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 bad ideas come in all shapes and sizes, this is a video of Youtuber Gregulations constructing a motorcycle version of a penny farthing using a Yamaha YZF-R6 and a bunch of custom built parts. Despite having training wheels, the resulting cycle has deathtrap written all over it, and at

Because sometimes you just need to see eight wiener dogs sleeping in eight banana beds, these are two videos from dachshund lover Gracie Yuna of her wiener dogs Boots, Bandit, Peanut, Plopper, Tubby, Punkin, Einstein, and Meatball (aka The Weens on Instagram) each getting their own banana bed (with peel

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

This is a video of “PhD in mathematical physics, leftie, and Trekkie” Dr. Blitz doing his best to explain quantum computing simply in under 3 minutes. Do I understand quantum computing now? Absolutely not. I do think I understand it better than I did, but before I just thought it

This is a video from filmmaker Tyler Johnson, who modded a cat exercise wheel with an Insta360 camera to capture some unorthodox footage of his cat exercising. Not exactly what I was hoping for from Santa, but I suppose it’s better than coal or taking turns with the reindeer pooping

A barred owl in Arlington, Virginia recently flew down a family’s uncapped chimney (that’s your bad) and perched atop their Christmas tree, knocking the star topper to the side and taking its place. Admittedly, that’s a great Christmas tree topper. In other news, apparently somebody’s going to be a freshman

This is a video from the fun-loving Aussies of Youtube channel How Ridiculous attempting to start a lawnmower with a cable attached to a cannonball. Does it work? Yes. They also attach several other things to cannonballs to see what will happen, including a mannequin and attempting to pull a