Sunday, July 31, 2016

'The Simpsons' Has An Easy Way To Determine Who To Vote For In November


'The Simpsons' Has An Easy Way To Determine Who To Vote For In November
"The Simpsons" has been making fun of Donald Trump for years — they even predicted his presidential run years ago. But this short is definitely the clearest they've come out against the orange billionaire this election cycle.

July 31, 2016 at 02:37PM
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Watch A Guy Skydive From 25,000 Feet Without A Parachute Into A Giant Net


Watch A Guy Skydive From 25,000 Feet Without A Parachute Into A Giant Net
Luke Aikins is a strong independent skydiver who doesn't need no parachute. And watching him complete this world record jump is both exhilarating and anxiety-inducing.

July 31, 2016 at 02:37PM
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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Colbert Faces Legal Action For Unearthing 'Colbert Report' Character But He's Found A Work Around


Colbert Faces Legal Action For Unearthing 'Colbert Report' Character But He's Found A Work Around
The "Stephen Colbert" of the "Colbert Report" will likely never see the light of day again. Luckily, he has a identical twin cousin who is also named Stephen Colbert.

July 29, 2016 at 07:15AM
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A Tiger Shark And A Hammerhead Meet In A Deadly Face-Off


A Tiger Shark And A Hammerhead Meet In A Deadly Face-Off
A couple of college kids were fishing off the coast of Louisiana when they felt a tug on the line. It turned out to be a bit more than they expected.

July 29, 2016 at 10:49AM
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Trump: 


Trump: 
Donald Trump, apparently concerned that the Democratic convention is stealing the spotlight this week, held a press conference Wednesday morning and things got weird.

July 28, 2016 at 10:44AM
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Friday, July 29, 2016

Poor Old Man Makes The Terrible Decision To Combine Two Jars Of Contact Cement


Poor Old Man Makes The Terrible Decision To Combine Two Jars Of Contact Cement
Mr. Magoo, is that you?

July 28, 2016 at 03:12PM
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1,000 Musicians Playing 'Seven Nation Army' At Once Is Just Incredible


1,000 Musicians Playing 'Seven Nation Army' At Once Is Just Incredible
Cesena, Italy's Rockin' 1000 has a simple concept: 1000 rock musicians playing the ever-living-heck out of rock classics. It's a very good concept.

July 29, 2016 at 10:06AM
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The Trailer For M Night Shyamalan's Upcoming Movie 'Split' Is Surpisingly Terrifying


The Trailer For M Night Shyamalan's Upcoming Movie 'Split' Is Surpisingly Terrifying
A good trailer by no means equals a good movie, but this really did give us the heebie jeebies.

July 28, 2016 at 07:19AM
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Father Of Fallen Muslim Soldier Rebukes Trump: 'You Have Sacrificed Nothing'


Father Of Fallen Muslim Soldier Rebukes Trump: 'You Have Sacrificed Nothing'
Khizr Khan, whose son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq, delivered a powerful speech at the DNC on Thursday night, culminating in a sharp, angry rebuke of Donald Trump.

July 29, 2016 at 09:41AM
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Volcano Spews 5,000 Meter Lightning Ash Ploom


Volcano Spews 5,000 Meter Lightning Ash Ploom
This mesmerizing phenomenon — seen here at Japan's Sakurajima volcano — is called a "dirty thunderstorm.” It occurs when rock fragments and particles collide, producing static electricity.

July 26, 2016 at 11:54PM
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The Updraft Coming Off The Hoover Dam Is So Strong It Makes Water Defy Gravity


The Updraft Coming Off The Hoover Dam Is So Strong It Makes Water Defy Gravity
This hydroelectric powerhouse doesn't give a damn about the laws of physics. It will do as it well pleases, thank you very much.

July 27, 2016 at 09:28AM
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Submersible Finds Strange Purple Orb On Ocean Floor And It's Probably Aliens


Submersible Finds Strange Purple Orb On Ocean Floor And It's Probably Aliens
And then they vacuumed the little guy right up and brought it back to the surface. This is how the contamination starts and spreads. We're all doomed.

July 26, 2016 at 11:51AM
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Most Badass Elephant In The Fucking World Fends Off Ten Lions At Once


Most Badass Elephant In The Fucking World Fends Off Ten Lions At Once
Those kitties better watch their backs because you know he never forgets.

