Amit Kumar

“GQ profiled master counterfeiter Frank Bourassa. Bourassa made $200 million in nearly flawless fake US twenties in a barn in Canada, got caught, and, you get the feeling pretty early on in the piece, didn’t really do any time for the crime. ” j.mp/2Dpbwk6

The Spielberg Light The backlight of a setting sun. A harsh artificial light coming through a window and the air full of dust. A t-rex peering through a car window lit by flashes of lightning. Steven Spielberg is a master of light j.mp/2nLeE0Z

“The opening scenes from dozens of movies, including 2001, There Will Be Blood, Lost in Translation, Seven Samurai, and Star Wars. ” j.mp/2DEkS9q

8-minute video - gorgeous Antarctica j.mp/2mCgBeL

“The New York Times profiles 29 year old Alex Honnold, who climbs sheer cliffs without using ropes. ” j.mp/2CKwmXG

“This is silly and I loved it: someone took the clip from Aladdin when he and Jasmine sing A Whole New World while riding the magic carpet and dubbed realistic audio over it.” j.mp/2D9oMWJ

Solving the Mystery of Link Imbalance: A Metastable Failure State at Scale j.mp/2mN91yA // interesting problem and problem-solving at FB scale

What happens when you shine world's strongest flashlight at world's brightest paint? Watch. j.mp/2EbErW2

The Cranberries' searing acoustic version of "Zombie" j.mp/2Djwxgn

“When producing their claymation-style feature films or Wallace and Gromit & Shaun the Sheep animations, Aardman Animations goes through 100s of pounds of modeling clay” j.mp/2skE0Ye

Game Theory for Parents j.mp/2DcVnei

Just a chicken playing an operatic aria on a piano keyboard j.mp/2H1wCEr

An Instagram feed of fun illustrated facts j.mp/2DoB9BS

Photography: the weird dreamy world of wet ground j.mp/2CIwdE7

Ray Kurzweil's Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years j.mp/2DH9IAE

University band pranks director by playing Mii Channel theme song instead of Bach j.mp/2F15e8R

Inside Deep Dreams: How Google Made Its Computers Go Crazy j.mp/2mLpNOI

Classic superhero bodies photoshopped for believability j.mp/2Dfyk3v

Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months j.mp/2DayR62

I Asked 12 Scientists: What Is The One Fact Humanity Needs To Know? j.mp/2Db0hIF