@tessjantschek by @emilyabay_photographer

This Solar System Model That’s Built to Scale

Along the coastline of Australia, science meets art. What started as a paper mâché model is now a permanent installation of our solar system. Built to scale. It’s going to make you feel small. Like the size of a marble small. Which doesn’t bother us. We don’t mind being reminded of the bigger picture every once in a while.  Wait until you see Pluto. It’s adorable.

A Hot Towel Shave is Now Possible without the Hot Towel (Or the Barber)

[Partner]  It’d be nice if we could all wake up to a barber waiting to throw a hot towel on our faces and give us a skintight shave. But we found something better. Because there’s no barber small talk required with this. It’s the new Bugatti Heated Razor by GilletteLabs. It delivers instant warmth in less than one second at the push of a button. Which obviously provides a noticeably more comfortable shave than our current room-temp ones. Plus, it has Gillette’s best blades combined with FlexDisc™ technology to maintain skin contact throughout every stroke.  The future of shaving just dropped today. Get in on it.

17 Unusual Historical Heists

Priceless art. A bank vault. Government secrets. You’ve heard the stories of classic heists. But these? Large quantities of chocolate spread. Fruit juice. And golden crowns recovered on top of a garbage can. These are some of the most bizarre heists in history. But as weird as they are, they all have that same attraction as every heist story.  Who doesn’t love a heist story?

Against All Odds: A Star Wars Animated Short Film Created by Fans

We often associate FanFict with mommybloggers. Not animators, coders, and gamers. But here we are. Enjoying this video-game-esque short film created by Star Wars nerds. Against All Odds is the title of it. And we assume it’s referencing the battle sequence that unfolds. But we’d also say that this thing got made Against All Odds.  Enjoy the show.

Why America is Terribly Designed

Well, it’s not terribly designed. If you have a car. America is definitely a car country. Take, for example, Philly. 1.6-ish million people. More than 2 million parking spaces. We had to triple check that math because if that were really the case, then how come we can’t find a parking spot anywhere? But it’s correct.  So maybe we do need to rethink our urban planning.

Throwback

This Anti-drugs PSA from 1971 that Actually Made People Want to Try Drugs

This PSA was created by a serious government entity. Though, about halfway through, you’ll forget that it was. And instead, you might think it was created by hippies on behalf of giving LSD a try. Strange how that works. We can imagine the stuffy conference room where storyboarding this video took place. They probably talked themselves in circles until the point of no return.  Either that, or they all dropped acid while writing this for “research.”

The Mixer

The fastest motorcycles on the road today. The best craft beers to pair with your Thanksgiving feast. A NYC hot dog starter guide. The real stars of Wes Anderson’s latest film. How much the Back to the Future 2 hoverboard sold for. Millennials’ favorite brands. Are pissy sh*tties the ultimate movie snack? The hilarious winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. How to get a barber-quality shave at home.*

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