TL;DR: Keep your bike with no kickstand upright with the Ride KAC Bicycle Storage Stand. This is a no-fuss folding bike stand, and the no-fuss way to buy it is to go through direct checkout and get it for $25.99! — Read the rest
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This jumping spider looks like he's bashfully hiding his face while cleaning his eyes. Usually spiders give me the ick, but this one is such a cutie pie.
The video quality is fantastic, too. It's like watching the spider do its thing through a magnifying glass. — Read the rest
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12 years ago, this funny and weird Japanese commercial for Chocoballs was uploaded to YouTube.
I enjoyed the total absurdity of the video, where a line of people with chocolate bodies and bird legs march around an animated cityscape, singing a song that mostly involves quacking. — Read the rest
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TL;DR: If you're looking for a low-cost computer for school or travel, how about this MacBook Air refurb with a 128GB SSD, an 11.6-inch display, and 4GB RAM? Check out now and get it for $247.99!
Budget-friendly computers are hard to find. — Read the rest
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The way this puppy acts at the vet is how I always feel inside when at the doctors' office. This was the pup's first time, and the face he makes every time the vet tries to feed him medicine is amazingly dramatic. — Read the rest
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See what happens when dry ice is mixed with clear slime.
The visual effects of this concoction are so much fun to watch. Every time I've played with dry ice, I drop it into water, but this version is far cooler. — Read the rest
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If you got the chance to paint a "Painted Lady," why not paint it an extraordinary way? That's exactly what artist Xavi Panneton did. Last summer, he took the opportunity to give a historic San Francisco Victorian a stunning makeover. Located in Duboce Triangle, this house was transformed to stand out among its traditional neighbors. — Read the rest
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A man started a YouTube channel after collecting more than 2 million frog eggs and hatching them in his backyard pond.
Previous videos on his channel show what the hatching process of this many pet frogs looks like. This video shows what happens when the frog army is unleashed onto the neighborhood. — Read the rest
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For several years now I've been utterly delighted by "knitting and nature" enthusiast Sam Barsky, who has been knitting sweaters for over two decades. His sweaters feature depictions of famous landmarks and locations (Venice Beach, Hollywood Sign, Eiffel Tower, London Bridge), animals (owls, pandas, ants), natural phenomena (Niagara Falls, eclipses, Mendenhall glacier), and more, and often takes photos of himself wearing the sweaters in front of whatever landmark or creature is depicted on the sweater, which he then posts on his social media accounts. — Read the rest
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In between seasons of Ted Lasso, I found myself having withdrawal. I thought I was having football withdrawal, but that wasn't it, at least not entirely. A friend recommended Welcome to Wrexham, and it was exactly what I was looking for. — Read the rest
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Oh god, no! Not the bees!
Drivers on interstate 95 in Maine had to avoid a particularly gnarly tractor-trailer accident on May 9th. Typically, drivers have to do their best following a crash like this. Avoiding debris, calling in late to work, avoiding looking at the collision for fear of seeing something truly horrific, avoiding other drivers who can't seem to look away from something hopefully not horrific. — Read the rest
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In this hilarious and heartwarming video, international bestselling author Fredrik Backman takes the stage at the Simon & Schuster centennial celebration humorously admitting that he's only there because his agent insisted it would be good for his career. He jokes about being more comfortable with the characters he creates than with real people. — Read the rest
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This roller coaster for a 2 year old looks like so much fun. If I'd had this as a kid, I'd have been playing on it 24/7.
The wooden coaster runs on gravity, and has to be pushed uphill by hand to start off the ride. — Read the rest
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In this video, you can see Tom Scott try the Aéroplume for only €60. This looks like too much fun for the price. I wish there was something like this where I live.
Scott also lets us know how much helium it takes to lift one person off the ground. — Read the rest
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TL;DR: Enjoy the water this summer, whether that's the ocean, lake, or river, but don't forget about safety! Add this adult life vestto your arsenal for just $23.99 (reg. $59.99).
