This is a video of natefromtheinternet popping a balloon full of Heinz ketchup to demonstrate its unique properties. Namely, that it’s a non-Newtonian fluid (a fluid whose viscosity changes depending on the amount of force or pressure applied to it), and, unlike cornstarch and water which becomes almost solid under
This is a short video of a mylar skeleton balloon doing its best dementor impression in an attempt to haunt a neighborhood street. It does a decent job, although I could tell its heart really wasn’t in it. Because it doesn’t have one! “Because it’s a skeleton.” What? No, because
This is a video of a man who looks like he goes to a climbing gym very briefly wearing a water balloon for a hat, filmed in ultra slow motion. The way it conforms to his head but doesn’t pop, that’s wild. Watching the footage at regular speed you wouldn’t
Because everyone spends their spare time differently, this is a video following Youtuber DrewBuildsStuff’s quest to set a new record for most consecutive water balloons burst with a single arrow, following the guidelines established by Guinness World Records. The previous record? 38. Can he do it?! You’ll just have to
This is some home security cam footage of a kid popping a giant gender reveal balloon with a toy sword while his mom is on the way to the car with it. SURPRISE: It’s a girl! I don’t think this is the mother-to-be though, I think it was just a
This is a clip from the Discovery Channel’s ‘How It’s Made’ detailing how balloons are manufactured. So, if you were ever wondering how balloons are born, watch and be amazed. I imagine it’s relatively similar to how condoms are made, but with far less stringent quality control standards, which is
Visual learning: it’s way cooler than just reading a boring textbook and writing dirty words in the margins. And to prove that, this is a video of The Action Lab’s James Orgill sticking his hand in a vacuum chamber and sucking all the air out. His hand blows up like
In that’s something you don’t see every day news, this is a video of a hot air balloon making an emergency landing in the middle of the road during The Great Texas Balloon Race in Longview, Texas. Apparently the wind had stopped blowing and the balloon had no other place