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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.…
Rescue Dog from California Gleefully Plays In the Snow for the First Time in His Life
Link, a little dog who was rescued from California, gleefully plays in the snow for the first time in his life at his new home…
Weaponized Object Sculptures by Maskull Lasserre
Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre (see previously) created these menacing weaponized object sculptures back in 2013. The sculptures are inspired by his experiences in Afghanistan while…
‘Trucker’s Hitch’, A Music Video by Ylvis About the Difficulty of Tying Knots
“Trucker’s Hitch” is a new music video by the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis (see previously) about the difficulty of tying knots. Specifically, the trucker’s hitch…
‘Geometric’, A Short Animation of Seamlessly Transforming Shapes
Abstract shapes transform seamlessly into an array of colorful patterns and forms in the short animation “Geometric” by motion graphics designer Al Boardman. The vaguely…