Note: Loud bang, like my neighbors when I’m trying to fall asleep.

This is some backyard home security camera footage of a pool filter exploding and launching its top when a man turn turns it on (hey you sexy filter, you), sending the piece skyward before it lands in the pool. Thank goodness he wasn’t standing directly over it when he turned it on, otherwise he’d probably be waving to us from the moon right now. “Send a rocket!” I imagine him yelling while trying to spell out HELP in blocks of moon cheese.

Seen here pooping on a console as usual, this is another compilation video from Trekkie John DiMarcio (previously), this time featuring Data’s pet cat, Spot. That’s cool, but as someone who was born in space I happen to know firsthand that cats aren’t allowed on spaceships. They’re too much of a wildcard. And it only took four ships having their entire crews killed by cats who evacuated the artificial atmosphere into space via button push for humanity to finally learn its lesson. So yeah, no cats in space. Everything else in Star Trek is 100% accurate though.

Because who doesn’t have dreams about wielding a lightsaber (even my girlfriend has nightmares about me swinging one around in the garage), the builders at Hacksmith Industries have created a 4,500ºF plasma torch lightsaber that’s entirely self contained (no external tubes or wires). Granted it’s more of a staff than a saber to allow room for all the fuel, but I’ll allow it. The staff only runs about 3 minutes on a full oxygen and butane supply though, so you better dispatch all the stormtroopers quickly or you’re going to find yourself in a sea of white armor. The Mandalorian might like those odds, but — and I know this probably hurts to hear, you’re no Mandalorian. If you were charged with keeping Grogu safe the series would have ended the first episode.

This is some footage from the wayback machine, taking us to the year 1968 and The Rolling Stones recording the banger ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ for their album Beggars Banquet. It was interesting to watch the process. Also, I found it particularly impressive how they were able to smoothly edit out all of Keith Richard’s drug use. I mean it couldn’t have been easy when the guy only lifts his head from the coke platter to come up for air.

This is 3D animation created by Global Data (previous videos) comparing the sizes of various monuments around the world, both ancient and modern. It begins with the Moai statue heads carved on Easter Island, and ends with the mountaintop Machu Picchu. And, if you were wondering if the video includes Deadpool dancing atop the San Jacinto Monument in Dallas, Texas, the answer is yes. I’m not sure why the answer is yes, but it is. Easter Eggs aside, I learned a lot by watching the video. Mostly, that there are no impressive monuments around where I live, despite the fact I’ve been strongly hinting my followers should build me one for years now.

This is a video from Darren Dyk of Youtube channel Beyond Slow Motion featuring a bunch of skilled fingerboarders (including himself) performing tricks, filmed at 1000FPS for some ultra slow motion goodness. And what goodness it was! Except for the song he chose for the soundtrack, I’m pretty sure that just gave me an irregular heartbeat.