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a daily dose of unique and curious things
Close-Up Slow Motion Video of a Tattoo Being Inked
Smarter Every Day took a trip to local tattoo parlor to find out how the process of tattooing works and to get some close-up, super…
CineFix Shares Ten of Their Favorite Makeup Transformations Seen in Movies Throughout History
CineFix recently shared ten of their favorite makeup transformations seen in movies throughout history. They take a look at Rebecca Romijn‘s amazing transformation into Mystique…
‘SPARKED’, A Cirque du Soleil Performance Featuring 10 Quadcopters Interacting With a Human Performer
In the Cirque du Soleil short film “SPARKED,” a man finds himself interacting with a playful swarm of flying lampshades. The flying effect is not…
Wonderfully Creepy Winking Coffee Face
Today I needed a GIF to test out posting on Ello. Of course the first place I checked was Giphy and came across this wonderfully…
Burning Man Temple Artist David Best Will Build a Temple in Northern Ireland in 2015
David Best, the artist who created the first monumental temple sculpture at Burning Man back in 2000 (and has created seven subsequent temples), has been…
A TED-Ed Animation Explaining That Everything in the Universe Acts as Both a Particle and a Wave
“Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics” is a TED-Ed animation by physicist Chad Orzel that explains everything in the Universe behaves as…
SciShow Explains What Causes Brain Freeze
SciShow (see previously) host Hank Green explains what causes brain freeze, also known by its scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. That terrible pain the befalls us when enjoying…
‘Pen & Ink’, A New Book About Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them With Illustrations by Wendy MacNaughton
Back in 2012 we posted about Pen & Ink, a wonderful blog by editor Isaac Fitzgerald and artist Wendy MacNaughton about tattoos and the stories…
Conan O’Brien Recreates the ‘Friends’ Opening Sequence With Hobbits
On a recent episode of his talk show Conan, host Conan O’Brien recreated the opening of the television show Friends with hobbits in order to pay tribute to…
‘Face It Tiger’, A Song by Married With Sea Monsters Based on the Spider-Man Comic ‘Edge of Spider-Verse’ #2
“Face It Tiger” is a song by Waco, Texas-based indie rock band Married With Sea Monsters based on the Marvel comic Edge of Spider-Verse #2.…