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Minneapolis Meteorologist Giddily Parades Across the Screen After Computer Glitch Multiplies Her Image
While delivering the weather for the Minneapolis area, meteorologist Jennifer McDermed of Fox 9 KMSP found herself being multiplied while on air due to a…
San Francisco Skateboarders Open Up About Bombing the Famous Hills of Their Beloved City
“The Hill Bombers of San Franciso” by Wendi Jonassen for The New Yorker is a fascinating short film in which the skateboarders of San Francisco…
How to Create a Homemade Flipbook Animation
The silent host from The Q Channel (previously) shared a really simple way to create a homemade flipbook animation using a smartphone, paper, pencil and…
BMX Riders Build a Custom Pogo Bike
Pro BMX riders Scotty Cranmer, Matty Cranmer and Vinny Mannino worked with an engineer to create an incredible “Pogo Bike”.
Man Attempts to Climb an Incredibly Steep Steel Ladder 2,600 Feet Up a Mountainside in Sichuan, China
Stuart Wiggins of The China Traveller attempted to climb an incredibly steep steel ladder of 2,556 steps to get to a Chinese village.
miTail, A Bluetooth Enabled Animatronic Animal Tail
The Tail Company is a startup company that creates lifelike animatronic animal tails for those who like to wear one for whatever reason they choose.…
Man Stacks an Amazing 1,512 Jenga Blocks Onto One Vertical Jenga Block Breaking His Own World Record
Kelvin the Menga Man (previously) amazingly broke his own world record of 1,002 stacked blocks by balancing an incredible 1,512 Jenga blocks onto a single…
Donovan Performs New His Single ‘I Am the Shaman’ in a Starkly Surreal Music Video Directed by David Lynch
Legendary Scottish singer Donovan performed his new acoustic single “I Am the Shaman” at the Los Angeles studios of iconic director David Lynch. Lynch captured…
A Single Dancer in Many Forms Fights Succumbing to the ‘Weakness of the Flesh’ in a Short Expressive Film
In an incredibly expressive short film by Kevin McGloughlin (previously) in partnership with the Jacob Jonas Dance Company and Films.Dance, a single dancer who has…
A Bewitching Piano Performance of ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ and ‘Harry’s Wondrous World’ From ‘Harry Potter’
Peter Bence, the very talented barefoot pianist, performed an bewitching piano arrangement of “Hedwig’s Theme” and “Harry’s Wondrous World” from the Harry Potter film series.…