Enjoy this virtual experience of coughing loudly at a classical concert and annoying everyone in the audience. The more frequently you hit the "cough" button, the more the audience will shuffle around in their seats and whisper "shhhh" at you. — Read the rest
This doll-sized hot-water bottle from 1939 was made to sit on one's face. If you had a toothache, you could rest it on your outer cheek as you lay in bed.
This actually looks super useful, as it can be filled with hot water or crushed ice. — Read the rest
Watch a teeny tiny miniature american breakfast get cooked. At first sight, this mini breakfast looks fake because of how tiny and cute it is, but it's all completely edible.
The breakfast includes tiny hashbrowns, pancakes, bacon, and eggs seasoned with green onions. — Read the rest
The All Purpose Everything Sauce is an AI generated commercial that feels like a bad LSD trip. If you're in the mood to watch a horror movie and can't decide what to watch, you've come to the right place.
According to the AI, the All Purpose Everything Sauce can be put on dessert, meat, and even inside of balloons while you stand under them and get drenched in the stuff. — Read the rest
Herkimer, dubbed the worlds largest beetle, is a 16 x 10 foot Hercules Beetle statue who lives in Colorado Springs. This gigantic bug has guarded the entrance to Rock Creek Canyon along Highway 115 for over sixty years. Herkimer is located right next to the Colorado Springs Bug Museum. — Read the rest
The original Taco Bell building has been ripped out of the ground for safekeeping. In 2015, the first ever Taco Bell restaurant was uprooted from its original location in Downey, California, and driven down interstate 5 to the Taco Bell HQ in Irvine, CA. — Read the rest
This awesome image from @publicdomainrev on Instagram shows a butterfly's tongue (scientifically known as a proboscis) magnified 50x. The image was created in 1909 by Arthour E Smith. I love the way that the proboscis loops around so many times, and looks like a tiny snout at the very end. — Read the rest
I'm constantly searching for the perfect pencil sharpener. I've been frantically searching for one that doesn't clog easily, but my search hasn't been fruitful. I've had to resort to sharpening my pencils with an x-acto knife. I wonder if the pencil sharpener of my dreams lies somewhere inside of the Paul A. — Read the rest
Artist Tobias Gremmler makes absurdly cool videos of stringy beings. Some of my favorites include Fascia, Pupa, and this "animal field study". Gremmler's work is incredibly visceral. — Read the rest
If you want to swim or shower in style, you might consider this bathing cap that is made to look like hair. You'll surely be able to fool everyone into thinking that your not wearing a rubber bathing cap (as long as they don't notice the strap underneath your chin). — Read the rest
Danse Exquise is an animation that evokes the feeling of being inside of a kaleidoscope. I love the brilliant colors and painterly quality of the characters and ever-morphing background. For me, watching this was less about plot and more about having a completely immersive visual experience. — Read the rest
The distortion of time and a moving crowd come together in an excellent video titled Multiverse. Hiroshi Kondo's film shows multilayered shots of people on motorbikes, in cars, and crowds of pedestrians making their way through the streets of Taiwan. — Read the rest
The Steam Man of 1868 was a human-like robot that could pull a cart. The Steam Man was created by Zadoc P. Dedrick as a way to create a horseless carraige. — Read the rest
Artist Tee Ken Ng created awesome zoetrope automata. This sculpture becomes animated when rotated, making a little wooden person look like they're walking around. Atlas Obscura: "By using a Geneva wheel the zoetrope can be rotated in steps (frame by frame). — Read the rest
The Wheel of Features is a retro toy that can make over 10,000 silly faces. In the days before kids were glued to screens, mixing and matching facial features on a paper wheel was enthralling to many. Just spin the mouth, nose, eye sections of the wheel to generate new faces. — Read the rest
The Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys & Curiosities is in Amesbury, Massachusetts. This charming museum is filled with doodads, trinkets, and toys that have wound up on the shores of Plum Island. I love looking at these objects and wondering where each one came from, and how they got separted from their owners. — Read the rest
The strange beauty of rotting food is depicted in this timelapse video. After each food item decomposes into a pile of ick, we see the process in reverse. When one doesn't have to experience the buzzing flies and putrid smell of rotting food up close, the rotting process is pretty darn cool to see. — Read the rest
The Puppets of Barnaby Dixon move through space in an incredibly realistic way. Not only are Dixon's puppets beautifully constructed, but the way he's able to maneuver them is perfectly fluid and seamless. It's hard to believe there's a man controlling these tiny creatures, as they all look so alive. — Read the rest
Nature Portals is an immersive trip through a neural network of alien-like plants. Each plant has a "portal" in the center, which acts as a hypnotic focal point for each scene. Both the music and psychedelic imagery in this video helped to reset my mind after a stressful day. — Read the rest
Scott Hildebrandt makes visually stunning dioramas inside of repurposed vintage items. I let out a loud squeal of excitement upon seeing them for the first time. There are tiny universes inside of this old telephone, mini fan, clock, and so much more. — Read the rest