This is a video of organist (I’m just an amateur organ donor) Vincent Thévenaz performing the Bee Gee’s 1977 disco banger ‘Stayin’ Alive’ on the Great Organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre in Geneva, Switzerland. He does an amazing job, but still, some might argue that songs like ‘Stayin’ Alive’ don’t
These are several videos of bear caretaker (beartaker) Jim Kowalczik on the grounds of the bear-oriented Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York hanging out with Leo, a Syrian brown bear who has formed a special bond with Jim. Don’t give it any cocaine! Some info about the center and
Inspired by Drogon from Game Of Thrones, this is a video of artist Kevin Stone discussing the 15,000 pound “life size” steel dragon statue he’s welding together. It also breathes fire, because what’s the point if it doesn’t? And while it might not be full grown Drogon size, he was
Our sun: in the grand scheme of stars in the universe, there’s really nothing that special about it. It’s only special to us and our life here on earth. It’s just an average yellow dwarf, the sort of sun that would float under everyone’s radar in high school. And this
Ever wonder how all the King Kong and Godzilla iterations stack up to one another size-wise? You really must not sleep well at night. But here to help you get some much needed shut-eye is a visualization comparing the sizes of various Kongs and Godzillas. The Kongs are traditionally smaller,
Because normal candles aren’t nearly enough of a fire hazard (my past landlords would disagree), this is a video of Evan and Katelyn of appropriately named Youtube channel Evan and Katelyn making and lighting a 63-pound, 1,000 wick candle. The result reminds me of a fire in one of those
Seen here already deep into the hell no portion of the video, this is a visualization from Global Data (previously), comparing the sizes of both living and extinct sea creatures, from the diminutive to the terrifyingly colossal. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that in the entirety of
This is a video created by visual effects artist Wren of Corridor Digital imagining all the world’s estimated 20 quadrillion (20,000,000,000,000,000 or 20,000 trillion) ants in the same place at the same time. All standing flat they would cover approximately 225,000 square kilometers, or the size of Wisconsin. In a