The very talented musician Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist took a bit of a dark turn with a haunting arrangement of the already moody Pink Floyd dong “Hey You“. Adding to the arrangement’s feel was the clear, clean sound of a sweet Stratocaster and the beautiful bends of a whammy bar. A dark and moody cover…
The Importance of Having Time Alone to Oneself In Order to Function More Easily In Social Situations
Using fascinating dioramic felt puppetry by Catherine Prowse, the ever-insightful School of Life explains the importance of having time alone to oneself in order to have the room to think, to understand what may be happening without the distractions of others and to plan one’s life in a quiet way. Being alone also allows for…
An Amazing Timelapse Revealing a Cross Sectional View of a Sprouting Kidney Bean Plant Over 25 Days
The timelapse focused YouTube channel GPhase posted an incredible cross sectional view of a sprouting kidney bean plant over 25 days. The footages shows the sprout first pushing through the soil and reaching ever upward, while the roots anchor down to keep the plant steady. Kidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how…
The Last Male Standing, A Powerful Film About the Caretakers of Sudan, the Last Northern White Rhino
On Mar 20, 2018, Sudan, the very last male northern white rhinoceros, sadly passed away from age related complications and with his death an entire species became extinct. Filmmakers David Hambridge and Andrew Harrison Brown traveled to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya to speak with Sudan’s beloved caretakers Jemu Mwenda and Joseph Wachira about…
The Weeki Wachee Underwater Mermaid Show From the 1940s Enjoys a Newfound ‘Retro’ Popularity
In a dryadic episode of Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visited the tiny Florida town of Weeki Wachee, the home of gorgeous natural springs and a legendary underwater mermaid show that began in the 1940s. While the show was very popular up through the 1960s, the cynicism of the 1990s along with the shiny newness…
Conan O’Brien and Producer Jordan Schlansky Hilariously Prepare for Their Trip to Italy
In February, Conan O’Brien and Conan producer Jordan Schlansky traveled to Italy to tape a new special, Conan in Italy, that is set to air on TBS April 11th. Team Coco posted behind the scenes footage of O’Brien and Schlansky sitting down to hilariously prepare for their wild ride through Italy. A post shared by…
A Concerned Elephant Gently Guides a Stubbornly Playful Calf Away From the Playground To Eat
A concerned elephant named Dok Mai who lives at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, very gently guided a reluctant calf away from the swinging tires of the playground and towards the area where their meal was being served. The stubbornly playful young pachyderm put up a bit of a fight, but eventually…
Motion Sensitive Digital Display at a Stockholm Metro Station Sends a Hair Raising Cancer Message
In 2014, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation created a powerful adaptation of an Apotek hjärtat Apolosophy interactive digital shampoo ad at the Odenplan metro station in Stockholm. The original motion sensitive ad showed a woman’s shiny hair blowing in the breeze created with the passing trains. Using the same digital billboard, the “Hair Raising Message”…