
How Wine Corks Are Made
Jamie Goode of Wine Anorak traveled to the Cork Supply Company in Portugal to see how these spongy wine stoppers are made. The multi-step process…

Woodturner Learns to Embrace His Own Imperfections Just Like the Pieces of Wood That He Shapes
In the short, first-person narrated film “Present Imperfect” by filmmaker Kyle Stebbins, woodturner Bill Karow opens up about how he learned to accept imperfections within…

Making Crystal Clear Ice Using Directional Freezing
The Modern Rogue invited mixologist Nick Fisher from Cocktail Chemistry (previously) to demonstrate his method for making crystal clear ice with regular tap water. The…

Gorgeous Footage of a Blanket Octopus Unfurling a Brilliant Butterfly Patterned Web While Swimming Away
Simon Buxton, the owner and operator of NAD Lembeh Resort captured absolutely gorgeous footage of a gray blanket octopus who unfurled a brilliant butterfly-patterned web…

Stand-Up Comic Tells an Amusing Story About What Happened After His Walter White T-Shirt Faded
Here’s a joke about a Walter White shirt I bought, and all the confusion that came along with it pic.twitter.com/QhX9HpkydB — Zak Toscani (@zaktoscani) February…

Jake Gyllenhaal Plays a Pretentiously Inept Music Teacher in ‘John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch’
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal showed off his quick wit and comedic timing skills as the colorful, rather pretentious and incredibly inept Mr. Music in the quirky…

Player Takes Over Embalming a Body When Mortician Is Called Away in ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ Video Game
“The Mortuary Assistant” by Dark Stone Digital is a fascinating but somewhat macabre video game in which the player is asked to take over for…

A Pull-Tab Flip Chart of Song Lyrics As They Might Be Misheard by Someone Who’s Hungry While at a Club
Artist and comedienne Bec Hill (previously) created a hilarious flip chart with pull-tab illustrations of foods from deliberately mininterpreted lyrics in songs to specifically promote…

Floating an Iron Anvil in a Tub Full of Liquid Mercury
CodyDon Reeder carefully filled a tub full of mercury and then set a heavy iron anvil on top. Despite the anvil’s substantial weight, it floated…

Trained Cats Competitively Ring a Bell for Treats
A couple of very clever cats named Kisrita and Velvet (previously) learned a long time ago that they would get treats whenever they rang a…