Half as Interesting shares the bizarre story of Sir Alfred Mehran, an Iranian national who was rendered stateless due to his participation in protests against the monarchy. He was eventually granted refugee status in Belgium, but desired to gain citizenship within the United Kingdom after learning that his biological mother was Scottish. He travelled to…
Improv Everywhere Transforms a Pair of Unused NYC Pay Phone Booths Into Outdoor Co-Working Spaces
Director Charlie Todd and the NYC comedy collective Improv Everywhere hilariously took a disgusting pair of unusable pay phone booths at 24th Street and 6th Avenue and transformed them into very usable outdoor co-working spaces. A faux WeWork representative who was played by Agent Addie Weyrich, greeted interested pedestrians who were fascinated by the concept…
Why New Yorkers Preferred a Less Attractive But Properly Scaled Subway Map Over a Modern Redesign
In August 1972, renowned Italian designer Massimo Vignelli created a beautifully modern streamlined map of the New York city subway that matched the forward thinking attitude of the city, but was eventually cast aside in favor for a more traditional approach. The issue was that Vignelli’s map didn’t pay enough attention to distance between stops…
Stan Lee Thanks His Fans
Speaking of Stan Lee’s cameos…
An Enormous Ocean Sunfish Gets a Full Body Cleaning Using Fish That Happily Nibble Parasites Off Its Skin
In a fascinating BBC Earth video, nature host Liz Bonnin joined a team that traveled down deep into the waters of the Galápagos Islands and captured the rare sight of an absolutely enormous Mola Mola (ocean sunfish). This particular species is the largest bony fish in the world, with some weighing up to over 2,000…
The Evolution of Stan Lee
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Victor (@jeffvictorart) on Nov 12, 2018 at 11:17am PST The Evolution of Stan Lee by Jeff Victor (previously), a couple of wonderful tributes to a Marvelous man. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Victor (@jeffvictorart) on May 29, 2018 at 11:24am…
Stan Lee Opens Up About the Voracious Childhood Reading Habits That Led to His Marvel Storytelling
The late, great legendary comic creator Stan Lee sat down with the New York Times in 2017 and opened up about his early inspirations (including a bottle of ketchup), his voracious reading habits as a kid and how how he started in comics despite the fact it was everything his mother hated. He also talked…
An Absolutely Stunning Classical Guitar Cover of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed in Its Entirety
Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar who has performed amazing acoustic covers of songs from television and film performed a stunning classical guitar cover of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody”, brilliantly making it look easy when it absolutely isn’t. Bohemian Rhapsody Meets Classical Guitar! Full video: https://t.co/qvVxP6HT6u#BohemianRhapsody? ? pic.twitter.com/iFXEMzyspR — Nathan Mills (@beyondtheguitar)…