Little Beds
Three tiny hamsters named Hammy, Enoki, and Bunapi live a very good life with their very generous human Jaieden Ace Shen, who has provided all…
The Russian Red Army Choir Covers the Popular Pharrell Williams Song ‘Happy’ While Traffic Police Sing & Dance Along
The Russian Red Army Choir performed their cover of the popular Pharrell Williams song “Happy” (previously). Video of the performance is cut with footage of…
‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp Shares Concept Art for Abandoned ‘Alien’ Movie Sequel That He Was Involved With
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has recently shared a collection of concept art on Instagram for an abandoned Alien movie sequel that he was involved…
‘Animal Problems’, An Ongoing Series of Illustrations of Animals Suffering From Human-Like Troubles
Artist Geoff Hewer-Candee created an ongoing series of illustrations of animals experiencing very human-like troubles called Animal Problems. A collection of his work is available…
The Internet Archive Adds Nearly 2,400 MS-DOS Video Games for Browser-Based Play
The Internet Archive has added nearly 2,400–currently 2,388 to be exact–MS-DOS video games to their Software Library for browser-based play. The Software Library also includes…
Vsauce Asks ‘Is Cereal Soup?’ and Discusses Several Linguistic Concepts and the Limitations of Language
In a recent episode of Vsauce, host Michael Stevens asks, “Is soup cereal?” The question begins a longer conversation about different linguistic concepts like reduplication and retronyms. Reduplication…
‘Pixel’, Dancers Interact With Digital Environments in a Mesmerizing Multimedia Performance
Projected digital environments respond to the movements of dancers in the mesmerizing multimedia dance performance, “Pixel”. The performance, a collaboration of choreographer Mourad Merzouki and…