This is a detailed factory tour of how Cup Noodle style ramen noodle bowls are made. SPOILER: not in a way that makes them any more or less appetizing. This was pretty much exactly what I expected — lots of industrial machinery and conveyor belts moving noodles from one place

This is a fascinating look (at least to me, but I love peeking behind the curtain) at how twister style popsicles are made. For those of you unfamiliar with twister popsicles, I feel sorry for you. I’m eating one right now! “Are you though?” No, I did have two limp

This is a clip from How It’s Made detailing how those overpriced pre-packaged sandwiches you find at gas stations are made. SPOILER: not in any way that makes them more appetizing, I don’t care how much you love robot mayo. Those sandwiches are rarely good, even when you pay $18

This is a tour detailing the process in which zinc-carbon AA batteries are manufactured at a Chinese factory, which can produce up to 500,000 batteries a day. That’s a lot of batteries! And what percentage of those do you think end up in a person’s butt? My guess is the

This is a clip of the painted eyeballs being applied to dolls during a multi-step process at a toy factory in Adana, Turkey. They start with a base of white (sclera), then add a ring of blue iris before completing the look with black pupil and eyelash on the side.

This is a video from the appropriately titled television series How It’s Made detailing how mayonnaise is manufactured at the Duke’s plant in Mauldin, South Carolina. SPOILER: Not in any way that’s going to make you want to run to the fridge and eat a spoonful. Or, who knows, maybe

This is a tour of the Kyowa Co. Ltd. rubber band factory, detailing how the snappy bands are made step by step. Kyowa has been making rubber bands since 1923 (happy 100 year anniversary!), so clearly they know what they’re doing. Me? I never have the slightest clue what I’m

Because frozen pizzas serve as the entire base of my personal food pyramid, this is a video tour inside a factory that makes my dinner standard. I already know what I’m having tonight! “Frozen pizza?” No, but only because I bought two new boxes of cereal on my lunch break