Because humanity is, by nature, complete garbage, the flightless dodo bird has the distinction of being the first known species to be completely extinguishing by human activity (hunting, habitat destruction, introduction of predators). The species was discovered and extinct in less than 80 years. Go us! In this clip from
The brainchild of Matty from Unnecessary Inventions, the Snackuum is anything but. Consisting of a small wrist-mounted vacuum and a suck-tube extending to the tip of your index finger, you can use it to pick up and eat cheese puffs and other dusty snacks without turning your fingers orange. Me?
This is a video of black cat Odo (who’s just an F and R short of being a Hobbit, but still eight members short of a ring fellowship) scratching a record on a turntable like a DJ. Honestly, his performance was actually better than some I’ve paid to see. It’s
This is a video from Great Big Story highlighting the life of world record setting speedrunner Bubzia, who speedruns video games while blindfolded. His biggest achievement to date? Completing a 120-star speedrun of Super Mario 64 in a single 11 hour and 22 minute sitting. Good lord. For reference, the
This is a video of champion longboarder Jeff Corsi demonstrating his wickedly smooth moves on the streets of Paris. Damn! If you’re into this, there’s plenty of similar action on Jeff’s Instagram. On my personal Instagram? Just a couple blurry bar photos spammed with comments to random OnlyFans. View this
This is a video of extreme athlete Lasse Walker kiteboarding OVER a Red Bull plane flown by pilot Łukasz ‘Luke’ Czepiela. It’s allegedly the first time anybody has ever kiteboarded over a flying plane, because why would they? Lasse clears the plane (which is just skimming the water’s surface) by
Seen here doing his best Geralt of Rivia, this is a cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ as performed by bardcore musician Algal the Bard on classic medieval instruments like the “Lute-guitar, Irish bouzouki, Tin Whistle, drums and Hurdy Gurdy.” And how appropriate, considering medieval knights WERE iron men. Did
This is a video from Layton, Utah of a Jeep getting rear-ended onto train tracks with a train approaching. The driver then starts to reverse off the tracks before running into the train crossing arm and deciding it isn’t worth breaking, then exits the vehicle before impact. Now maybe I