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A View of What Juggling Looks Like From Above
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Glenn (@taylor_tries) Taylor Tries, a talented juggler, captured amazing footage of herself from above as…
A Magnificent Cover of Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ Performed on Classical Guitar
Soren Boedker Madsen performed a cover of the Ennio Morricone instrumental "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" on classical guitar.
An Engaging Acoustic Cover of the Classic Neil Young Song ‘My My, Hey Hey, (Out of the Blue)’ on Harp Guitar
Jamie Dupuis, a remarkably talented musician who performs absolutely wonderful cover versions of classic rock songs with his harp guitar, sat at the edge of…
An A Cappella Cover of the ‘Star Wars’ Theme
Korean a cappella group MayTree covered the iconic theme from Star Wars by John Williams using only their voices. The performance was seemingly flawless as…
A Graceful Skating Routine Performed in a Pair of Sparkly Blue Open-Toed High-Heeled Roller Skates
Performer Marawa the Amazing effortlessly sailed across a roller skating rink in a beautiful pair of sparkly blue, open-toed, high-heeled roller skates, completing a gracefully…
A Robotic Spy Puffin Bears Witness as a Pair of Male Rivals Fight Over an Available Female Puffin
In an amorous clip narrated by David Tennant from the John Downer series The Poles: Spy in The Wild 2, a robotic puffin, surrounded by…
An Interactive Map That Traces the Path of a Raindrop Down Rivers and Streams to See Where It Ends Up
Data analyst Sam Learner has created River Runner, a fascinating interactive map that traces the path of raindrops down rivers and streams anywhere within the…
An Animated Tale of Crossing Pittsburgh’s Monongahela River Told Through a Wondrous Typewriter Illustration
For the Carnegie International 2018, artist Lenka Clayton created a wondrous animated typewriter illustration on a 1957 Smith Corona Skyriter that tells the story of…
British National Space Centre Creates a Fantastical Spacesuit From an Illustration Made in 1949
While researching the National Space Centre, the ever-curious Tom Scott (previously) came across a unique display of a rather steampunk looking spacesuit next to others…
Man Attempts to Drink From the World’s Longest Straw
James of The Action Lab (previously) attempted to drink water from a 34 foot flexible straw. He first tried it manually, but soon got tired.…