Seeing a juicy opportunity to have some fun, a very playful lion cub at the Cornellskop Animal Training Farm in Western Cape, South Africa stealthily sneaks up on a beautiful but distracted shepherd, giving the dog enough of fright to send him running in the opposite direction. According to Shaun Swingler, the person who posted the video, Cornellskop is a “fully licensed farm that trains animals for work in films and television commercials”.

The farm is run by a team with more than two decades of professional animal wrangling experience. All animals on the farm are loved and cared for and completely socialised to one another and play together often – as can be seen in the clip. In addition Cornellskop Animal Training Farm works very closely with conservation authorities as well as welfare associations to care for rescued and unwanted animals.

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“Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth” is an animated short by Munich-based kurzgesagt that explains the Earth’s size and how the planet came to exist. The animation also covers the amount of water on Earth among other things.

Planet Earth is this solid thing you are standing on right now. In your everyday life you don’t really waste a thought about how amazing this is. A giant, ancient, hot rock. How did it come into existence and how big is it really?

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“Soldiers Inventories” is a photo series by photographer Thom Atkinson featuring 13 typical kits for British soldiers from the period 1066 to 2014. The kits — each marking notable wars over the nearly thousand year period — include uniforms, weapons, equipment, and personal items like decks of cards and letters. As part of the project, Atkinson has listed full inventories for each photograph.

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“tautochronos” is a fascinating photo collage series by photographer Michel Lamoller that depicts people merging with their environments. Lamoller says the ongoing project is his research on “the possibilities of melting several moments in time down into one.

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NomadPlus is a device by mobile hardware company Nomad that adds a battery to Apple USB wall chargers. The device includes a 1500mAh battery that charges after the mobile device plugged into it finishes charging. Once unplugged, the battery is good for another 70% charge to a phone. NomadPlus is currently available to pre-order, and it’s scheduled to ship in November.

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Since 2012 artist James Kerr (aka Scorpion Dagger) has been creating hilariously bizarre animated GIFs based on Northern and Early Renaissance paintings. Kerr can also be found on Instagram.

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The Existential Coloring Book is a coloring book from Archie McPhee that lets children and adults ponder “the essential dark unknowability of the universe” in coloring pages and activities.

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Household Hacker demonstrates how to take professional quality photos with a phone in a new instructional video. To pull off this technique, users will need a computer or television monitor and a reflective surface of their choice.

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Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton of Tripp and Tyler offer some super handy tips to “top tier automobile operators” in their hilarious parody of a driver’s education video.

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“How much can you carry” is an ongoing portrait series by Paris-based photographer Floriane de Lasse that documents the many ways that people from around the world transport loads of objects on their heads. De Lasse began the project in Africa in 2012 after observing locals carrying all manner of objects on their heads. She has since traveled to seven countries, including Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Brazil, to document the practice in different cultures.

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