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A Prehistoric Squid-Like Creature With a Paper Clip Shaped Shell Had a Remarkable Lifespan of 200 Years
illustration by James McKay Scientist Linda Ivany, a Professor of Evolutionary Paleoecology and Paleoclimate at Syracuse University in upstate New York, and her team studied…
Chilled Out Cat Sits Upright Like a Human in a Comfy Chair While Enjoying the Warmth of a Space Heater
An orange tabby cat named Tìtaiga sat upright like a human on a chair in order to enjoy the warmth that was being emitted by a space heater.
‘Knitting the Galaxy’, An Official Star Wars Instructional Pattern Book Inspired by the Entire Film Saga
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanis Gray (@tanisknits) on Aug 24, 2020 at 4:05am PDT Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy by…
Talented ‘Band Kid’ Performs All 46 ‘Hamilton’ Songs on 10 Different Instruments in Less Than Five Minutes
The incredibly talented “band kid” Nathaniel Semsen of the Lyon Bros quite seamlessly performed parts of all 46 songs from the Hamilton soundtrack in less…
A Clever Automated Kinetic Calendar That Uses a Cryptic Font to Show the Date, Month and Day of Week
Wolfspaw Woodworks built an amazing “Cryptic Auto-Calendar”. This kinetic calendar uses three increasingly larger rotating rings to show the date, month and day of the…
A Colorized High Definition AI Remaster of the 1896 Alexandre Promio Film ‘New York, Broadway’
Video restorer Olden Days has remastered the 1896 film “New York, Broadway” by French director Alexandre Promio into a colorized 4K high definition version that…
Showing How a Pinball Machine Works in Slow Motion
In an arcade episode of The Slow Mo Guys, host Gavin Free wanted to understand how his “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” pinball game…
Toddler Adorably Asks If Dragonfly Is a Baby Helicopter
While trying to film a cute scene with her toddler nephew, a woman named Shannon was taken off guard when the little boy caught a…
Baby Raccoon Efficiently Herds a Tribe of Goats
@ryan_kadyk_ Who needs a herd dog when you have a raccoon? #goat #herding #raccoon #goatherding #baby #farm #goatfarm #blm #goatfarm #sheep #herdingdog #babygoat ? original…
How Votes Are Counted in the United States
In a timely video essay, Vox producer Liz Scheltens explains how votes are counted in the over 3,000 counties that make up the entirety of…