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You’re Getting Old!, A Fascinating Website That Offers Facts and Statistics About Your Lifetime
You’re Getting Old! is a fascinating website that offers facts and statistics relating to a person’s lifetime once their date of birth is entered. For…
‘Growth of a Strawberry’, A Video Following the Life of a Strawberry From Flower to Ripened Fruit
“Growth of a Strawberry” is a short created by The Baltimore Sun in 2012 that uses a series of brief video segments to document the…
The Epic Truck Chase Scene From ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Remade in the Video Game ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
Lusby, Maryland writer John Chapman and his friends recently took the epic truck chase scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day and remade it in the…
‘Today’, A Short Observational Documentary About Day-to-Day Life in a New Zealand Rest Home
“Today” is a short documentary co-directed by New Zealand filmmakers Prisha Bouchet and Nick Mayow for Loading Docs that examines life in a South Auckland…
The Teaching Tornado, A Desktop Storm Simulator for Students
The Teaching Tornado by American Educational Products is an 18-inch-tall desktop storm simulator that creates a tornado-like swirling air vortex using an atomizer and a…
Playable ‘Risk’ Game Board Carved Into a Coffee Table
The father of reddit user fightingcrime carved a playable Risk game board into a coffee table, including all the continents, the place names and the…
Pleated-Jeans Shares Terrible Job Interview Advice That Guarantees You Won’t Get the Job
“Greet the interviewer with a firm handshake and a gentle butt squeeze.” Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans shares terrible job interview advice that guarantees that you…
Dear Kitten, A Cute Friskies Ad Narrated by Ze Frank About an Adult Cat Welcoming a Kitten to His Home
“Dear Kitten” is a cute Friskies ad, presented by BuzzFeed and narrated by the great Ze Frank, about an adult cat welcoming a new kitten…
Fred Armisen Gives a Nonsensical Guitar Lesson on ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’
Portlandia star and Late Night with Seth Meyers band leader Fred Armisen stopped by IFC show Comedy Bang! Bang! to give a guitar lesson. The…
GoPro Video of a Mountain Biker Riding Over Staircases and Through Alleyways in Taxco, Mexico
Cyclist Kelly McGarry attached a GoPro to his bike before taking off on the route of the Taxco Urban Downhill Race in the hilly city…