This is a video of a man demonstrating how to split a boulder in half with nothing but a hammer and some stone splitting shims. Remember: half of any battle is having the right tools for the job. The other half, at least in this case, is not getting crushed

This is a super short video of Washington State University track and fielder Ray Wells Jr. casually clearing a 61-inch (5-foot, 1-inch) hurdle with the apparent ease of stepping over a passed out roommate. For reference, I fell trying to put my pants on this morning and hurt my elbow.

This is a video from The Action Lab experimenting to determine whether a venus fly trap can eat a jelly bean. SPOILER: Yes, and attract a bunch of ants in the days-long process. Jelly beans, huh? I suppose that’s cool if you’re the sort of lowly peasant that hands out

This is a short video of a beautiful African grey parrot named Kanji doing his best squeaky toy impression whenever his caretaker gives him a gently squeeze. Now that — that is a spot-on impression. Maybe not as good as the impression I do of a man who just accidentally

This is a short video of a pitcher throwing a clever sleight-of-hand pitch for a strike. That’s cool, but you still need two more for an out, and I think the jig is up with this pitch. I’d mix it up with maybe something behind the back or between the

This is a video from the Nagasaki Bio Park in Japan of a group of capybaras eating a giant pumpkin that was delivered to them as a treat, just digging right in and eating the whole damn thing, rind and all. Impressive. When reached for comment about the feat, Carole

This is a video of a poor decision maker diving off a boat to get a better look at what he believes to be a harmless, plankton-eating basking shark. It turns out to not be a basking shark. Can anybody identify what kind of shark that is? IS IT A

This is a short video demonstrating Newton’s first law with dirt on a tennis racket. What is Newton’s first law? “Newton’s first law is you don’t talk about Newton’s first law.” Very good, I’m glad to see at least somebody payed attention in science class. Visualization of Newton's first law