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Artist Reimagines Cartoons With Black Characters, And The Result Triggers Some People

Tyron Handy is a comic artist and children's book illustrator from Philadelphia. His latest series reimagine some of his favourite cartoons with black characters. It has garnered him a lot of attention, with a huge following on instagram. Handy thinks that the positive attention he’s received is because of the creativity he puts into his...
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Photos of Freddie Mercury with His Long-Time Love Jim Hutton Released to the Public

If you’ve watched the recent release of Bohemian Rhapsody, you probably wanted to learn more about Freddie’s partner Jim Hutton who Freddie met towards the end of the movie. Despite what the movie will tell you, Freddie and Jim actually met at a club in 1984 when he offered to buy Jim a drink, and...
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Say Goodaye to Brolga, the “Surrogate Mom” to Orphaned Baby Kangaroos

Say goodaye to Chris Barnes, a local Australian hero who has devoted his life to rescuing orphaned baby kangaroos in central Australia. The caretaker, who is nicknamed “Brolga” after the Aboriginal word for the mighty Australian crane, acts as a “surrogate mom” to nearly 30 kangaroos, including little joeys whose mothers were struck and killed by vehicles. For...
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Artist Brings More Life to Pregnant Bellies With Art!

“What Better way to celebrate such an exciting time in your life, than having a unique bespoke painting, that has been designed exclusively for you?” So says artist and Bump Painting Specialist Carrie Preston. According to Preston, a bump painting session takes about 2 hours to complete and the soon-mum-to-be can sit and relax while...
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Flat Earthers Continue To Think The Earth Is Flat And The Internet Puts Them In Their Place

It's been a long-held belief by conspiracy theorists the world around that the earth is flat. In fact, according to a study by YouGovUS, 4% of millennials between the ages of 18 and 24 think the world is flat. Despite overwhelming scientific proof, flat-earthers are out there spreading their not so level ideas. Some have even...
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Artist Compiles The Funniest Tormund And Brienne Memes From Game of Thrones

Some of the most popular pop culture books, films, and t.v shows involve love triangles, and while the Game of Thrones universe is filled with plenty of gruesome deaths it is no exception. Brienne of Tarth, now Knight of The Seven Kingdoms, is one woman who has proved she can hold her own and waits...
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These Unscripted Movie Scenes Were Just Too Good To Cut

Even the most professional and talented actors sometimes forget the lines. Nevertheless, most of them have the talent to improvise and deliver the best performance. You'd be surprised to know how many great movie scenes happened because the actor was ill, accidentally slipped and fell or simply ad-libbed. And while in movies everything looks like...
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Beauty Standards Redefined With Women of All Types

It’s a scene etched in many a movie goers mind – actress Mena Suvari rolling around in a room full of rose petals in “American Beauty”. Photographer Carey Fruth has made her own interpretation of this scene with her “American Beauty” image series. In it, women of all shapes and sizes which shows women of...
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Bee Remover Shares An Amazing Discovery He Found After Removing The Bricks From A Client’s Home

The Bartlett Bee Whisperer is a honey bee rescue and relocation service in a few Mid-Eastern/Southern States (West Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi). After the Bee Whisperer rescues the bees, he then uses them to repopulate empty hive boxes for local beekeepers who have suffered colony losses. “First I identify that they are indeed...
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Performance Artist Reenacts the Painting ‘The Origin Of The World’

Following on from our previous post where a performance artist was restrained, force-fed and injected with cosmetics in a high street shop window as part of a hard-hitting protest against animal testing (see HERE), another performance artist has gone to great lengths to make a point. Background: if you’ve ever gazed into the beautiful void...
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Artists Create the unFappening: Re-Dressing Nude Celebrities (NSFW)

As celeb nudes continue to leak in the recently coined ‘The Fappening’, one movement is bringing decency to its victims. A project named The UNFappening is seeking to cover up the goodies exposed, while showcasing the works of artists at the same time. And it is amazing. Taking submissions form the public, the site publishes celeb nudes...
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Couples Prove You’re Never Too Old To Have Fun!

