Months in the making, this is a video of KaplaBen building and demolishing an ~18,000 Kapla block tower. Ben says he began construction in November 2024 and completed it in April 2025. Amazing nobody snuck in and knocked it over in that time. The tower is the third prototype Ben
In other avian news, this is a video of the winners of the European Gull Screeching Championship, a contest in which humans do their best seagull impressions. The competition appears to have been even fiercer than a gull fight over a french fry this year, with 60 bird impersonators from
This is a video of pianist Lord Vinheteiro (previously) performing a medley of Johann Sebastian Bach chronologically from 1707 – 1750 to hear his musical evolution from age 22 – 65. Now I’ll be the first to admit I’m tone-deaf and have absolutely zero musical inclinations, but I wasn’t able
This is a video of South Korean acapella group Maytree (previously) performing a spirited rendition of the Jurassic Park theme. That theme gets me every time….Gets me upset about how we’re supposed to be living in the future by now and I don’t even have a pet dinosaur. Back To
This is a video of brass instrument restorer Robinson’s Remedies repairing the absolutely mangled bell of a trombone, an injury likely suffered in the fight following somebody calling its owner a tromboner. Robinson says it’s the most damaged instrument he’s ever repaired, and the finished result, while by no means
The Guinness World Record for largest display of carved eggs was recently awarded to Chinese artist Ma Chao for the 1,040 intricately carved eggshells he’s produced. The eggs feature characters from the 1986 television series Journey To The West (adapted from Wu Cheng’en’s 16th-century novel of the same name), and
Further proof you can run DOOM on anything (including humans), this is a video of South Korean acapella group Maytree (previously) performing ‘At Doom’s Gate’, probably the most memorable theme from the original 1993 game. It’s wild to think that game came out 32 years ago. We sure have come
This is a video of South Korean beatboxer Hiss (earlier this week: Wing) performing a wonderful rendition of the Thomas The Tank Engine theme by layering the different harmonies of the tune on top of each other. The result? I’ll be humming it all day, and if you know a