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Facebook Messenger now has a tap-and-hold video sharing function. Yes, just like Snapchat. What a coincidence!
You are looking at the city of Mirny, located right in the heart of Asia, in the Republic of Yakutia, an estate associated to the Russian Federation. That terrifying hole is an open quarry 525 meters deep and 1.2 kilometers in diameter right next to the city itself. It looks like the gates of hell…
A clever imgur user posted a strip with all the costumesthat Bill Murray has used in the Late Show with David Letterman from 2009 to 2014. Murray is always hilarious, but the fact that he has been doing this for five years now is amazing. It makes me sad to know that we won’t see…
Some may call it the Honey Moon now but, according to NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, June’s full moon is traditionally called Strawberry Moon in North America because of the harvesting of the strawberries. This incredible photo by astrophotographer Göran Strandshows a full moon pink and gigantic over Sweden. NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the…
For a while there, it seemed like all anyone wanted to talk about was the movie Frozen. Elsa. Building a snow man. Letting it go. Lip syncing. Saying things like Disney Animation is better than Pixar now. Yadda and yadda. But was the movie that good? Is it a Disney classic? CinemaSins decided to take…
Martín De Pasquale is a Photoshop master who twists and teases reality in his wonderful surreal art. We’ve seen some of his magical work before and now he’s back with a lot more images that warps your world view. but in his fantastic planning of his shots.His talent is not only in his Photoshopping skills—which…
Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. This project was published in the early evening, California time,…
For a long time, The Bravest Warriors was another way for fans of Adventure Time’s Pendleton Ward to see what goes on in his head. The animation was the same, the writing was similar yet more grown up, and the potential for a realized story was lying in wait under the surface. And with the…
[Cue up “Summer Nights” for optimal effect]. You’ve almost definitely seen Grease six or seven times. It’s on TV a lot, it’s about 25-years-old, and c’mon, those songs are just about everywhere. But it’s summer, and we’re talking about summer love, so why not revisit the classic campy flick? You know the story: Sandy is…
Samsung’s Galaxy Android phones have been a terrific success—its Galaxy tablets, not so much. Meet the Galaxy Tab S, Samsung’s crack at making a tablet as great—and as appealing—as the Galaxy S5. The new Tab S replaces last year’s Tab 4 and comes in 10.5 inch and 8.4 inch models with Super AMOLED displays, both…
Is using computer-controlled ancient electronics as instruments a new fad? Not even close. So why is this old dot-matrix printer playing Bach worthy of note? It’s because this particular piece of classical music, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, was originally composed to be played on an organ. And at times this old printer sounds…
Las Vegas gets 90 percent of its water from Lake Mead, the lake created by the Hoover Dam about 45 miles away. It’s also a lake that’s only half full—with water levels that are decreasing every year. Now the city must dig a massive tunnel that will dip deeper into the lake to ensure Las…
Google I/O is just around the corner, and according to a report from Forbes it will bring a new Google service called “Google Fit.” This is after Samsung announced its nebulous SAMI concept, and Apple its HealthKit. It only makes sense Google would be working on its own fitness thingamajig. It makes sense for Google…
The Slinky has always been at its most entertaining while walking down a flight of stairs. But it’s a short-lived thrill—over as quickly as it started—given most staircases only rise a single story. And that’s why some genius, working in some secret laboratory, came up with Project NESM—otherwise known as the Never Ending Slinky Machine.…
The Lick Me I’m Delicious laboratory is the brainchild of food inventor Charlie Harry Francis, who invented a portable nitro ice cream parlor in 2011. Now he has invented an awesome machine that produces edible mist in more than 200 flavors, including mango, chocolate, apple pie, and smoked bacon. To inhale the the mist you…
You can try as hard as you want, but the laws of the universe dictate that anything crossing the threshold of a bathroom is going to eventually get wet—and that includes the toiletries bag you travel with. But even joining you in the shower won’t bother this one, because it’s made from a recycled fire…
As the clock ticks over to 12:11am (EDT) tonight, the world will experience the first full honey moon on Friday the 13th in almost 100 years. It will appear golden and huge in the sky, so pay attention because it will not happen again until June 2098. Also, remember to watch out for werewolves too.…
Want to be prepared? That starts right here, with a good pocket knife you can carry with you everywhere. Here’s what to look for and how to buy one. Why Not A Multitool? If you rarely use a knife, then multitool with a blade may work for you. But, the blades in them tend to…
It’s a tale as old as time: Traveler meets luggage. Traveler falls in love. Traveler buys luggage. Traveler causes a scene as flight attendant forces traveler to pay $75 for improperly-sized baggage. And if you’ve secretly been holding out hope that we might one day be able to put this bit of passenger pageantry behind…
For years we’ve been saying that an Amazon Prime subscription is simply the best deal in tech. You get so darn much for your money that you’d be crazy not subscribe. And in the few months since we last said it, Prime has only become a better deal, thanks to new services like today’s unveiling…
