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If You Are in a Shell, A Story About Shyness Told by Ze Frank
“If You Are in a Shell” is a thoughtful story about living with and overcoming shyness told by Ze Frank and choreographed and performed by…
Compilation Video of the Best Local News Bloopers from 2013
News Be Funny created a hilarious compilation video of the best local news bloopers from 2013.
One-Year-Old Baby Learns to Beatbox with Her Uncle
A one-year-old girl learns to beatbox from her uncle, iLLyNoiZe, in this adorable video. She’s well on her way to being a pro!
Eerily Lifelike Sculptures of Animal/Human Hybrids
Chinese artist Liu Xue creates sculptures of human figures that have been augmented with animal body parts. The eerily lifelike sculptures range from centaur-like human/pig…
Coffee Makers: Macchine da Caffe, An Encyclopedic History of the Coffee Maker
Coffee Makers: Macchine da Caffe is an encyclopedia of coffee makers that traces the evolution of coffee making devices from the 1600s to the present.…
Uncovered Books App Helps You Choose a Book by Its Content by Hiding All Other Details
Uncovered Books is an e-reader app with a clever book discovery feature that lets readers choose books by their content alone—when selecting a book to…
Cosmo the Baby Monkey Swims in the Bathtub for the Very First Time
This video from 2012 shows Cosmo the baby monkey swimming in the bathtub for the very first time. We have been giving Cosmo weekly baths…
Quirky the Blind Kitten
Quirky is the epitome of an adorable kitten. He loves to play, hunt, sniff and run around the room with no apparent purpose. The only…
Tea Cup Chair Lets You Sit Inside A Giant Tea Cup
Not only does the Tea Cup Chair allow you to sit inside a giant tea cup, but its cushioned interior creates a cocoon of quiet…
Side-By-Side Comparisons of Digital Vs. Analog Film
In this intriguing video, filmmaker Joey Shanks presents a series of stop frame animations that were each shot twice—on an analog 35mm Canon 7E and…