Food Art
November 9, 2021

Japanese Food Artist Turns Rice Into Adorable Onigiri Characters

Are you a fan of onigiri? The popular Japanese rice balls are usually formed into triangular or cylindrical shapes and wrapped in nori; however, there’s one food artist in Japan who is putting their own creative spin on the traditional snack. Simply known on Instagram as Onigiri Gekijō—meaning “rice ball theater”—the creative chef turns ordinary ingredients into all kinds of cute and funny characters.

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Architecture
November 7, 2021

5 Historic Buildings That Best Showcase the Beauty of Victorian Architecture

Victorian architecture is defined a little differently than other styles like Art Deco architecture or Baroque architecture. It simply refers to the architecture of the Victorian era, or during the reign of Queen Victoria over the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is found in these countries but also in many other places around the world.

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Animals
November 6, 2021

Scientists Discover a 17,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Roamed Enough to Circle the Earth Twice

In the children's classic film Ice Age, a woolly mammoth and a sabertooth tiger trek far and wide to return a baby to its early human parents. While this interspecies friendship may be a bit far-fetched, a new study published in Science proves that mammoths were, in fact, prodigious walkers. Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks tested the composition of a 17,000-year-old tusk.

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Funny
November 5, 2021

Meteorologist Wore the Perfect Green Screen Costume To Look Like She’s Floating on a Cloud

When KFVS News in Missouri broadcast the weather report on October 31, meteorologist Lisa Michaels decided to treat her viewers to a surprise. For Halloween, she created a special green screen costume that made her look like a floating cloud on screen. Michaels’ costume comprised a fluffy cloud wrapped around her waist, which appears to be made of cotton wool.

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