Before Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell, late metal legend Ronnie James Dio was a doo-wop artist. (more…)
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Beautiful film on a Buddhist ritual only 46 monks have completed
The Kaihōgyō is a quest to become a living Buddha through 1000 days of gruelling rituals. Ivan Olita was granted rare access to a temple near Kyoto to film The Seven Year Pilgrimage to Enlightenment . (more…)
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Explore the world’s largest cave, including 360-degree video
YouTuber Oxalis shared Ryan Deboodt’s gorgeous footage of the world’s largest cave , Vietnam’s Hang Son Doong. (more…)
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These shoes are made of pineapple leaves
The inedible green leaves left behind during pineapple harvesting contain fibers that can be transformed into goods traditionally made from leather, including shoes, bags, and other leather accessories. Pinatex has details. (more…)
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How it’s made: hard crystal candies with cherry-flavored roses inside
From Tallahassee, Florida’s Lofty Pursuits who offer these “handmade artisinal candies” at $6 for a 2.75oz bag: A new technique for a new effect in our image candies. These Crystal Roses are formed from nothing but hot sugar, and flavors. This is the first in a series of candies using this kind of design.
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How it’s made: hard crystal candies with cherry-flavored roses inside
Ridley Scott unpacks the original Alien chestburster scene
Ridley Scott pauses his iconic in-camera chestburster scene in several places to show the tricks he used to make it so memorable. (more…)
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The genetics of photosensitive sneezing, explained
If you’re among the one in four people who sneeze when you move from a dark place into the sunlight, this nifty little explainer from a fellow traveler gives a great overview of causation theories over the millennia. Turns out it is just one transposed letter in the second chromosome that causes the effect. (more…)
Flashlight fish have glowing lanterns below their eyes
Flashlight fish , also called lanterneye fish and scientifically photoblepharon (light-eye), are strange and wondrous creatures best viewed during a night dive in the Pacific. (more…)
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Flashlight fish have glowing lanterns below their eyes
Mathematical conjecture generates beautiful lifelike form
The deceptively simple Collatz Conjecture is one of mathematics’ most difficult puzzles. Alex Bellos shows off a cool rendering by Edmund Harris that looks like a beautiful life form from the sea. (more…)
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Prankster sends a 419 scammer into a NSFW rage
Kvatch of The Hoax Hotel is masterful at playing rubes who fall for online scams. In this gem, he keeps an “FBI agent” named “Josh” on the line for nearly 22 minutes, riling him up until he’s ” the angriest scammer I’ve ever called .” (more…)
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