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A Beautiful Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Is Discovered Underneath a Northern Italian Vineyard
Surveyors in Verona, Italy made the incredible discovery of a beautiful, incredibly well-preserved ancient Roman mosaic floor under the ground of a local vineyard. This…
Illustrations of Dissected Animals, Humans and Cartoon Characters Showing Their Unexpected Inner Workings
Artist Paul Jackson (previously), who describes himself as a full-time daydreamer and his work as “the weirder, the better” has created a wonderfully surreal illustrated…
Elaborate Spaceship Art Inspired by Household Items
San Francisco software engineer and freelance artist Eric Geusz, aka SpaceGoose (previously), creates amazing illustrations of elaborate spaceships that were each inspired by common items…
Reviewing Bathrooms in Video Games
Gaming vlogger Curious Reviewers has put together an amusing but very interesting three-part video series dedicated solely to reviewing video game bathrooms. The reviewer looks…
A Marvelous Mini Marble Machine That Automatically Sends a Magnetic Ball Over a Curving Steel Wire Track
To celebrate 40K followers on his YouTube channel, visual artist and designer Daniel de Bruin (previously) built a cleverly automated miniature marble machine with recycled…
An Inquisitive Little Cat Learns How to Walk a Treadmill
An adorable little creamsicle cat named Indy came down the stairs and stopped in his tracks when he saw a treadmill in the room. The…
The Fascinating History Behind the Hurdy Gurdy
Musician Adrian Woodward of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (previously) offers a fascinating history behind the Hurdy Gurdy, a multifaceted instrument with a…
Yummy Looking Burger and Fries Kid’s Percussion Set
The MoMA Design Store is featuring a wonderful percussion set for children in the shape of a very yummy looking burger and fries made by…
Adorable Plush Characters Inspired by Wordplay
Sophia Adalaine, an artist in Ann Arbor, Michigan created Taneko, a really adorable line of plush characters that were inspired by puns and wordplay. The…
Fictional Creatures From Movies, Television, and Literature Illustrated as Vintage Scientific Field Studies
Chet Phillips has created “Unnatural History”, a series of vintage scientific field study illustrations that feature fictional creatures.