January 16, 2015 at 4:28 pm

Picture of the Day: Sea Anemone or Awesome Duck Hair?

Picture of the Day: Sea Anemone or Awesome Duck Hair?

Photograph by stevierar on reddit Sea Anemone? Awesome duck hair? Both? Redditor stevierar captured a candid moment in his salt water aquarium when a snackelocks sea anemone (Anemonia viridis) latched onto the head of a duck ornament he had in his tank, giving the duck the coolest hair ever. On reddit, the aquarium enthusiast…

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January 16, 2015 at 1:53 pm

The Coordinated Beauty of Thousands of Birds Moving In Sync

The Coordinated Beauty of Thousands of Birds Moving In Sync

Seen here is a huge flock of starlings (known as a murmuration), soaring above the skies of Utrecht in the Netherlands. While the science behind their uncanny coordination is not fully understood, what is known is at the individual level, when a neighbour moves, so do you. The hypnotic movements were captured earlier this…

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January 16, 2015 at 10:56 am

What It’s Like to Descend a Mountain as One of the World’s Best Skiers

What It's Like to Descend a Mountain as One of the World's Best Skiers

Check out this insane first-person POV of Candide Thovex going down a mountain and doing some unbelievable tricks on the way. Although the clips are edited together to make it feel like one seamless run, it just doesn’t matter, the end result is too fantastic.

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January 16, 2015 at 9:36 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 300

The Shirk Report - Volume 300

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 25 IMAGES – FRIDAY!!! – This…

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January 15, 2015 at 6:27 pm

Picture of the Day: Steam Locomotives at the Roundhouse in Chicago, 1942

Picture of the Day: Steam Locomotives at the Roundhouse in Chicago, 1942

Photograph by Jack Delano Seen above are steam locomotives of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards. The photograph was taken in December of 1942 and now resides at the Library of Congress. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track…

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January 15, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Give This Dancer In a Cow Suit a Raise

Give This Dancer In a Cow Suit a Raise

This supermarket’s mascot happens to be a cow, a dancing cow. Watch this person in a cow suit give it their all and then some.

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January 15, 2015 at 5:06 pm

Wall Street Banker Quits to Open $1 Pizza Joint, Customers Pay It Forward to Feed Homeless

Wall Street Banker Quits to Open $1 Pizza Joint, Customers Pay It Forward to Feed Homeless

Meet Mason Wartman. In 2013, Wartman left his job on Wall Street to open up Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, a shop that sells slices of pizza for only $1 (tax included). The concept is popular in New York City and Wartman wanted to bring the idea to his home town of Philadelphia. One day a…

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January 15, 2015 at 3:17 pm

How to Save a Choking Baby

How to Save a Choking Baby

St John Ambulance have just released an animated video with helpful tips on how to save a choking baby. With assistance from a talking marble, princess, pen lid and jelly baby; learn the correct technique to use on babies that are choking.

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January 15, 2015 at 1:31 pm

Artist Imagines 14 Celebrities as Real-Life Disney Characters

Artist Imagines 14 Celebrities as Real-Life Disney Characters

In an ongoing series, artist Thomas Kurniawan imagines which celebrities might play some of your favorite Disney characters in real-life versions of the animated classics. Kurniawan takes the concept one step further, using actual images of the celebrities and photoshopping them into realistic looking movie posters. On his blog Kurniawan also provides the source…

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January 15, 2015 at 10:35 am

Artist Hacks Power Glove Into Coolest Stop Motion Animation Tool Ever

Artist Hacks Power Glove Into Coolest Stop Motion Animation Tool Ever

Dillon Markey, an animator for Robot Chicken and PES, modified a Nintendo Power Glove into the most awesome animation tool ever. Markey also reminisces about the first time he ever saw the Power Glove as a child and the impact it had on him. See below for the classic scene from The Wizard. …

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