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A Quick, Easy Way to Make Spooky Glowing Eyes for Halloween
Dave Hax (previously) demonstrates a quick, simple way to make spooky glowing eyes to decorate for Halloween using everyday household items and glow sticks. submitted…
Little Dog Plays Dead When a Human He Doesn’t Like Picks Him Up
An adorable Chihuahua goes completely stiff and plays dead whenever a man named Daniel picks him up. According to his human Jennie Kay Blair Ferguson,…
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…