Laughing Squid
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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…
An Adorable Paper Bat With Unfolding Wings
In preparation for Halloween, a teacher at Studio 1.6, a visual arts school in Alameda, California very cleverly crafted an adorable bat with unfolding wings.…
An Interactive Map That Shows All the Public Trees in Each Neighborhood of New York City’s Five Boroughs
NYC Parks has put together a really wonderful online map of all public trees planted in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island, in…
A Creepy Fish With an Oddly Human-Like Face
While touring the Kunming area of China, a tourist captured fascinatingly eerie footage of a creepy carp with an extremely human-like face.
A Little Girl and Her Beloved Dog Have Loud Conversations in a Language of Their Very Own
A two year old named Everlee and her Husky carried on several adorable conversations that appeared to be in a language all their own.
Badass Updated Marshall Stack Mini-Fridges for 2019
In 2012, we wrote about the highly realistic Marshall Mini-Fridge that featured real amps and knobs found on their signature amplifiers and musical equipment. In…
Man Encircles His Deeply Sleeping Rabbit With Lots of Yummy Carrots in a Creative Effort to Wake Him Up
A pranking human quite humorously encircled an adorable bunny named Pipkin with a ring of carrots in order to wake him up. Pipkin, who was…
The Mournful, Anguished Sound of the Iconic John Denver Song ‘Country Roads’ Remixed in a Minor Key
Mashup maker KamTacos took the very light and bouncy major key of the iconic John Denver song “(Take Me Home) Country Roads” and replaced it…
Friendly Beluga Whale Plays Fetch With Crew of a South African Ship Using a 2019 Rugby World Cup Ball
While traversing frigid waters, the passengers and crew of a South African Gemini ship were surprised to find a friendly Beluga whale swimming up to…