World Champion Yo-Yo Star Performs: [Video]
American Gentry Stein’s winning performance in the 1A (single Yo-Yo string tricks) category of the 2014 World Yo-Yo contest in Prague: [Via: Neatorama]
Category Archives: Culture
Got Beer? GoT Stein [Image]
ThinkGeek is selling a 20oz ceramic stein with an embossed map of Westeros. Why so big? Well… There are drinking games to go with everything. For Game of Thrones, the drinking game is this: when some character you love dies, take a drink. Oh, wait. We’re gonna need a bigger cup… It’s got the capacity […]
How Do Languages Change and Evolve? [Science Video]
Over the course of human history, thousands of languages have developed from what was once a much smaller number. How did we end up with so many? And how do we keep track of them all? Alex Gendler explains how linguists group languages into language families, demonstrating how these linguistic trees give us crucial insights […]
Now That’s A Disney Star Wars [Pic]
Biting satire on Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilms? Or young kids shunning gender play stereotypes? You be the judge. [Via: Reddit userย svangsgaard]
Controversial Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Cover [Pic]
Publishers Penguin have come up with a new cover for a 50th anniversary edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory that’s certainly got people talking. What do you think, readers? [Via: Buzzfeed]
Media Consumption Overtakes Sleep
A new report suggests the average Brit spends more time using media devices than they do sleeping. But that claim comes with a catch. The report comes from Ofcom, the British equivalent to the Federal Communications Commission. It surveyed the media consumption of 2,800 adults and children over one week. Ofcom’s summary of the report […]
10 Weird Facts about Human Evolution
We’ve gone from living in trees to living on YouTube in just a few millennia. We explore the weird and wonderful facts behind human evolution. [AllTime10s]
Coffee Makers: How baseball put them in our homes + How a drip coffee maker works [Videos]
If you wan tto see how a drip coffee maker works, check out the video below! Bill describes how the household drip coffee maker evolved and how baseball popularized the machines This was originally broadcast on August 29, 2000. [engineerguy]
Dune: Book Summary & Analysis by a Thug [Video]
The headline says all, watch and enjoy. [Thug Notes]
To Be Takei Official Trailer #1 (A George Takei Documentary) [Video]
Oh My: A hilarious and moving look at legendary actor, activist and pop culture icon George Takei, who has conquered new frontiers from outer space to Capitol Hill with his trademark grin. Oh, my! [To Be Takei | Via]