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Cool American Doritos
“Made from fresh roasted maize.” While shopping at Kvosin (a small market) in Rekjavik, Iceland recently, I spotted a flavor of Doritos I had never…
Orchestra Surprises Unsuspecting People in Hidden Camera Pranks
Unsuspecting people are surprised by an orchestra in this series of hidden camera pranks from the comedy show Republic of Telly on Irish television channel…
AsapScience Explains Why We Cry
“Why does your face leak when you’re sad or emotional?” Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain why we cry in this two and a half…
How Jurassic Park’s Animatronic Triceratops Was Puppeteered
The Stan Winston School of Character Arts has released a two-part video series detailing how the gigantic animatronic Triceratops puppet in Jurassic Park was built.…
Stages of Decay, A Beautiful Book Featuring Photography of Abandoned Theaters by Julia Solis
Stages of Decay is beautiful photo book of abandoned theaters by photographer and urban exploration pioneer Julia Solis. In her research for the book, Solis…
Illusions (part one), The First Episode in a Meditative Short Film Series on Life & Illusion
“Illusions (part one)” is a meditative short film on the interplay between life and illusions. It is the first episode in an 8-part series. The…
Skin-Tight ‘Star Wars’ Full Body Costumes
Chewbacca Second Skin Star Wars Costume Costume Craze has released a 2013 collection of skin-tight full body costumes made to resemble popular characters from the…
Types of Coffee, An Illustrated Guide by Pleated-Jeans
Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans created a clever illustrated guide that explains how to make different types of coffee. You can check them all out on…
Martin Cooper, Inventor of the Cell Phone on ‘PBS Inventors’
Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone, is the subject of an interesting episode of PBS Inventors by photographer David Friedman.
The Cleaner: A True Story, Short Film Shows Masked Renegade Fra.Biancoshock Cleaning the Streets of Italy
With Milkshake Studio, Italian renegade fra.biancoshock has made The Cleaner: A true story, a short film that shows him cleaning up the streets of Milan…