You hear it all the time: “you’re never too old to have fun”. This photo series couldn’t encapsulate this saying any better! So get out there and love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth… no matter how old you are!
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Istanbul’s Famous Street Cat Is Immortalized With His Own Bronze Statue

A cherished neighborhood cat, made famous for his particular at-ease style of lounging about, has been bestowed one of the highest honors a lazy but loved feline can receive – having his memory and likeness preserved forever in a statue erected at his favorite spot. Tombili, as he was called, was a well-known figure along...
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Because The Only Thing Better Than Bob Ross Are Memes About Bob Ross

People love Bob Ross. He painted amazing landscapes in a very short period of time, but was always humble and more focused on teaching others to do the same than anything else. He was a very calm, friendly figure on screen, but viewers could also tell that he was passionate about painting, about animals, about...
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Who Gives a Hoot? Majestic Owls Caught On Camera!

Owls are absolutely stunning creatures – their deep and piercing eyes and haunting hoots are the stuff of myths and folktales. Perhaps that’s why we love these beautiful owl photos so much! Since ancient times, owls have captured the imaginations of various cultures as harbingers of death, doom, bad omens, or wisdom. For rodents, some...
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LEGO Launches Fully Functioning Wind Turbine With Bricks Made From Plants

LEGO has launched a new set that comprises a fully functioning wind turbine. The kit contains 826 pieces used to create the model that reaches 3-foot off the ground, towering out of a small landscape including trees. called vestas wind turbine, the creator expert set features bricks made from plant-based plastic that is sustainably sourced....
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The Malaysian street art scene? So hot right now.

Malaysia may not immediately spring to mind when discussing what locations are hot in the street art world right now. You could be excused for thinking that New York City, San Fran, Melbourne or France are where it’s at when it comes to great street art. While this maybe true, our roving reporter discovered earlier...
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93-Year-Old Grandma Shares 30 Years of Embroidered Temari Balls

Back in 2009, NanaAkua uploaded an incredible 468-picture gallery on Flickr that featured the amazing embroidery work of her then 88-year-old grandmother over a span of 30 years. Her grandmother practices a folk art form known as Temari. Meaning ‘hand ball’ in Japanese, the art form was introduced to Japan by China around the 7th century A.D. Traditionally, Temari...
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Artist Creates Incredible Stone Sculptures That Defy The Laws Of Physics

We’ve seen a lot of realistic and surreal artwork at artFido, but Hirotoshi Ito’s bizarre and mind-bending stone sculptures really threw us for a loop. In his masterful hands, common rocks become strange, unsettling and humorous creations that will make you look twice. Surprisingly, it all starts in a riverbed in Ito’s neighborhood, where he...
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Photographer Takes High-Speed Photos That Capture the Moment Water Balloons Explode

There’s definitely something satisfying about seeing moments that our eyes aren’t usually able to capture. London-based photographer Edward Horsford sets up his camera, and armed with only a trigger that is set to capture the specific point he needs, he captures the exact moments that water balloons explode. The results are genuinely stunning, and are...

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Artist Reimagines Cartoons With Black Characters, And The Result Triggers Some People

Photos of Freddie Mercury with His Long-Time Love Jim Hutton Released to the Public

Say Goodaye to Brolga, the “Surrogate Mom” to Orphaned Baby Kangaroos

Artist Brings More Life to Pregnant Bellies With Art!

Flat Earthers Continue To Think The Earth Is Flat And The Internet Puts Them In Their Place

Artist Compiles The Funniest Tormund And Brienne Memes From Game of Thrones

These Unscripted Movie Scenes Were Just Too Good To Cut

Beauty Standards Redefined With Women of All Types

Bee Remover Shares An Amazing Discovery He Found After Removing The Bricks From A Client’s Home

Performance Artist Reenacts the Painting ‘The Origin Of The World’

Artists Create the unFappening: Re-Dressing Nude Celebrities (NSFW)

Couples Prove You’re Never Too Old To Have Fun!

Istanbul’s Famous Street Cat Is Immortalized With His Own Bronze Statue

Because The Only Thing Better Than Bob Ross Are Memes About Bob Ross

Who Gives a Hoot? Majestic Owls Caught On Camera!

LEGO Launches Fully Functioning Wind Turbine With Bricks Made From Plants

The Malaysian street art scene? So hot right now.

93-Year-Old Grandma Shares 30 Years of Embroidered Temari Balls

Artist Creates Incredible Stone Sculptures That Defy The Laws Of Physics

Photographer Takes High-Speed Photos That Capture the Moment Water Balloons Explode

Artist CJ Hendry destroys her painting after being sued for copyright infringement and turns it into an NFT

This Dad Created A T-Shirt That Makes His Kid Give Him A Massage

What Happens When People Are Bored At Work (50+ Pics)

I Combine Thousands Of Photos To Create One Image Of A Mineral

Digital artist creates series of lazy animals immersed in technology