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Tenacious D Does Incredible Cover of ‘Time Warp’ from ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ to ‘ROCK-Y the Vote’
Musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass, collectively known as Tenacious D, played an absolutely incredible cover of the iconic song “Time Warp” from The Rocky…
Maymo the Beagle Takes Sister Penny on a Shopping Cart Adventure Around Town on Their Way to Vote
Maymo the Lemon Beagle and his little sister Penny wanted to vote early, so Maymo packed her up in a shopping cart and pushed around…
The Elephants at the Oregon Zoo Happily Squash 1,200 Pounds of Pumpkin to Celebrate the Arrival of Autumn
To celebrate the arrival of autumn, as they every year, the big animals of the Oregon Zoo (previously) enjoy the yummy treat of specially grown…
The Origins of 22 Anecdotal Cryptozoological Animals
Mental Floss host Erin McCarthy explains the origins of 22 different cryptozoological animals from folklore, rumor and hearsay. These anecdotal animals are known as cryptids.…
How Thousands of Independent Feet Work Together to Allow a Starfish to Uniquely Gallop Towards Its Prey
In a briny episode of the KQED series Deep Look, narrator Laura Klivans explains how starfish are able to function without a brain. Instead, starfish…
How Different Cultures and Languages Tell Time
Joshua Rudder of the animated language series NativLang explains how different cultures and different languages interpret time. Because time is a human construct, there is…
Japanese Store Installs Glass Panels In Ceiling For Resident Cats to Safely Watch From Above
A shopkeeper in Japan installed glass panels into the ceiling of their store so that the resident bodega cats can have an overhead view of…
A Fascinating Documentary Short That Takes an Inside Look Into the Newly Redesigned NYC Live Subway Map
“The Map” is a short documentary by filmmaker Gary Hustwit (previously) that takes a fascinating look into the newly launched, technologically forward New York City…
Dublin Grocery Store Installs Glass Floor So Customers Can View an 11th Century Home Located Underneath
While a Lidl discount grocery store in Dublin, Ireland was being built, archaeologists discovered the remains of an 11th century medieval home that once stood…
A Wobbly Rescued Baby Wombat Tentatively Explores the Living Room Couch in Her New Home
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @brindabella_the_wombat on Oct 25, 2020 at 9:20pm PDT An adorably wobbly rescued baby wombat named Uschi…