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The Antique Circus Poster That Inspired John Lennon to Write ‘Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite’
In 1967, John Lennon purchased a Victorian circus poster at an antiques shop. That poster later inspired him to write the song, ‘Being for the…

Create and Send Custom HTML5 Card With Scroll Kit
Scroll Kit is a free online publishing web app that allows you to create a custom HTML5 card to send (without the need for coding…

Recycled Circuit Board Art by Peter McFarlane
Artist Peter McFarlane creates paintings and sculptures out of obsolete circuit boards. He was inspired to make art out of circuit boards after working as…

A PSA That Aims to End First World Problems
“I bought too many groceries, now I have to make two trips!” In this faux PSA video, Ryan Higa explains how thousands of people every…

International Cephalopod Awareness Days
International Cephalopod Awareness Days (ICAD) are upon us. From October 8-12 (of any year), spend some time celebrating “the most intelligent invertebrates in the world”:…

Seven PsychoCATS, A Seven Psychopaths Film Trailer Spoof With Cats
To promote the CBS Films dark comedy Seven Psychopaths movie coming out in theaters this week (Friday October 12, 2012), Adult Swim alumni Jim Tozzi…

The Ultimate Dog Shaming, Maymo Makes Very Poor Choices
“I like to roll around in pickles” In a humorous video titled The Ultimate Dog Shaming, Maymo the lemon beagle is caught “making very poor…

Artsy, A Pandora for Fine Art
Artsy is an art discovery website that guides users through a library of more than 20,000 artworks using an automated recommendation system similar to Pandora.…

A Profile of Survival Research Labs’ Mark Pauline
For Terrorism as art: Mark Pauline’s dangerous machines, Jesse Hicks of The Verge recently interviewed Mark Pauline and his work with dangerous machines at Survival…

Prank Signs Found in the London Underground
“No raving on the train” / image via Stickers on the Central Line In an Imgur gallery, redditor ohhelloaleks posted a series of images that…
