Why Does My Body Do That?! – Part II [Video]
Answers to why you get goosebumps, hiccups, eye twitches, ringing in your ears, and the feeling of the hair on your neck standing up. [Buzzfeed]
Category Archives: Culture
3 Minutes to a Proper British Accent [Video Tutorial]
Drama professor and voice and dialect coach at the University of Alberta David Ley “offers a three-minute tutorial on how to speak with an upper class British accent. With Ley’s help, a hard candy and a little practice, you’ll be directing the sec-retree to the lav-retree in no time.” [UAlbertaAlumni | Via LS]
If Male Superhero Costumes Were Designed Like the Females’ [Pics]
These drawings by Fernacular are meant to make you uncomfortable. 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) Make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3) Make it funny, because, well, it’s […]
Stop The Harassment
Earlier this week two girls in Florida were charged in a case of a young teen who killed herself after a series of hateful texts and continued harassment from her peers. It is rare to see charges pressed against people in cases like this, but it is becoming more common as the victims and their […]
75 Years of Superman: An Animated Look at Superman From 1938 to Today [Video]
From the creative minds of Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) and Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this short follows Superman through the years, from his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1 to Henry Cavill in this year’s Man of Steel…all in two minutes! [WarnerBrosOnline]
The Science of Stage Fright (and how to overcome it) [Video]
Heart racing, palms sweating, labored breathing? No, you’re not having a heart attack — it’s stage fright! If speaking in public makes you feel like you’re fighting for your life, you’re not alone. But the better you understand your body’s reaction, the more likely you are to overcome it. Mikael Cho advises how to trick […]
Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na’vi Real Languages? [Video]
What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution. John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate […]
10 Incredible Facts About The Moon [Video]
http://youtu.be/H5yrwuDDgYE With plans to have man set foot on the Moon again in 2019 we thought you’d enjoy 10 incredible facts about the moon. [AllTime10s]
Who Actually Owns The Moon? [Video]
http://youtu.be/Bbgz4yY-xX0 Sure, there’s plenty of available land outside of Earth’s boundaries, but can you actually own a piece of it? Watch this video to find out! [VSauce]
All of Sheldon Cooper’s Tees From The Big Bang Theory
This fun little infographic lists every t-shirt Sheldon Cooper has ever worn on The Big Bang Theory. Since the graphic is so massive, I’ll add a more link below (front page only) so that the rest of the content doesn’t get pushed too much down the page.