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Musician Plays ‘Moonlight Sonata’ For Injured Aging Elephant Who Was Rescued From Logging Captivity
Paul Barton (previously), an artist and musician living in Thailand performed an entrancing version of Beethoven‘s “Moonlight Sonata” for an aging elephant named Mongkol. Mongkol…
Air Force Veteran Collapses When He Finds Out His $375 1971 Rolex Watch Is Now Worth $500K to $700K
In an amusing segment of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, appraiser Peter Planes was in the midst of a one hour Bonanzaville appraisal in Fargo,…
AR Pianist, An Amazing App That Uses Machine Learning to Superimpose a Virtual Pianist on Any Piano
Massive Technologies, the Canadian company behind learn-to-play piano apps, took their educational product to the next level with AR Pianist, an incredible app that superimposes…
Using Flexible Plastic Drinking Straws to Create Green Grasshopper and Translucent Shrimp Fishing Lures
South Korean fisherman Imaginative Guy shared how to create realistic fishing lures made out of flexible plastic drinking straws. Using timelapse and wide-angle photography, he…
What the Iconic Rush Song ‘YYZ’ Sounds Like When the Audio of Neil Peart’s Drumming Is Isolated
kiboko took the iconic instrumental “YYZ” by Rush and brought the audio of Neil Peart‘s drumming to the forefront.
A Hilarious Hand-Knit Distressed Sweater That Reflects the Reality of Living With Sharp-Clawed Cats
Hanna and Nina of the wonderfully eccentric Rata Blanca Sweaters created a hilarious sweater that truly reflects what it’s like to live with cats, particularly…
Brooklyn Artist Captures the Beating Heart of New York City in Gorgeous Sketches and Large-Scale Murals
Brooklyn artist Gavin Snider captures the beating heart within New York City with his incredible sketches and murals. Snider travels throughout the five boroughs to…
An Alpha Silverback Gorilla Accepts a Robotic ‘Spy’ Baby Gorilla Into To the Family
A fascinating clip from the second season of the BBC One series Spy in the Wild (previously) narrated by David Tennant, a robotic “spy” baby…
A Mesmerizing School of Juvenile Striped Eel Catfish Glides Across the Ocean Floor as One Single Mass
Absolutely stunning footage of a mesmerizing school of juvenile striped eel catfish as they glided across the ocean floor as a single mass.
Superfan Brothers Spend 8 Years Making an Amazing Real Life Shot-for-Shot Recreation of ‘Toy Story 3’
Brothers Morgan McGrew and Mason McGrew quite diligently and rather incredibly made an amazing shot-for-shot recreation of the Disney Pixar film Toy Story 3. The…