Take a step into my way-back machine and watch (and listen to) an Intel 486DX2 (with 32MB RAM and 500MB hard disk storage!) booting up. That thing was state of the art when it was released 30 years ago. Now it’s like a fossilized dinosaur turd. We sure have come

This is a Guinness World Record video highlighting the brick collection of Tulsa, Oklahoma great grandfather Clem Reinkemeyer, who has the largest collection of unique bricks in the world, with a respectable 8,882. I feel like he handles them all a little too haphazardly, but they’re his bricks, if he

Because humanity is, by nature, complete garbage, the flightless dodo bird has the distinction of being the first known species to be completely extinguishing by human activity (hunting, habitat destruction, introduction of predators). The species was discovered and extinct in less than 80 years. Go us! In this clip from

Seen here doing his best Geralt of Rivia, this is a cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ as performed by bardcore musician Algal the Bard on classic medieval instruments like the “Lute-guitar, Irish bouzouki, Tin Whistle, drums and Hurdy Gurdy.” And how appropriate, considering medieval knights WERE iron men. Did

While remodeling a bathroom in his parent’s house, builder Tim King of TKing Construction in Lombard, Illinois found a Christmas present behind a wall. The gift was addressed to him, and was from 1978, when he was just 6 years old. He suspects the box fell between two walls in

In dreams really do come true news, this is a video of Max Miller of Tasting History making a late 80’s/early 90’s rectangular school pizza using the official recipe from the 1988 US Department of Agriculture’s ‘Quantity Recipes for School Food Service’. In his own words: “Tastes just like it.”

This is a compilation of 20 slogans from TV commercials that aired in the early 2000’s. How many do you remember? Only a few stuck out to me (mostly they ones that still exist), but I was in college in the early 2000’s and wasn’t watching a lot of television

This a vintage news report from the vaults of ABC7 in New York highlighting the insane demand for Cabbage Patch Dolls leading up to Christmas in 1983. Man, those parents are NUTS. Parents these days? If it’s not available on Amazon with 2-day shipping they’ll just tell you Santa said