TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
The Big Lebowski 1/6 Scale The Dude Deluxe Action Figure
Because The Dude abides, this is the 1/6 scale Jeffrey ‘The Dude’ Lebowski figure created and sold by Sideshow Collectibles. The Dude stands 12-inches tall on a base featuring his coveted rug’s pattern, and includes a white v-neck t-shirt, sweater, pants (they should have gone with his patterned pajama bottoms),
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Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Performed By Trio Of Tesla Coils
Because nothing quite says gangster’s dreamworld like a resonant transformer producing high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity, this is a video of Coolio’s 1995 banger ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ performed by a trio of Tesla Coils. Damn, that came out in 1995? Feels like it was just yesterday, doesn’t it? “Not at all.”
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Demonstration Of Driveway Turntable So You Don’t Have To Reverse Onto Busy Street
This is a video demonstration of a driveway turntable (aka car turntable), designed to be able to turn a car 180-degrees so you can pull forward into and out of a driveway with no need to reverse onto the street. The car turntable was inspired by railroad turntables, which were
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Mark Rober Builds Robot That Can Set Up A 100,000 Domino Mural In 24 Hours
This is a video of Mark Rober discussing and demonstrating the five-years-in-the-making robot he and his team built that’s capable of setting up a record-breaking 100,000 dominos in 24 hours. For reference, it takes an experienced team of seven a full week to set up the same number of dominos,
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Using A Vacuum Chamber To Freeze Nitrogen Into A Solid
This is a video of The Action Lab’s James Orgill using a vacuum chamber to increase a cup of liquid nitrogen’s evaporation (as a result of increased boiling due to the lower pressure), causing the temperature to drop until it freezes into a solid around 66 degrees above absolute zero
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Ariarne Titmus’s Swim Coach Goes Nuts After Olympic Gold Medal Win
This is a video of Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus’s coach Dean Boxall going absolutely nuts after her upset gold medal win in the 400-meter freestyle race. And can you blame him? He reminded me of Matthew McConaughey, although the announcers say he reminded them of Doc Brown and Mick Jagger.
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Cat Has Existential Crisis In Mirror (With Twist Ending!)
This is a video of a tuxedo cat clearly having an existential crisis in front of the mirror. The minute-long video also has a twist ending. My existential crisis? My existential crisis did not have a twist ending. I was worried my life had no meaning, purpose, or value, and
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Side-By-Side Video Comparison Of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ And Weird Al’s ‘Eat It’
This is a side-by-side comparison of the music videos for Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ and Weird Al Yankovich’s ‘Eat It’. Unsurprisingly, the ‘Eat It’ video is nearly identical shot-for-shot. You know, because that was the goal. I assume it was either this or footage from someone who swallowed a camera,
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Snap, Crackle, And Pop!: Woman Noisily Pops All Her Joints After 8 Hour Shift
This is a video of wedding dress saleslady and TikTok user Kendall popping all her joints after an eight hour shift. How easily she cracks her neck — that’s unnerving. I’d be worried my head would just pop off if I ever rode a roller coaster. I actually do worry
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Oreo Actually Releasing Limited Edition Secret Packaging
Remember the video of those Oreo Thins packages that looked like a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook, Green Giant Riced Veggies, Hanes t-shirts, and a Ford owner’s manual? Well it turns out they’re real limited edition packages the company is releasing in collaboration with those brands, so you too can
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