This is a video of Derek Muller of Veritasium discussing the mechanics of extreme breath holding while athlete Brandon Birchak is submerged in a tank of water the entire time, holding his breath for an astonishing 17 minutes (the world record is 24 minutes, 37 seconds). Damn! Five seconds and

This is a video from the David Attenborough narrated Planet Earth II, highlighting the sword-billed hummingbird, a hummer that’s evolved a beak longer than its entire body to access nectar no other bird can. Now that is an impressive beak! Semi-related: did you know that in all the animal kingdom,

This is a video from the town of São Lourenço do Bairro in Anadia, Portugal, featuring 600,000 gallons of red wine flowing downhill through the streets after two giant storage tanks at the Destilaria Levira winery burst open. Could you imagine if you’d been out for a leisurely stroll when

Seen here looking like a man who takes brushing seriously, this is a video of Georgia dentist Val Kolpakov showing off his Guinness World Record collection of toothpastes. There’s no denying it, dude has a lot of toothpaste. Me? I just have the one crumpled tube of Crest that I’ve

While investigating the waters of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, the ROV Little Hercules spotted a rarely seen dumbo octopus just floating in the current. Apparently the marine biologists watching the feed were particularly happy to see this dumbo octopus, because the last one they spotted was in

This is a video of a worker beneath one of those swinging pirate ship rides, apparently taking some sort of measurement that absolutely couldn’t be taken with an apparatus NOT held by hand and risking it all, with the pirate ship just grazing his head on both sides as it

This is a music video from There I Ruined It (previously), who used A.I. to emulate Anthony Kiedis’ and John Frusciante’s vocals for a performance of ‘Snow’ with lyrics reimagined to sound like what non-fans think the band is singing. I imagine even a few fans would acknowledge this is

This is a video of a skunk performing an undeniably impressive defensive handstand right in front of a trailcam. Presumably because it considered that trailcam a threat and wanted to look as much like a voodoo doll as possible. Mission accomplished! You know, I’ve made voodoo dolls before. Did I