These are a couple videos of Prince Rupert’s Drops being crushed by hydraulic presses (the first actually bends the metal of the press and doesn’t break, in the second video they explode in a supernova of glory). What are Prince Rupert’s Drops and why are they so indestructible? READ AND

This is the worthwhile (read: I would take the time to watch it) music video for OK Go’s ‘Love’, which was filmed as one continuous shot and uses a bunch of industrial robotic arms holding mirrors to create different imagery in fun and innovative ways. Would I have stood in

The Guinness World Record for largest display of carved eggs was recently awarded to Chinese artist Ma Chao for the 1,040 intricately carved eggshells he’s produced. The eggs feature characters from the 1986 television series Journey To The West (adapted from Wu Cheng’en’s 16th-century novel of the same name), and

This is a video from BBC Earth Explore highlighting the work life of bus driver Glorioso, who’s driven a treacherous mountainside route in the Peruvian Andes for the last 12 years. Damn, talk about nerves of steel! Me? I have nerves of store brand aluminum foil. As the local saying

Note: If time is money and you don’t have any, skip to 0:50 for the drop at 0:55 and prepare to have your mind blown 🤯 This is a video of South Korean beatboxing champion Wing performing his single ‘Dopamine’, a song that’s entirely beatboxed and hard to believe doesn’t

This is a video highlighting the pinball machine collection of Rob Berk, the current Guinness World Record holder for most pinball machines. The official record is 1,041, but Rob says he’s up to around 1,150 since the count. Damn! Rob has been involved in the pinball community for quite some

Seven years in the making, this is a video of BuildsByBaz’s lifesize (28-foot) replica of a Colonial Viper Mark II spaceship from Battlestar Galactica. It’s glorious. Could you imagine sitting in the cockpit of that thing making pew-pew noises to yourself? That’s what my dreams are made of. Just kidding,

Because soon robots will be having all of our fun for us, this is a video of the Ultra Mobile Vehicle (UMV) developed by researchers as at the Robotics and AI Institute (RAI, making this RAI’s UMV for those of you who love acronyming). It’s a little e-bike that can