This is some incredible footage from the innovative Lumiere Brothers in 1899 of a troupe of child acrobats in Paris performing some stunts, including a human pyramid and two members passing and juggling a small boy with their feet like he’s a sack of potatoes. The footage was colorized and
This is a video of Los Angeles Dodger shortstop Trea Turner performing a bit of magic on the field with a home plate slide that appears to defy physics. Did he temporarily throw friction out the window? Umps are always concerned with what pitchers put on the ball, but what
This is some Ring security cam footage of a dog briefly demonstrating its parkour skills at a backyard party, presumably to garner the attention of the women there. I feel you, dog. Reminds me of the time I went to a party and tried to impress the ladies by performing
One hidden room is cool enough, but a HIDDEN ROOM INSIDE A HIDDEN ROOM INSIDE A HIDDEN ROOM? That’s what my dreams are made of. And this is a video of a girl providing a tour of just that — a bedroom with a hidden room accessible via secret bookshelf
This is a video from Youtuber Ant Lab (but these are moths!) of seven different species of moth taking flight filmed in 6,000FPS ultra slow motion. Glorious, aren’t they? The species in order in case you’re not a lepidopterist and know already: 00:00 – Rosy maple moth, 01:01 – Polyphemus
This is a video of a skateboarder ollieing his board through a tire while he goes over the whole thing, reconnecting with his board like two old friends on the other side. Pretty impressive. For reference, at the pinnacle of my greatest skateboarding skills I tried to ollie over a
This is a video of skimboarder Adrien Raza blazing across a wide canal on his board with the ease of a knife through warm butter. Me? I would have fallen immediately and cut my knees up in the sand just like every other time I’ve tried skimboarding. “But there’s no
Proving that life imitates art (or life imitates art imitating life), this is shot of a real-life SpongeBob and Patrick hanging out on the seafloor at a depth of around 6,500-feet, as spotted by an unmanned rover exploring the Retriever Seamount off the coast of New England. How about that!