Ze Frank hilariously provides some tantalizing true facts about a Bolas spider named Nancy. What Nancy does with her butt rope is nobody’s business.
The Shortest-Lived Independent Country in History
In a rather manic video essay on Half as Interesting, narrator Sam from Wendover talks about which nation has had the shortest lifespan of them all. Unsurprisingly, the answer is complicated. Among the candidates for the shortest-lived country is the Sultanate of Zanzibar for one day in 1963, the Republic of Crimea for one day…
Man Autotunes His Rescued Dog’s Persistent Whine
Back in 2013, long before Disney artist Joaquin Baldwin had autotuned his vociferous cat, filmmaker Dale Roossien autotuned the persistent whine of Maggie, his beloved dog. Maggie had been rescued from a bad environment and Roossien seemingly celebrated Maggie’s new life with this rather melodic remix. Time to autotune the dog. Maggie is a Saluki…
Distinct Sounds of the City Replicated on Electric Guitar
Musician Davidlap, who makes very creative use of his amazing string skills, recreated a number of city sounds with his electric guitar. These sounds include a bell tower, car horn, police sirens, trains, rail crossings, car alarm, helicopter, motorcycle, and an ambulance. Guitar imitation of some sounds you can hear while walking through a city….
What a Plate of Cooked Spaghetti Looks Like When Exposed to a Frigid -12° Fahrenheit Minnesota Winter
As part of his ongoing Minnesota Cold series, native son Nathan Ziegler shows exactly what happens to a plate of prepared spaghetti when it’s subjected to the frigid winter temperature of -12° Fahrenheit. Minnesota, it’s so cold that…a fork full of spaghetti freezes mid-air. Ziegler had previously demonstrated what happens to an egg upon cracking…
Fascinating Timelapses of Decomposing Food
Stock footage company Temponaut Time-Lapse has created a fascinating, but somewhat stomach-churning series of compressed films that show various fruits, vegetables and random items of food as they decompose over a great many days. Included in this series are a Halloween pumpkin, a ripe bunch of tomatoes a bright yellow lemon, a sliced carrot a…
A Seamless Mashup of ‘I Ran (So Far Away)’ by A Flock of Seagulls With an Original Heavy Metal Guitar Riff
Andy Rehfeldt, an incredibly talented musician and producer in Los Angeles, created “A Flock of Metal”, a seamless mashup of the A Flock of Seagulls 1982 song “I Ran (So Far Away)” with an accompanying heavy metal guitar riff of his own composition. Simply brilliant. Music created by me. Vocals found on YouTube. Mixed by…
A Handy Pull-String Fire Starter That Doesn’t Need Matches, Tinder or Kindling to Get a Fire Started
Pull Start Fire is a wonderfully appropriate name for a product that declares exactly what it is, a handy fire starter that is ignited with a simple pull on a red string. The device sparks and after a very short bout of smoke, a reasonable flame arises and easily lights the surrounding logs without the…