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Dadaviz’s Jody Sieradzki thought that something interesting may came out of crossing the total number of eBay sales by dollar amount of Disney princesses’ merchandise with their skin tone and hair color. And indeed, while correlation doesn’t mean causation, the resulting graphic seems interesting. You can argue that the data may be skewed in favor…
The work of South Korean artist Timothy H Lee is utterly influenced by his years as a neuroscience student. These beautiful sculptures and paintingsare his way of digging inside his own complex and sometimes disturbed personality. From his website: Timothy Hyunsoo Lee (b. 1990, South Korea), affectionately called “Timmy” by his friends and family, is…
Italian Photographer Guido Argentini hired some dancers, gymnasts and aerialists, coated them in silver paint, and ended up with this beautiful collection of pictures that transform the girls into beautiful metallic statues. [NSFW] Guido Argentiniwas born in Florence, Italy. He studied Medicine for three years at the university of Florence. At 23 he decided to…
I don’t know the scientific reason why broken things sometimes get fixed when you hit them but the truth is that this seems to be the case. Duncan Robson put together this neat supercut using movie scenes of people doing just that, transforming them into the drum track of a song. SPLOID is delicious brain…
We have seen Tom Cruise doing some crazy stunts in the past,but this must be the craziest yet. The 52-year-old actor—who is shooting Mission Impossible—held to the door of an Airbus A400M Atlas military transport as it took off and flew at 5,000 feet above the British countryside. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us…
Okay, this pumpkin isn’t carved but still, it’s freaking floating in the air! Therefore under the rule known as things that can float in the air can be called whatever they want, I name this levitating pumpkin the best and spookiest and awesomest and nerdiest Jack O’ Lantern of Halloween. SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…
Even though all cookies should be eaten so more cookies will be made to be eaten, I would feel so guilty if I ate any of these cookies made by SweetAmbsCookie. They are a work of art. The painstaking detail and beautiful decorations are unreal. You wouldn’t want to eat a painting made by Picasso,…
Anything fun or worth doing usually requires a bit of crazy. But this, this is basically all crazy, which must mean it’s a ridiculous amount of fun. Valentin Delluc flies his paraglider so close to the ground and rips off spins and twirls so fast that it’s hard to believe. Hell, just watching him zip…
This report on a 4-acre spider web covering a building has made shiver and curl in disgust. You are looking at the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant, where 4 acres of their facility were covered by a spider web made by an estimated 107 million spiders. That’s 35,176 spiders per cubic meter! In fact, the scientists…
Skaters are great at appropriating architecture as obstacles for amazing maneuvers. But usually you think of the the rails and ledges of urban areas or constructed ramps as their playground. In this video, Finland’s Helsinki airport is the unlikely setting for some gnarly shredding. Legendary pro skater and photographer Arto Saari was behind the session…
This flying car looks pretty damn cool in both flight and road modes, but especially when it opens up like a transformer. After being certified by the Slovak Federation of Ultra-Light Flying, the AeroMobil 3.0 has started final regular flight-testing this month. According to the company, it’s very close to the final product now. The…
Every time I see a mechanical music box my jaw drops. But when I saw these extraordinary pieces, by 18th century master watchmaker Jaquet Droz, I couldn’t believe they worked mechanically and not by magic spell. The level of precision and complexity is mind-blowing. [Thanks for the tip Fernando] SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Tyrone Lebon created this neat documentary showing the state of the art of modern photography. The film features some of the world’s best contemporary photographers talking about their creative process, inspiration, and ultimately, what modern photography is about. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
This interactive ad is actually two commercials in one. If you let the video roll, you’ll end up with your average car commercial. But if you press R in your keyboard while watching it, you’ll see a badass action film. Of course, the combination of the two makes it even cooler. Watch the full ad…
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is featuring this extraordinary 16-photo panorama by astrophotographer David Lane: The Milky Way arching over the Devils Tower, in northeastern Wyoming. I keep looking expecting the UFOs from Close Encounters to zoom into the frame at any time now. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…
Not only it gives me great pleasure to watch this bartender preparing a Rum Martínez but it whets my thirst to no end. And to top it all, it is made with my favorite rum: Zacapa Centenario 23. I just want this magic potion right now. This is the recipe: The inside of the decanter…
Holy crap, this is amazing. Imgur user grouchymcsurly made this incredible size comparison between the stinky comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and a Boeing 747-400. It really puts it in perspective. This thing is incredibly huge! SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
These are great. Gentleman Scholar made these amusing animations called The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Skeleton and it shows how daily life—like sports and gravity and puberty and first days—for a skeleton isn’t a lot of fun. Watch them, they’re quick and easily digestible and easy to laugh at. SPLOID is delicious brain…
Time lapse anything and it immediately turns epic. Take something as kooky as the annual hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico where 750 hot air balloons get together to lift off and put it in a time lapse video and it looks absolutely incredible. It’s like a ballet in the air. Knate Myers,…
Smarter Every Day takes an in-depth look at something super cool: removing tattoos with the help of lasers. The science behind it is fascinating, all the zapping lasers do is basically break down the bigger ink blobs inside your skin and let your body’s white blood cells and liver take care of the rest of…
