In news that’s sure to set the paleontological world ablaze (like an asteroid!), an incredibly well preserved Psittacosaurus specimen was discovered in China, complete with cloacal vent — a hole shared by all the animal’s mechanisms responsible “for pooping, peeing, breeding and egg laying.” Kind of like if a mammal’s

This is a video of Caitlin Doughty of Ask A Mortician discussing and rating the realism of corpses seen in films. Obviously, the most realistic depiction of a corpse in film has been and always will be Bernie in Weekend At Bernie’s. To this day I’m still not convinced that

Since you don’t know until you shoot it, this is a video from the guys at Demolition Ranch blasting a giant crystal (actually glass) ball with a 50-caliber round to see what sort of damage it will do. Prior to that they pump another giant glass ball full of various

This is another size comparison video from MetaBallStudio (previously), this time comparing the sizes of various fictional watercraft from popular media (including video games). Which was your favorite? There are so many to choose from. Of course a wise person once said, it’s not the size of your ship that

Because realism is only an afterthought in action movies, this is a video of the silencer pistol fight from John Wick: Chapter 2 edited by Youtuber Robot_ninja_pirate with more realistic silenced pistol sounds. Is it accurate? Probably not. Is it MORE accurate? Probably yes. I also included the original scene

To put things into perspective, this is a timeline of the major Star Wars movies and shows relative to our own real timeline from 1952 – 2019. I learned a lot by looking at it. Mostly, that according to my calculations it would appear Anakin is old enough to be

Because why do the heavy lifting if you don’t have to, this is a short video of a very festive Christmas lights display on one house, and a neighbor’s ‘DITTO’ follow up. Classic. I know I’ve seen this sort of thing before but I can’t remember where because my brain

Created by former professor of urban studies Alasdair Rae of Sheffield, England, this is a 3D visualization of the world’s population density. As you can see, along all the coasts are generally very popular places to live. Also, absolutely everywhere in Asia. If there’s dry land to walk on there,