Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays about music, took a look a the vastly different ways in which singers/songwriters Neil Young and Joni Mitchell approached the inevitable subject of getting older. In Young’s iconic song “Sugar Mountain“, he essentially proclaims that the age of 20 is when everyone must put away childish things, whether…
A Dangerously Clever Self-Filling Wine Glass
Designer Kouichi Okamoto has created Glass Tank, a the very clever, yet somewhat dangerous wine glass that is attached to a bulb that will keep refilling the glass until it is empty. This invention is available for purchase through Generate. Fun times ahead! When the amount in the glass decreases, a constant amount is poured…
The Long History That Explains Why Vatican City Has a Railroad Despite Its Diminutive Stature
In a locamotive episode of Half As Interesting, the seemingly manic narrator Sam from Wendover explains why The Vatican has a railroad, despite its diminutive size as a country. It all comes down to history, as it always does. So, back during the Roman Empire Italy …it was all together. But then the Roman Empire…
An Incredible Hotel in the Swedish Lapland With an Amazing Array of Unique Rooms Amongst the Trees
A post shared by Treehotel (@treehotel) on Mar 29, 2018 at 1:18am PDT The wonderful TreeHotel, which sits way up in a pine forest of Northern Sweden Lapland (Sami) offers an amazing array of unique rooms that each have something special about them. No two are alike. There’s the Cabin Room – a true treehouse…
Oscar Mayer Adds an Incredible Fully Functional Jet Pack to Their Updated Fleet of Weiner Vehicles
In 2017, Oscar Mayer unveiled their new, creative fleet of wienermobiles and their latest airborne addition fits in perfectly. This new vehicle is an incredible fully functional jet pack that can go up to an amazing 150 miles per hour. This vehicle make Super Hot Dogger‘s job of delivering hot dogs to anyone who wants…
The Extremely Adverse Effects That Loneliness Can Have on a Person’s Physical and Mental Health
In a melancholy episode of AsapSCIENCE, creators Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain via whiteboard animation how loneliness created around a person’s lack of satisfying social interactions can adversely affect their health, thus increasing their chance of an earlier death. Research has found that lonely people have 209 different gene expressions in some of their…
An Amazing Real Time Rescue of a Tiny Kitten Stranded on the Shoulder of Bustling LA Freeway
While driving a dog and her puppies back to the Hope for Paws center, rescuers Eldad Hagar and Loreta Frankonyte were contacted by a good Samaritan named Sheila, who saw a teeny tiny kitten crouched helplessly on the shoulder of an extremely busy highway in Los Angeles. Being the compassionate people that they are, Hagar…
Why the Aston Martin Lagonda Is One of the Weirdest Luxury Car Ever Made
Car journalist and Oversteer editor Doug DeMuro reviewed the Aston Martin Lagonda and explained why he thinks it’s one of the weirdest luxury cars ever made. DeMuro previously made it clear why the Plymouth Prowler was one of the weirdest cars to come out in the 1990s. The Aston Martin Lagonda is the weirdest luxury…