Engineer Builds a Wildly Impractical But Very Cool Penny Farthing Motorbike
Gregulations built a wildly impractical but very cool Penny Farthing motorcycle that took over 400 hours to complete.
A Lively 2024 Movie Mashup
Zack Edison put together a lively mashup of over 100 movies that were released in 2024 all around the world.
How Poor Hygiene Habits of the Past Evolved Into Modern Allergies
Kurzgesagt looks at the history of humankind and its lack of hygiene to explain why allergies are so prevalent in modern times.
Four Rescued Hermit Crabs Shop for Brand New Shells
A biologist who found four hermit crabs saw that their shells were too small and created a selection of larger shells for them to shop from.
How Rankin Bass Outsourced Their ‘Animagic’ Characters to a Largely Overlooked Japanese Studio
Swamp Jawn explained how the Rankin Bass characters from "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" were outsourced to a studio in Japan.
Demanding Dog Eats Food Using His Human Hands
A demanding pit bull sat at the table and ate a bowl of ramen and other foods using hands that his hidden human provided.
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Prescient 1988 Letter to People 100 Years in the Future
Benedict Cumberbatch used a general American accent to read "Ladies and Gentlemen of A.D. 2088", a prescient 1988 letter by Kurt Vonnegut.
What Would Happen If a Pool Was Put on the Moon
Randall Munroe of xkcd and Henry Reich of MinutePhysics explain what would happen if a pool was put on the moon.
Ants Perform Better As a Group Than Humans When Trying to Solve the ‘Piano Mover’s Puzzle’
The Weizmann Institute conducted an experiment in which humans competed against ants to complete the "piano mover's puzzle".
How President Jimmy Carter Helped Launch the Craft Beer Movement in the United States
The Wall Street Journal explains how President Jimmy Carter helped launch the craft beer movement with a bill that legalized home brewing.