Building Hollywood’s Monsters By Hand
Meet Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis—they’ve been making movie monsters for Hollywood movies for the last 35 years at
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Art
World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture
Created by underwater sculpture mastermind Jason deCaires Taylor, she weighs in at 60 tons and rising an impressive 18 feet
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How KISS applied their makeup in 1975
In the early 1970s, two members of New York rock band Wicked Lester, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, struck out
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Awesomely Creative Statues and Sculptures
Here is a link to some very creative public art.
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An Illustrated History of American Money Design
On April 20, 2016, the Treasury announced a major redesign of American paper currency. For the first time in over
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Guts and Gumption: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Wore Their Hearts on Their Helmets
Like the soldiers who fought in World War II, most of the men and women who served in the U.S.
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What VanGogh may have looked like in a modern photograph
A reconstruction of what impressionist Vincent VanGogh may have looked like in a 21st century photograph (via BeHance)
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The Library that Protects The World’s Rarest Colors
Today, every color imaginable is at your fingertips. But rewind to a few centuries ago and finding that one specific
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Collecting the Bizarre Stuff Sold in the Back of Comic Books
Amazing! Incredible! Unbelievable! Eyeglasses that let you see through clothes.The secrets to super-human strength.Scary seven-foot tall ghosts that do your
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The Art of Making People Go Away
You probably don’t think much about “Do Not Disturb” signs at hotels, unless you’ve been disturbed. Then you think, “Hey,
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15 Famous Landmarks Zoomed Out Tell a Bigger Story
We’ve seen them in pictures and in guidebooks. The world’s most famous landmarks live in popular imagination in their idealized
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What Were We Thinking? The Top 10 Most Dangerous Ads
Often the criticism of vintage ads focuses on their inherent sexism, racism, or other displays of social prejudices, which we
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