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what happens when a popular instagram account with...

As whether you needed more proof that celebrities live in a different world than us: here’s what...

heres the reason why you cant photocopy money

If you enjoy ever attempted a life as a counterfeiter,or done a silly school project where you tried...

watching dry ice turn into gas up close is always...

Watching dry ice sublimate (turn into gas instead of liquid) still manages to obtain me feel like a...

heres the fastest way to defrost your car...

It’s winter. If you drive a car that’s parked external, you know what that means. It’s frigid...

here are all of the worlds biggest ships at sea

If you occupy the Empire State building,flipped it over to the side, and then keep it in the ocean,...

super smart ping pong table teaches you how to...

Table tennis is a hard game that requires rapid/fast instincts and even quicker reflexes. But what...

tracking the journey of lukes lightsaber...

It started out as Anakin’s lightsaber,of course. And then Obi-Wan held onto it before he gave it...

neat video shows two passenger jets landing side...

The best piece about flying on an airplane is that moment during the final approach: you look...

forging a beautiful sword from a crowbar is smart...

whether you deem approximately it,a crowbar already comes vaguely sword-shaped (or as sword-shaped...

a look into the life of a jukebox repairman

Music is always better when there’s a sage attached to it. And streaming songs onto a Bluetooth...

china gets transformed into a moving painting in...

This Prisma-type effect on photos and videos will probably get used one day (that day might have...

how to build an electric foundry to melt metal

whether you’re interested in melting metal,and you totally should be because it’s basically the...

shots by steven spielberg and stanley kubrick,...

It’s not a secret that Stanley Kubrick first developed A.I. Artificial Intelligence and was once...

watch the new york public librarys beautiful...

The New York Public Library’s Rose Main Reading Room is one of the most majestic spaces in the...

how futurama made math and science funny

Futurama may not make me laugh as hard as other comedies, but its vision of the future and all the...

a behind the scenes look at a ballet theater...

The soundtrack helps,obviously, but there is art behind the art of ballet. Here’s a backstage look...

the staggering evolution of stop motion in film...

Filmmakers have been pause-motion animation for eons,but holy crap man, people have gotten really,...

making stop motion animation looks really hard

I mean,the animator in the gif above changes his shirt at least four times before he’s able to...

making a fishing rod from bamboo is legitimately...

There are over 150 steps in making a bamboo fishing rod which involve nearly 60 hours of work to...

watch a circular saw blade get transformed into a...

As always,John Heisz can transform old, rusty blades into lovely works of art. This time, or he...

what hiking from mexico to canada does to your...

Hiking from Mexico through the United States and all the way up to Canada on the Pacific Coast Trail...

heres what being on mars sounds like

None of us will probably ever execute it to the red planet but if you want to gather a feel for what...

the evolution of joker in film and tv history

The Joker is easily one of the best villains in film and TV (and obviously,comedian book) history,...

watch a spear get forged using centuries old...

To make a spearhead like a Norman smith from the year 1066,you possess to start with an iron steel...

breaking open a lock with a paper clip, a...

You’re not going to be a master locksmith after you watch this video showing you three ways to...

hand drawing sheet music is such an impressive...

Making music is art. And so is making a blank piece of paper sing. Watch as sheet music is hand...

interesting portrait of an actor who plays...

Meet Tom Woodruff. You’ve seen him in movies but probably didnt even realize he was in them...

watch a magnet inside a sock break open a safe in...

Safes and locks and other security measures of that nature? They’re all eventually doomed because...

this chaotic rube goldberg machine is the most...

There are 175 steps in this Rube Goldberg Machine made by berlagawesome and they’re all layered...

transforming a horseshoe into a super sharp knife...

You can basically transform anything made out of metal into a working knife—if you blast it with...

carving a wooden chain from one block of wood with...

This is a really tidy woodworking project from Matthias Wandel: turning a single piece of wood into...

10 cool special effects movie scenes that didnt...

It’s always kind to know that not everything in movies is done with computers and CG and green...

thermal imaging reveals how fast a shirtless...

Here is footage taken using the military spec Selex Merlin thermal imaging camera of a shirtless man...

what happens when you pour molten aluminum onto...

Take the burning hot that is molten aluminum and mix it with the very cold that is liquid nitrogen...

the 10 best opening scenes in movie history

What’s your favorite type of opening shot for a film? Is it when they drop you in the middle of...

how the potato changed the world and altered the...

