A Visualization Of The Most Common Birth Months Around The World
Note: Chart cut for brevity, keep going for the whole thing. This is a visualization created by the chart and graph makers at Visme of the most common birth months for countries around the world, grouped into latitudinal geographic zones. I learned a lot by looking at it. Mostly, that
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Guy Stuck On Ski Lift For Two Hours Needs To Pee
Because as luck would have it, when nature calls, you’re stuck on a broken chair lift, this is a video from a Canadian ski resort where a dude trapped on the lift really needs to pee. He asks the ski patroller that comes to check on he and his buddy
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The World’s Longest Indoor Mountain Bike Trail
Note: Screepcap doesn’t do it justice, it’s worth a watch. This is a first person POV ride of the world’s longest indoor mountain bike trail, located at Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio. The longest continuous trail in the 160,000 square foot facility is just short of a
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Mud Bath!: Cutting Into A Live Water Main To Install Shut-Off Valve
This is a video from Mauriceville, Texas, of a team cutting into a live 6-inch water main to install a shut-off valve. Some more info while I speculate why they didn’t convince a couple rich women to sit in that hole and charge them for a luxury mud bath: “We
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Man Uses Security Cam To Tell His Escaped, Barking Dog To Get Back In The House
In what I can only assume is a viral marketing campaign for Ring products, this is a video of a man using the company’s Spotlight Cam with integrated speaker to tell his escaped, barking dog Sadie to return to the house. Not bad. Now if he could have just gotten
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Physics!: Running Off Back Of A Moving Vehicle At Same Speed It’s Going Forward
Because experimenting is the key to a happy marriage, this is a video of James Orgill of The Action Lab trying to run off the back of a moving trailer at the same speed his wife is towing it forward to see if the two opposite motions will negate each
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Concert Footage From A 1994 No Doubt Concert: Like Stepping Into A Time Machine
This is some surprisingly decent quality handheld footage (complete with mosh pit and crowd surfing!) from a 1994 No Doubt concert at Cal State’s Fullerton campus, about a year prior to the release of the band’s ‘Tragic Kingdom’ album. Granted a tripod for this camera would have been nice, but
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Regball, Russia’s Crazy Basketball/Wrestling/Rugby Hybrid Sport
Because what’s better than one sport than three sports combined (hi-five, triathlon!), these are a couple videos of regball games in Russia, a hybrid sport that combines elements of basketball, Greco-Roman wrestling, and rugby. Now just figure out a way to also add some curling action and I’ll petition it
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