This is a timelapse video from Youtuber Temponaut Timelapse of ants eating a slice of tangerine over the course of 50 hours, but most of the fruit is already gone by 20 hours. For reference, I was once responsibly for bringing the orange slices to my adult league kickball game
- April 7, 2021
This is a short video of a father scaring his son with a bear-face video filter. Like, the kid starts crying because he thinks his dad is a bear. Should you do this to your own young children? Probably not. Should you do it to your nephews? I’ll let you
- April 7, 2021
Because part of the problem solving process is creating even more problems for yourself and adding a bonus element of danger, this is a video of a girl hanging out the side of a Honda Civic Sport to transport an empty packing box. Apparently it was vital that box not
- April 7, 2021
This is Khraniteli, a 1991 television adaptation of Lord Of The Rings broadcast on the Leningrad Television network in Russia 30 years ago. It’s really something, and I think it’s pretty obvious Peter Jackson never bothered watching this version while researching his own adaptation, or otherwise he never would have
- April 7, 2021
This is a video of a machine that was created with one job and one job only: to balance a bowling ball on a spool without it rolling off either side, constantly adjusting itself to keep the ball right on top. Not bad, but if it can’t also hula hoop
- April 6, 2021
Because everything in Russia, just like in Australia, wants to kill you, this is a video of a massive ice block falling from a building and crushing a car’s windshield right as a passenger climbs in. Then both people exit the vehicle without putting the car in park or setting
- April 6, 2021
Because the heck if I know, this is a video of University of Illinois gymnast Evan Manivong sticking the landing for a career-high tying vault, and immediately celebrating by whipping out his vaccination card for everyone to see. That’s…something. Me? I would have whipped out a stolen credit card and
- April 6, 2021
This is a video of chemical engineer James Orgill of The Action Lab creating what is allegedly the world’s darkest clothing, using IR flock sheet (a sort of velvety fabric specifically designed to absorb infrared light, available here for around $40/roll). I’m sure it’s fairly obvious, but these are not
- April 6, 2021
This is a video of 19-year old Corey Bennet demonstrating his unique shoulder-clapping talent as a result of being born without collarbones (he was actually born with Cleidocranial dysostosis, “that primarily affects the development of bones and teeth”). Pretty wild. Me? I was actually born with– “Let me guess, a
- April 6, 2021
This is a video from Festo (not be confused with Fisto, the Protectron robot found in Fallout: New Vegas that you can mod into a pleasure bot) of their latest generation of BionicSwifts, robotic birds that fly using the same mechanics as real birds. According to Festo, the latest BionicSwifts
- April 6, 2021