This is a video of Youtuber How To Make Everything constructing the sawmill detailed in Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebook in 1478, using only tools and methods that existed back then (read: no power tools, makes his own nails). He does use a water pump to replicate a river though to

This is a video of chocolatier Amaury Guichon (previously) constructing a life-size leopard entirely out of chocolate. I’ve heard of snow leopards, but chocolate leopards? Do you think the master chocolatiers from those Lindt chocolate commercials could make equally impressive leopards? I doubt it. Besides, the ones in the commercials

I know I said unexpectedly in the title, but I saw that coming from a mile away. Also: a man in steel tube coffin tumbling down a mountain. Don’t worry though, apparently the man sustained a few injuries but is fine, and hopefully learned his lesson. One about not riding

Piggybacking on the build of his bike with treaded square tires, this is a video of engineer The Q reducing the design to its bare minimum, producing a tireless bike that runs on thin treads that only make contact with the pavement at two points. That’s…something. Something I wish I’d

Cast some 3,000 years ago (~1450 BC) in the Middle Bronze Age likely near what’s now Nördlingen, Germany, this bronze sword was recently unearthed in exceptional quality. Shoot, I’d still quest with it. Its preservation is due in part to the naturally antimicrobial copper salts in the sword, and the

This is a video of Theo Jansen’s latest Strandbeest: a caterpillar that’s pulled behind another wind-powered mechanical sculpture, inch-worming its way across the sand. Could you imagine if you were enjoying a pleasant beach day and a Strandbeest walked by? That would be wild. Even wilder if it tried to

This is a video of pro freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim building a mountain bike skateboard hybrid and attempting to do tricks around a skatepark on the thing. You may previously recall Sam riding a pennyfarthing bicycle downhill and around a BMX track. Or, if you’re like me, you don’t

This is a satisfying video of a man constructing a perfect cube out of sticks of staples. That’s fun. So, if you’re wondering why I just raided the office supply closet, it wasn’t just to grab enough toilet paper to TP somebody’s house tonight, but my neighbors have had it