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Artist Elsa Rhae Uses Makeup to Transform Herself Into Pop Culture Characters
Makeup artist Elsa Rhae transforms herself into all manner of characters — from Captain Planet to the Grinch — with the clever application of makeup.…
Cute Little Rodents Running and Riding on Turntables
The Division of Labor ad agency has created a short film that shows cute little rodents running and riding on turntables. They made the film…
An Incredible Time-Lapse Video of a Supercell Thunderstorm Forming Over Wyoming
Oklahoma-based tornado video coverage team Basehunters filmed an incredible time-lapse video of a supercell thunderstorm forming near Newcastle, Wyoming on May 18th. The team has…
Theme Song From ‘Back to the Future’ Played on Floppy and Hard Disk Drives
YouTube user Arganalth has created a video featuring a number of floppy and hard disk drives playing the theme to the 1985 sci-fi comedy movie…
David Bowie Opens Up About His Alter Ego ‘Ziggy Stardust’ In a 1998 Interview Animated By PBS
In the most recent episode of the PBS animated series “Blank on Blank“, the legendary musician David Bowie opens up about the birth and death…
A Series of Images Exploring What Signs From the Near Future Might Look Like
Signs From the Near Future is a fascinating Tumblr featuring a series of images exploring what signs from the near future might look like. For…
An Animated Explanation About the BRCA1 ‘Cancer’ Gene and Why Everyone Has It
In this animated Ted-Ed lesson, educator Michael Windelspecht explains the purpose of the BRCA1 gene, why every human has it and what happens when that…
‘The Typewriter’, A Song Performed on a Drumset, Call Bell and Manual Typewriter
Andrea Vadrucci, the classical drummer behind the Italian group Vadrum, plays along to the Leroy Anderson classical novelty song “The Typewriter” using a drumset, a…
Expectations vs. Reality for Action Movies
In this video, Las Vegas filmmaker Ryan Higa takes a look at the dissonance between your expectations of scenes from action movies and what the…
Newsreel Footage of a Psychedelic London in 1967
This newsreel clip by British Pathe features a swinging London in 1967, with the psychedelic movement at the height of its power. The clip offers…