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The art of animatronics

Meet Gustav Hoegen, a Dutch animatronics artist who has been fascinated by the inner workings of Hollywood’s practical effects since he was six years old....

Keyboard creations

The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words is not actually as old as you might think. It was coined in 1921 by advertising executive Fred R. Barnard...

Hiring people w/ disabilities

Bitty & Beau's Coffee is a chain run by people with disabilities. The founders of the shop said they want to normalize seeing people with disabilities...

10,000 friends project

Pennsylvania native Rob Lawless is on a mission to make 10,000 friends. Each day, he spends an hour with strangers from all walks of life in an effort to create...

World's loneliest tree

Tucked away in a corner of London's Royal Botanic Gardens, there is a very peculiar plant. At first glance, it resembles a stumpy palm tree, but this...

All about mushrooms!

You probably didn't know mushrooms could be used to construct buildings and cure diseases. Mushrooms are being tested in innovative and imaginative ways to...

Dead flower florist

Sarah and Savannah Hargraves from the Gold Coast, Australia, started their company Pretty Dead Flowers to create luxury floral arrangements from dead plants and...

World's oldest dog is 30

When Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, celebrated its 30th birthday last year, Costa knew he had broken an almost century-old record held by an Australian...

Mohawk Bob

Mohawk Bob, aka Bob Bagnall, has been sporting colorful mohawk hairstyles for five years. With the help of his wife Julie, who creates the designs, he has worn...

Female eagle scout

17-year-old Lily Morse in Bozeman, Montana is one of the first female Eagle Scouts. The Boy Scouts of America opened their organization to female Scouts in 2019...

Show me your teeth!

This baby is just not ready for his mom to see his teeth. Super cute!

Holographic sticker tattoos

Brazilian tattoo artist Clayton Dias specializes in holographic tattoos that look like stickers. Each piece takes about eight hours to complete and requires a...

Playing with time

Bending time and space in slow motion.

Giant live squid

Rare video captured by divers shows a 2.5-metre giant squid swimming in the waters off Japan's west coast. Giant squid are known to live in the waters...

Black hair mosaics

Visual artist Keila Strong from Chicago creates mosaics out of barrettes, beads, hair clips, and more to celebrate Black culture. Her artwork portrays iconic...

Looking beneath the layers

The Grand Festival of the Calçotada is celebrated on the last Sunday of January, and the city of Valls, Spain, throws the biggest party of all; here...

The art of handmade guitars

"In a world of automation, it’s becoming far rarer to find instruments that are truly hand made by a genuine craftsman using traditional...

Extreme micro artist

Dr. Willard Wigan MBE from Birmingham makes the world’s smallest handmade sculptures in history, from his recreation of the Hollywood sign to his...

Hyper-realistic drawings

5 hyper-realistic drawings that look real. Incredible!

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