This is a video of a roller skater releasing a skate from his foot, letting it arc around the concessions area, then regrouping with his skate further down the rink. That’s incredible. And I should know, I’m quite the accomplished roller skater myself. When I was a kid I won
In news that shouldn’t surprise anybody who’s ever been tasked with working with other people, large groups of ants were able to solve the piano mover’s puzzle better than large human groups in recent experiments conducted by the Weizmann Institute. The study found that individually or in small groups humans
Because you’ve got to have a shtick to bring in the crowds, hot pot restaurant owner Ms. Qin acts like a humanoid robot while serving patrons at her Chongqing, China dining establishment. She’s good too. If I didn’t know better (and I don’t based on how often I’m just scared
The work of artist Thomas Deininger, this is a video of a sculpture of an endangered blue-and-yellow macaw that looks just like the bird from the front, but from the side reveals layers of carefully selected toys and non-recyclable plastic trash. Thomas’s work “thoughtfully addresses environmental concerns and critiques mass
This is a video of the last 7-minutes of the 2024 World Chess Championship, in which 18-year old Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeats 32-year old Ding Liren of China after Liren make a fatal mistake with his rook, leaving his bishop trapped. Going into the game, the best of 14
This is a video of Japanese guitarist/composer/producer Masayoshi Takanaka performing jazz pianist Mal Waldron’s ‘Left Alone’ on a guitar that has a functional model train running around it. How about that! The train only goes around the outside of the body then stops and reverses though, it doesn’t actually cross
This is a clip of a recent Wheel Of Fortune contestant incorrectly solving the puzzle ‘GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE’ with his far superior answer ‘TREAT YOURSELF A ROUND OF SAUSAGE’. Now it probably goes without saying, but if this doesn’t replace the original in our vocabulary, we have
Not to be outperformed by that cat playing part of the ‘The Entertainer’ on piano, this is a video of musical canine Helix performing an original song he wrote. It’s a banger. Now somebody just needs to remix this into a song that actually makes it on the radio and