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Cat Town Cafe, The First Operational Cat Cafe in the United States Opens in Oakland, California
Cat Town Cafe in Oakland, California opened this past weekend and became the first operational cat cafe in the United States. Founders Ann Dunn of…
Every Other Planet in the Solar System Would Fit Between the Earth and Moon
To illustrate the distance between the Earth and the Moon, reddit user PerplexingPotato posted an image that placed the other seven planets in our solar system…
Benedict Cumberbatch in Negotiations to Play Superhero Doctor Strange in Upcoming Marvel Film
photo by Julian Broad for Esquire According to Deadline, Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is in negotiations to play superhero Doctor Strange in an upcoming Marvel…
An Enormous Stainless Steel Sculpture of an Eagle Created for a Hungarian Football Club
photo via Barnie Contemporary artist Gabor Miklos Szoke built an enormous stainless steel sculpture of an eagle for Ferencvárosi Torna Club, a famous Hungarian football…
A TED-Ed Animation Proposing a Different Way to Visualize Rhythm
In a musical TED-Ed lesson (previously), John Varney proposed a different way to visualize rhythm using what he calls the “wheel method.” The animated video…
Beautiful City Maps That Use Color to Visualize the Orientation of Street Grids
San Francisco To visualize the various street grid systems of cities around the world, artist and scientist Stephen Von Worley has created Crayon the Grids,…
Domsai, Adorable Terrariums That Transform Plants Into Figurines
Plants become adorable figurines in the whimsical Domsai terrariums created by Milan-based designer Matteo Cibic. The glass and ceramic terrariums come in a variety of…
A Fascinating Animated Graphic Demonstrating the Different Means by Which Humans, Birds, and Grasshoppers Breathe
(larger image) Eleanor Lutz, a self-described designer with a molecular biology degree, has created a fascinating animated graphic that demonstrates the means by which three…
PBS Idea Channel Explains Five Fallacies and Discusses How to Better Argue on the Internet
PBS Idea Channel (previously) host Mike Rugnetta recently explained five different kinds of fallacies that are commonly used in Internet arguments, and then discussed how…
‘Reading Rainbow’ Host LeVar Burton Reads ‘Go the Fuck to Sleep’ During a Charity Telethon Held by Rooster Teeth
During the recent Extra Life charity telethon held by Rooster Teeth, Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton read the popular children’s book Go the Fuck to Sleep (previously) by…