This is a clip of the 2025 World Championship of Shoe Shining, in which three finalists had 20 minutes to shine a pair of Bridlen Straight Tip Oxfords to as close to a mirror-finish as possible. Each was allowed a selection of Saphir Médaille d’Or waxes, brushes, and cloths, and

Because soon robots will play all our sports for us, this is a video of Morpheus, a giant table tennis playing robot made by Omron that uses AI to actively analyze an opponent’s playstyle and adapts in real time in order to humiliate them. Nice try, robot, but I’m used

This is a video (complete with trick list) of Japanese yo-yo master Hajime Miura securing his 8th 3A World Yo-Yo World Championship with an incredible dual yo-yo performance that’s hard to wrap my head around. Wrapping a yo-yo string around my legs and tripping myself? Easy. Wrapping my head around

Presumably to pitch a remake of The Big Lebowski (the original is perfect!), this is a video of the Corridor Crew putting a 360-degree camera inside a clear bowling ball to get some cool bowling footage, as well as a trip through the ball return. Unfortunately, the crew made the

In speed doggin’ news, all six active Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles raced around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend as part of the Indy 500 festivities. Is anybody else shocked and outraged there’s more than one Wienermobile? I saw one once IRL but who cares, it’s not even special anymore. This

Note: Video is a must-watch, totally wild. This is a video of Team Singapore’s winning 4-way free routine at the 5th FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships in Belgium. Such precision! I bet they’d make an accurate watch. Me? I used to wear a watch for fashion, but– “Fashion is dead.”

Because theme nights make a trip to the ballpark even better (although I wouldn’t say no to a bobblehead giveaway), the collegiate summer baseball team Tri-City Chili Peppers of Colonial Heights, Virginia play several ‘cosmic’ games each season (move over, bowling!), held at night under blacklights with uniforms, bats, balls,

In an effort to highlight the advances in Chinese robotics, over 20 humanoid robots competed in the recent Beijing Half Marathon (13.1-miles) to see how they stack up against humans. Many didn’t finish, but several did, with the fastest, a robot named Tiangong Ultra, finishing with a time of 2