Because even a hundred wrongs don’t make a right, these are two videos of a man getting his truck towed in Brooklyn for parking in a tow zone, starting just after he tried driving his vehicle off the back of the tow arm. After that failed, he tries to fight
- September 13, 2024
This is a short security cam video that captured the end life cycle of a road sign, from initial accident (sideswiped by a bus) to eventual death (drunk man breaking post, carrying pole away). That poor sign — you almost feel bad for it. Then you remember it’s just a
- September 13, 2024
This is ‘Nanoscapes’ a short video shot by Kristina Dutton featuring butterfly wings captured with an electron microscope at magnifications up to 50,000X. That’s some series magnification. Most of the time I wasn’t even sure what I was looking at. “Butterfly wings.” I like you, I really do, but you
- September 13, 2024
This is an Instagram video of a man constructing a “quick and easy” carnival style spinning ride in his backyard using a tree and some lumber (which was also once trees). The ride features seating for four, and is powered by spinning the riders around the tree to build tension
- September 12, 2024
This is a video of Nissan France setting the world record for highest bungee jump for a car, dropping a Nissan Qashqai e-Power from a height of 65m (213’3″). At first I thought it was lame because I assumed there wasn’t a driver inside, but I was wrong. Then I
- September 12, 2024
This is a video of a striated frogfish (which looks like a character from Adventure Time) displaying its lure, a sort of natural fishing pole that can be extended from its “nose” and wiggle a very convincing worm-like appendage in front of it’s mouth to attract prey. Evolution is nuts.
- September 11, 2024
Presumably amped about Apple’s announcement of the new iPhone 16 (hooray?), Youtubers DIY Perks and Mrwhosetheboss decided to build the world’s largest iPhone, complete with an “88-inch OLED screen, a touchscreen overlay, an aluminum case and buttons, multiple cameras, a flash, and much more.” It will not fit in your
- September 11, 2024
This is a video of a member of Malaysian dance group Budayawan performing a traditional Magunatip bamboo dance of the Murut people of Borneo, a former headhunter warrior tribe. It involves being blindfolded and dancing between bamboo poles that are constantly being clapped open and closed to the beat. It
- September 10, 2024