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Cirque du Soleil Zarkana by Ron English, Travis Louie & Tara McPherson
The Cirque du Soleil art project SAFEWALLS is currently featuring limited edition of wonderful “Zarkana” prints by artists Ron English, Travis Louie and Tara McPherson…
Is America Ready For Its First Gay Atheist Female Robot President?
Is America Ready For Its First Gay Atheist Female Robot President? According to The New New York Times, it might just happen in 2567. original…
Find Which Sunblock SPF Is Right For You
To help deal with the massive heat wave in the US, Fake Science has created this chart to help you Find Your SPF. via The…
Chocolate, Pop Music-Infused Animated Film Made Using Sweets
From director Carlos Lopez Estrada comes this sweet stop motion animated film featuring the pop-singing Mexican sibling duo Jesse & Joy’s song “Chocolate” and lots…
A Rubik’s Cube Battenberg Style Cake
Food blogger, Vicky McDonald of Stasty, created this motley Battenberg cake as a tribute to Ernö Rubik, inventor of 1980s iconic toy puzzle Rubik’s Cube.…
Video Showing Production Assembly Line Process of BMW 3 Series Car
This fascinating video by BMW follows a 3 series sedan on its journey along the assembly line at the company’s Munich factory. It begins as…
Banana Bag & Bodice Take Their Beowulf SongPlay to Europe
Former San Francisco, now NYC-based theater troupe Banana Bag & Bodice have made Olde English Newe again, with a very modern interpretation of the epic…
Dauphin 007, A Surreal 3D Animated Short Film
MakerBot Industries artist-in-residence, Jonathan Monaghan, has implemented a surreal world in his latest 3D animated short film, Dauphin 007, using 3D Studio Max software. Monaghan…
Austrian Pastafarian Wears Pasta Strainer For Driver’s License Photo
Austrian Niko Alm successfully applied for a religious exemption in order to appear on his driver’s license photo wearing a pasta strainer, a traditional head…
Vets Replace Tortoise’s Amputated Leg With Wheel
When Gamara, an African spur-thighed tortoise, was brought to Washington State University veterinary teaching hospital with a severely injured front leg, veterinarians were forced to…