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Walnut That Looks Like Chewbacca From ‘Star Wars’
Ontario, Canada-based artist Ripplin found a walnut in his backyard that looks an awful lot like Chewbacca, a “gentle, hairy, non-English-speaking” character from Star Wars.
Google Maps Street View Easter Egg Lets Users Explore the TARDIS From ‘Doctor Who’
If you visit the Google Maps Street View of Earl’s Court Road, you’ll encounter a blue Police Telephone Box that looks a whole lot like…
Portrait Drawings Imagining Email Spammers as Trustworthy Citizens
“Power Pharmacist” Portraits of Spammers is a series of drawings by San Francisco-based illustrator Ben Walker “inspired by some of the strange, annoying, possibly even…
A to Z, A Song That Transitions Through 26 Music Genres Alphabetically
Canadian musician Andrew Huang and David Brown of Boy in a Band have teamed up to create “A to Z,” a song where both Andrew…
Baby Giant Panda Born at the Taipei Zoo Meets Its Mother for the First Time
A giant baby panda born at the Taipei Zoo met its mother, Yuan Yuan, for the first time over a month after it was born.…
First Flight of the Phantom, Aerial Footage of NYC Captured With a Quadcopter
Using a DJI Phantom quadcopter, a Zenmuse H3-SD Gimbal, and a GoPro HERO3 camera, filmmaker Nicolas Doldinger created “First Flight of the Phantom,” beautiful aerial…
Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Spatula
“To boldly er… spatula.” The Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Spatula from ThinkGeek is a handy piece of kitchenware designed to look just like a certain…
Pranksters Dress as Beekeepers & Pretend to Stir Up Dangerous Beehives in Public
“Oh god! Bees! Oh God!” Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady pulled off a crazy new prank where they dress up as beekeepers and pretend to…
Guy Tells People His Foot Fell Asleep & Asks Them to Tuck It In
“Can you please tuck it in?” Jimmy Craig of the Billerica, Massachusetts-based sketch comedy group FATAWESOME recently pranked people in downtown Boston by telling them…
Casey Neistat’s System for Recovering Lost Items: A Note That Reads ‘Please Do The Right Thing’
In the short video “Do The Right Thing,” filmmaker Casey Neistat demonstrates his novel system for recovering lost items: he writes a note on his…