This is a video of 16-year old Russian soccer (football) player Ivan Zaborovsky getting struck by lightning during a warmup. Amazingly, he survived the incident with only a scar where he was wearing a metal necklace, and was back on the field three weeks later. Me? I would have been
- July 23, 2020
This is ‘Lost In Motions,’ a fun stop motion video created by Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Livschitz using 800 individually laser-cut dancer silhouettes. Perhaps just as cool as the finished product though is the behind-the-scenes footage that plays after the short, showing how the entire thing came together. Still, going with
- July 22, 2020
This is a video of storyboard artist Mark Simon demonstrating how he constructed a 3D Die Hard John McClane in air duct with flickering lighter lamp for his basement as a sort of gag. The entire construction is really simple and, while there’s no question I’d still find a way
- July 22, 2020
This is a fun visualization of the world’s tallest buildings from 1901 – 2021. I was actually unaware of the two upcoming world’s tallest buildings: the Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the Dubai Creek Tower in Dubai, but after a little research I learned the Jeddah Tower project
- July 22, 2020
This is a video from Yellowstone National Park of a woman tripping and falling while being charged by a bison, and playing dead to avoid attack. Thankfully, it works. But what’s up with all these people wandering out into fields dangerously close to bison? It’s not like bison are ninjas
- July 22, 2020
This is a video of The Mandalorian theme’s composer Ludwig Göransson performing the song in what appears to be an official music video released by Disney+. Admittedly, Disney+ is pretty great, but what if I’m trying to save a little money, what does Disney- have to offer? “A live mouse
- July 22, 2020
This is a video captured by Youtuber Michael Overstreet of the 60-foot tall moving Gundam nearing completion at the GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA (links to official page with more info) at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan. The video captures engineers testing some of Gundam’s various movements, including taking steps. Due to
- July 22, 2020
This is a video demonstration of an angle grinder attempting to cut through Proteus, a new material developed by researchers in Germany and the U.K. that prevents itself from being cut by using the vibrations of embedded ceramic microspheres to cause damage to the cutting tool (full paper HERE). Some
- July 22, 2020













