This is a video demonstration and explanation of Matt Pritchard’s ‘The Phantom Queen’, the winner of 2021’s Best Illusion Of The Year Contest. In the illusion, a queen chess piece is visible in the mirror of a chess board, but not on the chess board. How does it work? SPOILER:

This is a video of engineer Xyla Foxlin, model rocketeer Joe Barnard, and a team of aerospace engineers launching a Christmas tree into the wild blue yonder with the help of a very large model rocket engine. Based on the thirty minute video, apparently a lot more went into the

In how to get 911 called constantly news, these are a couple videos of the man dangling from a gutter Christmas light decoration that TikTok user survivordiet built and installed on his home, complete with “Is anybody there?! Help!” audio playing. I could be wrong, but I assume the decoration

This is a video of musician Astaremi showing off the custom liquid-filled electric guitar he built, using two colored liquids of differing viscosities so they flow around each other in there kind of like a lava lamp. Apparently the build was inspired by Kirk Hammett’s Wavecaster and John 5’s lava

This is a video of ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober (previously: his new and improved anti-porch pirate glitter bomb) constructing the world’s most powerful t-shirt cannon at the request of Jimmy Kimmel for use at the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl game of Oregon State vs Utah State. Mark enlisted the help

This is is a video of the Green Goblin on hoverboard cosplay that Logan Dominic’s father constructed for him to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home. For reference, I celebrated the lazy way by just going to see the movie. Now that is one sweet Green Goblin costume!

This is a video featuring the top six fan favorite Red Bull Soapbox Derby cars/performances, including an Easter Island statue (seen above treating a ramp like a wall at 2:25), two eggs frying in a hot skillet, a ski gondola (I think?), a bathtub (complete with running shower), a camper

This is a video of reader and Youtuber Gary Kats burning fractals into wood using a homemade Lichtenberg machine built from an old microwave transformer, who apparently didn’t make the cut for the Autobot’s varsity team. Gary then fills the burnt fractals with colored epoxy resin to create a beautiful