Summertime's just around the corner! Whether you're headed to the beach, lake, or river in the warmer months, you can't forget the sunscreen, water, aloe, or one more item: a life vest. — Read the rest
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TL;DR: These Mini Dual Tube Night Vision Binoculars can help you see in 100% darkness, record video, and magnify up to 10 times. If you don't want to camp without them, don't wait to check out — get them for $89.97!
Compared to something like a puma, your night vision is likely terrible. — Read the rest
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TL;DR: Microsoft Visio 2021 is the design app you use to create and share diagrams, floor plans, charts, and a lot more. Check out before May 22 and get it for only $19.97!
Creating appealing data visuals doesn't have to be hard, and it also doesn't have to require a whole pile of different apps for every different kind of visual you need. — Read the rest
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Minecraft, the voxelated open-world everything game, is 15 years old.
Aren't birthdays just great? I still remember crying hysterically after my cousin blew out all the candles on my cake. Needless to say, my 30th birthday party ended on a somber note.
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The Kiffness has done it again, this time with a brilliant duet featuring a cat named Cala who is having an existential crisis. In the Kiffness X Cala collab, called "I Go Meow," Cala the cat begins by singing the chorus, "I go meow, I go meow, I go meow, go meow. — Read the rest
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The woman who runs the Facebook page and YouTube channel "June Cleavers Vintage Closet" shares vintage fashion and vintage recipes and has cultivated a community of folks interested in the cool, weird, and wacky clothes and foods from days gone by. — Read the rest
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You have probably seen this video of an adorable little frog with an oversized squeal, which I assume is terrifying to other tiny frogs. While the original version is one of the best things on the internet, the BBC improves it with the addition of narration, and turning on the captions is perfection. — Read the rest
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In recent years, noted alt-right grifter Milo Yiannopoulos has been serving as Chief of Staff for Yeezy, the brand owned by Ye, also known as Kanye West, also known as that successful hip-hop mogul who got dumped by Kim Kardashian and then made a full-blown public embrace of Hitler. — Read the rest
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Check out this fun compilation video of Japanese commercials featuring the English ska and pop band, Madness. From 1981 to 1983, Madness starred in and inspired a series of Japanese ads for the Honda City minicar. And, if my eyes don't deceive me, the car comes with a matching folding scooter (confirmed)! — Read the rest
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Have you ever heard a ferret snoring? I hadn't until very recently when I stumbled upon "FerretTok" and discovered TikTok user "Ferret Daddy," who describes himself as "Just a streamer with 3 ferrets Twitch: Zennvin."
Ferret Daddy posts adorable videos of his ferrets playing, eating, and just generally being cute. — Read the rest
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When this paraglider set off to fly around the skies of Brazil, he was visited by an unexpected friend.
A friendly vulture decided to take a little rest on the paraglider's arm, mid-flight. The paraglider seems totally at ease with this, and even reaches out to pet the bird as it nibbles on his shoes. — Read the rest
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In this unreal looking scene, a shelf cloud rolls over the houses of a suburban community. Beautiful and ominous, it looks as if a tidal wave is rising up above all the houses.
This dramatic cloud looks so out of place in this calm little neighborhood. — Read the rest
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In Beaufort, Australia, you can take a trip to the Cyril Callister Vegemite Museum.
This museum was made to celebrate Vegemite and the life of the mastermind behind the polarizing food spread.
The museum is filled with donated vegemite memorabilia from people all over the world. — Read the rest
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Two years ago, I wrote about Jeff Dieschburg, an artist in Luxembourg who took work by others, made trivial edits, and won awards with paintings of the results. Sued there by U.S. photographer Jingna Zhang, he won an early verdict in his favour, but has now lost on appeal. — Read the rest
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Cabel Sasser (previously) spotted an early Apple employee's ID card on sale on eBay—a fantastic find for anyone interested in computer history. But he noticed something off about it—the crispness of the typewritten details—and then a few other things, too. — Read the rest
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A 23-year-old hiker who went missing in Colorado this week was found dead at Rocky Mountain National Park yesterday. It appears he took a "significant fall," according to officials, via CNN.
Lucas Macaj, an experienced hiker, had hit the trails on Sunday, and by 1:00pm texted a friend to let them know he had reached the top of Longs Peak. — Read the rest
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