July 26, 2016 at 01:36PM
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech


Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech
On a day marked by vocal anti-Hillary protests by delegates, Michelle Obama's prime time speech stole the show.

July 26, 2016 at 06:17AM
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Should You Charge Your Phone Overnight?


Should You Charge Your Phone Overnight?
Should you leave your phone plugged in while you slumber, or is that bad for your phone battery? Today, the age-old question actually has a definitive answer.

July 25, 2016 at 01:22PM
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Monday, July 25, 2016

John Oliver Rips Apart The RNC, Calling It A 'Mismanaged Shit Show'


John Oliver Rips Apart The RNC, Calling It A 'Mismanaged Shit Show'
"You cannot say Trump isn't a visionary. For a long time, he was the only one who envisioned himself as a presidential nominee."

July 25, 2016 at 05:40PM
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Say Hello To The Big Bad Machine That Lays Down Railroad Track


Say Hello To The Big Bad Machine That Lays Down Railroad Track
The days of men hammering away at railroad ties are over, which is definitely a good thing. Just look at this beauty go.

July 25, 2016 at 03:50PM
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

The First Trailer For 'Wonder Woman' Is Finally Out And It's One Hell Of A Ride


The First Trailer For 'Wonder Woman' Is Finally Out And It's One Hell Of A Ride
Gal Gadot and Chris Pine star in Wonder Woman, which will hit theaters June 2, 2017.

July 23, 2016 at 02:01PM
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Watch Ted Cruz's RNC Speech — Which Got Him Booed 


Watch Ted Cruz's RNC Speech — Which Got Him Booed 
One surefire way to earn yourself boos at a nominating convention is to refuse to endorse the nominee — which is pretty much what Senator Ted Cruz did on Wednesday night, pointedly refusing to endorse Donald Trump during his headlining speech.

July 22, 2016 at 05:49AM
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Game Graphics Made With Unreal Engine Are Too Real To Be Unreal


Game Graphics Made With Unreal Engine Are Too Real To Be Unreal
What's more impressive is that most of the vegetation was actually created from scratch.

July 22, 2016 at 09:39AM
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Friday, July 22, 2016

Jon Stewart Steals Colbert's 'Late Night' Desk To Tear Trump And Fox Apart


Jon Stewart Steals Colbert's 'Late Night' Desk To Tear Trump And Fox Apart
In the midst of some seriously chaotic politics, we've missed Jon more than ever. Finally, he's come out of hiding, bearded and rusty but still the man we know and love, to shed some light on it all.

July 22, 2016 at 08:22AM
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Tens Of Thousands Of Festival-Goers Shuffling Left To Right In Sync Is Madness


Tens Of Thousands Of Festival-Goers Shuffling Left To Right In Sync Is Madness
Thank god the entire audience at the Netherlands' Defqon.1 festival didn't try to "Reverse/Reverse" at the same time.

July 21, 2016 at 02:03PM
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Third Eye Blind Trolls The Heck Out Of The RNC, Pisses Off Republican Fans


Third Eye Blind Trolls The Heck Out Of The RNC, Pisses Off Republican Fans
Last night, the famed and fondly remembered '90s band, Third Eye Blind, pulled off an epic troll at the Republican National Convention. At a charity event for Musicians On Call, "a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities," the headlining band refused to play any of their hit songs, and peppered their performance with liberal commentary.

July 21, 2016 at 07:30AM
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Fake Melania Trump Swears She Did Not Plagiarize Her RNC Speech On 'Colbert'


Fake Melania Trump Swears She Did Not Plagiarize Her RNC Speech On 'Colbert'
Melania, expertly played by actress Laura Benanti, defends herself against the outspoken critics who claim her speech wasn't an original.

July 21, 2016 at 07:30AM
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Welp, Here's Footage Of A 'Pokémon Go'-Playing Driver Sideswiping A Cop Car


Welp, Here's Footage Of A 'Pokémon Go'-Playing Driver Sideswiping A Cop Car
On Monday, a driver in Baltimore managed to not only crash his car while playing "Pokémon Go," he managed to crash into a police cruiser. And get recorded by an officer's bodycam. Which is certainly one way to catch 'em all (where "them" are "criminal charges").

