Awesome Learning

Half as Interesting explains the world’s worst traffic jam, which happened on China’s G110 highway in 2010 and lasted an incredible 12 days. Trucks carrying coal clogged up the road, then inexplicably, 5 days into the epic jam, planned maintenance work began on the road.

Zefrank1 introduces us to yet another of nature’s wonders… and by “wonders” we mean, we wonder where nature comes up with such things. The bobbit worm and his polychaetes pals are among the many strange worms that dwell beneath the sea.

AsapScience dishes out a handful of simple tips that we can follow which may help improve our memory, such as doing cardio exercises, eating healthy snacks, having healthy relationships, and having the right amount of challenges to stimulate our brains.

Mental Floss shares a handful of interesting stories and trivia about the Internet during the early 2000’s. Watch and find out about an unlucky music pirate, a brief history of Neopets, why Livejournal is still alive and more.

There’s a long-held belief that the dinosaurs were wiped out overnight when a massive asteroid hit Earth. But that has been challenged by the Deccan Volcanism hypothesis, which theorizes that a lengthy series of volcanic eruptions gradually poisoned their food chain.

The more legs something has, the more it freaks us out. As such, one of the creatures that makes our skin crawl most is the millipede. Why is it that they have so many tiny dangly legs? Anna’s Science Magic Show Hooray! delves into what makes these crawlies so creepy.

Mike Warren entertains and educates with his YouTube channel Cut in Half, where he slices open everyday objects with a waterjet cutter so we can see what’s inside. He’s releasing a book containing photos of dozens of his work, along with text that explains the object’s parts.

In most movies, the protagonist changes either for better or for worse. But it doesn’t mean that a character who hasn’t “learned his lesson” or “evolved” will be boring. Just Write shows how a staunch believer can still be an interesting and inspiring character.

Back in the 1980s, car salesman Dennis Hope started selling plots of land on Earth’s moon, and has since expanded to other lunar and planetary bodies. We’re pretty sure he and his buyers own absolutely jack squat, but it’s a nice dream anyhow. Zach Christy’s video explains.

Portholes that can instantly transport us between different areas of space and time are a staple of science fiction and fantasy. But are wormholes really a thing, and if they are, how might they work, and where could we find one? Kurzgesagt explores.

Did you know that for a brief period of time, there was actually a small nation that sat between the U.S. and Canada along their Eastern border? Half as Interesting offers a brief history of the Republic of Indian Stream, why it existed, and what happened to it.

Illustrator Zane Whitener recounts how books like Goosebumps cartoons like Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and and pop culture of the 1990s embraced dark and creepy imagery, and inspired him as a reader, artist, fan, and creative thinker into adulthood.

Real Life Lore bombards our minds with some of the most unlikely things that could happen to us. That includes becoming a professional athlete, getting killed by a bee sting and dating a supermodel. The most unlikely thing? You may have already tried going for it.

How to Make Everything has been getting a ton of requests to make a sword out of obsidian, likely in part due to the material’s use in Game of Thrones as the White Walker-slaying dragonglass. Uniting the Seven Kingdoms may have been an easier task.

Bon Appétit’s pastry chef Claire Saffitz thought she faced a daunting task in trying to recreate the original Oreos. But thanks to another chef’s recipe, she quickly figured out how to make ones that seem to taste even better than the original.

Mark Rober has built a lot of fun and fascinating gadgets. He explains his process with his latest build – a rock skipping robot. Through rigorous research and testing, he was able not only to build the robot but to learn how rock skipping works as well.

There have been lots of predictions about the apocalypse, but so far, Earth has managed to survive. But if you were able to foresee the end of the world, there could be a few positive things to come from that knowledge. The glass half-full guys at The Good Stuff explain.

“Dreams are maps. Let the best ones point the way.” The amazing documentary series Cosmos is getting a new season. In Cosmos: Possible Worlds, host Neil deGrasse Tyson will take us to hopeful explorations of both inner and outer space. Premieres Spring 2019 on FOX.

(Gore) TierZoo’s latest video focuses not on one family of animals but on a specific aspect: fighting types. He classifies them under grappler, rushdown, spacing, and projectile. Each has excellent examples, but they all have weak points and counters.

Primitive Technology lulled us into thinking that making fire from scratch is easy. But as Mike Boyd quickly learns, it can be a frustrating and nearly impossible task if you don’t do your research beforehand. But with the right wood – and 8 hours of practice! – it can be done.

Do you like scrubbing down with a loofah sponge in the shower? Well Adam Conover is here to destroy any illusion that you had that the things are good for your skin. Apparently, they just hold on to dirt and bacteria, and remove your skin’s natural moisturizing oils.

There are dozens of apps and filters that let you replicate the look of VHS footage for photos and videos. Tom Scott spoke with film and VFX studio Red Giant to understand why VHS looks so blurry and can have so many artifacts.

How to Make Everything explains how ultraviolet light can damage our bodies as well as what people used to use to block ultraviolet light. He then attempts to make his own sunscreen. He cheated a bit, but the end result actually works.