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The Small Animals of Smithsonian’s National Zoo Enjoy a Refreshing Treat of Watermelon on a Warm Day
With the warm weather continuing into autumn, the caretakers at Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC gave the smaller resident animals…
An Unsuspecting Man Gets a Mysterious Phone Call as His Office Suddenly Turns to LEGO
In the fifth episode of the BrickBrosProductions series LEGO in Real Life, an unexpecting man goes into his office for a normal workday. He studiously…
Monkey Takes a Hilarious Series of Selfies After Stealing a Phone From a Malaysian Student
Malaysian student Zackrydz Rodzi arrived home to find that his phone was missing. As it turned out, a monkey had climbed a tree in order…
Cat Sitting on Keyboard Helps Play Van Halen’s ‘Jump’
A cat calmly sitting on a keyboard helps Wilfrid play “Jump” by Van Halen.
A Percussive Backhanded Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Dick Dale Classic ‘Misirlou’ From ‘Pulp Fiction’
Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who plays beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, performed a solo cover of Dick Dale‘s classic interpretation of the…
Rotting Fruit Sculptures Made of Gemstones and Beads
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kathleen Ryan (@katieryankatieryan) on Jul 9, 2020 at 11:33am PDT Artist Kathleen Ryan has created “Bad…
Unique Fruit Shaped Rubik’s Cube Puzzles
Puzzle reviewer Shawn Boucké of SpeedCubeReview unboxed a set of Fanxin Series Fruit Cubes, unique fruit-shaped Rubik’s Cube puzzles that are solved by shape rather…
A Cartoonist Based on Keith Knight Sees the World Differently After Life Altering Experience in Hulu’s ‘Woke’
Woke is an original Hulu series which was co-created by cartoonist Keith Knight of The K Chronicles and is based on a real event that…
Blurring Man, Elmer Experiences One Sick Burn
Blurring Man is an hilarious, well-made and very human movie. It’s quite difficult to categorize. It’s an adventure story for sure. It is a thoughtful…
How the Bystander Effect Impedes Good Samaritans
A disconcerting episode of After Skool (previously) talks about the seemingly ubiquitous existence of the “Bystander Effect” in the age of social media. This effect…