TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
A Visualization Of How Far You Could Throw A Ball On Other Planets
This is a video from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) planetary astronomer Dr. James O’Donoghue (previously), detailing how far you’d be able to throw a ball on other planets compared to on earth. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that I’m not convinced I could even throw a
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Las Vegas Bartender Performs Levitating Cocktail Trick
This is a short video from the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas of a bartender making a cocktail shaker levitate while he pours tequila. How does he do it? Magic. Or maybe a magnet attached to the stainless steel shaker with a length of fishing line connecting it to the
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POV Footage Of A Ski Jump With No Snow
This is some helmetcam footage of skier Christian Høgfeldt performing an Olympic style ski jump with no snow on the ground. I’m pretty sure this is how ski jumpers practice in the off season though, so I suppose it’s not particularly crazy to see. Still, staring down that hill from
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Car Falls Off Trailer During Carvana Vehicle Delivery
This is a short video of a man accepting his new car delivery from Carvana when the vehicle rolls off the back of the trailer because the car was in neutral. The guy filming even jokes the car is going to fall off of the trailer just prior to it
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Buy Your Own At-Home Amusement Park Ride
This is a short video of a woman riding a 360-degree rolling car available on Alibaba HERE for around $3,500. I don’t know, I feel like I can get myself to puke for a lot cheaper than $3,500. Still, maybe we should buy one and start our own carnival out of
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Beautifully Edited 2021 Movie Trailer Mashup
This is Sleepy Skunk’s 2021 Movie Trailer Mashup, a six and half minute well-edited mashup of movies released in 2021. You can see a full list of the movies and their timestamps at Sleepy Skunk’s blog HERE. It really was well constructed. Especially for someone named Sleepy Skunk, who I’d
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Donkey Gets Super Excited About His New Ball Toy
This is a video of Donkey the miniature donkey (somebody must have stayed up all night thinking of a name) receiving a new Jolly Ball toy for Christmas, and becoming overwhelmed with joy. Donkey loves his new Jolly Ball! And his old Jolly Ball. He’s so excited he grabs them
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A Honky-Tonk Version Of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
Because ruining things is one of the few joys left in life, this is another music video from Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously), this time reimagining Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ as a honky-tonk song. Just like any news my doctor calls to deliver, it isn’t good, and may in fact be
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Guy Turns Cheap Millennium Falcon Toy Into Incredible Levitating Model
This is a video of Youtuber Glen Makes modding a $30 Millennium Falcon model into a very impressive levitating version that appears to be hovering over the sand dunes of a faraway planet. The video quickly walks us through the steps Glen took to make it, which, from the best
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Kind Music Store Patron Gifts Dream Guitar To Young Pantera Fan
A patron of J.B. Hart Music Co. in Grand Junction, Colorado recently anonymously gifted a Dimebag Darrell signature Dean Guitar to Fallon, a young Pantera fan who would regularly visit the store and request to play the instrument (this one). Some more details about the heartwarming incident while I wipe
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