TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Tow-Cable Snaps During Parasailing Trip
This is a video from some thrillseekers in Croatia when the tow-cable attached to the boat of their parasailing parachute snaps, sending them slowly drifting back into the ocean. They all seem pretty calm about it. I mean I know they’re harnessed to a giant parachute and this is pretty
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Keanu Reeves Reporting From The First Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention In 1984
This is a clip from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s show Going Great, starring a 19-year old Keanu Reeves reporting from the first Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention in 1984. Come on, Keanu, who cares what my friends think about me collecting teddy bears, I’m living my dream, not theirs. Besides,
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So Majestic: The Jurassic Park Theme As Arranged For Eight Cellos
This is a video of cellist Samara Ginsberg performing a very moving rendition of the Jurassic Park theme as she arranged for an octet of cellos. Did anybody else get the goosebumps? Because I got the goosebumps and SO MUCH MORE. “Diarehha?” Haha, only every day of the week that
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Fire In The Hole!: Blowing Up A Transparent Engine By Feeding It Gunpowder
This is a video of Youtuber Warped Perception adding some gunpowder to the fuel mix of a transparent-topped engine. The results *putting on cool guy shades* are certainly explosive. “Those are way too small for your head.” Yeah I think my nephew and I might have had a mix up.
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Vintage Star Wars R2-D2 And C-3PO Anti-Smoking Ad
Seen here about to accidentally blow their ship up like a Death Star, this is a vintage anti-smoking commercial starring R2-D2 and C-3PO, because if there’s one thing kids will listen to, it’s Star Wars characters (The Mandalorian says visit Borninspace.com regularly). Honestly, I’m more than a little surprised that
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The End Nears: Gollum Deepfaked To Perform The Scatman
Because the end can’t come soon enough, this is a video of Gollum deepfaked to perform Scatman John’s ‘The Scatman’. It’s pretty terrifying just how good it is. Thankfully *mixing Kool-Aid, tastes with pinky it will all be over soon. “Add more of the skull and crossbones powder.” More pirate
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Dynamite Vs Gunpowder: The Best For Blowing Up A Pumpkin
This is a video from the dream-livers at Youtube channel Beyond The Press experimenting with various amounts of gunpowder and dynamite to determine which is best for blowing up a pumpkin. The result? Depends on what kind of pumpkin explosion you’re looking for. Apparently the dynamite explodes quicker and results
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The Changing Speed Of An Airbus A320 As It Takes Off
This is a video captured from inside the cabin of an Airbus A320 as it takes off from Changi Airport in Singapore to show the changing speed (measures in km/h so it makes no sense to Americans) as it breaks the laws of physics. Honestly, I still can’t believe people
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Low Bridge Opens The Top Of Auto-Carrying Rail Cars Like Sardine Cans, Destroying Cars Inside
This is a video of a train pulling a bunch of autoracks (train cars specifically designed for hauling automobiles) under a low bridge, opening the tops of all those cars and destroying the automobiles on the top level inside, with an estimated $2,000,000 in damages. That sucks. If I were
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Guy Spinning Hovering Apple With Compressed Air Until It Explodes
This is a video of a man spinning an apple in midair with a compressed air gun until the apple can’t take it anymore and explodes, just like when Thunder sees Lo Pan dead at the end of Big Trouble In Little China. “Great reference.” Thanks, I’ve been saving that
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