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Veritasium Offers Five Physics-Based Tricks That Can Be Performed With Everyday Objects
Veritasium host Derek Muller presents a quintet of tricks anyone can perform with household items like canes, teabags, and smartphones that cause objects to behave…
The Entire ‘X-Men’ Film Series Summed Up in Under Three Animated Minutes
Max Knoblauch and Bob Al-Greene of Mashable do a great job of summing up the entire X-Men film series in under three minutes in a…
‘Ultimate Close Call Compilation’, A Tense Video Collection of Near Collisions
“Ultimate Close Call Compilation” from FailArmy is three-and-a-half minutes of nail-biting close collisions between pedestrians and cars, cars and motorcycles, skiers and dogs, and a…
Five-Year-Old Noah Ritter is ‘Apparently’ Tracked Down for a Fun Follow-Up Interview With ABC News’ Gio Benitez
After his show-stealing interview with WNEP Newswatch 16 co-anchor Sofia Ojeda at a county fair in Pennsylvania, five-year-old Noah Ritter was “apparently” tracked down by…
Minnesota Youth Charity Builds a Life-Size Human Foosball Game for a Fundraising Tournament
Brownton Area Resources for Kids (BARK), a Brownton, Minnesota charity for youth activities, created a life-size game of foosball with human players out of wood…
Chris Pratt’s ‘Forgot About Dre’ Rap Set to the Actual Music for the Song
YouTube user treytech took the recent video of Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt rapping Eminem‘s verse from the song “Forgot About Dre” by…
A Crowd of Passengers at a Perth, Australia Transit Station Tilt a Train to Free a Man’s Trapped Leg
A large crowd of passengers at the Perth, Australia Public Transit Authority station joined forces to help tilt a train car after a man slipped…
‘The Swings’, A Musical Swing Set That Lets Participants Create Music Together
“The Swings” is a musical swing set that lets people collaboratively create music by swinging. The interactive light installation was created by Montréal design studio…
A Series of Amazing Facts About Toys
Mental Floss host John Green delves into the history of popular toys in “33 Amazing Toy Facts”. For example, Green points out a Minnesota man…
AirType, A Concept Prototype for a Keyboardless Keyboard
AirType is a concept prototype for a keyboardless keyboard by an Austin, Texas-based startup of the same name. The concept prototype includes a pair of…