Laughing Squid
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Baby Penguins Attending Fish School at the San Francisco Zoo
SFist recently visited the San Francisco Zoo to hang out with five young Magellanic Penguins who were born in May. The chicks ranged from five…
Canadian Team Creates Operational Human-Powered Helicopter
Canadian design team AeroVelo has successfully won the American Helicopter Society’s $250,000 Sikorsky Prize — which was first established 33 years ago in 1980 —…
Cereal Box Art Featuring Superman & His Villainous Enemies
“Superman Cereal” Ottawa, Ontario-based artist Phil Postma has created a series of fictional cereal box art featuring Superman and a gang of his villainous enemies.…
The Empire Strikes Out
The Empire Strikes Out on Bizzaro
Goat Wearing a Bow Tie & Dress Shirt Eating Dinner With Human Hands
Dressed in a bow tie and fancy shirt, Jemima the goat reads the paper and enjoys a plate of apples and some fine wine…
Atlas, A Six-Foot-Tall Humanoid Robot With Articulated Hands and Joints by Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics — the creators of humanoid robot Petman and the four-legged AlphaDog — has unveiled Atlas, a six-foot, two-inch-tall machine that’s been called “one…
Levels of Tetris, A Ragtime Remix of the ‘Tetris’ Theme Song
New York City-based pianist and arranger Scott Bradlee has created “Levels of Tetris,” a wonderful ragtime remix of the Tetris theme song. The song is…
Adventure Time Swords
The Adventure Time Swords allow you have “Finn’s Golden Sword or Jake’s Creepy Sword-with-the-Eye” (or both) in your possession. They are each available to purchase…
Tiki Oasis 13, Hulabilly
This year’s Tiki Oasis has the theme of “Hulabilly” which the describe as an “American music style derived from the blending of Rockabilly and Haole…
The Far Side’s Gary Larson Interviewed on 20/20 (1986)
Cartoonist Gary Larson of The Far Side is interviewed about his success (which he is perplexed by) on this 20/20 segment from 1986. video via…