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A Mournful Medieval Cover of ‘Creep’ by Radiohead
Bardcore singer Hildegard von Blingin’ performed a cover of the Radiohead song "Creep" in a traditional medieval style.
A Tiny LEGO Train Rides on Tiny Tracks Through a Canadian Forest in Celebration of Springtime
In celebration of springtime, vlogger TinyTrainTracks laid a long row of LEGO tracks across a trail of the local forest. A tiny LEGO train was…
A Brilliantly Integrated LED Fender Telecaster Guitar Faceplate That Synchronizes With a Band’s Lighting Rig
Immerge Interactive built an impressively brilliant faceplate for a Fender Telecaster that features integrated reactive LEDs that turn the guitar into a light show. This…
Autumn Leaves Become the Flames For a Stick Acting As a Match in a Wonderful Stop-Motion Animated Short
While at the Sasso Art Residency, filmmaker William Crook created “Stickmatch”, a wonderful stop-motion animated short of a wooden stick that becomese as a match…
Kit Kat Jingle Composer Talks About the Song’s Origins
Great Big Story visited with legendary television and film composer Michael A. Levine to talk about one of the most iconic pieces he’s ever written…
The Real Reason Raccoons Dip Their Food in Water
In a procyonid episode of SciShow, host Olivia Gordon explains the real reason that raccoons dunk their food in water. Let’s just say that cleanliness…
How a Crowdfunding Project Is Trying to Save the Footpaths of the Oldest Road in Britain
In a historical episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott (previously) explained the history of The Icknield Way, the oldest known road…
A Supercut of Characters From ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Using the Phrase ‘Some Kind of…’
Ryan Powell edited footage showing every time a character said "some kind of…" or "some sort of.." in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
Hand-Welded TIE Fighter and X-Wing Candlesticks
Alex Dodson of Burned by Design has again added to his incredible Star Wars inspired collection with amazing TIE Fighter and X-Wing candlesticks. Like his…
An Ingenious Kinetic Chess Set Based on the Folding Principles of Origami for Easy Portability
Brian Ignaut, a talented engineer who previously designed unfolding solar arrays for SpaceX, has designed an absolutely ingenious kinetic chess set that is based upon…