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Urban Exploring with Researcher Bradley Garrett
Urban explorer and researcher Bradley Garrett navigates subway tunnels and climbs skyscrapers in this video by Barcroft Media. We previously wrote about Garrett’s book on…
‘Live From Space’, A National Geographic Television Event Broadcast Live From the International Space Station
Live From Space, hosted by television’s National Geographic Channel, is a special two-hour event that will be broadcasting live from both the International Space Station…
Five African Red River Hog Piglets Born at Zoo Miami
Five African Red River Hog piglets were born to a first-time mother pig at Zoo Miami on February 28, 2014. The litter consists of three…
Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity? by PBS Idea Channel
Host Mike Rugnetta discusses whether Twitch Plays Pokemon, a stream of what was previously the video game Pokémon Red and is now Pokémon Crystal that…
Grace Helbig Reviews The Red Carpet Fashion of the 2014 Academy Awards
Grace Helbig, host of the video series It’s Grace, hilariously reviews the fashion of the 2014 Academy Awards. Wearing a striped sweatshirt and a fancy…
Branding Bad, Creative Logos Designed for Each of the Eight Final Episodes of ‘Breaking Bad’
Branding Bad is a “fun side project” by Dayton, Ohio creative director Jeremy Loyd of Sparkbox, in which he designed a series of creative logos…
‘Do You Wanna Get a Beer, Man?’, A Hilarious Parody of ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman?’ From Disney’s ‘Frozen’
We used to be best buddies, but now you’ve got that girl you met at the mall. “Do You Wanna Get a Beer, Man?”, created…
Getty Images Now Allows the Embedding of Photos for Free on Websites
Stock photo agency Getty Images, a major supplier of such images, now provides “tens of millions of images” for free. Traditionally, Getty Images and other…
Confused Dog Jumps In Circles Trying To Reach The Lowest Hanging Branches Of A Recently Trimmed Tree
A confused but determined dog jumps in circles trying to reach the lowest hanging branch of a tree, not realizing that his human had recently…
AT-AT Rocker, A Custom-Built Rocking Horse Based on the AT-AT Walkers From ‘Star Wars’
Jen Yates of Cake Wrecks and EPBOT has created the “AT-AT Rocker,” a fantastic custom-built rocking horse based on the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars.…