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How the Elements Got Their Names by It’s Okay To Be Smart
Host Joe Hanson explains how the elements got their names in rhyming fashion in the latest episode of PBS Digital Studios series It’s Okay To…
Last Gasp Is Holding Their First Ever Logo Design Contest
Design an original Last Gasp skull logo and claim your place in history. Fame and fortune await! Legendary San Francisco-based underground comic book, art book,…
A Few Signs That Someone is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Roommate
You really shouldn’t have tried Craigslist. BuzzFeedYellow showcases a few signs that someone is a problem roommate in their recent “Signs You Have A Roommate…
A Series of Dramatic Movie Posters for Classic Disney Animated Films
Disney’s Oh My Disney blog has created a series of posters for a bunch of their classic animated films that provides a more serious outlook…
A Comic Identifying the Different Types of ‘Star Wars’ Fans
Artist Andy Kluthe of Nerd Rage and Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly have created a great comic that identifies the different “types of Star Wars fans.”…
Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Yosemite National Park
Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill recently released “Yosemite HD II,” a beautiful time-lapse video recorded in Yosemite National Park over a 10 month period. The…
98 Year Old Woman Gets Her Driver’s License Back So She Can Help Her Neighbor
I lost my driver’s license because somebody thought I was too old. This video posted by storytelling site I Like Giving features Evelyn, a beautiful…
Kids React to Old Rotary Telephones
“Uhhh… I don’t want that phone. I want to keep my iPhone.” In the latest episode of Kids React, Benny and Rafi Fine of The…
Jurassic Systems, A Web-Based Recreation of the Famous ‘Jurassic Park’ Computer Scene
Jurassic Systems, created by programmer Tully Robinson, is a recreation of the Irix and Macintosh environments from the original 1993 Jurassic Park film. Specifically, the…
Indian Man Attempts World Record for Fastest Typing With His Nose
Back in 2012 Khursheed Hussain set the world record for the fastest time to type the alphabet—just 3.43 seconds. He’s now attempting to set another…