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‘Holiday Dreams’, A Whimsical Animated Ad Played Out on 74 Different Samsung Mobile Devices
“Holiday Dreams” is a whimsical new animated advertisement that follows the journeys of a young girl’s dreams as she moves from one Samsung mobile device…
Little Black Goat Jumps Onto the Back of a Giant Pot Bellied Pig Who’s Too Busy Eating to Care
An adolescent black goat decided to tempt fate and jump onto the back of a giant pot bellied pig who was too busy eating to…
Lifelong Companions Ruuxa the Cheetah and Raina the Dog Play a Raucous Game of Tag Together
Ruuxa the cheetah and Raina the puppy, best friends since infancy, play a raucous game of tag, playfully taking turns chasing each another around the…
Exquisitely Detailed Paper Mache Sculptures of Animals and Mythical Creatures by Dan Reeder
For the past 40 years, Seattle-based artist Dan Reeder has been making remarkably detailed sculptures of animals and mythical creatures out of paper mache. Reeder…
Beautiful Metallic Animal Sculptures Made From Hubcaps and Other Scrap Materials
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ptolemy Elrington (@hubcapcreatures) British artist Ptolemy Elrington creates striking animal sculptures from of hubcaps, shopping carts,…
Mental Floss Explains Why Teeth Chatter When People Get Cold
Host Craig Benzine explains why teeth chatter when people get cold in a recent episode of the Mental Floss video series “The Big Question.” Teeth chattering is…
Incredible Light Installations From the 2014 Fête des Lumières in Lyon, France
photo by Muriel Chaulet At the 2014 Fête des Lumières, or Festival of Lights (previously) in Lyon, France earlier this month, 75 fantastic light installations…
CollegeHumor Clears Up a Series of Things People Think Are True, But Are Not
In the CollegeHumor video “13 Things You Think Are True, But Aren’t” comedian Adam Conover clears up a series of things people commonly believe are…
Man Without Arms Operates the First Set of Modular Prosthetic Limbs That Move Independently With His Thoughts
Leslie (“Les”) Baugh, a former electrician in Colorado, who lost both of his arms during an accident 40 years ago, was the first person ever…
Austrian Actor Christoph Waltz Explains the Krampus Christmas Demon to Jimmy Fallon
Austrian actor Christoph Waltz explains Krampus, the fearsome holiday demon of European Christmas tradition, to Jimmy Fallon in a clip from the December 16, 2014…