Because back before computer graphics there was a thing called practical effects, these are two animations detailing how six people (including one slime-spreader) operated the one-ton Jabba The Hutt costume in Return Of The Jedi. Honestly, I’m not sure how I thought it was operated, but it wasn’t this. “You

This is a video from a burrito factory (that, despite the mess everywhere, is still way more hygienic than the places I like to eat) of a SIGMA Equipment Solbern BF2 SS Dual Lane Burrito Folding machine doing its thing. Based on all the loose tortillas and filling thrown about,

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 video detailing how cherries are harvested. This is not how I imagined it happening. Based on the price they charge at the supermarket, I assumed each cherry was individually inspected on the tree by a grandma who graduated from fruit college before being hand-picked and kissed for

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 the television series How It’s Made detailing how mannequins, marionnettes, crash test dummies, and other humanlike replicas are made. SPOILER: Not in any way that should make somebody want to have sex with them, yet you know it’s going to happen. It’s probably happening right

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.