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Royal Thai Navy Drill Team Performs Intricately Choreographed Drill to Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown’
A Royal Thai Navy drill team performs an intricately choreographed synchronized drill as a military band plays a cover of Europe song “The Final Countdown”…
A ‘Sex and the City’ Art Print Featuring ‘The Many Shoes of Carrie Bradshaw’s Closet’ by Pop Chart Lab
(larger) Pop Chart Lab has created “The Many Shoes of Carrie Bradshaw’s Closet,” an art print featuring 50 of the “headstrong heroine’s fashionable footwear and…
Ex Postal Facto 2014, A Three-Day Conference Celebrating Mail Art in San Francisco
Ex Postal Facto, a three-day conference celebrating correspondence art, letter writing, and “faux philatelics,” takes place February 14 through 16, 2014, in San Francisco. The…
Efficient Passenger Project Posts Rogue Signs Showing New York City Subway Riders Optimal Boarding Locations
A group calling itself the Efficient Passenger Project has installed signs on the New York City subway that help riders navigate the system by showing…
‘Goat Simulator’, A Video Game That Simulates the Life of a Goat, Now Available for Pre-Order
Initially created as nothing more than a prototype by game designer Armin Ibrisagic of developer Coffee Stain Studios for the January 2014 Global Game Jam,…
Tiny Baby Bat Twins Being Fed at the Auckland Zoo
It’s meal time for the baby lesser short-tailed bat twins born at the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand. The twins were bred as a part…
Man Crafts Ingenious Doorbell Featuring Sounds From the Video Game ‘Super Mario Bros.’
Programmer Joseph Thai has made a Super Mario Bros.-themed doorbell made mostly out of a PIC16F628A microcontroller connected to a dual 7-segment LED display, and…
Sacha Baron Cohen Bringing ‘Ali G: Rezurection’ to FXX Featuring the Original 18 Episodes of ‘Da Ali G Show’
Respect. R-E-S-T-E-C-P. FXX is set to premiere television comedy Ali G: Rezurection from Da Ali G Show creator Sacha Baron Cohen on February 26th. FXX’s…
cdza Performs a Beautiful Medley About the Musical “History of Men Moving On” After Being Dumped
For their Valentine’s Day special, New York City-based experimental music group cdza performed a beautiful medley about the musical “History of Men Moving On” after…
Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014), America’s Little Sweetheart
Shirley Temple Black, the dimpled curly haired tap-dancing moppet who captured America’s heart during the mid-to-late 1930s, has passed away at the age of 85…