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NORAD Prepares to Track Santa Around the Globe for Christmas 2013
This year, NORAD will be continuing its annual tradition of tracking Santa’s journey to deliver presents around the globe on Christmas, which originated from a…
This Video Will Hurt, C.G.P. Grey Demonstrates Hypersounds and Explains the Nocebo Effect
In “This Video Will Hurt,” C.G.P. Grey demonstrates the harmful effects of hypersounds on the human brain before launching into an explanation of the nocebo…
Supercut Video Proves All Country Music Sounded Exactly the Same in 2013
Entertainment Weekly country music writer Grady Smith has created a great supercut video that proves all country music sounded exactly the same in 2013. According…
Gorilla Matriarch Bawang Adopts Baby Gorilla Kabibe at the San Francisco Zoo
Kabibe, a 5-month old Western Lowland Gorilla is the newest member of the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve at the The San Francisco Zoo. For her…
Classic Arcade Machines Illustrated in the Style of a Technical Field Guide
Michael Mateyko and Hans Thiessen of Canada-based design collective Komboh have created the Amusement Field Identification Kit, a series of classic arcade cabinets illustrated in…
New York Times Quiz Uses Idiomatic Phrases to Plot Linguistic Differences of Spoken English on Map
The New York Times posted a 25 question quiz using idiomatic phrases and regional dialects to detect linguistic differences in spoken English and plotted the…
Honest Action, New Series Shows How Many Lives Action Heroes Really Need to Survive a Film
Honest Action is a new series from Screen Junkies that shows how many lives famous action heroes really need to survive a film. To answer…
GIF Yourself App Inserts Your Face Into GIFs
GIF Yourself is an iOS app created by Frank Jania and Grant Custer of Betaworks that lets users insert their faces into existing GIFs.
Reindeer Games by Incidental Comics
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has created “Reindeer Games,” a comic that shows Santa Claus’ steeds taking part in traditional games that reindeer play. The…
Artist Draws Himself & His Cat in the Styles of 100 Famous Cartoonists
Cartoonist Mike Holmes has created Mikenesses, a collection of 100 portraits of himself and his cat Ella drawn in the style of other famous illustrators…