How to Measure the Universe
Why not take a break from wasting time on the internet and learn something? The Royal Observatory Greenwich explains the geometry, math, and optics used to measure objects in space.
Why not take a break from wasting time on the internet and learn something? The Royal Observatory Greenwich explains the geometry, math, and optics used to measure objects in space.
The Reborn Identity mashed up Adele’s powerful ballad Set Fire to the Rain with the 80s New Wave dance hit Tarzan and Boy by Baltimora. A hilarious concept with an amazingly good result.
The mayor of Falciano del Massico, Italy has banned its citizens from dying – not because they’ve discovered the Fountain of Youth, but because there’s no more room in the cemetery.
ESPN’s award-winning documentary series 30 for 30 returns with more stories about sports and athletes both famous and unknown, successful and defeated, such as Ben Johnson and Bo Jackson.
Another hilarious clip from Aziz Ansari’s Dangerously Delirious downloadable special, which rings painfully true for us who spend the majority of our lives surfing the internet.
Legendary director Ken Burns shares some of his perspectives on making documentaries: the angles in real stories, the manipulation of the audience and why documentaries are so popular.
Eight year-old Jacob is blind and autistic. This video was taken as his family passed by Tyler Gregory, a musician who was busking at the time. Gregory talks about the experience on his website.
This commercial for MiO Liquid Water Enhancer goes through the tried and tested Old Spice routine to demonstrate how a squirt of MiO changes water. Changes you. Changes everything.
While stuck on a delayed flight to Romania, Toronto’s Lemon Bucket Orkestra whipped out their instruments and jammed out an energetic performance for those stuck on the plane.
Joerg Sprave creates what could be his most ridiculous weapon yet, a wheel covered with eight spinning knives. Not exactly the most practical of weapons, but we’d still use it on zombies.
A group of young guys climp to the top of a bridge construction site in Russia, at once scaring the crap out of us, and at the same time living out our Crackdown fantasies in real life.
Cathy Hutchinson suffered a stroke 15 years ago, and is unable to move her limbs or speak. Using a neural interface called BrainGate, watch as she is able to use her thoughts to control a robotic arm.
(MAJOR SPOILERS) If you’ve defeated the login demons of Diablo III, try getting to the game’s secret level: Whimsyshire. It has no cows, but it has ponies, living teddy bears and rainbows.
There are lots of ways to open a bottle of beer, but you have to hand it to this guy for his ability to cleanly pop open a cold brew with just a bit more equipment than is necessary.
We’ve seen people wage war with cardboard, now watch a battle using weapons drawn with magical chalk in this short film by SoKrispyMedia. It’s like an adult version of Crayon Physics Deluxe.
Don’t get bored or sleepy while Vsauce shares some facts and theories about yawning. The leading theory why humans yawn maybe more intense than you think, but it actually makes sense.
No Ceremony/// has been gathering buzz lately, despite – or partly because – the anonymity of the artist or artists behind the name. All we know is we’re addicted to this melodic doomsayer.
This woman does absolutely everything wrong when she attempts to ride this waterslide, getting pushed backwards, then doing the one thing you’re never supposed to do – stand up.
(NSFW: Language) The World Wide Interweb pokes fun at Pizza Hut’s artery-clogging stuffed pizzas, creating a meal that not even the dudes from Epic Meal Time would touch. Nah. They’d still eat this.
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