Because some people insist on going far above and far beyond what is necessary to celebrate a holiday, this is a video of lighting designer Tom BetGeorge’s 2023 Halloween light display (previously: last year’s show with drones), choreographed to System Of A Down’s ‘Toxicity’. This year Tom has even added
1993 — it seems like forever ago, doesn’t it? That’s because it was. 1993 is just as long ago from right now as 1981 is to the pyramids being built. You can quote me on that. This is a 1993 news report featuring customers reacting to Burger King now accepting
An annual tradition at the Oregon Zoo, this is a compilation of a number of different animals all enjoying some delicious pumpkin, straight from the jack-o-lantern’s head. it was a fun video to watch, and if raw pumpkin were as delicious as these animals make it seem, maybe I wouldn’t
This is a video of Derek Muller of Veritasium discussing the mechanics of extreme breath holding while athlete Brandon Birchak is submerged in a tank of water the entire time, holding his breath for an astonishing 17 minutes (the world record is 24 minutes, 37 seconds). Damn! Five seconds and
This is a video of two intrepid explorers riding an iceberg down the river and enjoying some cold ones when they have to navigate their frozen craft under a bridge. Unfortunately for them, after successfully making it under the bridge, their boat immediately starts sinking like the Titanic. You should
Because spooky season is upon us, this is a video of a a Jeep spotted leaving a Wegmans supermarket with one of those 10-foot skeleton Halloween lawn decorations riding in the back. This is arguably the best use of one of those skeletons that I’ve seen. And, knowing the number
This is a video of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield rating various space related movie scenes for realism. Movie include: ‘For All Mankind,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Life,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,’ ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon,’ ‘F9: The Fast Saga,’ ‘Space Cowboys’, ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’,
This is a video from the David Attenborough narrated Planet Earth II, highlighting the sword-billed hummingbird, a hummer that’s evolved a beak longer than its entire body to access nectar no other bird can. Now that is an impressive beak! Semi-related: did you know that in all the animal kingdom,