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16 Year Old Guitar Virtuoso Plays a Beautiful Cover of Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’
Kent Nishimura, a 16 year old guitar virtuoso performed a beautiful, acoustic, fingerstyle cover of the incredibly prescient 1985 Tears for Fears song “Everybody Wants…
Amusing Compilations of Marvel, Star Wars and Disney References Made During 30 Seasons of ‘The Simpsons’
There was an idea… to bring together the best Marvel references across 30 seasons of The Simpsons, streaming on Disney+. Three amusing animated compilations featuring…
Australian Animals Welcome the Relief of Falling Rain
With the horrific brushfires of the 2019 season still burning all over Australia, the kangaroos, koalas, wombats, meerkats, lemurs, and wallabies of the Symbio Wildlife…
Inspiring Young Woman Opens Up About Living With Williams Syndrome and Her Need to Hug Everyone
The incredible Chris Ulmer of Special Books by Special Kids sat down with Alexandra Birch, a 22 year old Dallas woman with Williams Syndrome. The…
A Realistic Knitted Death’s Head Hawkmoth
As part of her ongoing knitted moth project, yarn artist Max Alexander (previously) created a beautiful replication of the illusory Death’s-head hawkmoth. This particular moth…
Mountain Dew Cheesecake
Homemade cheesecake and Mountain Dew rarely have anything in common, but that little fact didn’t deter Tastemade from creating a very simple, rectangular yellow cheesecake…
The Surprisingly Small Fierce-Looking Fangtooth Fish
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (previously) captured incredibly rare footage of a drifting fangtooth fish in the deepest seas. While these elusive creatures may…
Making Fun of Each of the 50 U.S. State Flags
a roast of the 50 state flags pic.twitter.com/syhV8G0Wgh — Matt Buechele (@mattbooshell) January 21, 2020 Matt Buechele, a songwriting comedian in New York City, created…
Growing Up Heroes, A Heartwarming Photo Series of Children Wearing Superhero Costumes (1960-2000)
“Growing Up Heroes” is a wonderfully heartwarming and nostalgic photo series that looks at the effect that superhero costumes had upon children growing up between…
Teenage Girl Imagines Seeing the Worst of Herself While Staring Into a Mirror in a Powerful Animated Short
In the rather powerful animated short “My Body 2018” by Sandralee Zinzen and Nicolas Nivesse of the PÔLE 3D School in Roubaix, France, a teenage…