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A Frenetic Montage of Stunning Race Footage From the 2014 Formula One Season
Editor Miran Dilberovic recently posted this frenetic montage of stunning race footage from the 2014 Formula One season. The video includes clips from on-board cameras,…
Champy and Morris, A Wonderfully Unusual Friendship Between a Full-Grown Horse and a Rescued Black Cat
Champy and Morris, a horse and cat duo, are the best of friends despite the enormous difference in their sizes and it was love at first sight.
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund and His Brother Oakley Catch a Burglar While Dressed as ‘Batdog and Robin’
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund and his little brother Oakley (previously), dressed in “Batdog and Robin” costumes, successfully attack a bad guy who somehow gained entrance…
‘God Hates Dinosaurs’, An Absurdist Comic by Doctor Popular That Is Inspired by Chick Tracts
God Hates Dinosaurs is a new comic by Doctor Popular that tells an absurdist cautionary tale about dinosaurs and superheroes. The comic is inspired, both…
‘birdsong’, A Clever Video Game About a Bird Leaving the Nest That Features the Entire Map on One Screen
birdsong is a clever video game by Daniel Linssen about a bird leaving the nest that features the entire map on one screen. As players…
Hank Green Points Out a Series of Completely Arbitrary Things Like Alphabetical Order, Pets, and Not Eating Bugs
Hank Green of Vlogbrothers points out a series of completely arbitrary things like the order of the letters of the alphabet, the act of keeping pets in…
‘The Grace Helbig Project’, YouTube Star Grace Helbig Has Been Offered Her Own Talk Show on the E! Network
photo via Grace Helbig Grace Helbig, the YouTube star whose plain language and candid humor won her millions of followers, has been offered her own…
CNN Founder Ted Turner’s Eerie Cold War-Era Video Made to Be Broadcast at the End of the World
CNN became the first round-the-clock news channel in 1980, during the Cold War era. Media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN, understood well the threat…
An Explanation of Unusual Symbols Found on National Flags From Around the World
Ten Things examines the unusual symbols found on 10 different national flags in this most informative video.
Tom Scott Explains Why the Prime Meridian Is Not at 0º Longitude on GPS
In the latest episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains why the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London,…