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A Piano Cover of ‘Friend Like Me’ From Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ in Memory of Late Actor & Comedian Robin Williams
Pianist Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox recently played a beautiful cover of the song “Friend Like Me” from Disney’s 1992 animated film Aladdin in memory…
‘The World is Cube’, A Video of People Around the World Solving a Rubik’s Cube One Turn at a Time
Recent Harvard University graduate Nuseir Yassin traveled the world with a Rubik’s Cube in tow, creating a video of 84 people (and one monkey) in…
An Exploration of How Texting and the Internet Are Shown on Television and in Films
Tony Zhou (see previously) of Every Frame a Painting explores how texting and the Internet are shown on television and in films. Zhou specifically explores…
Microscopic High-Speed Video of Sea Anemone Tentacles Releasing Stinging Venom
Smarter Every Day traveled to James Cook University in Australia to capture some microscopic high-speed video of a sea anemone releasing toxins from the nematocysts…
A Guy Tricks His Cellphone Obsessed Friend by Repeatedly Imitating His Notification Sounds
Film and music producer Manfred Hanberg recently pulled a trick on his cellphone obsessed friend by repeatedly imitating his notification sounds. Hanberg was able to…
Video of Polite Japanese Drivers ‘Thanking’ Fellow Motorists With Their Hazard Lights
The Japan Channel offers some insight into Japanese driving etiquette with video of drivers using their hazard lights to ‘thank’ or ‘apologize’ to fellow motorists…
Video of Flights Being Redirected Around a Storm at Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, The World’s Busiest Airport
YouTube user Elliot Bmann uploaded onscreen video from a MITRE air traffic control system showing flights being rerouted around a growing storm as they land…
GIF YouTube, An Online Tool for Creating Animated GIFs From YouTube Videos
GIF YouTube is a handy online tool by the Glyphic app team that creates animated GIFs from YouTube videos. Users need only provide a link…
Cat Wearing a Shark Costume Entertains Baby Also Dressed as a Shark by Riding a Roomba Vacuum in the Kitchen
Max-Arthur, the cool cat who wore a shark costume while chasing a duckling and cruising around in the kitchen on a Roomba vaccum, is back…
Impressionist Jim Meskimen Reads His Original Poem ‘In Memory of Robin Williams’ In the Voice of Robin Williams
Impressionist Jim Meskimen reads his beautiful original poem entitled “In Memory of Robin Williams” while doing an incredibly respectful impression of the late great comic.…