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Florida Man Breaks a World Record by Opening 18 Beer Bottles With a Chainsaw in One Minute
Floridian John Nicholson scored his place in the Guinness Book of World Records (previously) by opening up 18 beer bottles with a chainsaw in the…
The Hemingwrite, A Retro Word Processor Shaped Like a Typewriter With Cloud Backup and Google Docs Integration
The Hemingwrite is a writing device styled after 1990s word processors that features built-in syncing to contemporary technology, letting writers back up to the cloud…
Mother, A Connected Home Device That Uses Sensors to Monitor Life Statistics
Mother is a connected home device by French company Sen.se that uses a series of adaptable sensors (or “Motion Cookies”) that can be applied to…
Anura, A Smartphone-Controlled Drone That Is Small Enough to Fit in a Pocket
The Anura is a portable quadcopter created by San Francisco-based photographer Jason Lam that folds down into roughly the size of a smartphone. The drone…
Concerned Rapper MC Safesearch Performs a Song About the Importance of Password Security
CollegeHumor presents “Protect Ya Passwordz,” a music video by fictional rappers MC Safesearch and Bobby Secrets about the importance of protecting your passwords. Sadly, in his…
The Members of Dude Perfect Wear Glow-in-the-Dark Stick Figure Costumes While Performing Amazing Sports Trick Shots
The sports and comedy group Dude Perfect (previously) recently wore glow-in-the-dark stick figure costumes while they performed all sorts of amazing sports trick shots. They…
Vintage Time-Lapse Video of Braces Straightening an Extremely Crooked Set of Teeth
In “Straight Teeth in Under 60 Seconds,” a vintage time-lapse video posted to YouTube by Ernest McCallum in 2009, braces straighten an extremely crooked set…
Greg Benson and Miles Grose Confuse Halloween Store Employees With Nonsense Shopping Lists
Greg Benson of Mediocre Films (previously) and fellow comedian Miles Grose recently wrote nonsense shopping lists (previously) for each other and confused Halloween store employees…
‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers Played Solo on a Cello
Microsoft employee and Seattle podcast producer David Chen has followed up his solo cello performance of “With or Without You” with a rendition of “Mr.…
SciShow Explains Why the Sky Is Blue
SciShow (previously) host Caitlin Hofmeister explains the common question,”Why is the sky blue?” in a recent episode of the World’s Most Asked Questions series. The video explains how…