Stunning full color HD video from the ISS shows life on Earth in motion
This video is taken from space. And yet we can see so much detail on Earth that it’s almost unbelievable. Cars are driving on roads and buildings are moving throughout the day and boats are crawling through rivers, remember this isn’t your run of the mill drone footage, this is all taken from an ultra-HD camera…
These futuristic Nike shoes are inspired by the Back To The Future shoes
Because 2015 in real life hasn’t caught up to 2015 in Back to the Future, we don’t quite have dreamy auto-lacing Nike shoes. But! What we do have are these slick new Nike Hyperdunk 2015that totally look ripped from the future and were actually inspired by the Nike MAG from BTTF 2.
The five stages of watching a Pixar movie
We all like to think that we’re unique little human snowflakes but the truth is, most of us act and react to thinks very, very similarly. Like getting homicidal when hungry. Or grouchy when sleepy. Or getting excited when Starbucks sells pumpkin spice lattes and McDonald’s brings back the McRib even if you don’t drink…
Two planes crazily fly through a hangar in an epic stunt
Holy. Crap. This is just madness. Watch as British pilots Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones fly through an airplane hangar in two different airplanes while zipping through the air at 185mph. That’s right, two planes flying side-by-side, separated by only a few feet, flew straight through a building. I mean, damn.
Watch a woodpecker bang its beak and head against a tree in slow motion
Man, that’s got to flatten out some brain cells. Slow motion footage from a Turkish TV program The Glory of Nature found on Reddit shows a woodpecker repeatedly drilling its beak into a tree. You can see the head of the bird jiggle and the shock of the hit reverberate throughout its entire body. But it just keeps…
Making a meat cleaver from a circular saw blade
John Heisz is an absolute master at repurposing old things into awesome and beautiful knives and tools. Here he is carving a meat cleaver from an old circular saw blade. The blade on blade cutting action is spectacular, the sanding of the knife is always fun to see and the making of the handle is way more complicated…
Video: Cute kid gets animated with a superpower cannon
This adorable little girl gets to live every kid’s dream and turn her arm into an animated rocket cannon that blasts bad guys. The music video for Grades’ song King was made by Taichi Kimura and features Laika Takasu dancing (really well!) around an empty school as animation enemies sprout all around her.
Incredible microscope view of a vinyl record playing in slow motion
I don’t care that I supposedly understand how vinyl records work because I still totally think they’re the work of at least some low level sorcery. Trapping sound and music and voices? Come on! Anyways, my disbelief aside of analog technology aside, here’s a cool microscope view of vinyl records being played.
An 8-Inch Gummy Pizza Proves Candy Really Is the Perfect Meal
There are dieticians out there who will tell you it’s a bad idea to eat pizza for breakfast, lunch,and dinner—and they’re probably right. You at least need to mix things up for one of those meals, so when lunch rolls around, why not go with this eight-inch Gummy Pizza instead of a pepperoni pie?
Look how amazingly still a hummingbird's body is when it flies
Here’s a video of hummingbirds flying in slow motion. It’s really cool to see how different the speed of its wings move versus the stillness of its body. It’s like the video is in fast forward when you’re staring at the wings but completely stopped when you just see the body. I’ll never not be impressed by…
How to make spaghetti and meatball tacos
Spaghetti and meatballs are as natural a pairing as hamburger and fries and whiskey and more whiskey so it’s natural to explore as many different variations of the noodles and meat dish that you can. After seeing a spaghetti bun and meatball burger, I thought the food gods would never bless us with anything more…
Can the indestructible hockey puck survive the endless fire of thermite?
The strongest material on Earth, fictional substances included, is a hockey puck. It’s true. After surviving against the red hot nickel ball and going toe to toe with liquid nitrogen, it totally edges out adamantium and whatever T-1000 was made out of. Here’s another battle that it holds up admirably to: thermite,…
Video proof that the view from above is always better
Though Earth and humans and nature and buildings look great down here, things almost always look more epic and beautiful and just plain better from above. Here is a quick cut of videos from Dissolve that shows off what the birds can see, what the drones can shoot and what things look like from above. Spoiler: yep,…
Watch a pilot eject from his fighter jet during a crash landing
Whoa. Foxtrot Alpha says that this pilot ejected from his Hungarian Air Force JAS-39C single seat Gripen jet as it crash landed. The nose gear in the fighter jet had failed the pilot and he was forced to belly land the plane. When the plane hit the runway, the pilot ejected himself before things got worse.
Funny video turns the worst Game of Thrones character into a sweetheart
It takes a maesterful edit of Game of Thrones to turn Ramsay Bolton, the cruelest and most sadistic character on the show, into the kindest man in Westeros but man, they somehow did the impossible. Watch the hilarious video below to see how out of context Ramsay is actually a real sweetheart. He does so many nice…
Short film: A late night phone call between exes brings back memories
Dan Woodliff’s Still is a powerful short film that shows the emotional roller coaster ride that can happen when you look back at your memories with someone you love. It’s a mix of tense feelings, a whole lot of regret, a dash of hopefulness and a bit of happiness. Anyone who’s been on the phone with an ex after a…
Watch a giant excavator precisely put together a hot dog
Don’t ask me why there needs to be lettuce in a hot dog or what kind of dark red sauce they’re squirting (*gasp* if it’s ketchup), but it’s still cutely impressive to use a giant machine like an excavator to make something as silly as a hot dog. The dexterity of the giant claw puts our little human fingers to shame.
Video explains the origin and evolution of the word 'dude'
What do you think of when you hear the word dude? The Big Lebowski? Surfers? Maybe even just one of your friends. Or maybe it’s yourself! But do you ever think about a man in a top hat wearing skinny pants pretending to be an Englishman from 1883? That’s how the term dude was first used.
Seeing this kid fly in a stunt plane with her dad is true joy
It’s good to be young. It’s good to be young when life is simple and fear isn’t something you’ve learned yet and fun can be expressed in its most joyful form. It’s good to be young and have a dad who can take you on a stunt plane ride of your life and bend the world. I mean, look at 4-year-old Lea, she’s having the…
Eerie Images of America's Abandoned Amusement Parks Will Haunt You
Certain parts of the U.S. have teetered into decline. Places designed to bring joy are now rotting quietly, wrapped in weeds. Seph Lawless, an artist and chronicler of all things ruin-related, recently visited several of these abandoned amusement parks. He returned with some pretty creepy pictures. We’ve got a gallery.
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