7 April Fool's Day Pranks For Teachers
TeachersHumorTeacher CafeEducationForget the old tricks like filling Oreos with toothpaste or hiding rubber bugs on chairs. Here are seven pranks that will require a spatula because afterwards you will need them to scrape your students' minds off the floor.
7 Baffling Phenomena of the Teaching World
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationHumorMany things about teaching are unexplainable. Who started the trend of wearing rubber bands bracelets? How do senior students fit inside of cabinets? Here are seven more phenomena that continue to mystify teachers every year.
The Bullwhip || Mail with Mike
AdultsHumorInternet CultureSocial Media...This week I unboxed a Ukelele, a pasta maker and a bullwhip. Thanks to Jack for hand making this. I set about learning how to crack it.
Kids Try 100 Years of the Most Expensive Foods | Bon Appetit
AdultsCreativityFoodHistory...In this episode of "Kids Try Food", the kids try 100 years of expensive foods. Let's see how kids eat and react to raw oysters, frog legs provençale, shrimp cocktail, lobster thermidor, beef wellington with Madeira truffle sauce, truffled tagliatelle with truffle butter and shaved truffles, caviar and egg, seared foie gras with cherry gastrique, Barclay prime wagyu cheesesteak with yellow label Veuve Clicquot, Manila Social Club 24K golden Cristal Ube donut.
What's the definition of comedy? Banana. - Addison Anderson
AdultsCreativityHumorPsychology...What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to define comedy is its very appeal; it is defined by its defiance of definition. Addison Anderson riffs on the philosophy of Henri Bergson and Aristotle to elucidate how a definition draws borders while comedy breaks them down.
Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner
AdultsCreativityHumorMedia...Leaps and bounds separate that which is ironic and that which many people simply say is ironic. Christopher Warner wants to set the record straight: Something is ironic if and only if it is the exact opposite of what you would expect.
What is verbal irony? - Christopher Warner
AdultsCreativityHumorLanguageAt face value, the lines between verbal irony, sarcasm, and compliments can be blurry. After all, the phrase 'That looks nice' could be all three depending on the circumstances. In the final of a three part series on irony, Christopher Warner gets into the irony you may use most often and most casually: verbal irony.
Here's why people are afraid of clowns
AdultsMental HealthPsychologyHumor...Lots of people are creeped out at the site of clown, whether it's at the circus or creeping around in the woods at night. Movies like Stephen King's "It" and the new season of "American Horror Story" featuring some terrifying clowns that take prey on the fears of the viewer.
The Clowns Helping Refugee Children To Laugh Through Play | Amazing Humans
AdultsCreativityHumorSociety...Ash and his team of clowns, musicians and dancers are 'play specialists' who work with children in refugee camps across Europe. The aim is to allow the kids "to feel good, feel daft, and feel playful".
It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.
AdultsBusinessTechnologyFun...If you have played a claw machine you probably haven't won many prizes and maybe even thought they are rigged. Find out what really happened to your allowance.
Being A Jerk May Not Be Your Fault
AdultsPsychologySocietyHumorLaughter may be contagious, but did you know rudeness is too? Is there a way to stop bad attitudes from spreading?
Why cartoon characters wear gloves
AdultsArtCreativityFilm...Animators had a few tricks up their slee...err gloves.
Football vs Face 1000x Slower - The Slow Mo Guys
AdultsFilmSportsTechnology...It's been a harmonious 2000 days since a football was last beaned into the side of Dan's head. Sadly, in the last video he lost the Candle challenge. New football. Same Head. 1000x slower.
Benedict Cumberbatch Does a Magic Trick | Vanity Fair
AdultsCreativityHealthHumor...Water can be cool, but Benedict Cumberbatch makes it cooler.