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The Olympic Tennis Finals Were Played on a Giant Green Court, the Internet...
Earlier this week, Britain’s Andy Murray and Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Porto squared off in a gold medal match played on a giant green court. It didn’t take long for the Internet to notice the...
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Felix the Duck Saves His Chicken Friend from a Preying Hawk
When redditor JasonKetoAccount heard commotion in his backyard he decided to check his security cam footage to see if he could discern what happened. Lo and behold, his camera caught a Red-tailed...
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How Movie Effects Were Done in the Silent Film Era
Reddit user Auir2blaze recently put together an awesome compilation of movie effects from the Silent Film era, along with a brief explanation on how each effect was achieved. You can see the entire...
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This Parody Account Launched Today and Already has 100K Followers
@TrumpDraws put out its first tweet at 1:03 am ET on January 31st. It’s about to cross 100K followers and it’s not even 11pm. What does Trump draw exactly? Say no more fam. kat...
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15 Subway Maps Compared to Their Actual Geography
The subreddit r/DataIsBeautiful is one of the most popular communities on reddit and its members have become well-known for creating original and engaging content that helps us all make better sense...
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In Math, Profs Use This Puzzle To Teach a Valuable Lesson About Problem Solving
Graphic by Krauss The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures; or rather to teach them not to reason using figures,...
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James Curran Spent a Month in Tokyo and Made a Daily Gif Inspired By His Travels
Artist and designer James Curran of SlimJim Studios recently travelled to Japan, spending the month of April in Tokyo. In a 30-day challenge he dubbed #TokyoGifathon, Curran animated a new GIF each...
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10 Cat Bros That Will Never Leave You Hanging
High fives and fist bumps are an integral foundation to any solid friendship. And this is not limited to human relationships; this level of camaraderie and kinship is key with your animal bros too....
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10 Combined Gifs that Reinforced My Love for the Internet
There’s a glorious subreddit called.. you guessed it: Combined Gifs, that does exactly that. Gifs have become ubiquitous in our communication; deployed in texts, group chats and social networks to...
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KFC Twitter Only Follows the 5 Spice Girls and 6 Random Guys Named Herb
In random Internet news, KFC’s official twitter account only follows 11 people: All 5 spice girls and 6 random guys named Herb. For those unfamiliar, Colonel Sander’s Original Recipe of “11 herbs...
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Guy Turns Ray Collins Wave Photos Into Cinemagraphs and They’re Astonishing
Photograph by Ray Collins In an ongoing series of cinemagraphs, artist Armand Dijcks has teamed up with award-winning photographer Ray Collins (featured previously) to bring his incredible wave...
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This Horizontal Bar is a Single Shade of Gray
In this optical illusion, a horizontal gray bar in a single shade of gray is placed in front of a gradient background. Suddenly the bar also appears as a gradient, getting darker from left to right....
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These Animated Color Graphs of Famous Paintings are Hypnotizing
Data is Beautiful is a fascinating subreddit described as: A place for visual representations of data: Graphs, charts, maps, etc. A recent submission by reddit user anvaka included not just a...
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The Internet Had a Field Day With Obama’s Official Portrait
Last week, former US President Barack Obama unveiled his official portrait for the National Portrait Gallery’s ‘America’s Presidents‘ collection. Beginning with President George H. W. Bush, the...
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These 10 GIFs Will Give You an Appreciation for Silent Era Filmmaking
For the last three years, Don McHoull has been faithfully uploading gifs from silent era films to Twitter under the handle @SilentMovieGIfs. Not surprisingly, the account heavily features the work of...
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17 Halloween Costumes That Will Make Your Day
Every year we love to highlight amazing, funny, and clever Halloween costumes we came across online (see 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). The most popular costumes posted online...
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The 50 Bestest Gifs of 2018 (aka The Shirk Report Volume 506)
Fellow Shirkers! It’s the last Friday of 2018 which means you’re either stuck at work or on glorious holiday. Either way, you’re here and we can’t thank you enough for your ongoing support. You’re...
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Simple Gif Shows How People Can See the Same Thing Entirely Differently
Check out this gif. It’s simple, it’s beautiful, it’s elegant. Like life, you can take from it what you want. To me, it shows how people can look at the exact same thing and see different...
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The Power of Lighting and Focal Length in 4 Compelling GIFs
In photography—and especially portrait photography—lighting and focal length (more specifically, the right lens at the right distance/positioning) can have a dramatic impact on the end result. Even...
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Why Buster Keaton is One of the Greatest Stunt Performers of All Time
Joseph Francis Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He has...
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