This is the Octobasse, it was invented in 1850 by French violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. It has three strings and stands roughly 3.48 meters tall (11.4 ft). Because of the extreme fingerboard length and string thickness, the musician plays it using a system of hand and foot-activated levers and pedals. In this video we…
Artist Marija Tiurina has illustrated a beautiful series of posters that visually describe words from other languages that do not have an English equivalent. The series was created exclusively for NeonMob, a new social network for collecting, trading and selling digital art. Tiurina has an incredible drawing style and I highly recommend you check…
Photograph by _iond_ on reddit “Run Shadowfax, show us the meaning of haste” – Gandalf Spotted at the Prague Zoo by reddit user _iond_, we see a triumphant turtle riding a crocodile, a Gharial to be exact. What a great capture. via _iond_ on reddit
When he’s not swearing, Gordon Ramsay is dropping knowledge and dishing out flavor. I love his delivery and pace when explaining a recipe.
Students at a high school in Arkansas decided to have a little fun on picture day, passing around a pineapple shirt and seeing how many times it could appear in photos. I wonder how long it took the photographer to notice? It’s fun to guess what order they might have gone in by their…
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! – Monday……
This made me more emotional than I thought it would; their reactions are so genuine and heartfelt. A creative experiment and the make-up artists did an incredible job. I would love to see more couples undergo this experiment!
Photograph by David Parry/PA Sculptor Iain Prendergast created this 50 ft (15 m) parrot from the famous Monty Python sketch, the Dead Parrot (embedded below). The bird was placed in London’s Potters Field Park last July to promote the 10-day Monty Python reunion charity event, whose final night performance was aired on UKTV channel…
JT Singh (featured previously) is back with another amazing city tour, this time a “backwards” walking tour of Shanghai, China. By filming himself walking backwards and playing the footage in reverse it looks like everyone is walking away from Singh in this creative tour of the bustling metropolis.
Father of three, Opie Hughes is colorblind, and does not have the ability to see reds and greens. For his birthday, the Pennsylvania dad got a special pair of EnChroma sunglasses that allow him to see the two colors for the first time in his life. What an overwhelming experience it must have been!…
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