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a daily dose of unique and curious things
Fascinating Visual Deep Dive That Lets You Scroll Down to See What Lives at Various Depths of the Sea
Computer scientist Neal Argarwal, who previously created an interactive visualization of the scale of objects in space, turned his sights downward for “The Deep Sea”,…
African-American Father Learns to Style His Daughter’s Hair in the Touching Animated Short ‘Hair Love’
“Hair Love” is a really touching and amusing animation by former NFL wide receiver Matthew Cherry that tells the story of an adorable little girl…
Exquisitely Detailed Miniature Dioramas
Taiwanese artist Hank Cheng creates exquisitely detailed miniature dioramas that are featured in an incredible range of scenarios that address both the real and the…
Artist Creates Hyper-Realistic Graffiti of His Name
Street artist Ceser87 from Gran Canaria, Spain creates amazing, hyper-realistic graffiti letters that spell out his name in a variety of different ways. In doing…
Incredible 3D Digital Renderings Featuring Objects Inserted Into the Facades of Buildings
Digital artist rek0de creates absolutely incredible 3D renderings that interrupt the flow of established urban architecture around the world. Items as human faces, balloons, eggs,…
Playing a Creepy Baby Head Theremin
Musician cubitsocks gave a rather ominous performance on a really creepy theremin made from a baby doll’s head. The baby’s head controls light input and…
How Coconut Octopuses Use Their Namesake Shell
ReefIDFifer used fascinating underwater footage to show how the aptly-named coconut octopus (previously) puts its namesake shell to use. Whether it serves as a mode…
A 1967 Paganini Concerto Played on GE-115 Computer Sounds Like Pac-Man 13 Years Before it Was Released
Experimental music composer Pietro Grossi of Studio Di Fonologia Musicale Di Firenze performed a medley of Paganini concertos through the CPU of a General Electric…
Movie Fan Turns His Basement Into a Perfect Replica of a 1980s Video Store for His Giant Video Collection
The person behind the online video store Nostalgia Video transformed his basement into a perfect replica of a 1980s video store. The videos from his…
‘Home Alone’ Reimagined as an Illustrated Storybook
Illustrator Kim Smith (previously) has quite cleverly reimagined the plot from the iconic holiday film Home Alone as a classic illustrated storybook that can be…