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Purdue University Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Winners Show Off Their Contraption on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Host Jimmy Kimmel brought the 2014 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC) College Nationals winners from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana on a recent episode…
‘Top Dog’, An Animated Short About a Dog With a Lust for Life Created in 48 Hours
Created for the 48 Hour Film Project by Dutch studio Sjalot Ink, “Top Dog” is a short cutout animation about a dog fed up with…
SciShow Explains How Mummified Human Bodies Are Preserved In European Peat Bogs
On the latest SciShow, host Hank Green gets to the bottom of the uncanny ability for European peat bogs to preserve human bodies for thousands…
A Heartfelt 1990s R&B Cover of Disney’s ‘Gummi Bears’ Cartoon Series Theme Song
For his ongoing series, Saturday Morning Slow Jams, pianist Scott Bradlee and his band perform a heartfelt 1990s R&B cover of Disney’s Gummi Bears cartoon…
Michael Jackson Hologram Performs ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards
A hologram of deceased recording artist Michael Jackson performed “Slave to the Rhythm” at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 18th. The song…
Three Strangers Harmonize In a Spontaneous Sidewalk Jam Session
Jaime Tatos Maldonado started recording a video of musician Jesse Rya singing and playing an acoustic guitar in front of a Kroger supermarket in Irving,…
Goku vs. Superman in Epic Rap Battles of History
“Defeat me with heat beams, you’re crazy. Cause I’m a Super Saiyan and you’re a flying Miss Daisy!” The legendary Dragon Ball Super Saiyan Goku…
Maps of Most Popular Names Given To Babies In the United States During 2013
Using data from the Social Security Administration, the Huffington Post has put together color-coded maps that show the most popular baby names given to girls…
‘Renegades of Bike Culture’, A Brief History of the Counter Cultural Past of Mountain Biking
Sarah McCullough, a cultural studies PhD grad from UC Davis, gives some insight into how mountain biking grew out of the 1970s Northern California counter-culture.…
Andy Samberg Attempts to Break Bill Hader’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Impressions Record During Opening Monologue
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg attempted to break comedian Bill Hader‘s record for number of impressions during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live. Bill…