A dockside owl rescue turned into a successful wildlife handoff after several young barn owls were found nesting in a loft above the water. As they neared the age to… Read the rest of the article: Baby barn owls rescued from a dock loft before first flight
In 1996, beverage maker Clearly Canadian introduced Orbitz, a clear soft drink filled with brightly colored edible spheres suspended throughout the bottle. The unusual appearance made it look more like… Read the rest of the article: In 1996, Orbitz turned a soda bottle into a lava lamp
A concrete playground slide in Bucharest, Romania, looks more like a piece of brutalist architecture than a place for children to play. Built in the late 1950s or 1960s in… Read the rest of the article: This concrete playground slide looks like brutalist architecture
What did the sky look like yesterday? A web project called What Color Was The Sky answers that for any location, using real atmospheric conditions to build a written and… Read the rest of the article: This website turns yesterday's sky into a poetic memory
Verba Prima is a website dedicated to the opening lines of books. Its archive contains thousands of first sentences from notable literary works. It's a simple way to explore how… Read the rest of the article: Verba Prima collects thousands of literary opening lines
Another Day is a web experiment that lines historical events up by date. It pairs a moment that still feels recent in our shared memory with an older event, and… Read the rest of the article: The shootings at Kent State are now closer to the end of World War I than to today
Five friends in San Francisco decided that walking was overrated and concluded that furniture deserved a night out, too. This video shows the group gliding down the street while relaxing… Read the rest of the article: Five friends ride a couch on two scooters through San Francisco
This video created by ZEEGGY MERCY shows how fashion posing changed across the decades. She starts with the structured silhouettes of the 1960s and works forward through the 1970s, 1980s,… Read the rest of the article: See how fashion poses transformed from the 1960s to the modern day
This video shared by Ballooning Noord on Instagram shows a hot air balloon shaped like a giant human head, drifting over a small farmhouse. The head's stoic expression makes the… Read the rest of the article: Giant head hot air balloon turns the countryside into a dreamlike scene
The original Rattler (see video) at Six Flags Fiesta Texas opened in 1992 and was once one of the biggest wooden roller coasters in the country. In this wild old… Read the rest of the article: Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags' wooden Rattler coaster was
Twin Pines ice cream was one of many regional dairy brands that once filled American grocery store freezers in the mid-to-late 20th century. Like other small dairy companies of the… Read the rest of the article: Twin Pines' vintage ice cream clown is deliciously unsettling
What does a city sound like when you turn its transit system into a musical instrument? This clever web project answers that question by transforming the live movements of Los… Read the rest of the article: This site turns LA Metro trains into ambient music
Escherllate is a fun browser sketchbook built around tessellation. You draw on a central tile, and your lines instantly repeat across surrounding copies. The result is a living pattern that… Read the rest of the article: This interactive sketchbook turns your drawings into tessellating patterns
This video of a cat and his adorable favorite toy took me on an emotional rollercoaster (with a very happy ending). The video shows a cat named Milo who is… Read the rest of the article: Milo the cat lost his favorite pom pom, so he got 200 more
This cute video from Australia shows a baby kangaroo reacting to a persistent magpie that keeps swooping and circling nearby. Instead of being scared, the joey starts batting at the… Read the rest of the article: Baby kangaroo swats at swooping magpie in playful Australia video
Do you have a petty grievance you'd like to broadcast across the globe? If so, PettyMillion is the website for you. You can type your own petty grievances and send… Read the rest of the article: PettyMillion lets you anonymously share your pettiest complaints
This "poop dog" firework is the only thing I'm interested in purchasing this year for the 4th. It says everything that needs to be said. It's also incredibly entertaining to… Read the rest of the article: This poop dog firework puts a funny twist on the classic black snake
This tortoise has a passion for interior design, and nobody is going to stop her. In this funny video the tortoise begins moving heavy furniture around the house by simply… Read the rest of the article: Tortoise rearranges furniture like a tiny interior designer
This screen toy lets you chop wood with an ax in a realistic looking simulation. The site starts out with a section from a log of fire wood set up… Read the rest of the article: This interactive screen toy turns wood chopping into a calm, satisfying digital experience
Wiki Spy is a wonderful website that shows cut-outs of 43,815 objects from Wikipedia. Each image is pasted like a sticker against the white background. When you first enter the… Read the rest of the article: Wiki Spy lets you explore 43,815 cut-out Wikipedia objects
