This is the helmet-cam footage of Killian Bron’s winning run of the 2021 Mountain Of Hell downhill mountain bike race held on the Glacier des Deux Alps in the northern French Alps. The race, which Killain also won in 2019, consists of a 25km (15.5-mile) course over snow, ice, pebbles

This is a visualization created by climate data scientist Neil Kaye using a world map to detail what percentage of the world’s population is asleep or awake at any given hour (assuming nightly 8 hour sleep periods). I learned a lot by looking at it. Mostly, that when the US

Seen here channeling his inner Dog The Bounty Hunter, this is a video of billionaire Richard Branson delivering an inspirational message to children from his recent trip to suborbital space aboard the Virgin Space Ship Unity. In his own words while I daydream about floating in space instead of a

Seriously, just watch it. To the end. This is a video of a beautiful ginger cat lapping up some milk, set to some absolutely delectable jams by Uzbekistani musician Sherzod Ergashev. It’s a banger. Obviously, there’s no question that this video, this very video, is the whole reason the internet

This is a video of The Action Lab’s James Orgill getting all sciencey on us and explaining why a dropped Slinky’s bottom portion appears to float in midair until the top catches up with it, at which point it starts falling. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: Magic. It’s as simple as that.

Because being able to smoothly recover from a misstep is the sign of a true master, this is a minute compilation of gymnasts making mistakes in their routines and playing them off the best they can. And they do well. As a matter of fact, are we even sure these

These are several videos of shoebill storks (obviously named because their bills look like shoes — ones you don’t want to put a foot in) bill-clattering and sounding like machine guns in the process. Man, those birds are nuts. Maybe not as crazy as my bird, but yes, I did

This is a video of 25-year old International Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE) master Alexandra Botez challenging three of the best hustlers in New York City’s Union Square Park. She takes the first two easily before losing to ‘Russian Paul’, who’s widely considered the best in the park