Melting a Lock with a Torch Is a Great Way to Break It Open
Locks are meant to be broken. Torches are meant to wield fire. So it makes total sense to use a torch to melt the hell out of a lock to bust it open, right? Exactly! Watch as the fire from this torch completely obliterates the lock, so much so that it just oozes open and leaves the U-shape metal totally exposed.…
The Evolution of Iron Man in TV and Film
In the popular imagination Iron Man is a lot of things: smart, smarmy, a little bit of a lecher, and a raging alcoholic. A lot of that is owed to Robert Downey Jr. But everyone’s favorite armored scientist has come a long way since 1966.
10 Hidden Easter Eggs in Superhero Movies
How is a superhero movie supposed to appease die-hard fans while appealing to a new audience? Easter eggs, and lots of them.
The World's Longest Rail Slide on Skis Feels Like It Goes on Forever
With a GoPro camera strapped to his chest providing a first-person view of the stunt, skier Tom Wallisch shattered the previous rail sliding record of 241 feet with this epic 424 feet long run that saw him fighting to maintain balance on a pair of skis while sliding along at 36 miles per hour.
Watch a Chef Make a Dish with a Poisonous Pufferfish
In order to serve fugu (pufferfish) in Japan, a chef needs to have a special license. That’s because fugu is poisonous and toxic and lethal. So why would someone eat something that could kill you? Because when prepared properly, it’s safe to eat and delicious. Watch chef Sasaki, a fugu specialist for over 45 years,…
How to Maybe Stop Procrastinating
Everybody procrastinates. Well, every sane person does. That’s because it’s nice to not think about what we have to do and it’s so much funner to just play video games and distract ourselves from reality. But then eventually we still have to do the thing we had to do and we now have less time to do the thing because…
Brilliant Short Film Tells the Memories of a Family with a Tour of Their Empty Home
This short film, Hiraeth by Trent Jaklitsch, is absolutely wonderful. Without seeing any actors and without seeing any relationships on screen, you’re still able to develop an emotional attachment to the family through a tour of their empty home. Each room represents a memory in their life and hearing those memories…
A Lovely Ode to the Sounds of a Mechanical Keyboard
Clickety Clack. The sounds of a mechanical keyboard are just so soothing. There’s such a satisfying audible (and physical) reaction whenever you hit the keys, like hey, press this button and you’ll feel good. Here’s Pseudorandom using the mechanical keyboard as an instrument for a song.
What's Inside a Record Player and How It Works
A record player is always going to be a little magical. How it sounds, the nostalgia of it, the vinyls, the needle, and so forth. This exploded view of a record player plays down the specialness of its sound and breaks down what’s inside and how it works.
Paint Powder on a Drum Becomes an Explosive Rainbow With Every Hit
Is it really any surprise that pointing a Phantom Flex high-speed camera at a drum covered in colorful paint pigments would produce stunning results at 1,000 frames per second? Not at all. But the results from The Slow Mo Guys’latest video are especially spectacular as you watch the shockwaves launch an explosive…
You're Washing Your Hands Wrong. Here's How to Wash Your Hands the Right Way
Apparently, there are two schools of thought when it comes to washing your hands. There’s the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) approved way, which we all do already. Which is wrong. And there’s the WHO (World Health Organization) method, which is better and cleaner and “microbiologically more…
Put on a Tiny Fireworks Show by Blowing Up Electrical Components
You don’t need dangerous explosives to put on an impressive fireworks show. Just grab a magnifying glass, a bunch of tiny resistors, capacitors, and transistors, and then blast them with more electricity than they were designed to handle. The results won’t disappoint, as long as you aren’t hoping for a Fourth of July…
This Kid Knows His Way Around a Deck of Cards
Cardistry wizard Zach Mueller is back to show us his floating card routine, which may or may not be the product of ghosts.
This Is How an Airplane Picks Up a Banner While Flying in the Air
Ever wonder how those advertising airplanes that annoy you at beaches get their flying banners attached to the airplane? Me neither. I thought the planes just had those banners attached when they took off. Not the case! Apparently, the planes have to first be flying before they hook onto a specific target in order to…
So How Does Analog Film Work Anyway?
Even though it contains some of the most memorable images in human history, how many of us really know how film actually works?
Short Film Tells a Touching Story About a Father and Son's Relationship with Video Games
People leave memories in the most unexpected ways and when you run into them, you want to hold onto it forever because you don’t know when you’ll ever get it back. Here’s a sad but touching short film about a son re-discovering the Xbox he shared with his late father and the racing game that still holds his father’s…
Nasa's 4K Earth Porn Montage Is Basically Perfect if You Are High
Queue up that 2001 soundtrack, baby! Following up on the incredible Aurora Borealis and Australis footage that Nasa posted a few days ago, we can now marvel at crystal clear 4K footage of our home sweet home, covered in white clouds and blue sky. Now that Nasa and the astronauts on the ISS are shooting and sharing…
Interesting Animation Explains How Airplanes Are Able to Fly
Drag. Thrust. Lift. Jet engines. Propellers. Wings. This animation breaks down just exactly how an airplane flies and it’s pretty damn interesting. Each design element of the plane basically solves a law of physics and is part of the reason how an airplane can fly.
Check Out These Famous Movie Scenes and Their Visual Doppelgangers
New films are constantly building on the tropes and ideas of the films that came before them, and great films can be creative fuel for decades and decades of movies. Although these may not be direct homages to what’s come before, the scenes are nonetheless delightfully alike.
Watch What Snake Venom Does to Human Blood
Blood isn’t supposed to plop out like a solid like that but that’s what happens when a snake’s hemotoxic venom gets mixed in with human blood, it thickens liquid blood into this congealed jelly substance. It’s pretty gross. But this is how a venomous snakebite affects the body of its prey, a lot of tiny blood clots…
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