Elon Musk Portrait Flamethrower Security System With Facial Recognition
Because Elon Musk loves firing people, Youtuber Marc Radinovic created a flamethrower security system in the form of an Elon Musk portrait. The system includes facial recognition that lets Marc pass by unscathed, but blasts any unrecognized faces with flames. Yikes. And by yikes I mean I must have one
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Chewbacca Bandolier Seatbelt Cover
Because who doesn’t like pretending they’re a Wookie (besides, I’ve found out, a certain girlfriend while fooling around), there’s the Chewbelta (Amazon link), an unlicensed (why would you bother?) seatbelt cover that looks like Chewbacca’s bandolier. Obviously, if you get pulled over for speeding and the officer doesn’t ask for
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Female Octopuses Intentionally Throw Debris At Males Harassing Them
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney has found that octopuses will intentionally throw shells and other seafloor debris at one another, with about 66% of the throwing activity performed by females, and often aimed at males who are harassing them. “Piss off times eight, loser!”
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Cthulhu Chia Pet: Old God Greenery
Because if there’s a chance it might make a dollar, you should manufacture it, there’s a Cthulhu Chia Pet. Available on Amazon (affiliate link), it looks like the lovechild of a Predator, Davy Jones from Pirates of The Caribbean, and Bob Ross. Now that’s a freaky-deaky love triangle if I’ve
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Man Drops Coffee, Kicks Lid Off Trying To Pick It Up
Because when it rains it pours, this is a video of life in a 10-second nutshell featuring a man leaving for work and dropping his coffee mug. That wouldn’t be the worst thing ever since it has a lid, but then he kicks it, knocking the plastic lid off and
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Video Of A Low-Gravity Rig Used In Television And Movies
This is a video demonstration of a clever stunt rig used to simulate lower gravity on a person in space. The rig uses a counterweighted rocking arm attached to a stuntperson via a 360-degree rotating belt so they can do flips and all kind of spacey maneuvers. That’s cool. Even
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Carl Sagan’s Final Speech From Cosmos
This is a clip of Carl Sagan’s final speech from the 1980 Emmy award winning PBS television series Cosmos, which has been broadcast in more than 60 countries and viewed by over 500-million people. Are you one of those people? If not, better late than never. Sagan’s farewell discusses science,
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Man Sets World Record With 1,140 Claps In One Minute
Because the records you don’t need any special equipment for are the most economical to beat, this is a video of 20-year old Iowa clap master Dalton Meyer setting a new Guinness World Record for most claps in one minute, with a staggering 1,140, beating the previous record of 1,080.
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