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Truth Facts, A Collection of Hilarious Infographics About Everyday Life
Truth Facts is a collection of hilarious infographics on dating, sports bar naming schemes, and other aspects of day-to-day life. The series was created by…
Queen Elizabeth II Visits the Set of the HBO Television Show ‘Game of Thrones’
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited the Belfast, Northern Ireland-based set of the television show Game of Thrones. While there, she met with…
Beard Husks on Sidewalk in Williamsburg Indicate Start of Hipster Molting Season
The Onion reports that the appearance of “beard husks” on the sidewalk in Williamsburg marks the beginning of “hipster molting season.” If you hear the…
Maymo the ‘Lemon Beagle’ Captures a Robotic Spider and Puts It To Work Massaging His Paws
After a few nervous moments checking out a robotic spider, Maymo the Lemon Beagle gathers up his courage and captures the pesky motorized arachnid and…
More Pithy Hand-Painted Messages by Street Artist Mobstr
Back in 2012, we posted about the pithy hand-painted street messages of United Kingdom street artist Mobstr. Over the past two years the artist has…
Everything Wrong With the Film ‘Chronicle’ in 8 Minutes or Less
CinemaSins has released a new video for their ongoing series that brings to light “Everything Wrong with Chronicle in 8 Minutes or Less.” For many…
A Series of Mesmerizing Geometric GIFs by David Whyte
wheel forever Dublin-based David Whyte has created a series of mesmerizing geometric GIFs using the programming language Processing. Whyte sometimes posts the source code for…
Blackboard War II, A Stop-Motion Animated Video of Two Students Battling With Chalk-Drawn Characters & Brooms
In the stop-motion animated video “Blackboard War II,” uploaded by YouTube user Daiki Ikeda in 2011, a Japanese high school student attempts to clean a…
Adorable Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Is Completely Unbothered by a Bout of Hiccups
An adorable 10-week old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy is completely unbothered by a bout of hiccups that shake her little body in this 2008 video…
AsapSCIENCE Explores Whether We Should All Be Eating Insects
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore whether we should all be eating insects. Specifically, they discuss why it might be an efficient alternative…