Dropping June 4th, the LEGO Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr build set contains 5,471 pieces, which, if assembled correctly according to the instructions, result in a 35.2″ tall recreation of Sauron’s dark fortress, complete with Eye Of Sauron on top. If not assembled correctly, you may end up with a
This is a video from a trail cam in Colorado of a mountain lion playing with a log swing. Both the camera and swing were set up by local Thaddeus Wells with the hopes of recording some video of bear cubs swinging. No word if he’s managed to capture that
This is a video from the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport where an excavator operator, about to scrap a Learjet, takes it for one last flight. Ha, I used to play with toy planes the same way when I was a kid! And my mom used to pretend the spoon was
This is a video of a peach rumped monkey (not official name) attempting to use a smartphone that was dropped into the monkey pit at the San Diego Zoo. Hello, Rescue Rangers? Get me out of here! Just kidding, it was probably trying to order some hair-growth serum off Amazon
These are several videos of an absolutely adorable three-ringed armadillo at Green Bay, Wisconsin’s NEW Zoo & Adventure Park named Rollie rolling up with some ball pit balls and other toys and popping them out like one of those ball popper push toys. I had no idea armadillos grabbed things
This is a short video of a golden retriever repeatedly trying to attack a beam of light that appears on a sofa cushion. It’s not trying to bite it though, it’s trying to poke it with its nose like it’s playing Whac-A-Mole or something. And, just like my day job
This is a video of chemical engineer James Orgill of The Action Lab producing what he’s dubbed dry slime — slime that has been mixed with fumed silica (available on Amazon — often used as a thickener and anticaking agent) so it forms strings that don’t want to stick to