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Box Brew Kits, Compact Brewing Kits That Let Home Brewers Make Small Batch Beer in Small Spaces
After losing their original name to a large brewing company, Boston-based entrepreneurs Mike Langone and Matt Gorman have bounced back with their newly named Box…
Two Acrobats Use a Teeterboard to Catapult Each Other in the Air and Perform Back Flips
Cirque du Soleil acrobats David James Rimmer and Stéphane Beauregard perform a gravity-defying partner routine with a teeterboard, a seesaw-like gymnastic apparatus, in an astonishing…
Two Clumsy Pygmy Goats Try to Ride on the Backs of Two Cooperative Donkeys
A couple of clumsy pygmy goats jump onto the backs of two very cooperative donkeys at a farm belonging to janatanification, fall off and try…
A Twisted and Gritty Reboot of the Classic Children’s Book ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie’
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a classic children’s book by author Laura Numeroff, has become a place of nightmares in a twisted and…
‘Desire To Fly’, A Short Film Exploring Artist Samantha Bryan’s Process of Creating Fairies
“Desire to Fly” is a short film by R&A Collaborations showcasing the process by which artist Samantha Bryan creates whimsical fairy figures. Stemming from her…
A Short Compilation of Timo the Ragdoll Cat As He Yawns His Way Around the House
By the time Timo the Ragdoll cat is done trying to figure out his hammock and preparing for the World Cup, he’s yawning up an…
‘Bill Murray Stories’, A Comedy Sketch Featuring People Sharing Bill Murray Stories Around a Fire Like Ghost Stories
“Bill Murray Stories” is a comedy sketch by Jon Bershad that features friends sitting around a campfire sharing stories about the actor Billy Murray (see previously)…
A Massive Outdoor Sculpture of a Man Bursting From the Ground in a Public Square
] photo by László Balkányi/We Love Budapest A gigantic man bursts from the ground in Széchenyi Square in Budapest, Hungary in the massive outdoor sculpture…
Evil Vinyl Toys Based on Iconic Characters From Horror Films
A Large Evil Corporation (previously) has designed a magnificent series of vinyl toys based on iconic characters from horror films like A Nightmare on Elm…
Eager Golden Retriever Fails Repeatedly in Her Attempts to Catch a Tennis Ball
An eager golden retriever named Duff does her best to try to catch the tennis ball that her human keeps tossing to her, but fails…