This is a first person POV trip down the Rail Runner, America’s first (and currently only) single-rail mountain coaster, located at Anakeesta adventure park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The coaster is 1,600 feet in length, has an elevation change of 400 feet, and each car holds a single rider, with a

Constructed by ingenious LEGO builder Donny Chen (aka SleepyCow), this 6,500 piece scale-covered golden dragon was built entirely from LEGO (albeit using some unusual pieces). And just in time too, because the Year Of The Dragon begins this Saturday (February 10th). Are you a dragon? I’m a rooster. If you

Spotted by a submersible remote operated vehicle (ROV) launched from the EV Nautilus about 500 nautical miles northwest of Oʻahu, Hawaii, this is a video of a recently discovered Casper octopus. The octopus was found “walking” along the seafloor at a depth of about 2,300m (7,575-feet, ~1.4-miles), with a body

Police were recently dispatched to a shopping mall in Capalaba, Australia to retrieve 3-year old Ethan, who had crawled into a Hello Kitty claw machine via the prize shoot. Where were his parents when this was happening? My guess, if they parent anything like I uncle, is right there cheering

This is a video of adventurer Jay Alvarrez and friends jumping around on a trampoline that’s suspended below a hot air balloon floating above the clouds. There’s also a video of him skateboarding a mini half pipe suspended beneath the balloon (Red Bull did this previously). Per one particularly insightful

While we may have previously seen an uncurated compilation of dancer smacmccreanor’s impressions of a hydraulic press crushing various objects, this is her top 15 hydraulic press fashion moments. And let me tell you, they are some REAL GOODIES in there. Like, imagine the best goody bag you’ve ever gotten,

This is a VERY rough timelapse of the lifecycle of a giant owl butterfly as captured in a human hand. The video begins with a tiny egg, proceeds to several stages of caterpillar growth before a chrysalis, and, finally, a butterfly. Man, I can’t wait for my own metamorphosis. It

These are two videos of Paris circa the 1920’s that have been restored, stabilized, colorized, and remastered at 60FPS. The first predominately features famous buildings and monuments, and the second one more human activity. They were a trip to watch. To think that this was captured over 100 years ago.