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Starwood Hotels Introduces Smartphone-Based Keyless Entry, Hilton to Follow Suit in Spring 2015
Starwood Hotels company has begun rolling out smartphone-based keyless room entry along with digital room check-in for Starwood Preferred Guests in a number of its…
‘Shudders’, An Animated Music Video by MC Frontalot Featuring a Haunted Medieval Castle
“Shudders” is a music video by nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot featuring Kid Koala and The Protomen that tells the story of a haunted medieval castle.…
Sign Spinner in Houston, Texas Adds Breakdancing to His Impressive Roadside Advertising
In a video posted by YouTube user TheNakedEye, a sign spinner takes his roadside advertisement for the Gables River Oaks luxury apartments to the next…
Greg Benson Confuses People at the Mall by Crashing Their Cell Phone Conversations
Internet prankster Greg Benson of Mediocre Films recently confused people at the mall by crashing their cell phone conversations (previously). Benson was able to pull…
Mental Floss Breaks Down a Series of Common Misconceptions Seen in Movies
Mental Floss host Elliott Morgan breaks down a series of common misconceptions seen in movies in a recent episode of the series Misconceptions. Morgan dispels car explosions,…
Intelligent Dog Gathers Three Tennis Balls With Her Mouth at Once and Shows Off a Big Smile
A very talented Yellow Lab named Zoe gathers three tennis balls with her mouth at once and shows off what appears to be a very…
A Feather and a Bowling Ball Dropped at the Same Time Inside the World’s Largest Vacuum Chamber
Physicist Brian Cox of the BBC Two program Human Universe visited the world’s largest vacuum chamber at the NASA Space Power Facility outside of Sandusky,…
Jimmy Fallon Has a Spooky Encounter With His Desk Lamp in a Classic Sketch From ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’
Jimmy Fallon has a spooky encounter with his desk lamp in a classic sketch from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The scary situation escalates when…
How to Make a Spooky Levitating Pumpkin Using a Superconductor Magnet and Dry Ice
In honor of Halloween, The Royal Institution has created a spooky levitating mini-pumpkin by hollowing out the gourd’s innards and adding dry ice and a…
Clever Monster Puppet Built Into a Front Door to Hand Out Candy to Trick-or-Treaters
Online video production house White Lightning HQ created a clever and minimalist monster puppet to greet trick-or-treaters through two small windows in the center of…