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See How a River Totally Changes Over Time in This GIF

Watch as satellite imagery shows how the windy Ucayali River in Peru changed its course over the span of 25 years. The sharp bends of the original river start moving around and then even merge at some points creating a whole new pathway, while the leftover bodies of water are just put out on their … Continued

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How to Make Chocolate from the Fruit to the Candy Bar

Do you know where chocolate comes from? Apparently, not from the checkout line at grocery stores! How to Make Everything shows how to make chocolate from scratch, from the fruit of the cacao tree to the fermentation to the sun drying process to making sugar and cocoa butter to the grinding and tempering and molding … Continued

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5 Brilliant Movie Scenes That Revealed So Much in the Tiny Details

It’s the little things that matter. Here’s an in-depth look from CineFix about the little visual cues and tiny details that directors use to influence what we’re watching on the screen. The scenes from movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Inglourious Basterds, and others show how directors like Ang Lee and Quentin Tarantino shape a … Continued

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Seeing a Bullet Shoot Out from a Homemade Quad Barrel Shotgun Is Unreal

Wow. Let’s never ever be on this end of a gun barrel in real life but seeing the slug shoot out from this homemade quad barrel shotgun is really, really impressive. The homemade weapon is pure insanity—like something only fit for a comic book villain—because it’s four shotgun barrels in one but seeing it fire … Continued

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Awesome Video Shows Day and Night in London at the Same Time

Here’s a wonderful video by Franck Matellini showing daytime and night time in London right next to each other, all at the same time. The split screen effect is really neat because it’s so seamlessly done, as if people are stepping from day into night and vice versa in the same frame. London looks better … Continued

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Tracking the Journey of Luke’s Lightsaber Throughout All the Star Wars movies

It started out as Anakin’s lightsaber, of course. And then Obi-Wan held onto it before he gave it to Luke. And then new characters carried it in The Force Awakens. And then who knows where it will go. This video, expertly edited by Christopher Sherwood, tracks the journey that the lightsaber has taken in a … Continued

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Why Long Takes in Movies Aren’t Always a Good Thing

It’s simple. Long takes in movies are gorgeous shots that make the movie watcher feel as if they are almost a part of the world inside the film. They’re beautiful and awesome and everybody loves them. Done. We all agree. Well, not quite. They’re not perfect. They’re really limiting, for one. And they can’t always … Continued

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Watch a Rusty Knife Get Cleaned and Sharpened to Reveal a Beautifully Shiny Blade

At the start, the knife looks to be in pretty bad shape. It’s spotted and stained and totally rusted but with a little tender, love, and care, the steel is shining and sharp and beautiful once again. The high carbon steel used in Japanese chef knives can be susceptible to rust when used with things … Continued

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Watch an Underground Nuclear Explosion Melt the Ground into a Giant Crater

Here is how subsidence craters are formed: an underground nuclear explosion gets set off and creates a hole underneath the ground. The ground collapses because nothing is supporting it anymore and then boom, giant crater. It is so gnarly to see because the ground looks like its melting into the core of the Earth. SPLOID … Continued

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A Stunning Aerial View of Salmon Migration

Here’s a lovely view of a salmon run in Lake Iliamna, Alaska. Just being able to see the rivers filled with salmon from up above is incredible, it’s just packed to the brim with fish. It’s also pretty cool to be able to track all the different areas the salmon are in, from the mouth … Continued

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How Frozen Pizza Pockets Are Made

Why do pizza pockets exist? No one knows. But everyone secretly enjoys them. Not on the same level as a pizza obviously (I mean, what does anyone enjoy more than pizza) but there’s definitely a nostalgia kick to eating a vaguely pizza-flavored, mini-calzone hot pocket of sorts. Here’s how one brand puts them together. I … Continued

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It’s Totally Unsettling to See a Carrot Get Unpeeled

Brain, why aren’t you getting along with eyes. Eyes, what the hell are you doing to ears. Ears, why are you confusing your feelings. It’s so unsettling to see a carrot get unpeeled because your eyes are seeing something they don’t ever get to see while your ears are hearing the satisfaction of peeling while … Continued

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A Side-By-Side Shot Comparison of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Original Star Wars

The new Star Wars and the original Star Wars are pretty much the same movie. Everyone can agree on that right? That’s not a bad thing! When you’ve got a formula that works, you don’t have to add in a Jar Jar. Here’s a side-by-side visual comparison from Zachary Antell that shows the similarities between … Continued

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This Sunset Video Makes It Seem Like the Sky Is on Fire

Sometimes there are just no words. Sometimes there is just a tree and a setting Sun and a sky that turns from a bright yellow to a deep orange. The Film Artist made this video, Be Sunset Tree, and it’s just majestic. How the Sun crosses the tree, how the tree seemingly cradles the light, … Continued

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Smashing a Glass of Wine with an Axe Is So Much Fun

I now know that there are two acceptable things to do with a glass of wine. The first one, obviously, is to drink it so you can get another glass of wine. The second, even more obviously, is to chop smash the hell out of it with an axe. The shattering effect is spectacular in … Continued

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How Many Actors Have Played Your Favorite Superheroes?

Who do you think of as Superman? Christopher Reeves. Iron Man? Robert Downey Jr. Wolverine? Hugh Jackman. Some comic book superheroes will always be associated with one actor. But others? Like who’s your Batman or the Human Torch, and is Ben Affleck even a superhero even though he’s been one twice? Those questions will endure … Continued

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Hand Building a Powerful 565 Horsepower Car Engine Is Like Completing the Hardest Puzzle

What you’re seeing is the engine of a 2017 Nissan GT-R—that is, the 3.8-liter V6 24-valve twin-turbocharged engine—being hand assembled. It’s like the world’s hardest 3D puzzle that gets bigger as you’re going through it with more complicated pieces to mess up the process. The final product is a machine of beauty, 565 horsepower with … Continued

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Just a Lot of Leonardo DiCaprio Screaming in The Revenant

How to win your first Best Actor Oscar? Simple. Star in a movie that actually wasn’t that great and give a performance that wasn’t nearly your best. And! Just scream a lot. At bears, at pain, at people, at everything. That’s basically what Leonardo DiCaprio did in The Revenant and it worked out nicely for … Continued

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How to Make a Hot Glue Gun with a Soda Can and a Lighter

Making crafts? Nice. Got a glue gun? Awesome. Only one? Crap. When you have a lot of glue sticks but only one gun to load ‘em in, just grab some soda cans, some tape, and a lighter to make your own homemade glue gun. MrGear shows how in the video below. From the looks of … Continued

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Watching These Airplanes Try to Land in Crazy Winds Is the Scariest Thing

Here’s some truly frightening footage of airplanes landing at Birmingham Airport in the UK. “Landing” actually might not be the best term for these though because the airplanes look more like they’re spinning sideways and tilting out of control and praying that their wheels touch the ground instead of bouncing off like a basketball. These … Continued