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An Inside Look at How Zero Gravity Airplanes Work
In a heavy episode of Built for Science, host Tom Scott joined up with the European Space Agency (ESA) on their Airbus A310 to demonstrate…
The Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Themselves
The cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves and their Star…
Casey Neistat Reviews the Emirates Airlines First Class Suite While Wearing a Bright Red Sweatsuit
Filmmaker Casey Neistat, no stranger to first class upgrades, traveled from Brussels to Dubai in the very lap of luxury, the quite opulent First Class…
A Tiny Yellow Bird Sprints Out of the Bedroom to Join His Hungry Dachshund Brothers for Dinner
Upon hearing his two dachshund brothers chowing down on their dinner, a tiny bright yellow bird came sprinting out of the bedroom and immediately lay…
Cryptocurrency Themed Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Hodlmoon has created the perfect item to wear to a Christmas party that requires the wearing of certain clothing that one might not otherwise at…
How Yoda Embodies the Spirituality of The Force in Star Wars by Believing In the Strength of the Many
In another of their very insightful video essays, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism takes a look at religion in Star Wars, noting that there…
A Microwaved Hard Boiled Egg Violently Explodes After Being Poked With a Fork
YouTuber infrared213 posted a video of a man poking a hard boiled egg with a fork and it violently exploding after being microwaved for one-minute.…
A Comparison of the Magnitude and Frequency of Earthquakes Over the Years
Reigarw Comparisons created a fascinating video comparing the magnitude and frequency of earthquakes over the years. We previously wrote about their comparison of hurricane and…
A Beautiful Historic Wooden Escalator Sculpture Suspended Above Its Modern Replacements
A post shared by Chris Fox (@foxprojects) on Dec 3, 2017 at 8:20pm PST Australian artist Chris Fox has taken a wonderful piece of history…
Jessica Jones Gets Back to Unfinished Business in an Explosive New Second Season Trailer
Netflix released the first trailer for the upcoming second season of Jessica Jones, their live-action series created by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the Marvel character…