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Foo Fighters: Back in Black

Foo Fighters: Back in Black

During their appearance at VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World, Foo Fighters performed a version of the rock classic Back in Black. To help celebrate their first concert in front of an audience in over a year, they invited AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson to perform lead vocals. (Thanks Harriet!)

BlackBOX HD Dual Lens Dashcam

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This 1080p HD dashcam has a 170º wide-angle lens and automatically records only when motion is detected. It automatically loops when its memory card is full, and its image sensor offers both a wide dynamic range and night vision capability for clear recording day or night. Save an extra 20% with code WELOVEMOM through 5.9.2021.

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The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes

The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes

Because of their power and extreme nature, black holes are some of the most awe-inspiring objects in the universe. Kurzgesagt offers a deep dive into these regions of spacetime and ponders what might happen if their immense gravity got a hold of you. Also, we just learned an awesome new word: spaghettification.

Leatherman Signal Black Multi-tool

Leatherman Signal Black Multi-tool
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Leatherman’s bestselling Signal Multi-tool looks great in a matte black finish. The outdoorsman’s tool comes with a firestarter, an emergency whistle, a knife sharpener, a combo knife, a saw, a hammer, box wrenches, a 1/4″ bit driver, can and bottle openers, and more.

Jack Black Gets the Vaccine

Jack Black Gets the Vaccine

Most of us who have gotten our COVID vaccines have had some side effects, but the protection is well worth the temporary inconvenience. Jack Black recently got his shot, and his side effects were, um, a little more colorful than what we experienced.

Ekow Nimako: Building Black

Ekow Nimako: Building Black

Artist Ekow Nimako celebrates African culture through his incredible LEGO brick constructions. His most recent works are constructed entirely from black bricks, revealing their details through light and shadow. His epic Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE, pays tribute to West Africa’s medieval kingdoms through the lens of Afrofuturism.

Black Hole Sun: Cello Cover

Black Hole Sun: Cello Cover

Break of Reality performs an emotive orchestration of Soundgarden’s 1994 hit track with three cellos providing the rich melody and harmonies, and a djembe on the rhythm track. While no string instrument can replace Chris Cornell’s vocals, we still got the feels.

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The Home Blacksmith

The Home Blacksmith
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We’ve featured lots of blacksmithing videos over the years, and perhaps we’ve inspired a few of you to try it for yourself. Ryan Ridgway’s book provides step-by-step instructions and photos for 40 projects you can do with basic equipment at home. You’ll also learn about the science and history of blacksmithing along the way.

Pitch Black Playing Cards

Pitch Black Playing Cards
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Designed by Jirs Huygen for Copag, these premium playing cards are great for magic, cardistry, or just playing a game of poker. They feature a black background with inverse fine line art in white or red ink, along with a skull motif throughout. The True Linen B9 finish is designed for smooth handling and longevity.

Bombas Black Hive Sock Collection

Bombas Black Hive Sock Collection
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In honor of Black History Month, this collection of colorful socks was created by the Black Hive—AKA a vibrant group of Bombas’ black employees. Gender-neutral styles include calf-length, quarter, and ankle socks. For every pair sold, another is donated to someone in need within the black community.

2022 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing

2022 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing

Cadillac’s Blackwing sedans are all about performance. The CT5-V Blackwing has a supercharged 6.2L V8 that makes 668 hp and goes 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, while the CT4-V Blackwing has a 3.6L twin-turbo V6 with 472 hp and a 0-60 time of 3.8 seconds. Gearheads will love that both come standard with a 6-speed manual gearbox.

Floral Black Hole Illusion

Floral Black Hole Illusion

Artist Visoth Kakvei is known for their intricate floral and ornamental illustrations. Among their incredible works are their “Floral Hole” images that appear to have a deep, dark hole in the middle of them. Another artist even animated one image to make it look like a bee was crawling out of the hole.

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Jack Black Crying

Jack Black Crying

Jack Black is best known for his singing talents and his goofball demeanor, but we didn’t realize that he’s also an expert cryer. Owenergy assembled some of Mr. Black’s many on-screen outbursts in this tear-filled compilation of movie scenes.

LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith Shop

LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith Shop

Based on a fan-submitted concept, this LEGO blacksmith shop is packed with lots of tools, and armor, and its interior features a glowing forge with a light-up LEGO brick. The 2164-piece set has a removable roof for peering inside and comes with a blacksmith, archer, two Black Falcon Knights, horse, dog, and frog figures.

Galactic Black Car

Galactic Black Car

We recently took a tour of a room painted in the world’s blackest paint. DipYourCar applied the same Musou Black paint to a car. The paint absorbs 99.4% of visible light, resulting in a strikingly dark background for a shimmering starfield effect they created with by spraying it with thinner and their HyperShift pearl coat.

Pitch Black Room

Pitch Black Room

Musou Black is said the be the blackest paint you can buy at the moment, absorbing almost all visible light. After painting some small objects with the super-dark stuff, The Action Lab created a room just so he could paint it entirely black. The Rolling Stones would be proud.

Black Sheep Boy

Black Sheep Boy

Director James Molle and students from Gobelins animation school take us along for a boy’s journey of discovery, as he struggles with worry and seeks answers from a world occupied by strange, anthropomorphic characters. The low-res pixel animation style and lack of speech compliment the mystique of the short film.

Black Hole Sun: Funk-Soul Cover

Black Hole Sun: Funk-Soul Cover

The musicians of Scary Pockets continue to impress with their funky cover versions of classic songs. Led by the smooth, soulful vocals of Maiya Sykes, they performed a awesomely unexpected take on the 1994 Soundgarden track Black Hole Sun.

GoPro HERO9 Black

GoPro HERO9 Black

Another year, another GoPro. The HERO9 Black shoots 5K video and 20 mp stills. It has a front-facing selfie monitor, improved battery life, upgraded stabilization with 360º horizon locking, 1080p live streaming, and an available Max lens mod for an even wider angle perspective. The HERO8 Black is still available for $299.

Black & White & Weird All Over

Black & White & Weird All Over
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Since 1980, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s friend and drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz has been documenting Al’s misadventures, capturing images of the world’s greatest novelty singer in the studio, on tour, and on video sets. Schwartz’s 208-page hardcover book is filled with never-before-seen photos shot between 1983 and 1986.

Shadow Black Kitchen Knives

Shadow Black Kitchen Knives
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Dalstrong’s kitchen knives come in a midnight black that covers its blades, handles, and knife block. Their full-tang blades are made from high-carbon steel with a titanium nitride coating, while their handles are G10 and fiber resin for long life. Price shown is for the 5-piece set, but pieces are also sold individually.

Black Eyed Peas: Action

Black Eyed Peas: Action

Superpop group Black Eyed Peas pays tribute to Bollywood with a fun music video that features footage from six awesomely over-the-top action flicks from India, then deepfaking themselves into the sequences. From the album Translation.

Black Is King (Trailer)

Black Is King (Trailer)

Queen B’s “Black is King” is a cinematic visual album inspired by “The Lion King.” Beyonce’s most ambitious project yet infuses elements of black history with an empowering message for young kings and queens seeking identity, and co-starring roles for Jay-Z, Lupita Nyong’o, and Naomi Campbell. Premieres 7.31.20 on Disney+.

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