TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Comparing Pokemon To Real Animals That Weigh The Same
This is a 3D visualization created by Popular Science comparing the weights of Pokemon to real animals that weigh the same to give a better sense of their heft. Some more info to prove somebody actually spent time thinking about this: If Pokémon existed in the wild, which animals would
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‘Human Elevator’ Smoothly Jump-Climbs Up And Down Two Walls
This is a video of parkour athlete Nico Fischer demonstrating his skills by repeatedly (and smoothly) jump-climbing up and down two parallel walls without touching the ground. His friend Aziz gave him the nickname ‘Elevator-Man’, which I’m adding to my list of blackballed houseguests. I made the mistake of letting
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Speed Bagging In Time To Music
These are several videos of the appropriately named Youtuber Speedbag Bard demonstrating his ability to punch a speed bag to the beats of various songs. Included below are ‘Feel Good Inc’ by Gorillaz, Post Malone’s ‘Sunflower’, Survivor’s ‘Eye Of The Tiger’, and Sisqo’s ‘Thong Song’. Dude is smooth, working the
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Woman Gets Eaten By Convertible Sleeper Sofa
This is a video of a woman making the mistake of stepping on a convertible sleeper sofa while making it for a coworker and getting swallowed up by the thing. Why was the person filming — did they know this was going to happen? Regardless, she proceeds to laugh (along
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Pouring Molten Metal Over Orbeez To Make A Mermaid Crown
This is a video of Youtuber and “science dude” Joe Myheck making a mermaid crown by pouring molten Nordic gold (a gold-colored alloy of copper, aluminum, zinc, and tin) into a trash can filled with Orbeez beads. The result is beautiful, and there’s no doubt in my mind that crown
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Company Unveils 2nd Generation Invisibility Shield
This is a hype video from the Invisibility Shield Company highlighting the second generation of their invisibility shield, and offering it for sale on Kickstarter. The shield, while not perfect, does provide an impressive amount of invisibility immediately behind it. And right now you can get a 40″ x 28″
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Security Cam Captures Man Falling Down Stairs, Accidentally Pulling Fire Alarm
Because a first day on the job is always chockfull of pitfalls, this is a video of a man tripping down the stairs and accidentally pulling the fire alarm on his first day at a new gig. Those fire doors shut QUICK. I doubt he was fired for the incident,
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Stunning 4K Footage Of A Starling Murmuration At Dusk
This is a video captured by wildlife artist Robert E Fuller of a winter murmuration of starlings at dusk at the Ripon City Wetlands in Yorkshire, England (love your pudding!). Per Robert: “Starling murmurations are one of Britain’s greatest wildlife spectacles. Studies suggest the birds congregate in great swirling masses
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Man Legally Changes Name To ‘Literally Anybody Else’, Is Running For President
Because harebrained schemes are all the rage these days, a Texas high school teacher and Army veteran formally known as Dustin Ebey has legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and is running for president. Well, he’s got my vote! I mean, if I could vote. Stupid felonies. Some
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The Average Adult Movie Ticket Price Per State
This is a map detailing the average cost of an adult movie ticket (that is, the price for an adult to see a movie, not the price of seeing an ADULT movie, those vary widely but I have paid as low as 25¢) in each US state. So, if cheap
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