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G-Forces in Super Slow-motion

G-Forces in Super Slow-motion

Gav and Dan, aka The Slow Mo Guys, wanted to see how G-forces affect a human face. Since they didn’t have a fighter jet or a centrifuge lying around, they did the next best thing. Dan jumped on a trampoline while holding a pricey high-speed camera. The expressions on Dan’s face in mid-flight are priceless.

Overpowering Electric Toys: Volume 2

Overpowering Electric Toys: Volume 2

Not long ago, Aboringday entertained us by sending too much voltage through some electromechanical toys. If that didn’t satisfy your appetite for destruction, he’s back to subject another bunch of toys to more power than they were designed to handle. We still can’t decide whether to laugh or cry for the toys.

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Best Tactical Knives 2023

Best Tactical Knives 2023

A tactical knife is your best choice when you need a knife you can count on, no matter what. These specialty tools came out of military and law enforcement uses but are now popular choices for hunting, camping, and survival tasks. Everyday Carry picked their top six tactical knives based on cost, durability, size, and overall capability.

DJ Cummerbund: My Hips Aren’t Alright

DJ Cummerbund: My Hips Aren’t Alright

This mashup is what happens when Shakira’s gyrating hips get an extra nudge from The Offspring, Megadeth, and Wyclef Jean. DJ Cummerbund opens up his musical blender, fills it with a melange of unexpected ingredients, then pushes the “puree” button as hard as he can. Featuring MC Pee-Wee Herman.

Why Everyday Items Are Certain Colors

Why Everyday Items Are Certain Colors

Stop signs are red and blue jeans are blue. But how did those universal colors come to be? Weird History dives into the origin stories of various human-made items and how they ended up being the colors they are, from yellow-green tennis balls to pink bubble gum to white doctor’s coats.

Thut Möbel 490 Tool Cabinet Workstation

Thut Möbel 490 Tool Cabinet Workstation

This 65″ tall rolling workstation designed by Benjamin Thut makes a great addition to a warehouse or other space with a smooth floor. It measures 33″ wide when closed, but opens up to reveal 83″ of shelves and an optional desktop. It’s made from Dibond aluminum composite with steel bars with casters for its mechanism.

100 Cuckoo Clocks in 100 Seconds

100 Cuckoo Clocks in 100 Seconds

Most of us rely on our phones or watches to tell us the time. But there’s something just so magical about using letting a mechanical bird announce the time instead. Clock Shop posted this video of a roomful of cuckoo clocks sounding off in sequence. We like to imagine they’re all saying “Here!” like an avian roll call.

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Smashing Panes of Glass

Smashing Panes of Glass

The guys from Australia’s How Ridiculous have made their careers out of destroying stuff. They certainly don’t disappoint in this video, as they test how many panes of glass are needed to variousty of objects, including a tomato, a roll of toilet paper, a Rubik’s Cube, and a throwing axe. The slow-motion footage is pretty epic.

Metric Paper & Everything in the Universe

Metric Paper & Everything in the Universe

Unlike US paper sizes, metric paper sizes like A3 and A4 can be folded into quarters to make smaller standard size sheets. CGP Grey explains the satisfying math of this paper sizing standard, then zooms in and out to see how it relates to the exponential nature of the universe.

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

Hyundai turned up at the Goodwood 2023 with a truly special electric car. The IONIQ 5 N is the performance variant of the IONIQ 5, with an 84 kWh battery, dual motors, 641 hp, and a 0-to-62 time of 3.4 sec. It rolls on 21″ wheels, has a stiffened chassis, an electronically-controlled suspension, limited-slip diff, and active sound design. It’s even got a “drift optimizer.”

Making a Miniature Gibson Guitar

Making a Miniature Gibson Guitar

T-Nu from the wonderfully-named Craftastrophe loves to build tiny things. In this video, you’ll see how he made a mini version of a 1958 Gibson Explorer electric guitar with every little detail. It even has real metal strings and teensy fretboards. They built the whole thing by hand and without any 3D-printed parts.

