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Street Artist Creates Historical Plaque That Pays Tribute to New York City Healthcare and Essential Workers
While wandering the streets of Brooklyn, Rich Garr of Gotham Sidewalks spotted a historical plaque dedicated to “grocery workers, nurses, hospital staff, doctors, mail carriers,…
Musician Performs Astounding Violin Cover of the Classic Boots Randolph Instrumental ‘Yakety Sax’
While performing at the Vernadsky Museum in 2015, the very talented Maria Lazareva played an astounding violin cover of the classic Boots Randolph instrumental “Yakety…
Colorful Punch Needle Embroidered Anatomy Brooches
Slow crafter Hiné Mizushima recently discovered the technique of punch needle embroidery. After a bit of practice, she created a wonderful line of brooches and…
Stanley Tucci Demonstrates How to Make a Negroni
While staying at home, the multi-talented actor, director and mixologist Stanley Tucci quite graciously offered to make his wife Felicity Blunt a Negroni cocktail. While…
The Distinctive Voice Behind Tiny Tina in ‘Borderlands 2’ and Other Games Shares Her Love for What She Does
Great Big Story spoke with Ashly Burch, a talented actress who’s known for distinctively voicing Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2, Parvati Holcomb in The Outer…
German Polka Band Performs a Bouncy Cover of the Classic Guns N’ Roses Song ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’
German Oberkrainer (Slovenian polka) band The Heimatdamisch performed a really bouncy, horn-laden cover of the classic Gun n’ Roses song ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ while…
Younger Twin Brother Plots to Becomes the Oldest Man Alive in a Darkly Humorous Stop-Motion Animated Short
“Second to None” by Vincent Gallagher is a darkly humorous stop-motion animated short that tells the story of Frederick, a jealous younger twin brother who…
Launching a Model Rocket Underwater in Slow Motion
Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception built a model rocket with the intention of launching it underwater.
Family Creates a Home Grocery Store So 87 Year Old Grandmother With Alzheimer’s Can Stick to Her Routine
Like so many others around the world, Australian filmmaker Jason van Genderen, his wife Megan and their three children have been staying safely at home.…
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Crew Members Sing the Smash Mouth Song ‘All Star’ via Clever Editing
Web tinkerer Alexis Deveria very cleverly edited scenes from Star Trek: The Next Generation so that the crew members appear to be singing the Smash…