This is a short video demonstration of the energy return of a carbon plate running shoe (one with a carbon plate in the midsole designed to increase energy return with each step and reduce fatigue) versus a regular running shoe. That…was a drastic difference. Almost as good as flubber, but

This is a visualization of the degree of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse that can be seen from each US state, in order of increasing totality. Granted, some of these depend on where you’re at in the state (each lists a specific city), because some states are BIG. Me?

This is some security cam footage of construction worker Shane Reimche entering the Quick Trip Market just moments before a 4-foot runaway circular saw blade comes flying through the parking lot and embeds itself in the side of the door. He never saw it coming, but dude was just two

This is a 3D visualization created by Popular Science comparing the weights of Pokemon to real animals that weigh the same to give a better sense of their heft. Some more info to prove somebody actually spent time thinking about this: If Pokémon existed in the wild, which animals would

This is a video of parkour athlete Nico Fischer demonstrating his skills by repeatedly (and smoothly) jump-climbing up and down two parallel walls without touching the ground. His friend Aziz gave him the nickname ‘Elevator-Man’, which I’m adding to my list of blackballed houseguests. I made the mistake of letting

These are several videos of the appropriately named Youtuber Speedbag Bard demonstrating his ability to punch a speed bag to the beats of various songs. Included below are ‘Feel Good Inc’ by Gorillaz, Post Malone’s ‘Sunflower’, Survivor’s ‘Eye Of The Tiger’, and Sisqo’s ‘Thong Song’. Dude is smooth, working the

This is a video of a woman making the mistake of stepping on a convertible sleeper sofa while making it for a coworker and getting swallowed up by the thing. Why was the person filming — did they know this was going to happen? Regardless, she proceeds to laugh (along

This is a video of Youtuber and “science dude” Joe Myheck making a mermaid crown by pouring molten Nordic gold (a gold-colored alloy of copper, aluminum, zinc, and tin) into a trash can filled with Orbeez beads. The result is beautiful, and there’s no doubt in my mind that crown