July 21, 2016 at 07:30AM
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How Tennis Balls Are Made


How Tennis Balls Are Made
Apparently, the process of making a single tennis ball involves over 20 steps. It also happens to be oddly satisfying to watch.

July 20, 2016 at 09:45AM
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Jon Stewart Comes Out Of Hiding To Join Stephen Colbert In Covering The Crazy RNC


Jon Stewart Comes Out Of Hiding To Join Stephen Colbert In Covering The Crazy RNC
Broadcasting live from Cleveland last night, Colbert's "Late Show" took full advantage of all the nonsense from the first day of the Republican National Convention.

July 19, 2016 at 08:54AM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The '60 Minutes' Interview With Trump And Pence Is, Well, Just Watch


The '60 Minutes' Interview With Trump And Pence Is, Well, Just Watch
In their first and only interview together, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and his (reportedly reluctantly selected) VP pick, Mike Pence chat with Lesley Stahl. The results are, as are most things that come out of Trump's mouth, a delightfully terrifying mix of upsetting, befuddling, enraging and hilarious nonsense.

July 18, 2016 at 11:41AM
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Boar Emerges From The Ocean, Starts A Rampage On Beach


Boar Emerges From The Ocean, Starts A Rampage On Beach
Pigs can't fly, but they sure can swim. And destroy things, too.

July 18, 2016 at 05:11PM
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Uh, So Melania Trump May Have Plagiarized Part Of Her Convention Speech From Michelle Obama


Uh, So Melania Trump May Have Plagiarized Part Of Her Convention Speech From Michelle Obama
It's only the first night of the Republican National Convention, and we might already have the weirdest story of the week: did Donald Trump's wife Melania plagiarize a portion of her headlining speech from Michelle Obama's 2008 speech?

July 19, 2016 at 11:59AM
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Monday, July 18, 2016

Stephen Colbert Escorted Off RNC Stage By Security After Hijacking The Mic


Stephen Colbert Escorted Off RNC Stage By Security After Hijacking The Mic
Stephen Colbert was at the RNC to shoot some sketches, but this little incident definitely seemed unplanned.

July 18, 2016 at 02:37PM
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'Sandstorm' Played On A Bunch Of Floppy Drives Will Undoubtedly Take You To Some Weird Nostalgic Place


'Sandstorm' Played On A Bunch Of Floppy Drives Will Undoubtedly Take You To Some Weird Nostalgic Place
If this doesn't take you back to a simpler time when data storage was exclusively floppy and EDM was exclusively Darude then we probably can't be friends.

July 17, 2016 at 02:14PM
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Sunday, July 17, 2016

'Pokémon Go' Players Cause A Literal Stampede In Central Park Over A Vaporeon


'Pokémon Go' Players Cause A Literal Stampede In Central Park Over A Vaporeon
Mind you, this is a literal stampede for a virtual Pokémon.

July 16, 2016 at 08:50AM
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Saturday, July 16, 2016

This Man Built The Personal Flying Chair Of Your Dreams


This Man Built The Personal Flying Chair Of Your Dreams
Unlike this guy who obviously knows what he's doing, the rest of us should probably have some patience and wait for a more advanced model.

July 15, 2016 at 02:54PM
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It's True: Everybody Walking Around With A Phone Right Now Is Playing Pokémon Go


It's True: Everybody Walking Around With A Phone Right Now Is Playing Pokémon Go
Casey Neistat went outside and asked people on their phones if they were playing Pokémon Go. The answer was always "yes."

July 14, 2016 at 11:42AM
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Korean Movie Theaters Blow American Ones Out Of The Water


Korean Movie Theaters Blow American Ones Out Of The Water
Color changing beer machine? Your own surround-sound headphones? Massage chairs? Actual beds? You name it, they have it all.

July 16, 2016 at 08:24AM
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This Behind-The-Scenes Reel Has Got Us Pumped For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'


This Behind-The-Scenes Reel Has Got Us Pumped For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Obviously you can't read too much into a carefully staged behind-the-scenes video, but, well, we're going to read into this: "Rogue One" looks awesome.

July 15, 2016 at 10:26AM
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Friday, July 15, 2016

The Dude Who Inspired 'The Dude' In 'The Big Lebowski' Is One Awesome Old Bastard


The Dude Who Inspired 'The Dude' In 'The Big Lebowski' Is One Awesome Old Bastard
Meet Jeff Dowd, an independent movie producer who inspired one of the biggest classics in film (and helped create some classics of his own!)

