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A Giant Fire-Breathing Mechanical Dragon Operated by 17 People Parades Through the Streets of Calais
La Machine, the incredible machine art group based in Nantes, France, who previously built a giant kinetic Minotaur named “Le Gardien du Temple” (The Guardian…
Timeline of the Best Selling Music Artists (1969-2019)
Data Is Beautiful (previously), a first year PhD student and self-described data geek who enjoys making visualizations as a hobby, created a fascinating animated timeline…
Suspect Creates Story From Detective’s Bulletin Board in a Key and Peele Parody of ‘The Usual Suspects’
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of the comedy team of Key and Peele quite masterfully parody the 1995 neo-noir film The Usual Suspects with a…
Surprised Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Has an Emotional Response to Contestant’s ‘We Love You, Alex!’ Answer
During the final round of Jeopardy during the “2019 Tournament of Champions”, longtime host Alex Trebek posed the question “In the title of a groundbreaking…
Paper Animal Sculptures by Kitty Rose Morgan
Artist Kitty Rose Morgan creates really exceptional paper sculptures, particularly of dogs and cats. Morgan isn’t only limited to domestic animals, as she also makes…
A Stunning Acoustic Cover of Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ on a Creatively Capo’d Guitar
Musician Luca Stricagnoli gave a stunning performance covering the Coolio song "Gangsta’s Paradise" using a creatively capo'd guitar.
A Father Reunites With His Punk Rock Band to Play ‘Fistfight in the Parking Lot’ at His Daughter’s Wedding
In a rather amusing classic 2010 sketch from Saturday Night Live, a loving father (Fred Armisen) asks his daughter at her wedding if she’d mind…
Remastered Footage of The Who Performing ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ in May 1978
The Who released remastered footage of "Baba O’Riley" and "Won’t Get Fooled Again" being performed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978.
How to Slice a Wide Variety of Fruits Like a Professional
Chef Frank Proto, the Director of Culinary Operations at the Institute of Culinary Education demonstrated for Epicurious how to best peel, cut, slice and sometimes…
Nine Mini Cheetah Robots ‘Playing’ Like Little Children
In February 2019, researchers at MIT announced that they had developed a smaller, lighter and more agile version of their Cheetah quadrupedal robot that could…