This handmade Japanese chef’s knife from Yoshihiro is a work of art. Forged from 46 layers of steel, its razor-sharp straight blade is ideal for chopping vegetables and has an eye-catching hammer texture and damascus swirl pattern. A rosewood handle adds to its beauty, as does its custom-cut magnolia wood sheath.

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Greg Saniatan aka slopsmcgee created this wonderful stop-motion animation that makes it look like he’s making a LEGO flower pot out of clay on a potter’s wheel. He made the clip to help promote the LEGO Botanical Collection, including the vibrant Chrysanthemum set shown in his video. Greg previously “painted” The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

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This slimline cooler bag lets you carry a six-pack of beer with you when you hit the links. It’s skinny enough to fit inside the outer pouch of many golf bags or can be carried solo by its handle or shoulder strap. Its interior is insulated, and it includes two ice packs to ensure drinks […]

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Disney has been wowing theme park visitors with its Audio-Animatronics since 1961. Defunctland’s Kevin Perjurer dives deep into the history of Disney’s marvelous machines in this documentary that explores humans’ fascination with creating mechanical replicas of living creatures and starts long before the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Hall of Presidents opened.

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Cavallini & Co. makes a variety of jigsaw puzzles based on their library of vintage illustrations. This 28″ x 22″, 1000-piece puzzle features a detailed image of a periodic chart of the elements that dates back to the 1950s. It’s a great gift for science geeks, and its tiny numbers and letters make it a […]

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The 50 illustrated cards in The Mushroom Compendium (by London’s Kew Royal Botanic Gardens) reveal scientific, cultural, and fantastical details about individual species. Identify the botanical traits of ‘shrooms like ballerina wax caps, barbie pagodas, and stinkhorns. Sections cover micro/macro, saprobe, symbiotic, parasite, useful, weird, and rare.

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Maker Sean Hodgins created a tiny marble machine that can be hung on a Christmas tree as an ornament. He designed a conical track that can be 3D printed in a single piece, then added a gear-drive elevator to carry ball bearings to its top. The whole thing is set inside of a plastic sphere […]

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