TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Whoa: The Moon Transitioning Earth As Seen From The Other Side
This is an animation created using several real satellite images captured by the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope as the moon transitions earth. The images were taken at a distance of approximately 1,000,000 miles from the planet and feature a glimpse of the far side (aka
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5’7″ Pro Football Hopeful Demonstrates 42.5″ Vertical Leap
This is a video of 5’7″ Purdue Boilermakers wide receiver Rondale Moore demonstrating his very impressive 42.5″ vertical leap in front of prospective scouts at Perdue’s pro day. Rondale also posted a blistering 4.29-seconds in the 40-yard dash, and is expected to be picked up in the first or second
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Animated Size Comparison Of Fictional Planets In Popular Culture
This is another size comparison video from MetaBallStudios (previously), this time comparing the size of various fictional planets found in popular culture from smallest to largest diameter. And also to things that actually exist in reality, like “New York City, Earth, the Earth’s moon, other planets in our solar system,
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Life: Little Girl Thinks She’s Dipping Her Chips In The Sauce Printed On The Bag
Because reality is entirely subjective, this is a video of a young girl dipping her chips into the red wine vinegar printed on the front of a bag of Lay’s Salt & Vinegar chips. Does it make them taste better? Probably — the mind is an incredibly powerful tool. It’s
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The Galaxy Grill, A Portable Grill Inspired By Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter
Inspired by Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced X1, the $800 Galaxy Grill is a portable charcoal or wood burning grill MADE FOR COOKIN’ EWOKS. Just kidding, the grill is actually smaller than it appears, measuring only 73cm wide, 61cm deep, and 46cm tall (29″ x 24″ x 18″) in total dimensions,
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Fish Flops To Freedom From Sidewalk Bucket To Storm Drain
Life, uh, finds a way. Case in point: this video from Vietnam of a fish in a shallow red bucket that decides today’s not the day to be eaten and flops out of the bucket, into the street, realizes it’s going the wrong way, and eventually flip-flops itself into a
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Kong: Skull Island But Kong Has A Lightsaber
This is the scene from Kong: Skull Island where Kong battles the giant skullcrawler, but this time Kong has a lightsaber thanks to the folks at ImmersionVFX. That’s cool. You know I never saw Kong: Skull Island and had to look up what the creature he’s fighting is called because
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Womp Womp: Truck Overloaded With Hay Takes Turn Too Fast
Because there’s a little Mario Andretti inside all of us, this is a video from Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand of a truck completely overloaded with hay taking a left turn too fast and rolling its trailer over. That is unfortunate. Probably not for the person who captured the dashcam footage though,
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Girl Demonstrates Clever Delayed Voice Trick
This is a video of Gracie Scullion demonstrating a very clever delayed/lagging voice trick that basically involves mouthing the words you’re going to say, then saying them a moment later ventriloquist style. She recommends starting with words that don’t involve your lips needing to touch in order to pronounce, so
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Girlfriend Gives Boyfriend A Legitimate Bowl Cut
Because relationships are just one long trust-fall into infinity, this is a video of a guy’s girlfriend giving him a legitimate bowl cut with the help of a Tupperware bowl. The results are…well, let’s just say she may have done this intentionally to lock her man down, because he looks
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