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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…
Excited Cat Becomes Blissfully Euphoric at the Smell of an Open Can of Olives
Dmitry Khilchuk‘s cat becomes ecstatic and rolls around excitedly at the smell of an open can of olives. The euphoric effect the smell has on…
Mental Floss Works Out a Series of Misconceptions About Exercise
Host Elliott Morgan works out a series of common misconceptions about exercise in a recent episode of the Mental Floss series Misconceptions. Morgan addresses the myths that sweating is…
‘The Y2K Family Survival Guide’, A 1999 Instructional Video Hosted by Leonard Nimoy About Y2K Preparedness
“The Y2K Family Survival Guide” is a 1999 instructional video hosted by Leonard Nimoy about preparedness for the Year 2000, or Y2K, problem. Nimoy begins by…
‘El Terror’, An Animated Short About an Outlaw Battling a Powerful Four-Year-Old Over an Ice Cream Cone
“El Terror” is a delightful animated short created by Montreal artist Franco E. about an outlaw in the Wild West Sonoran Desert who gets more…