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Incredible Paper Animals With Tactile Fur and Feathers
Award-winning artist and illustrator Melinda Fabian creates absolutely incredible, highly realistic, 3D paper animal sculptures that feature pettable fur and ruffling feathers. Fabian, who once…
Orphaned Baby Chimpanzees Gleefully Play With Bubbles in a Tub Put Out by Their Adopted Humans
In order to continually provide proper stimulation for the growing orphaned baby chimpanzees living with them, human caretakers Jenny and Jim Desmond of Liberia Chimpanzee…
Artist Pulls a Red Wagon With 99 Smartphones Around Berlin to Create a Virtual Traffic Jam on Google Maps
Artist Simon Weckert created a virtual traffic jam on Google Maps with 99 smartphones in a wagon that he pulled through the streets of Berlin.
Bill Murray Reprises His Role as Phil Connors in a Clever ‘Groundhog Day’ Jeep Gladiator Super Bowl Ad
In the very clever Super Bowl ad for Jeep, a wonderfully deadpan Bill Murray seamlessly reprises his role as weatherman Phil Connors from the classic…
Ze Frank Hilariously Lists the Quirky Anxieties of Working in an Office Alongside Other Humans
In a slight departure from his hilarious insights about the animal kingdom, the very forthright Ze Frank turned his astute eye towards the quirky anxieties…
Biodiversity Heritage Library Makes 150,000 Animal and Botanical Illustrations Available to Download For Free
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a veritable storehouse of natural history documentation that provides open access to its digital library, which includes over 150,000…
Geeky Valentine’s Day Cards Featuring Pop Culture Stars Expressing Romantic Feelings In Their Own Way
As he does each year, the very talented PJ McQuade has created a new series of 21 wonderfully geeky illustrated Valentine’s Day cards featuring pop…
A Fantastic Cover of the Guns N’ Roses’ Song ‘Paradise City’ Performed by a Finnish Bluegrass Band
While at the SXSW conference in 2019, the Finnish Bluegrass band Steve’n’Seagulls performed a fantastic cover of the Guns N’ Roses song “Paradise City” on…
Larry David Talks About the Time He Quit His SNL Job and Returned the Next Day Like It Never Happened
While appearing on Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, the very witty Larry David engaged in an amusing and candid conversation with the host about the time…
An Entire Park Full of People Joins a Man on a Bench in Singing the Bon Jovi Song ‘Livin’ On a Prayer’
While in out and about one day, vlogger Matej Priteržnik captured a truly uplifting video of a man on a bench belting out the words…