Madame Tussauds in New York City has maintained its traditional 200-year-old process for designing hyperrealistic sculptures of modern celebrities and famous historical figures. Check out the actual molding process in the video, and see these life-like figures for yourself
NYU Researchers Believe They've Found the Real Life Inspiration Behind Dr. Seuss' Character The Lorax
NYU Primate biologists in the Department of Anthropology discover the Inspiration for the Dr. Seuss Lorax character and his Truffula trees. Through the use of facial recognition software, the researchers created a multidimensional map of primates in central Africa. They believe the Lorax was inspired by the Patas monkey.
Vintage Photograph Shows a Street Level View of Broadway and 28th Street in 1896
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Recently dug up by our friends at Stuff Nobody Cares About, this great vintage photograph from 1896 shows the view from the corner of 28th Street and Broadway in the Flatiron District, with the very distinguishable Gilsey House in the back of the shot. Here is a Google StreetView showing the view from the same corner as it appears today:
Head over to the accompanying article for more detailed analysis of the 122-year-old photograph.