Laughing Squid
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Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer, Documentary About a Chronicler of New York City Street Culture
Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer is a documentary about the Brooklyn native who is noted for his photos of 1980s-era NYC street culture
Making Good, Parody Imagines an Alternate Reality For ‘Breaking Bad’
Thats Whats Up Comedy has created “Making Good,” a great parody that imagines what Breaking Bad might have been like if Walter White (“Mr. Black”)…
Shocking Photo Shows a Guy Cutting His Way Out of a Shark
To show off his big catch in a really unique way, an unnamed Australian fisherman gutted the shark he caught, climbed inside its carcass, popped…
WWII-Era Record Shows Albert Einstein Took Part in Program to Help Jews Escape the Nazis
This small card shows that Albert Einstein made a deposit to help finance the emigration of a Jewish person named Hugo Moos from Nazi Germany…
Dogs Called ‘Twisted Sisters’ Excitedly Spin in Circles For Dinner
In the 2010 home video titled “Twisted Sisters,” two English Springer Spaniel sisters (Hope and Rosey) excitedly spin in circles when their owner tells them…
Montage of British Adventurer Graham Hughes Visiting Every Nation in the World
In November 2012 British adventurer Graham Hughes completed the Odyssey Expedition, his nearly 4-year-long quest to visit all 193 UN member nations without flying (he…
Please Tell Me That’s Cosplay T-Shirt
Diesel Sweeties creator Richard Stevens has made a t-shirt that says “Please tell me that’s cosplay.” The shirts are available to purchase from the Diesel…
Morning Glory, An Art & Technology Exhibit by Seemen’s Kal Spelletich in Benicia, California
Kal Spelletich, the founder of interactive machine art performance collective Seemen, is the current Artist in Residence at the Arts Benicia and his new art…
Oakley the Dog Tells His Owner What It’s Like to Be a Wet Dog
Oakley the dog has just had a bath and emphatically tells his owner what it’s like to be a wet dog in this video by…
Kaze Tachinu, Hayao Miyazaki’s First Animated Film For Adults
The Economist is reporting that popular Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, known widely for his children’s films like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away, has made…