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Watch a Knife Attached to a Rocket Going 150 MPH Slice The Hell Out of Meat and Fruit

Now this is some fun times. The Backyard Scientist strapped a kitchen knife to some homemade sugar rockets, put it on a track sprayed with graphite lubricant so it could murdercut things while zooming down at 150MPH, and then put various sliceable items on the other end to reach their imminent doom (for our infinite viewing … Continued

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Home Alone Edited with More Blood Seems So Hilariously Demented

Let’s be real, if Kevin pulled off the traps and stunts he did in Home Alone in real life, there would be no movie, because the Wet Bandits would be deader than dead. Torching a scalp, smashing a head with a can of paint, beating up a chest with a crowbar, all those scenes would … Continued

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Mixing Liquids Under a Microscope Creates Wildly Colorful Worlds

Wenting Zhu mixed together paint, alcohol, water, soda, and ink remover in weird combinations, stuck them under a microscope, and ended up with awesomely mesmerizing effects. Sometimes it’s beautiful and feels like you’re watching a kaleidoscope take focus, or seeing a star burst in a distant galaxy. Other times it can feel icky, like when … Continued

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Watch This Stump Grinder Basically Vaporize a Tree Stump

It shouldn’t exactly be a surprise that a stump grinder would be so good at, well, grinding away tree stumps, but this Arborwolf Pro 75ss Stump Grinder just freaking inhales them in any situation. The ground could be frozen, and its carbide teeth will still eviscerate any old tree into complete nothingness. There can still … Continued

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Storm Clouds Look Even More Terrifying in Black and White

I love when photographer Mike Olbinski chases storms because his (always) stunning time lapses always remind me that the city I shelter myself in isn’t what the world is supposed to look like. The sky is a breathing beast that I’m blind to. Olbinski’s latest video, which comes from a mix of monsoon and supercell … Continued

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5 of the Best End Credits Scenes of All Time

I don’t like post-credits scenes. They’re almost always underwhelming and are often made only to please a tiny sliver of people who are smugly in the know. Sometimes they even remove you from the feeling of the movie you just watched. End credits, though? Those can be pretty damn awesome because you don’t have to … Continued

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This Stabilized Footage of a Drone Flying Up a Mountain Is Pure Gorgeousness

Damn. I feel like I’m watching the Paramount Pictures title sequence (you know, the one with the stars and the snowy mountain) come to life. Or, like, the opening sequence to a huge blockbuster movie right before it kicks off its first action scene. But I’m just watching a drone fly up the east ridge … Continued

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What’s Up with Characters Drinking Milk in Movies?

It’s not a glass of whiskey, and it’s certainly not a martini that’s shaken, not stirred. But there is something surprisingly cinematic about a character drinking a glass of milk in movies. This is partly because we can relate to drinking milk from our childhood. Adults drinking milk is also just so damn creepy. It’s … Continued

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Seeing the Aurora Borealis’ Reflection on Water Is So Cool

I was going to say my New Year’s resolution (and everyone who’s able) should be to see the Northern Lights in person but I’m not sure seeing them with my own eyes can actually top the electric timelapses and stunning low light photography of them. This one by AD Photography shows the Aurora Borealis from … Continued

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Just a Bunch of Cool-Ass Slow Motion Shots from Movies

Sure, maybe slow motion doesn’t suit every movie, but if you want to be a fun movie, you better throw a couple slow motion shots in. They’re just cool as hell to watch (and make you wish that you could slow motion real life). So here are a few of the best ones, from movies … Continued

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Why Cities Are Where They Are in the World

Have you ever wondered why the world’s largest cities sprout up where they sprout up? It has a lot to do with water, natural resources, history, and being in the northern hemisphere. Wendover Productions took a really hard look at why cities are whey they are in the video below and it’s completely fascinating. Some … Continued

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Dance Away to This Compilation of People Dancing in Movies from the ’90s

There’s no better way to forget a bad year than a bit of amnesia but since you can’t just order that up these days, the next best thing is to probably dance your butt off to memories of better times. And since there’s no time that people these days like to pretend were the best … Continued

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I’m Totally Getting Hypnotized By This Turning Machine

Instead of watching the ball drop this New Year’s Eve, might I suggest an alternative plan that’ll probably be much more fun (if you’re in the right mind space): watch this turning machine shape a metal rod into a funky wave. Just watch it for the rest of 2016. Maybe watch it for all of … Continued

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Just How Big Can a Tsunami Get?

Tsunamis are very probably the scariest natural disaster out there because they ravage everything in their path. But learning about how big they can get makes tsunamis even scarier. It’s just ridiculous. It’s like skyscraper big, man. You see, the tsunami disasters we know like the 2011 Japan tsunami are classified as just “regular” tsunamis. … Continued

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A Look Back at the Movies and TV Shows of 2016 [NSFW]

Do you want to take a look back at 2016? Yeah, me neither. I’ve blocked out so much of what happened this year that I’m not even sure if it was a memorable year for movies and TV shows. If I squeeze my brain really hard to remember: Spider-Man was fun in Captain America: Civil … Continued

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Watch Daredevils With Jetpacks Fly Next to People Standing on Top of Airplanes

If you’re going to be flying in the air with a jetpack attached to your back, you might as well do it with folks who have strapped themselves standing to the wings of an airplane. Why not, right? One, because they’re probably the only people crazy enough to fly with you like that. And two, … Continued

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Short Film Brilliantly Edits Together Scenes From 53 Movies to Show People Trying to Kill Bruce Willis

Why does everyone want to kill Bruce Willis? Because Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat hilariously edited together 53 different movies to make it seem like various characters from movies like The Bourne Ultimatum, Pulp Fiction, Hot Fuzz, Mad Max: Fury Road and more are after one our favorite action heroes. Hell, even Iron Man from The Avengers is … Continued

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How One of The Godfather’s Best Scenes Compares to What Was Written in the Script

Usually around the end of the year, I re-watch a few old movies I haven’t seen in a while to remind myself of how awesome they are. I’m not sure why I do this (probably because most new movies aren’t that great, and I get reflective as the year ends, and I get tired of … Continued

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Watch Rope Get Made From a Tree Using a Thousand-Year-Old Technique

Making rope is hard. Making rope the way the Vikings did it over a thousand years ago is even harder. First, you have to find the right tree. Then, you have to strip the bark of the tree when the sap is rising. And then, you soak the bark you just harvested in the sea … Continued

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This Swarm of Birds Moves Around Like Some Sort of Dark Magic Cloud

I love murmurations or bird swarms or flocks of starlings or whatever the heck you want to call them because from far away they look like they’re shapeshifting in the air with the help of dark magic. It’s like seeing an unreal special effect only it’s made up of thousands of birds. Marco Campazas captured … Continued