When you stare up at the moon, somewhere on the lunar surface lie the remains of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 along with 8 unmanned Russian Luna missions and 5 pre-Apollo unmanned American surveyor missions.
So why can’t we see them? The reason is explained in this video, and it’s mainly because you’d need a very, very powerful telescope. Even more powerful than the most powerful one on earth, in fact it would need a mirror ten times its size.
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Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has created some of the most popular and celebrated video games ever made, including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda.
In this video from Vox they explain his design philosophy and how he used a combination of movement, control, and storytelling to pave the way for the today’s epic, much larger budget games.
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It’s not often that rappers make songs about their cats, even less frequent that they actually rap to their cats.
But Dan Bull isn’t your ordinary rapper and in this song from his new album ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ he delivers some lyrics about his beloved feline.
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Many Star Wars fans may hate Revenge of the Sith but with a few dialogue edits it can go from abysmal to deep fried comedy gold.
That’s been made possible by this reverse-translation of a Chinese bootleg and the dedication of YouTuber GratefulDeadpool who’s dubbed a crap movie into something entirely entertaining.
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Just because you’re rocking a dad bod with a bloated beer belly, doesn’t mean to say you can’t also be an inspirational martial artist and parkour badass.
Proof of that is Sébastien Charron who, in this video from Muscle Madness which calls him a real life Kung Fu Panda, shows off his athletic skills despite his less than athletic appearance.
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By all accounts 2016 was a shitter of a year which many people were glad to see the back of, so looking back at it in his annual Screen Wipe Charlie Brooker will make you laugh and cry.
Because even though it was a year that saw the death of beloved celebrities and brought the world Brexit and president Trump, Brooker still laces this roundup with plenty of satirical bite and gallows humor.
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That’s not to say that David Mitchell actually was scared of the sun, but that’s the possible lie he was given to convince people of on an episode of ‘Would I Lie to You?’.
It could be true though, and in this hilarious clip MItchell gives his possible reasons of why, as a kid, he was terrified of the sun—so is it a lie or not?
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2016 was a year of surprises and bafflement for many, one of those surprises was the UK voting to leave the EU.
While it’s not really anything to laugh about you have to take your cheer where you can, and Cassetteboy’s mashup of the sorry affair will certainly give you something to smile about.
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