Because everybody uses their spare time differently (I have no spare time), this is a video of Youtuber Chris Makes Stuff constructing a hubless, electric penny farthing bike. The hubless design is cool, but the motorization is a must — pedaling is one of my least favorite part of riding
This is a clip from How It’s Made detailing how those overpriced pre-packaged sandwiches you find at gas stations are made. SPOILER: not in any way that makes them more appetizing, I don’t care how much you love robot mayo. Those sandwiches are rarely good, even when you pay $18
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
Because who doesn’t wouldn’t ketchup that looks exactly like kid’s glue, Youtuber and food scientist Barry Lewis decied to try to make his own transparent ketchup after repeatedly being sent a faked photo of the clear condiment. In the end he makes a pretty decent version (recipe HERE), the main
This is a video of percussionist El Estepario Siberiano (aka The Groovefather) discussing his homemade tubulum PVC pipe drum kit, and performing AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on it, just 24 hours after constructing it and playing it for the first time. I assume that’s where his percussion background comes in handy. You
This is a video from the appropriately titled television series How It’s Made detailing how mayonnaise is manufactured at the Duke’s plant in Mauldin, South Carolina. SPOILER: Not in any way that’s going to make you want to run to the fridge and eat a spoonful. Or, who knows, maybe
This is a video of a steel mill producing the world’s longest pieces of rebar (the length seen above isn’t even half as long as it eventually becomes) for use in construction. Or, if you’re playing a survival zombie game like Dead Island, creating makeshift weapons. I’m playing Dead Island
This is a video of Youtuber How To Make Everything constructing the sawmill detailed in Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebook in 1478, using only tools and methods that existed back then (read: no power tools, makes his own nails). He does use a water pump to replicate a river though to