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How a Single-Celled Organism Paved the Way for Complex Life on Earth by Killing Almost Everything
A TED-Ed lesson by molecular biologist Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria paved the way for complex organisms by killing almost all life on Earth in the…
Kylo Ren Violently Reacts to the New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer
Kylo Ren violently reacts to the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer in a video cleverly edited by Auralnauts. Who better to offer…
Simone Giertz Invents the World’s First Pokémon Go Helmet
Inventor Simone Giertz has created the world’s first Pokémon Go helmet, a device that holds a smartphone in front of a person’s face to keep…
An Amazing Trick Balancing Toothpicks, Corks, and Forks on Top of a Single Toothpick
Richard Wiseman of Quirkology recently performed amazing trick where he balances toothpicks, corks, and forks on top of a single toothpick. music by Cameron Watt…
Adventurer Jumps From Helicopter & Soars Through the Sky Wearing a Carbon Fiber Jet Powered X Wing
Outside Television recently captured footage of Australian motivational speaker and extreme sports enthusiast Rex Pemberton testing out the X Wing, an experimental carbon fiber jet…
Scientists Determine Greenland Shark To Be Longest Living Vertebrate With Lifespan Up to 400 Years
British scientists made an incredible discovery about the Greenland shark, specifically that it is the longest living vertebrate with an incredibly long lifespan. The oldest…
The Population of Eight Different US States Could Fit Into the Five Boroughs of New York City
A map by MetricMaps shows that the populations of eight different US states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, West Virginia, Alaska, New Mexico, and…
The Graceful Ways That Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King Handled Broken Strings While Performing
In two separate live shows, the late, great legendary musicians Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King broke their high E strings while performing onstage in…
A Mesmerizing Time Lapse of Workers Lowering the First Truss From the Old San Francisco Bay Bridge
In footage from February 2016, video journalist Mark Jones reported on the dismantling of the now defunct 504 span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge,…
The Hydraulic Press Channel and Swedish Dynamite Team Up to Blow Up a Hydraulic Press
The Hydraulic Press Channel‘s Lauri Vuohensilta teamed up with Swedish Dynamite host Erik Johansson to crush and blow up a portable hydraulic press. After two attempts…