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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…
How to Become a Contemporary Dancer in 15 Hilarious Steps
Robert Hoffman (aka “Contemporary Eric”) and his assistant Krystal Ellsworth (aka “Bich”) demonstrate how to become a contemporary dancer in 15 hilarious steps.
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats 2.0, A Sequel Instructional Video About Cats
Professional engineers Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard have created “An Engineer’s Guide to Cats 2.0” as a follow up to their deadpan instructional video from…
A Second Compilation Video of Tiny Puppies Learning to Howl
CrazyFunnyStuff has created a second compilation video of tiny puppies learning to howl to follow up their first ridiculously cute compilation of squeaky canines.