Because humanity is, by nature, complete garbage, the flightless dodo bird has the distinction of being the first known species to be completely extinguishing by human activity (hunting, habitat destruction, introduction of predators). The species was discovered and extinct in less than 80 years. Go us! In this clip from

This a vintage news report from the vaults of ABC7 in New York highlighting the insane demand for Cabbage Patch Dolls leading up to Christmas in 1983. Man, those parents are NUTS. Parents these days? If it’s not available on Amazon with 2-day shipping they’ll just tell you Santa said

This is a video of from Insider, which took a deep dive into the evolution of car chases in movies over the last 100 years, with the addition of techniques like using modified cars and chase vehicles, to undercranking the film (filming at a slower frame-rate so playback at regular

This is a video from informative Youtuber ReYOUniverso imagining if the history of life on earth were packed into a 24 hour period. If that were the case, the first fully formed cells come into existence at 4:30AM, and it takes all the way until 9:34PM for plants to emerge

Inarguably the most important (and interesting) video you’ll watch all week, this is a video from Weird History Food detailing the evolution of Taco Bell’s menu since its inception in 1962 and featuring every new menu item. Yum! I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been to Taco Bell

From the Otherwords series produced by PBS Digital Studios, this is a video of Dr. Erica Brozovsky discussing some of the many English expressions that came from sailor jargon and nautical terms, and how they all came to be. I actually thought it was a really interesting watch, and not

This is a video of anthropologist David Ian Howe translating five of the most touching epitaphs he’s found that ancient Greco-Romans had inscribed on the tombs of their canine companions. The first half of the video is English translations, and the second half Spanish. There were a couple real doozies

This is a video highlighting the most popular album from each year 1960 – 2024 according to number of Spotify streams. I have certainly contributed to more than a few of these numbers. Women’s regretful relationships as well.