In the spirit of the upcoming Olympics, this is a video of what some consider “the best dive ever,” performed by Greg Louganis as the 1986 World Championships in Madrid. Greg executes a near-flawless swan dive off the 3-meter springboard with almost no splash. Pretty wild, right? Now can somebody
This is a video of somebody’s grandma allegedly throwing an axe for the very first time under the watchful eye of Paul Bunyan and nailing a bullseye. Or, who knows, maybe the video title is a lie and this grandma has been bullseying womp rats in her Hoveround back home
Dream it, and you can achieve it. Case in point: this man’s impressive three martini glass and a stick-in-his-mouth juggling routine. Who comes up with this stuff? You think he’d been drinking when he did? Do you think those cocktail glasses are actually glass, or heavy plastic? Why is it
Because being able to smoothly recover from a misstep is the sign of a true master, this is a minute compilation of gymnasts making mistakes in their routines and playing them off the best they can. And they do well. As a matter of fact, are we even sure these
This is a video of 25-year old International Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE) master Alexandra Botez challenging three of the best hustlers in New York City’s Union Square Park. She takes the first two easily before losing to ‘Russian Paul’, who’s widely considered the best in the park
This is a video of Brazilian musician Johnatha Bastos performing Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 banger ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on electric guitar with his feet. Johnatha was born with partially formed arms, so he plays with a pick between his toes as a testament to overcoming life’s challenges. Most impressive.
This is a video of physicist and origami artist Robert J. Lang explaining and teaching origami based on five different levels of difficulty, starting with child, then moving to teen, college student, graduate student, and expert. Are those actually logical skill levels to define? I mean I have a master’s
Water sports: hands down the wettest of all sports. This is a video of a guy making a little wave ramp for himself with his jet-ski, then casually performing a low-speed double backflip after launching off of it. Damn, if I were a mermaid I would definitely be throwing my