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Rescued Baby Orangutans Pile Into Wheelbarrows to Catch a Ride Back Home to the Nursery
After a long day of playing in the forest while their juvenile counterparts were at Orangutan Jungle School, an active congress of orphaned baby orangutans…
A Virtual Performance of Almost Every James Bond Theme Inside a Beautifully Arranged Cover of ‘Skyfall’
Musician Seb Skelly (previously) and the members of the Stretchy Legs Big Band performed a beautiful cover of the song Skyfall that also contained every…
Brent Spiner Breaks Out Into Song About His Recent Acting Success After a Reassuring Online Interview
Right after the great Brent Spiner (Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation) concluded a slightly awkward Zoom interview about his roles in Picard…
Father and Son Paint Art and Pop Culture Images Around the Fence Cutout Where Their Dogs Peek Out
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Burger & Ripley! (@thedogfence) on Jul 5, 2020 at 9:13am PDT At some point one summer,…
A Face Mask Covered in Colorful Octopus Tentacles
Online retailer Brave New Look is selling a wonderful protective, reusable face mask covered in colorful octopus tentacles. The mask itself is made of soft…
‘Black & White & Weird All Over’, A Hardcover Book of Lost ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Photos From 1983 to 1986
Black & White & Weird All Over is an upcoming hardcover book by 1984 Publishing about ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic featuring previously unreleased photos taken by…
Brach’s Candy Captures a Full Thanksgiving Feast in Their Sweet and Savory Turkey Dinner Candy Corn
Brach’s Candy has released “Turkey Dinner Candy Corn”, a mix of candy corn that tastes like cranberry sauce, ginger-glazed carrots, green beans, roasted turkey, stuffing…
A Spot On Review of the Boston Dynamics Robot Dog
Tech video producer Marques Brownlee (previously) of MXBHD traveled to Boston in order to spend some time with Spot, the robot dog created by Boston…
Clever Images Made Out of Perfectly Arranged Pencils
Canadian-Afghan artist Bashir Sultani (previously) creates clever, almost geometrical images out of perfectly arranged pencils. Much of Sultani’s work features the metal eraser section of…
Composer of ‘The Mandalorian’ Music Recounts How He Uniquely Captured the Sound of ‘Star Wars’
Ludwig Göransson, the award-winning composer of The Mandalorian shared with Variety magazine his creative process he used to capture the sound of Star Wars while…