(YouTube link) Pinball gets a new twist when you play on the street, with people as the balls and bumpers! This stop-motion video is from the 2011 Animation Block Party Film Festival in New York City. -via The Daily...

In 1880, German seamstress Margarete Steiff began making stuffed animals for children. The first stuffed bear she made is called model 55 PB, and may be the earliest teddy bear in existence. Her nephew Richard Steiff reg...

Örebro, Sweden is celebrating its annual open art festival, which sounds like a prime opportunity for dividing a community by aesthetic. Ask a handful of people whether or not they like Dutch artist Florentijn Hofma...

From pumpkin carving to fine dining to a music festival, you'd be amazed just how much stuff can happen underwater when you get a few expert scuba divers together for a good time. Oddee has a collection of some of th...

Dave Forbes created this 60" LED tv coat that's powered by a 12V battery. Unsurprisingly, he designed it specifically for use at the Burning Man festival. Personally, I'd rather carry around a tablet or laptop so...

(vimeo link) A gumshoe has an overactive imagination in this short film by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis from Cartoon Brew's Student Film Festival. -via Everlasting Blort...

San Fermin in Nueva Orleans is a festival that begins today and runs through Sunday. It is a homage to the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, which is also happening this week. If you can't make it to Spain, you ca...

We always get a kick out of announcing the winner of the British contest Shed of the Year, but this year, the winning shed is quite interesting in its own right. Jon Earl of Clevedon, Somerset won £1000 and a "shed...

If watching all the fireworks shows last night got you wondering how those balls of light are actually created and manipulated, this great infographic can help fill you in on the details. Be sure to click the link to...

When we Americans are young children, we are taught the basics of our nation's founding. But often those stories get shortened into easy-to-recall sound bites that don't tell the whole story. Most of the historical "fact...