February 9, 2015 at 10:31 am
This is Why You Should Never Deep Fry Gnocchi
Watch what happens when this chef tries to deep fry some gnocchi pasta. Let’s just say, things get… explosive.
Watch what happens when this chef tries to deep fry some gnocchi pasta. Let’s just say, things get… explosive.
Light travels at a speed of 299,792 km per second (186,282 mps). That’s fast. Jupiter is 778,500,000 km (483,737,000 miles) from the Sun. That’s far. To try to convey the vastness of space, Alphonse Swinehart created this animation to illustrate that even at the blistering speed of light, it takes over 43 minutes just…
Elgin Park is a lot of things: a 1950’s utopia, a fantastical world, and an optical illusion. Artist Michael Paul Smith’s (featured previously) imaginative town – composed entirely of miniatures – delighted audiences worldwide when his photo series went viral. For the first time, the documentary Elgin Park dives into the life of this…
This woman’s snoring sounds EXACTLY like an airplane, so her husband had this brilliant idea.
Kylie Mangles of Freshly Squeez’d has created one of the craziest cakes I’ve seen. The cake is based on the Cutout Ralph design by Erick Flores and the end result is so realistic and ‘Simpson-like’; I wouldn’t believe it was an actual cake were it not for the pictures below showing both the baking…
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! – Mirror,…
Since 2009, Shaun Usher has curated the incredible blog, Letters of Note; a collection of fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes and memos throughout history. Usher has carefully catalogued nearly 1000 letters and going through the archive is a recurring ritual for the Sifter. Last year, 125 of the most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters…
Located in The Netherlands town of Weesp is a special gated village called Hogeweyk. It is notable because it has been designed specifically as a pioneering care facility for elderly people with dementia. The setting has been compared to that depicted in the film The Truman Show with doctors, nurses and specialists working around…
This is what pure joy looks like. The owner says he was never taught how to do this, he just learned out of sheer interest and practices daily. I love how happy he looks!
“Ocean Gravity” is the second collaboration between free diver Guillaume Nery and filmmaker Julie Gautier. The short film was shot underwater at the Tiputa Pass in Rangiroa at the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Nery seems to float effortlessly through the water (like he’s floating in space) as he rides an underwater ocean current.…
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