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WordPress 4.0, Featuring New Media Library Features, Better Embeds, and an Expanding Editor
WordPress 4.0 “Benny” has been released with a series of improvements such as new media library features, better embeds, and an expanding editor. WordPress 4.0…
‘Harmontown’ Documentary Trailer Focuses on ‘Community’ Creator Dan Harmon’s Desire to Make People Happy
The Harmontown (see previously) documentary about Community creator Dan Harmon has released a theatrical trailer that focuses on Harmon’s desire to make people happy. Harmontown…
Vsauce Explores What the Earth Is Worth and Possible Ways We Could Sell Its Goods to Aliens
Vsauce host Michael Stevens explores what planet Earth is worth. He then comes up with possible ways that we could sell its goods to aliens,…
Jiff the Pomeranian Earns Two Places in the Guinness Book of World Records for Being the Fastest Dog on Two Paws
Jiff the Pomeranian, about whose amazing tricks we’ve previously written, has earned two places in the Guinness World Records. Jiff’s first record was for walking…
Adorable Young Domestic Mink Who Was Rescued from a Fur Farm Swims in Water for the Very First Time
Zodiac, a young mink who was rescued from certain death at a fur farm by Camels and Friends, goes swimming for the first time in…
Postmodern Jukebox & Singer Cristina Gatti Perform ‘Stay With Me’ by Sam Smith as a Vintage 1940s Jazz Song
Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox and singer Cristina Gatti recently performed a vintage 1940s jazz version of the 2014 song “Stay With Me” by…
Sodavalve, A Clever Handle That Makes It Much Easier to Reopen Soda Bottles
Sodavalve is an innovate gadget invented by Korean designer Injoon Yang that adds a spinning handle to the top of a plastic soda bottle cap,…
Touching Video of a Seven-Week-Old Baby Boy Hearing for the First Time With Hearing Aids
Lachlan Lever was born with severe hearing loss in both ears, but at seven weeks old was given his first hearing aids. Lachlan’s father, Toby…
Jack Vale Makes People Paranoid in a Store by Talking About Them on His Cell Phone While Passing By
“He’s got the Milk Duds!” Internet prankster Jack Vale (see previously) recently made random people paranoid in a store by talking about them on his…
Time-Lapse Video of an Amish Barn Raising in Ohio
Penny Miller created a time-lapse video of an Amish barn raising in Ohio. The incredibly efficient process, which took a total of 10 hours, three…