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Metric Imperial Measurement History

Origins of the Metric vs Imperial Measurement Systems

August 5, 2025

Bengal Cat Massage Vibration Plate

Bengal Cat Enjoys a Full Body Belly Jiggling Massage on His Human’s Vibration Plate

August 5, 2025

LEGO Vehicle Climbs Wall

Engineer Builds Increasingly Complex LEGO Vehicles to Scale Increasingly Taller Walls

August 5, 2025

Puddles Hallelujah

Puddles Performs Gorgeous Cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ With Nods to Jeff Buckley and John Cale

August 4, 2025

Rhisotope Project

The Rhisotope Project Inserts Non-Lethal Radioactive Seeds Into Rhino Horns to Combat Poaching

August 4, 2025

Sounds From the Past

Distinctive Sounds of Classic Toys, Gadgets, and Electronics From the Past

August 4, 2025

Duck Follows Human Around

Devoted Duck Follows Her Beloved Human Around the Farm

August 4, 2025

Dangers of Lacking Strong Sense of Self

How Children of a Self-Absorbed Parent Often Struggle to Find a Strong Sense of Self

August 3, 2025

The Candy Factory Clinton Hill Brooklyn

The Creative Life Inside an Incredible Artists’ Enclave in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn That Was Once a Candy Factory

August 3, 2025

Donut Guitar

A ‘Hole-y’ Electric Guitar That Looks Like It Was Made Out of Colorful Glazed Donuts

August 3, 2025