TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Awww: Wildlife Photographer Captures Up-Close Audio Of 7-Week Old Red Squirrel
This is a short video captured by zoologist and wildlife photographer Dani Conner Wild (appropriate last name) of the sounds a seven-week old red squirrel makes while snacking on a nut. The squirrel is actually one of four babies that Dani cares for in the wild after their mother was
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Valuable Info: How Amusement Park Drop Towers Work (And Safely)
This is a video from Youtuber Art Of Engineering discussing at length how both electromagnetic and pneumatic drop towers work, and how they operate safely. I didn’t actually bother watching the whole video but I assume the answer is they don’t, and every time you ride one you’re risking it
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Whoa: Music Made With The Sounds Of Stars
This is Starsounds, an ambient music track created by composer Brian Eno (who, FUN FACT: actually coined and popularized the term ambient music) using the infrasound acoustic waves stars produce, which have been sped up to be heard by human ears. That’s cool. You know what would be even cooler?
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Boat Detaches From Truck, Cruises Down Highway On Its Own
This is a video from Sandy, Utah of a boat trailer that becomes detached from the truck towing it (presumably as a result of user error) and proceeds to cruise down the highway by itself. As far as things a boat owner wants to see, I imagine this is at
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Oh Wow: The World’s Best Extreme Pogo-Stickers In Slow Motion
This is a surprisingly worthwhile video of some of the world’s best extreme pogo riders doing their thing, filmed in slow motion. Some of those tricks, my goodness! Kinda makes me wish I had my old Pogo Ball. I don’t though, because I twisted my ankle (warning: links to the
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So Narrow: ‘GoPro Of The World’ Winning Bike Run
This is the winner of GoPro Of The World’s best line, an incredibley bike run by Dave Herr. How he was able to navigate some of those tiny pathways at that speed is beyond me. Such coordination. I mean I can barely keep my car off the sidewalk and this
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Goodfellas’ ‘Funny Guy’ Scene Reimagined As 90’s Sitcom
This is a video of Goodfellas’ “funny guy” scene between Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci reimagined as a Friends inspired 90’s sitcom, complete with laugh track. As I’m sure everyone will agree, laugh tracks, just like my last three roommates, are complete turds and ruin everything. One time I’d like
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LOL: Flight Instructor Goes Wild During Student’s Dogfight Training
Note: Language. This is a video of a student in the U.S. Air Force’s Introduction To Fighter Fundamentals course getting a dogfighting lesson in a T-38 Talon and his instructor getting very excited in the process. Sounds like a fun instructor. My flight instructor? He’d scream bloody murder every time
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Guy Plays A-ha’s ‘Take On Me’ In Microsoft Excel
This is a video of musician Dylan Tallchief performing A-ha’s classic ‘Take On Me’ with the digital audio workstation he built inside Microsoft Excel. After the song plays he then discusses how the audio workstation works and how he makes songs with it. Honestly, like the ‘You Must Be This
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Barcelona Opera House Reopens To Concert For 2,292 Plants
This is a video from the Liceu Opera House in Barcelona, Spain, which recently reopened and held a concert for 2,292 potted plants. That’s, uh, that’s something. I bet the plants are extra happy though because I think I read somewhere that it’s good to play music for your plants.
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