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Candy Making Father Helps His Daughter Build a Fantastic Flaming Trombone for Her Birthday
Candy making father Gregory Cohen of Lofty Pursuits (Previously) in Tallahassee, Florida helped his daughter Jane build a fantastic flaming trombone to celebrate her birthday…
Woodworking Father Turns a Drawing by His Six Year Old Son Into a Real Piece of Furniture for His Room
Talented woodworker Chris Salomone of Four Eyes Furniture, who was inspired by the creative dad who turned his son’s drawings into surrealistic photos and other…
Deaf People Share How They Experience Electronic Music Within Club Culture in an Enlightening Short Film
The award-winning documentary “A Sonic Pulse” by Dorothy Allen-Pickard is a beautifully enlightening short film in which deaf and hard of hearing people explain how…
Popping a Single Kernel of Popcorn Using a Blow Torch and a Hair Dryer
In celebration of the New Year, Swiss filmmakers Zita Bernet and Rafael Sommerhalder of Chrictor Films amusingly demonstrate how to make a single piece of…
An Amazing Collection of Pulp Magazines Going Back 75 Years Is Available Online at The Internet Archive
In their admirable mission to keep history alive, the Internet Archive worked with anonymous contributors, The Pulp Magazines Project and The Pulp to scan an…
Amazing Footage of a Perfectly Camouflaged Flat Bug
Wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured amazing HD footage of a nearly invisible flat bug in the Colombian Amazon Forest, perfectly camouflaged with fallen tree…
A Brilliant Heavy Metal Folk Cover of ‘Toss a Coin To Your Witcher’ From the Netflix Series ‘The Witcher’
Spanish musician Chris Chronos performed a brilliant cover of the Jaskier (Dandelion) song “Toss a Coin To Your Witcher”, from the second episode of the…
Legendary Artist Robert Crumb Opens Up About How Cartoons Rescued Him During a Crucial Time in His Life
Legendary underground comics artist Robert Crumb opened up to Dutch film critic Christian Monggaard in an interview that took place during the Louisiana Literature festival…
How an Unwitting Chimpanzee Discovered Alcohol
In an intoxicating Ted-Ed lesson written by Professor Rod Phillips and animated by Anton Bogaty, narrator Addison Anderson explains the evolution of alcohol over the…
Humans Trade Places With Animals as Climate Change Victims in the Powerful Animation ‘The Turning Point’
In the absolutely powerful and timely animation “The Turning Point” by the incredibly talented illustrator Steve Cutts (previously), the human race becomes the hapless victims…