July 15, 2016 at 10:02AM
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Lumberjack Narrowly Escapes As Tree Splits While He Is Cutting It


Lumberjack Narrowly Escapes As Tree Splits While He Is Cutting It
Out of the blue, uninvited, the tree decided to fall into a million pieces. Luckily, this chainsaw-wielding lumberjack had the reflexes to get the hell out of the way.

July 13, 2016 at 07:01AM
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Watch As Elite Password Hacking Software Cracks Thousands Of Passwords In Seconds


Watch As Elite Password Hacking Software Cracks Thousands Of Passwords In Seconds
Dr. Mike Pound demonstrates how a password hacking hardware called "Beast" can make short work of your "strong" passwords.

July 14, 2016 at 10:18AM
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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Why Is College So Insanely Expensive In The US?


Why Is College So Insanely Expensive In The US?
Actually, it's a pretty good deal. All things considered, the average college degree costs negative $500,000.

July 14, 2016 at 06:50AM
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Parkour Is Cool Again Thanks To This Guy's Moves


Parkour Is Cool Again Thanks To This Guy's Moves
The days when parkour ruled the world of internet videos are long past, but every once in a while a video comes along that reaffirms parkour's dopeness. This is one of them.

July 13, 2016 at 04:34PM
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

An Australian Company Spent Two Years Faking Some Of The Internet's Most Viral Videos


An Australian Company Spent Two Years Faking Some Of The Internet's Most Viral Videos
Even we here at Digg have been tricked by a few of these clips. So it goes, here on the internet.

July 12, 2016 at 01:03PM
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Samuel L Jackson Explaining 'Game Of Thrones' Is Even More Epic Than The Show


Samuel L Jackson Explaining 'Game Of Thrones' Is Even More Epic Than The Show
This is probably the most effective advertisement for "Game of Thrones" we've ever seen. Whatever HBO paid Samuel L. Jackson to voice this recap definitely wasn't enough.

July 12, 2016 at 04:27PM
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Monday, July 11, 2016

Texas Inmates Escape Cell To Help Officer Who Fell Unconcious


Texas Inmates Escape Cell To Help Officer Who Fell Unconcious
These inmates were in a Texas holding cell when the guard who was supposed to be watching them passed out. The inmates were able to escape the cell and hail help for the guard, who might not be alive today if it weren't for their help.

July 11, 2016 at 05:54AM
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Military Plane Nearly Crashes Into Sea After Aircraft Carrier Landing Cable Snaps


Military Plane Nearly Crashes Into Sea After Aircraft Carrier Landing Cable Snaps
In order to facilitate short landing distances, aircraft carriers "catch" planes with a landing cable. If that cable snaps, though — like one did on the USS Eisenhower recently — that's not ideal.

July 9, 2016 at 04:04PM
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

A Friendly Reminder That Fighting Robots Are Awesome


A Friendly Reminder That Fighting Robots Are Awesome
If this back-and-forth bout doesn't prove that robot fighting is the best sport ever invented by humans, then we're not sure how to convince you.

July 10, 2016 at 09:06AM
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This Fan-Made, Stop Motion 'Star Trek' Film Is Astounding


This Fan-Made, Stop Motion 'Star Trek' Film Is Astounding
Forget "Star Trek: Beyond" — the next "Star Trek" you should watch is German Trekkie and filmmaker Jürgen Kaiser's 58-minute, almost entirely DIY "Star Trek Enterprise II: The Beginning Of The End."

July 9, 2016 at 09:31AM
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Saturday, July 9, 2016

An Uncomfortable Bon Jovi Is Forced To Sing 'Livin' On A Prayer' At A Wedding Reception


An Uncomfortable Bon Jovi Is Forced To Sing 'Livin' On A Prayer' At A Wedding Reception
Bon Jovi said before the wedding that he did not want to sing. Bon Jovi just wants to sit back and enjoy his damn slice of cake. Poor Bon Jovi.

July 8, 2016 at 07:15PM
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This Weird Building Looks Different Every Single Hour


This Weird Building Looks Different Every Single Hour
The "Kiefer Technic Showroom," located in Styria, Austria, is a facade that changes continuously throughout the day.

July 7, 2016 at 06:54AM
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