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How the Fluid Curvy Letters of Cooper Black Made It the Font of Choice for Pop Culture and Advertising
In an illustrative report for Vox, video producer Estelle Caswell (previously) consulted with legendary art director Steven Heller and typeface expert Bethany Heck to talk…
A Beautiful Compilation of People’s Reactions to Viewing the Moon Through a High Power Telescope
Filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh of the series To Scale: brought a high-powered telescope to the streets of Los Angeles and allowed passersby to…
Ben Folds Debuts a Painfully Honest Song About the Absolute Mess the Year 2020 Has Been So Far
On the 12th episode of the Saturday Apartment Requests show, host and talented musician Ben Folds debuted an original song that offers an honest look…
Man Humorously Describes a ‘Beautiful’ $800,000 Single Family Home Listing in Fresh Meadows, Queens
Vlogger Louis Rossman of the computer repair company Rossman Repair Group, quite hilariously described a real estate listing for a “beautiful” singe-family home in the…
Rick Astley Performs a Brilliant Acoustic Cover of the Foo Fighters Classic Song ‘Everlong’
Musician Rick Astley, of “Rickroll” fame, performed an absolutely brilliant acoustic cover of the classic Foo Fighters song “Everlong”. The song perfectly matches Astley’s vocal…
Playful Rescued Bear Chases After His Human to Get a Hold of a Yummy Melting Cone of Ice Cream
A very playful rescued juvenile bear named Tom happily chased after his human Sergey Karsanov in order to get a hold of the melting vanilla…
The Fascinating Process of How the Apple Watch Ejects Water Captured in Slow Motion Macro Footage
In an immersing episode of The Slow Mo Guys, host Gavin Free wanted to understand how the Apple Watch ejects water in order to continue…
How to Build the Death Star II Out of Cardboard
Epic Cardboard Props demonstrated how to build a model of the Death Star II from Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi out of recycled cardboard.
Talented Music Teacher Performs Touching Cello Cover of ‘Pure Imagination’ for Graduating Eighth Grade Class
In celebration of the graduating eighth grade class of 2020 at the Chicago Waldorf School, musician and music teacher Brendan Finucane performed a touching cello…
A Clever Mechanical Drawing Arm Kit Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci’s 15th Century ‘Robot Knight’
Scientifics Online has created the “Drawmaton” a wonderful hand-powered drawing arm kit that takes its inspiration from the iconic 15th century Robot Knight by Leonardo…