This is a video of a couple riding the Formula Rossa roller coaster (the world’s fastest) at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi and demonstrating how how the 4.9G acceleration from 0 – 149MPH in 4.9 seconds affects his face. It blows it around like a plastic shopping bag in a
- June 5, 2023
Chhouk the Asian elephant was found wandering the jungles of Cambodia in 2007 as a sickly orphan, missing his front left foot as the result of a poacher’s snare. He was taken in by the Wildlife Alliance, where he’s cared for and receives a new prosthetic about every six months
- June 5, 2023
Seen here looking like a rag doll, this is a video of Canadian Delaney Irving winning the women’s race at the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling event, still managing to roll across the finish line first despite having been knocked unconscious near the bottom of the hill. Apparently Delaney was unaware
- June 5, 2023
Having previously spotted a red balloon squid, this is a video from the ROV Hercules chancing upon a rarely seen Bathykorus jellyfish, that resembles a facehugger from the Alien franchise. This is only the second time the jellyfish has been caught on film, the first being in 2015. That’s cool,
- June 5, 2023
This is some bodycam footage from Valdosta, Georgia where police were making an arrest on the highway when a distracted driver launches off the ramp of a parked tow truck, traveling some 120 feet in the air before crashing back down. Holy smokes! The driver is currently being treated for
- June 2, 2023
This a clip of 14-year old Dev Shah clenching victory in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘psammophile’ (pronounced sam-a-file, a plant or animal that prefers or thrives in sandy areas). He knew from the very start that he had it. Way to go, Dev. For reference,
- June 2, 2023
Because you don’t know until you try (and even after you’re usually left unsure), this is a video of Youtuber The Q building a pair of rollerblades that each have a large bike wheel attached. It looks like a wheelchair with no seat. That’s…something. Something you’ll see me riding at
- June 2, 2023
This is a video of Youtube Brick Technology constructing a clock almost entirely out of ingenuity and LEGO that counts seconds, minutes, and hours like a traditional clock, but also fortnights, months, years, decades, centuries, millennium, 100,000 years, megaannum (1,000,000 years), and a galactic year (230-million years). Its bob (weight)
- June 2, 2023













