Note: Not the whole timeline, keep going to see even deeper into the future. This is a chart created by artist and animator Dan Meth featuring a timeline of futuristic movies. As you can see, we’re right between Blade Runner and Soylent Green. Of course none of this matters because
This is another size comparison video from MetaBallStudios (previously), this time comparing the size of various fictional planets found in popular culture from smallest to largest diameter. And also to things that actually exist in reality, like “New York City, Earth, the Earth’s moon, other planets in our solar system,
This is a visualization created by MetaBallStudios (previously) of various computer storage sizes (eg megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, and upward) if a single byte occupies a volume of one cubic millimeter (1mm3). Some more info while I try to estimate the total volume of my roommate’s horrible digital music collection if
Because you’re not going to wow audiences with an explosion that looks like my buddy Dave clenching a firecracker between his butt cheeks (classic Dave), this is a video of Tom Scott working with a professional pyrotechnician (my dream gig) to explain why movie explosions look so much grander than
Note: Chart cut for brevity, keep going for the whole thing. This is a visualization created by the chart and graph makers at Visme of the most common birth months for countries around the world, grouped into latitudinal geographic zones. I learned a lot by looking at it. Mostly, that
This is a US map detailing each state’s least favorite other state, as according to Instagram user mattsurelee’s 398,000 followers, so you know it’s accurate. Now I was born in West Virginia, and have lived in Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, California and New York, and as much as it
This is another size comparison video from MetaBallStudio (previously), this time comparing the sizes of various fictional watercraft from popular media (including video games). Which was your favorite? There are so many to choose from. Of course a wise person once said, it’s not the size of your ship that
To put things into perspective, this is a timeline of the major Star Wars movies and shows relative to our own real timeline from 1952 – 2019. I learned a lot by looking at it. Mostly, that according to my calculations it would appear Anakin is old enough to be