This is a video from RED SIDE visualizing and comparing the speeds of various aircraft, beginning with incredibly slow planes like the Wright Flyer (30MPH) and ending with modern jets like the SR-71 Blackbird (2,500MPH). And to think the Wright Flyer first took to the sky only 120 years ago.

Because the park still has to find a way to attract visitors without relying on animal abuse, SeaWorld Orlando built Pipeline, the world’s first launched standing roller coaster. And this is a clip from Theme Park Review riding it. I admire that lady’s efforts to hold her hands in the

This is 3D animation created by Global Data (previous videos) comparing the sizes of various monuments around the world, both ancient and modern. It begins with the Moai statue heads carved on Easter Island, and ends with the mountaintop Machu Picchu. And, if you were wondering if the video includes

Because it’s Friday (or whatever day you’re reading this), and who doesn’t wish they were on vacation (unless you’re reading this on your phone from a hammock in the Caribbean, in which case I wish I was there with you), this is a 4K POV ride on the newly opened

Because things not going according to plan is always fate’s plan, this is a video of a recent Fantasmic! show at Disneyland where the entire 45-foot fire-breathing Maleficent dragon caught fire. Pfft, Trogdor would never accidentally burn himself. Still, you know what they say about playing with fire: always a

Working with Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism, this is a video shot by Ukranian photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy featuring a top-down view of the 4,200 year old Great Pyramid Of Giza that starts at the pyramid’s pyramidion and flies straight upward from there, slowly revealing its entirety. Beautiful. We should totally make

This is a video from the breakfast room at Nairobi’s Giraffe Manor Hotel of two giraffes popping their heads through the windows (specifically designed for this) to see if any of the guests happened to leave food for them. I remember the first time I heard about the Giraffe Manor

This is a video of a powder cloud avalanche tearing down the trails of Mount Timpanogos at Sundance Resort in Utah while a group of skiers and snowboarders watch. Per one dude, “What the heck, bro?! That’s one of the biggest avalanches I’ve ever seen in my life!” Wow, just