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Vintage Photos of the Massive Swedish Telefontornet Communication Tower
Swedish science and technology museum Tekniska Museet has a collection of vintage images of the Telefontornet, a large communications tower built during the late 19th…
Non-Profit Group Donates Superhero-Themed 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hands to Children
Designer and 3D-printing enthusiast Aaron Brown built a Wolverine-inspired prosthetic hand for e-NABLE, a non-profit group dedicated to making 3D-printed prosthetic hands available to anyone…
‘Paris When it Drizzles’, A Time-Lapse Video of the City of Light in Gloomy Weather
“Paris When it Drizzles” is a collection of time-lapse video shot by filmmaker Hal Bergman in the French capital under rainy January skies. Even in…
‘Hopkins & Delaney LLP’, An Animated Short About the Boring Minutiae of Office Life
“Hopkins & Delaney LLP” is an animated short directed by Los Angeles-based artist Sean Buckelew that explores the day to day goings on of a…
A Bowl Set by ThinkGeek Shaped Like a d20 Die
ThinkGeek has created a lovely bowl set shaped like a d20 die. The ceramic set is actually two bowls that interlock to form a whole…
Cute Kid Noah Ritter ‘Apparently’ Appears in His First Ever TV Commercial to Promote Freshpet Cat & Dog Foods
“Apparently, I have some good food!” Noah Ritter, the hilarious five-year-old kid from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania who stole the show with his amazing interview at the…
Mountain Biker Performs an Unprecedented ‘Tsunami Flip’ Trick During Red Bull Competiton
Polish mountain bike free rider Szymon Godziek perfectly executed a stunning “tsunami flip” during the Red Bull District Ride 2014 competition in Nuremberg, Germany. The…
What the ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Video Games Would Be Like If Mario Always Had a Hostage Negotiator Tagging Along
Dorkly imagines what the video game world of the Super Mario Bros. would be like if Mario always had a hostage negotiator following him around.…
SciShow Explains Gynandromorphism, A Rare Dual-Sex Condition Found in Some Animals
Host Hank Green explains gynandromorphism, a rare condition in arthropods like butterflies and lobster that gives the animal both male and female characteristics, in an…
‘World’s Slowest Colour Copier’, A Video Interview With Screen Printer Dave Murray
In “World’s Slowest Colour Copier” by Toronto art collective Nuvango, illustrator Dave Murray discusses the slow and laborious — but extremely aesthetically rewarding — work…