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World Record for Most Hot Air Balloons in Flight Broken as 408 Balloons Take to the Sky at Once
408 pilots from 67 different countries broke the Guinness World Record for “Greatest Mass Hot Air Balloon Ascent” as they took the the skies above…
Kevin Kelly Talks About the Tools Everyone Should Own on Adam Savage’s Podcast
Wired and Whole Earth Review editor Kevin Kelly recently joined the Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project podcast to discuss his current passion project, Cool…
President Barack Obama Appears on ‘The Colbert Report’ to Discuss the Affordable Care Act and His Presidency
President Barack Obama appeared on a recent episode of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report where he stood in for host Stephen Colbert for the…
Bill Gates Lists the Best Books He Read in 2014
Technology innovator and philanthropist Bill Gates is ending the year by compiling a list of the top books he read in 2014. Not all were…
‘The Landing’, A Short Sci-Fi Film About a Mysterious Crash Landing on a Midwestern Farm in 1960
“The Landing” is a short sci-fi period film by Australian filmmaker Josh Tanner that follows a man’s attempt to uncover the events of a night…
An Intense Christmas Light Show Synchronized Across a Suburban Block
Jeff Maxey of Yucaipa, California shot drone footage of a neighborhood’s intense Christmas light show, featuring an entire block synchronized to the holiday songs “Wizards…
The Smithsonian Creates the First-Ever 3D-Printed Portrait of President Barack Obama
The Smithsonian teamed with 3D software company Autodesk to create the first-ever 3D-printed Presidential portrait. The portrait of President Barack Obama, which was first displayed…
Daredevil Skis Down an Incredibly Narrow Mountain Chute in Alaska
Daredevil skier Cody Townsend took on an incredibly narrow and nearly straight vertical mountain chute in Alaska as part of the Red Bull Media House…
A Supercut of Every On-Screen Death in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Film Trilogy
New York City-based writer, comedian, and video editor Bryan Menegus (previously) has created a six-minute supercut video for Digg of every on-screen death in the…
The Pizza Underground, Macaulay Culkin’s Velvet Underground Themed Band, Releases Music Video
The Pizza Underground, former child star Macaulay Culkin‘s pizza and The Velvet Underground themed band, has released a bizarre music video shot on VHS and…