Guinness World Record Breaking Rube Goldberg Machine Lights a Christmas Tree in Riga, Latvia
Riga, Latvia e-commerce company Scandiweb set a new Guinness World Record for constructing the world’s largest Rube Goldberg machine. The Scandiweb team planned for months…
Harlem Globetrotter Makes Incredible 583-Foot Trick Shot From the Top of Tower of the Americas
Anthony “Buckets” Blakes of the Harlem Globetrotters made an incredible 583-Foot trick shot, the highest basketball shot ever made in North America, from the top…
Chris Pratt and Jimmy Fallon Play Mad Lib Theater
Chris Pratt and host Jimmy Fallon played “Mad Lib Theater” on The Tonight Show. Pratt gave Fallon a list of random words that were then…
Why Boats and Ships Measure Their Speed on the Water in Knots
Simon Whistler explains why boats and ships measure their speed on the water in knots and how the unit is measured in an episode of…
A Woman Discusses Living Her Life Using an Advanced Bionic Hand With Myoelectric Control
In a story for Motherboard, Nicky Ashwell discusses living life with an advanced bionic hand called the Bebionic Small which uses myoelectric control. The hand…
Tom Scott Visits the Northern California Necropolis of Colma Where the Dead Outnumber the Living
While in the San Francisco Bay Area, vlogger Tom Scott of “Things You Might Not Know“, visited town of Colma which is famous for its…
The Baudelaire Orphans Are Having a Very Terrible Childhood in A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Baudelaire orphans are having a very terrible childhood in a new trailer for the Netflix series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. All…
Dame Helen Mirren Talks About Her Love of Dogs While Playing In a Room Full of Adoptable Puppies
Filmmaker David Friedman of AARP Studios shared heartwarming footage of the iconic Dame Helen Mirren as she waxed poetically about her love of dogs while…
WordPress 4.7 ‘Vaughn’ Designed to Let Users More Easily Create and Customize Their Site
WordPress has released their latest update, WordPress 4.7 “Vaughn”, named after jazz vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn. The update was designed to let users more easily…
The Four Different Types of Introverts Explained
Utilizing the respected research of psychologist Jonathan Cheek about the meaning of introversion, the folks at New York Magazine put together a simple animation that…