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Sweet Potato Fries With Marshmallow Sauce and Bacon Crumbles
On top of the Liquid Chocolate Bars that Guittard was serving up at Outside Lands 2013, another festival vendor, San Francisco catering company Global Gourmet,…
[Citation Needed]: The Best of Wikipedia’s Worst Writing, A Collection of Wikipedia’s Worst Edits
[Citation Needed]: The Best of Wikipedia’s Worst Writing by Josh Fruhlinger and Conor Lastowka is a collection of Wikipedia’s worst edits compiled from blog posts…
Man Plays Piano While Carrying a Second Piano On His Back
In 2011, a Russian man named Vatan Sitomrov beautifully played a piano while carrying a second piano on his back. In the next video, he…
Dungeon Robber, A Flash Game Based on the Original Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Generation Rules
Dungeon Robber is a flash game created by Paul Hughes of Blog of Holding that constructs random dungeons based on the original merciless Dungeons &…
Bacon Jam Cronut Burger
The Bacon Jam Cronut Burger is a collaboration between Le Dolci bakery (who will provide the cronut part) and Epic Burgers and Waffles restaurant in…
Ultra Fast Formula One Pit Stop in Slow Motion
A highly choreographed 2.05-second pit stop by a Formula One team is shown in slow motion in this video by Infiniti Red Bull Racing. via…
The Madness From the Sea, A Custom Cthulhu Statue Made of 1,400 LEGO Bricks
Carl Merriam of The Brick Laboratory debuted his latest custom creation, a Cthulhu statue titled “The Madness From the Sea,” at Bricks by the Bay…
Thorested Development, Animated Mashup of ‘Arrested Development’ & The ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Trailer
“Now free from prison, Loki found himself in a different kind of prison… His family.” Herzliya, Israel-based illustrator Leigh Lahav has created “Thorested Development,” an…
A Message From the Man Has Fun With Burning Man Stereotypes
“A Message From the Man” is a music video (rapped by the “Burning Man” himself) that “plays with many of the tried and true Burner…
Tongue-in-Cheek British Ad Urges an End to ‘Marmite Neglect’
A “Marmite Rescue Unit” bursts into British homes to rescue neglected jars of Marmite, the notoriously intense British food spread, in this commercial released…