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Bad Words in Sign Language

Bad Words in Sign Language

(PG-13) Cut asked a translator and several hearing impaired folks to show how cuss words and phrases are done in American Sign Language. The good news is that they’re fairly obvious. The bad news is that they’re done so fast you’ll be burned before you know it.

Domino’s Pizza Japan Ad

Domino’s Pizza Japan Ad

If you had any doubt that Japanese commercials are weird, tune into this ad spot for Domino’s Pizza, which includes a battle between rock and roll chickens and rapping pigs who represent four chicken-topped pizzas and four pork-topped ones. Picasso’s horse is just a bonus.

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Rick and Morty GTA V Mod

Rick and Morty GTA V Mod

(PG-13) Wubba lubba mod mod! Rick and Morty fan zzcool and their fellow modders brought one of the show’s dimensions to Grand Theft Auto V. It includes the Cromulons, a working portal gun, Pickle Rick and more. It seems to have borrowed assets from Virtual Rick-ality.

Mahna Mahna 1.0

Mahna Mahna 1.0

If there’s one tune that’s sure to get stuck in your head and rattle around all day, it’s the classic Mahna Mahna. This early appearance of the track on a 1969 episode of Sesame Street with crawl into your ear like that creature from Wrath of Khan, and won’t let go.

In Case of War, Go to Switzerland

In Case of War, Go to Switzerland

Switzerland is known for its landscape, banks, and chocolate. But Real Life Lore reminds us that it’s also a country filled with defensive facilities. To paraphrase Narcos, that’s not being paranoid. That’s being smart.

Metal Africa

Metal Africa

Musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios turns in another fantastic heavy metal cover version – this time putting a razor-sharpened edge on the 1982 Toto pop hit Africa. This time, he’s joined by vocalist Hannah Boulton and guitarist Rabea Massaad.

My Best Friend: Piano Edition

My Best Friend: Piano Edition

Musician Luke Thering is a big Key and Peele fan, so he decided to take one of their classic sketches – in which Jordan sings an awkward song of friendship to Keegan-Michael – and added the instrumentation the song should have had from day one. Great job, Luke!

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Is a 1999 PDA Still Useful?

Is a 1999 PDA Still Useful?

One of the cooler bits of mobile tech from the 1990s was the Psion personal digital assistant. The Psion 5 offered a 5.6″ monochrome display, and a physical keyboard. Oldtech81 dusted off one of these relics to see if it still could serve a useful purpose in 2017.

Learning to Do a Bicycle Manual

Learning to Do a Bicycle Manual

(PG-13: Language) Mike Boyd’s latest goal was to do a manual on a bicycle for at least 165ft. It sounds like a straightforward challenge, but it proved to be his most frustrating one to date. Remember folks, when it seems like you’ve hit a wall, a cup of tea can work wonders.

Rick and Morty Go to Bikini Bottom

Rick and Morty Go to Bikini Bottom

(PG-13: Language) The cast and creators of Rick and Morty dropped by Vulture, and were asked if they’d improvise a mini-episode in which they enter the world of SpongeBob SquarePants, and things quickly go off the rails from there.

Rapping Sports Team Names

Rapping Sports Team Names

(PG-13: Language) “I was ravin’ in the desert til the sun gave me red skin, I told you that I’m no saint, I see hawks, I just spin…” Mac Lethal incorporates the names of every US pro football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer team into a cohesive 3-minute rap.

Adam Richman vs. Hot Wings

Adam Richman vs. Hot Wings

(PG-13: Language) Professional cook and gourmand Adam Richman dropped by Hot Ones to talk about his Man vs. Food days, favorite hip hop artists, ultimate hangover cure sandwich and more. He’s as addicted to the show as we are.

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Hydraulic Cardboard Claw Machine

Hydraulic Cardboard Claw Machine

We’ve seen how to make a claw machine from cardboard, but Seanscrafts’ version wasn’t exactly easy to operate with its string-based mechanism. Leave it to The Q to come up with a way to build a more refined machine that uses syringes, tubing, liquid, and popsicle sticks.

DIY Embroidered Caps

DIY Embroidered Caps

Dad hats never really went away, but now everyone’s wearing them. Shmoxd has a handy guide on how you can take an existing cap, remove the existing embroidery if needed, and add your own design. It takes a bit of time, but it’s cheap and you get a unique cap out of it.

GoPro Kitty

GoPro Kitty

Cats get into all kinds of mischief when we’re away from home, so VFX artist Aaron Benitez decided to strap a GoPro Session action camera onto his cat Prince Michael to see what he does as soon as the boss man leaves for work.

Single Print Yoshimoto Cube

Single Print Yoshimoto Cube

Redditor eames_era_fo_life shows of a cool 3D printed object – in the form of a Yoshimoto Cube – one of those hinged playthings that can be flipped inside-out on itself. The most impressive part – it was printed entirely as a single part. STL file available here.

Alternative Doctor Who Themes

Alternative Doctor Who Themes

George C Music has been creating alternative versions of the Doctor Who theme music, to approximate what it might have sounded like if created by other musicians. We can’t decide if we like the Kraftwerk or the John Carpenter version best. The swing jazz is cool too.

What Is a Moon?

What Is a Moon?

MinuteEarth teamed up with their sister channel MinutePhysics to dig into how astronomers define something as a “moon,” and how we probably need to have better size and movement parameters before every random speck of space dust is called the same thing.

Cool Ferrofluid Patterns

Cool Ferrofluid Patterns

We’re not sure what sort of magnets Chemical Bouillon used beneath their container of ferrofluid, but they used them to manipulate the wondrous magnetic fluid into some fascinating organic patterns. More here and here.

How to Make Senko Hanabi Sparklers

How to Make Senko Hanabi Sparklers

Senko Hanabi is a Japanese firework that is lit upside down and emits wonderful tiny sparks. Even though it’s made of commonly found materials, NighthawkInLight says he’s been working on it for 10 years and still hasn’t perfected the sparkler.

Dual-Axis Tourbillon Watch

Dual-Axis Tourbillon Watch

Sped-up footage of the insanely complex Hautlence Moebius, a $250,000 timepiece that has a tourbillon movement that spins on a second axis as it moves. Hours are displayed on a turning chain, while minutes appear on the gauge at center. Here it is at normal speed.

Stretch Armstrong Gets Swole

Stretch Armstrong Gets Swole

After subjecting a goo-filled Stretch Armstrong figure to his shredder (or was it the other way around?), PressTube decided to stick the figure inside of a vacuum chamber. I still fun to see him all pumped up, but we were hoping for a big boom.

Toppling 250,000 Dominoes

Toppling 250,000 Dominoes

Hevesh5 and 18 friends spent 7 days setting up this lengthy maze of dominoes for Zeal Credit Union’s Incredible Science Machine event, and set three US domino records along the way: largest domino field, largest domino structure, and largest overall domino project.

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