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The Pan Am Experience, A Real-World Simulation of a 1970s Flight on a Pan Am 747 Jumbo Jet
The Pan Am Experience by Air Hollywood is a real-world simulation of flying on a Pan Am 747 jumbo jet during in the 1970s. The…
Stephen Colbert Goes Incognito at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Dressed Up as Prince Hawkcat
Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, went incognito at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 by dressing up as Prince Hawkcat, “the most popular human-animal franchise…
‘No Cameras Allowed’, A Documentary About Sneaking Into Music Festivals
No Cameras Allowed is a new documentary produced by MTV about James Marcus Haney, a man who has snuck into more than a dozen music…
Brooklyn Teenage Metal Band Unlocking the Truth Perform on ‘The Colbert Report’
Brooklyn teenage metal trio Unlocking the Truth (previously) performed a pair of songs during an appearence on The Colbert Report. The band, comprised of Malcolm…
1Password 5 for iOS 8 Updates With New Features and New Freemium Price
App developer AgileBits has released the new version of their popular password management app 1Password (see previously) free to iOS 8 users. 1Password 5 for iOS…
A Comedy Short Imagining What It Would Be Like ‘If Girls Proposed to Guys’
Billerica, Massachusetts-based sketch comedy group FATAWESOME (see previously) has created a new comedy short that imagines what it would be like “If Girls Proposed to…
Climbers Capture a Self-Portrait Via Drone Atop a Mountain in the Swiss Alps
Swiss mountaineering equipment producer Mammut Sports is celebrating its 150th anniversary by climbing 150 peaks — including the Jungfrau peak in the Swiss Alps, where…
A Series of Interesting Jobs That No Longer Exist
Mental Floss host Elliott Morgan presents a list of fascinating jobs that don’t exist in this modern world, from phrenologists to ratteners. In the Victorian…
Longform, An App for Reading Interesting In-Depth Articles
Longform is an app that specifically filters the Internet to showcase and allow users to read interesting in-depth articles. The app is a natural extension…
Popular Music Videos Recreated in the Video Game ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
8-Bit Bastard (see previously) has recreated a great collection of popular music videos in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games.…