Train Speed Comparison

Train Speed Comparison

We’ve seen how fast aircraft fly relative to each other, now find out how various trains compare. Red Side is back with another great comparison video, which looks at the speeds of every kind of train they could think of. They start with vintage steam locomotives and work their way up to today’s bullet trains, then imagine what a 5000 kph train ride might look like.

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Best Fidget Toys 2023

Best Fidget Toys 2023

Everyday Carry shares its latest list of tactile toys to keep your frolicking fingers and bored brain occupied. Among the 15 fidget toys on this year’s list are a cool ring-shaped spinner, a three-axis gyroscope, a balisong practice rig, and a decision-maker coin that lets you decide if the devil or angel on your shoulder wins for the day.

No-Nails Survival Shelter

No-Nails Survival Shelter

We may take the roof over our heads for granted these days, but in the 18th century, families venturing into the interior of North America had to build their own shelters to survive the elements as they headed westward. Frontier lifestyle expert Jon Townsend shows us how they might have constructed a shelter without any nails.

Misconceptions About Vikings

Misconceptions About Vikings

Mention the word “Vikings” and it conjures up images of burly warriors with horned helmets, laying waste to all who stood in their way. But as Justin from Mental Floss explains, most modern conceptions about these feared Norsemen are totally wrong.

The Fascinating History of Fonts

The Fascinating History of Fonts

After looking at the variety of fonts on his computer, vlogger and documentarian struthless wanted to know more about their origins. But as he started to pull at that thread, he learned so much more – about the history of written language, design, pop culture, and communication.

What Was the the Loudest Sound Ever on Earth?

What Was the the Loudest Sound Ever on Earth?

Stand next to a spinning jet engine, and you’re likely to experience an ear-splitting volume of about 140 to 150 decibels. But that’s nowhere near the loudest sound in recorded history. This short video from Great Big Story explains the insane 310-decibel sound that could be heard more than 3,000 miles away from its source.

Jiffy Lube + Good Humor Save Summer

Jiffy Lube + Good Humor Save Summer

We can’t imagine summer without chiming ice cream trucks rolling up our street. Jiffy Lube noticed that rising operating costs threaten the century-old industry, so they’re offering free truck maintenance to ice cream truck drivers nationwide and are hosting free Good Humor ice cream socials at Jiffy Lube locations all summer. Pretty chill move.

Chopping Various Materials with a Giant Axe

Chopping Various Materials with a Giant Axe

How Ridiculous has the coolest destructive toys in the world, including a giant axe they use to chop things in half. In this clip, they dropped the axe on different materials to test their durability. While soft stuff like plastic and silicon cuts easily under its 2-ton weight, can it defeat a dense and strong metal like tungsten?

CO2-powered Rocket Plane

CO2-powered Rocket Plane

Those CO2 cartridges used to carbonate beverages store a lot of pressure in a small space. Inspired by the Backyard Scientist’s CO2-powered rocket, Sam Barker wanted to see if the same forces could lift a model airplane into the sky. He used lightweight plastic to 3D print the plane, which he quickly wrecked by flying it into a brick wall.

Elephant Rifle vs. Ballistic Gel in Slow Motion

Elephant Rifle vs. Ballistic Gel in Slow Motion

The Slow Mo Guys were joined by Scott from Kentucky Ballistics to test how destructive a .577 Tyrannosaur rifle cartridge is by firing it at close range into thick blocks of ballistic gel. It’s amazing (and terrifying) to see how the bullets deform the gel and the destructive forces at work. No wonder they say these things can stop an elephant.

Flying the Longest R/C Airplane

Flying the Longest R/C Airplane

Commercial jet airplanes have been getting longer and longer over the years to accommodate more passengers. But at what point would an airplane’s length get in the way of its airworthiness? Maker Peter Sripol conducted a small-scale experiment to answer that question, taking an R/C model of a jet plane and extending its fuselage to ridiculous proportions.

Making a LEGO Car That Won’t Roll Downhill

Making a LEGO Car That Won’t Roll Downhill

If you place a vehicle on a slope without any brakes, it’s destined to roll downhill. But what if that slope was an upward-moving treadmill? Brick Technology’s latest experiment was to see if he could keep a LEGO car from rolling downhill by making various modifications to compensate for an increasingly steep slope.

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