Cyanide & Happiness: The Rope
“Hey, can’t we just cut off the Panda Bear?” Cyanide & Happiness has released “The Rope,” their new animated short about an indecisive group of…
How to Create a Watermelon Smoothie in 2 Minutes With Little Mess
NASA engineer Mark Rober shows “how to create a refreshing watermelon smoothie” in 2 minutes with little mess. To make the refreshing beverage, Mark used…
How to Rip a Phone Book in Half
“Joey from Twitter” demonstrates how to rip a phone book in half without breaking a sweat in this episode of Mental Floss hosted by Max…
Photos of the First Cars Going Over the New Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Shot from his Yerba Buena Island home, my dear friend Benjy Feen captured cool photos of the first vehicles going over the new Eastern span…
Objects & Figures Form Human Faces in Optical Illusion Paintings
Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak cleverly arranges objects, figures, and other elements in his paintings so that they suggest the form of a person’s face. He…
19th Century Fore-Edge Paintings Are Hidden on the Pages of a Book
Colleen Theisen of the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa recently posted some fantastic 19th century paintings that are hidden on…
Awkward Situations That Happen to Almost Everyone
BuzzFeed demonstrates awkward situations that happen to nearly everyone like mouthing around blindly trying to find the straw for your drink, tripping and pretending to…
Sizzling Bacon Candy
Sizzling Bacon Candy is a carbonated bacon-flavored candy by Archie McPhee that “not only tastes like bacon, it also turns your tongue into a frying…
En Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her Shoes
In the video “En Puntas” by artist Javier Pérez, a ballerina dances atop a grand piano with kitchen knives affixed to her pointe shoes. via…
Satellite Footage of Ten Years of Weather History
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a video showing weather footage of the Southern Hemisphere from the past ten years captured with…