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Beardvertising, Fuzzy Bearded Men Can Make Money By Clipping Mini Billboards on Their Beards
“Beardvertising” is a brilliant idea thought up by Lexington, Kentucky-based advertising agency Cornett-IMS allowing men with fuzzy beards to earn money by placing miniature billboard-like…
Baguette-me-nots, Photos of Celebrities Using Baguettes in Place of Everyday Objects
Jeff Hiller Baguette-me-nots is a Tumblr blog created by Tim Bierbaum and John Milhiser of Serious Lunch that features hilarious and bizarre photographs of famous…
Improv Everywhere Turns a New York City Subway Car Into a Late Night Talk Show
For their latest mission, Talk Show Subway Car, Improv Everywhere converted a New York City subway car into the set of a late night talk…
Young Wild Grizzly Bear Cub Chews on a GoPro Camera
While filming for the BBC’s Great Bear Stakeout, a three-year-old grizzly cub chewed on bear biologist Brad Josephs‘ GoPro camera that he had strapped to…
Guy Shaves His Facial Hair to Look Like the Batman Logo
A hero that Gotham deserves has risen thanks to redditor chrismusaf and a photo he posted of his friend’s facial hair shaven in the shape…
The Cronut, NYC Pastry Chef Creates a Donut-Croissant Hybrid
“Picture a croissant dough that is fried and then flavored in three ways: filled, dusted with sugar, and glazed.” The Cronut is a donut-croissant hybrid…
How To Disappoint Your Parents In 61 Seconds
“Sorry, Mom.” Henry Goldman of Buzzfeed has created a rebellious video showing How To Disappoint Your Parents In 61 Seconds. Or, more accurately, for the…
Guitar Warfare, An Explosive Guitar Battle Between Good and Evil
“Hold up. It’s a guitar bandit.” “Guitar Warfare” is a short video by British digital media producer Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell starring filmmaker Freddie Wong, Rob…
Yahoo Acquires Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has announced that Yahoo has officially acquired blogging platform Tumblr in a $1.1 billion deal, and has promised “not to screw…
‘Aliens’ Condensed Into One Minute Animated Speedrun
The team of creatives at 1A4 Studio condensed the entire 1986 James Cameron sci-fi film Aliens into a 60 second animated speedrun. Previously we wrote…