This is a video of incredibly skilled cyclist Danny MacAskill downhilling the massive granite slabs on Scotland’s Isle Of Skye, where he’s from. His goal was to try to ride The Slabs in the most continuous line that he could. Now I don’t know about you, but my hands started
This is some terrifying traffic-cam footage from Wisconsin (which I was surprised to see has such advanced roadways and not just paths carved out of cheese) of a truck sliding off an icy overpass and falling 70-feet to the roadway below. Remarkably, the driver survived, and it’s crazy to think
The Falcon’s Flight roller coaster being built at the currently-under-construction Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia will be the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster to date, featuring a three-minute, 2.5-mile long ride at heights up to 525-feet and speeds up to 155MPH. For reference, the current longest coaster
Because something is going to have to drag our bodies into a volcano after the robot uprising, this is a video of Boston Dynamics’ arm-for-a-head Spot robot demonstrating its grabbing capabilities. First it picks up some articles of clothing in the snow and around the house, then two swing a
WARNING: SPIDERS. This is a video of Australian woman Claudia welcoming a bunch of baby huntsman spiders into the world with a “they’re so cute!” and not a gas can and lighter like many would be tempted to do. Apparently Claudia discovered the babies upon walking into her daughter’s room
This is a video from a trail cam of a bobcat encountering a rattlesnake, and the two battling to the death while a crow cheers them on. Who wins? SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: after several missed strikes by the rattlesnakes (deftly dodged by the bobcat), the bobcat bites it right behind
In further proof all those Mars photographs allegedly sent back from the planet by rovers were actually just taken in Texas, this is some footage from a January 30th, 2021 dust storm in Lubbock. Now I’m not here to tell anybody how to prevent preventable problems, but you know what
This is a short video of a house fire reaching the home’s propane tank, and the resulting explosion. Per the backseat fireman filming the incident: “F*ckin’ told them!” Hey, nobody like a told-you-so’er. Particularly when they’re putting their lives at risk to extinguish the fire you probably started because you