Presumably not found heads-up on the sidewalk for good luck, this is a video of Youtuber NileRed Shorts completely dissolving a penny in nitric acid. As the penny dissolves, it produces noxious nitrogen dioxide gas, and, after about ten minutes, you’re left with nothing but a beaker full of dark

This is a short demonstration of a retractable blade lightsaber Disney has been cooking up for use during its Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser two-night stay, all-immersive adventures at Disney World Resort starting in 2022. Admittedly, that thing looks pretty slick. Will all visitors get to wield one? They better, and

This is a video of magician/warlock David Blaine performing a card trick for Harrison Ford in Ford’s kitchen, and blowing his mind in the process. He asks Harrison to mentally pick any card from a deck, then makes the card physically disappear from the deck, and appear inside an uncut

This is a video example of giant steel spheres being hydroformed with explosives. What the hell is explosive hydroforming? I’m glad you asked, but I’m even more glad the Youtube video description provided an explanation: Explosive hydroforming, also known as HERF (High Energy Rate Forming) or exploform, is a striking

This is a video from TikTok user lyzabethh taking a trip through a drive-thru animal park when she meets a too friendly bison and SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: an even TOO FRIENDLIER BISON. Man, I laughed so hard showing this to my girlfriend that there’s no doubt in my mind she

This is a video of 19-year old Corey Bennet demonstrating his unique shoulder-clapping talent as a result of being born without collarbones (he was actually born with Cleidocranial dysostosis, “that primarily affects the development of bones and teeth”). Pretty wild. Me? I was actually born with– “Let me guess, a

This is an animation created using several real satellite images captured by the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope as the moon transitions earth. The images were taken at a distance of approximately 1,000,000 miles from the planet and feature a glimpse of the far side (aka

In a case of life imitating life, this is a photo and video captured by photographer James Crombie of a murmuration of starlings creating the shape of a giant bird. How about that! Does it only look like a bird from this angle, or would it look like a bird’s