This is a video of Tom Scott riding the elevator at the New Town Hall in Hannover, Germany, an elevator that follows the 17-degree curvature of the cupola dome to the observation tower at the top. The elevator was originally constructed in 1913, and gutted and fitted with a new
This is a short video of a little person smoothly dismounting a dirt bike with the helping leg of his friend, who was driving the bike. Most impressive. Me? I’ve never dismounted a dirt bike that didn’t involve a crash and getting launched and breaking bones. So yeah, a little
This is an Instagram video from Kieran Knightley, who happened to spot a blaze in an a New York City apartment and, being the responsible citizen that he is, called 911. However after the fire department arrived and investigated they informed Kieran the fire was, in fact, just an 8-foot
This is a short video of a mylar skeleton balloon doing its best dementor impression in an attempt to haunt a neighborhood street. It does a decent job, although I could tell its heart really wasn’t in it. Because it doesn’t have one! “Because it’s a skeleton.” What? No, because
Step into my time machine (sure, it looks like the same closet where we play 7 minutes in heaven) and take a trip back to 1971 and John Lennon hearing the recording of his ‘Imagine’ for the first time. He seems relatively pleased with the result. As he should be,
This is a video of distinguished Youtube food reviewer Reviewbrah’s Running On Empty segment featuring the two new McDonald’s limited time dipping sauces: Sweet & Spice Jam (“a jammy red pepper sauce with a Szechuan peppercorn kick and extra heat from cayenne pepper; finished with apple cider vinegar”) and Mambo
This is a short video of a man working the cotton candy booth at a local fair in Shelby, North Carolina, who’s gotten himself completely covered in the candy. Does that booth also double as the one where you try to catch dollar bills in a hurricane? Maybe! To his
This is a video of amateur radio operator KB8M making contact with the International Space Station, and getting a response from astronaut Woody Hoburg. And all with what appears to be the television antennae broken off a neighbor’s roof! What an exciting experience that must have been. Just to think