Pop culture toy and collectables company Entertainment Earth has released a wonderfully squishy, glowering Cthulhu stress toy to hold tight and worshipfully squeeze whenever anxiety strikes. The Cthulhu Stress Toy is so cool, it’ll drive you crazy! It can’t bring down madness upon the people causing you stress, but squeezing this squishy likeness of Cthulhu…
An Amusing Compilation of Awkward News and Weather Report Bloopers From the 1970s
News Be Funny has put together a 12-minute video featuring an amusing compilation of awkward news and weather report bloopers from around the United States in the 1970s. Such an innocent time. A collection of odd, funny and awkward news bloopers from nearly 4 decades ago. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips
A Look at How Taylor Makes Their Incredible Guitars
Video producer Caroline Aghajanian of Insider visited Taylor Guitars in El Cajon, California and in Tecate, Mexico in order to get an idea of how they make their incredible guitars, what the guitars costs, why there are two factories and what makes their guitars different from others. Taylor Guitars was founded by Bob Taylor and…
A Scientific Explanation of the Tragic Sequence of Events That Caused the Chernobyl Disaster
With the sublime HBO series Chernobyl bringing the catastrophic nuclear disaster of 1986 back into the forefront, ACS Reactions crafted a wonderful animated scientific explanation of the sequence of events that took place on April 26, 1986 at reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. On April 26, 1986 the Soviet Union’s…
An Incredible Double Bass Quintet Cover of the Classic ‘Pink Panther Theme’ by Henry Mancini
Croatian musician Božo Paradžik and four of his talented students performed a wonderfully smooth cover of the “Pink Panther Theme” by Henry Mancini while standing in the middle of the woods. The entire group played this famously chromatic song on standup double basses. Henri Mancini’s epic composition adapted for a double bass quintet. Good work…
A Robotic Neck Brace to Help Patients With ALS or Other Neurological Conditions Keep Their Head Upright
Researchers of the ROAR Lab within Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science at Columbia University have build a truly agile and necessary robotic neck brace that assists patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurological conditions to keep their head upright. This very important invention addresses one the most serious physical consequences…
Russian Folk Orchestra Performs a Beautiful Balalaika Cover of the Led Zeppelin Song ‘Stairway to Heaven’
A sextet of balalaika players from the N.P. Osipov National Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra of Russia performed a beautifully tranquil cover of the iconic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven”. The sweet melodic sound of the traditional instrument complements the fantastical nature of the song and the legendary album from which it came. Led Zeppelin…
Johnny Marr Invites a Devoted Fan Onstage at a Live Show to Play Guitar on the Song ‘This Charming Man’
While playing Live at Lemon Grove in Exeter, England, the legendary Johnny Marr invited a devoted fan onto the stage to accompany him on guitar for The Smiths’ song “This Charming Man”. The young fan, George who like Marr is also from Manchester, had gotten Marr’s attention by physically covering the set list with a…