Because what good is a vehicle if you can’t make it explode for a crowd, this is a video of some guy in a souped-up diesel truck going pedal to the metal on a dyno (dynamometer, used for measuring the torque and RPM of a vehicle) and blowing his engine,
This is some doorbell cam footage from a home in Dorset, England of high winds causing the side of a building to partially collapse right in front of a man walking down the street. The man appears to be entirely unfazed by the incident, which left rubble right at his
This is some first person helmet-cam footage from a motocross rider who, after successfully navigating his way past rider #69, witnesses another racer land directly on top of another after a jump. Details at 11: At an off-road race track in Orlando, Florida, one of the riders missed a shift
This is a video from the streets of Shenzhen, China of people evacuating and fleeing the 71-story SEG Plaza skyscraper after it began swaying for no apparent reason. The building is the world’s 72nd tallest (21st tallest in China), and measures 256-meters (~840-feet) including its antennae. Officials reported calm winds
Because heights don’t terrify some people like they do me, this is some first person point of view footage from an iron worker helping construct the Deloitte Tower in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. I got sweaty palms just watching. And vertigo. I’m a total mess now all thanks to this
These are three different angles of security cam footage from Hanoi, Vietnam of a driver who, allegedly mistaking the accelerator for the brake, reverses into a couple mopeds and a tree at relatively high speed. I like how the woman wearing the conical hat doesn’t react at all when the
This is a visual comparison of known tsunami wave heights, culminating with the Lituya Bay, Alaska mega tsunami that measured over 520m (1,700+ feet) high. Holy smokes! That particular tsunami was caused by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered a rockslide, quickly depositing some 90-million tons of rock into Lituya
Because having an emergency exit strategy in place is an important part of survival (and not pooping your pants at the restaurant table while on a date), this is a video of Tom Scott being treated to a tour of a giant wind turbine, as well as getting to experience