French fries. Baked potatoes. Mashed potatoes. Potato chips. Potatoes are everywhere because...

what the moon will look like for each day in 2016

whether you want to know exactly what the moon will notice like (to those in the northern...

this mysterious hole in the ground can duplicate...

Imagine having a magical device that can duplicate any organic life you set aside into it. You could...

watch a guy transform an old glass bottle into a...

Junkyard flint knapping is my new favorite thing because it takes a piece of trash and recycles it...

these are the tricks political campaign ads use to...

Vote for whoever the hell you want to vote for. But don’t make your decision after watching an...

how to make charcoal with a paint can

There’s no reason I need to make charcoal—I don’t normally employ it for anything,and if I...

a cool view of a ship going through a city on the...

Here we enjoy the Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder tug and barge vessel cruising right through Cleveland,Ohio...

watch a huge swarm of machines pave a road in...

There are so many dump trucks and pavers and road rollers paving Moscow’s Tverskaya Street in this...

how to make metal coins magically float on water

Coins are supposed to sink. When you toss ‘em in a fountain,they drop right down to the bottom,...

the frosting on this dessert is almost too...

The decoration on these desserts are so perfect that it nearly, nearly makes you not want to eat...

what happens when you put marshmallows in a vacuum

Play with your food. That’s the moral of the legend from Crazy Russian Hacker. He place...

all the bomber aircraft that could carry nuclear...

Only 5 countries have been able to create strategic bomber aircraft with the capability of carrying...

infographic: the evolution of the batmobile

What’s your favorite Batmobile? They all have their own charm, don’t they? The Tumbler was brute...

watch how slime mold smartly crawls by itself all...

Slime mold is fascinating,because though it’s only a single cell organism with no brain, it...

watch a red hot metal rod get wound up into a coil...

Burn metal hot enough and you can do whatever the hell you want with it. Here’s a glimpse of how a...

watch a train get assembled for the subway

Seeing a train find assembled is a lot like watching someone play with Lego bricks, only whether...

how a tattoo gun is made in prison

People in prison are so damn resourceful that they can turn a pen,a Walkman, a couple of paper...

can we create artificial gravity?

Yes,we can. We can totally create the artificial gravity seen in movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey...

the art of making impossibly thin gold leaves from...

Gold is so malleable that a single gram of it can be stretched into a strip nearly two miles long. A...

the expert use of color in films by guillermo del...

Films by Guillermo del Toro are always worth watching because they’re set in imaginative worlds...

the eerily powerful gaze in stanley kubricks films

It’s deeply unsettling when a character from films by Stanley Kubrick locks eyes with you through...

watch beautiful crystals form right before your...

This is cool. Emanuele Fornasier ran an electric current through various chemical solutions and...

watching cigarettes burn up close is so much...

Don’t smoke. It might peer a teensy bit chilly,but it’s a dumb thing to start, a filthy habit to...

how much does your favorite video game characters...

Video game characters have it easy: they never have to change clothes. Whether they’re saving the...

watch the construction of the panama canal...

The timelapse gets a little hectic and sometimes you don’t know what the hell is going on (unless...

the evolution of wolverine in movies and tv shows

Wait, there was a Wolverine on screen before Hugh Jackman? No one is really certain. Hugh...

what its like to look straight into the a rainbow

There’s no pot of gold at the close of the rainbow but there are some colorful visuals you can...

how frozen pizza pockets are made

Why effect pizza pockets exist? No one knows. But everyone secretly enjoys them. Not on the same...

this is what a sonogram of a pregnant shark looks...

You’re looking at the first-ever sonogram of a pregnant tiger shark. The baby sharks inside the...

watch a photocopier somehow get transformed into a...

There’s about five pounds of salvageable copper inside your typical photocopier (mostly in the...

whats the difference between cement, concrete, and...

Any man worth his salt should know the difference between cement, or concrete,and mortar. I am not...

casting an aluminum skillet from molten metal is...

I’m not sure which is my favorite part in the making of this cast aluminum skillet. Is it the...

how old bridges are turned into turntables

There’s a crap ton of steel in broken down bridges and some of that steel gets repurposed into...

the restoration of a firemans axe is a really fun...

Watching Jimmy DiResta restore a fireman’s axe is particularly wintry because you get to see him...

how a gutenberg printing press actually works

Everyone who was born without a smartphone in their crib knows how a printing press works... in...

watch a powerful laser beam push a piece of foil...

A strong enough laser can burn things ,clean things , pop things, or most impressively,move things....

how to make a diy dyson bladeless fan with a water...

Dyson’s Bladeless Fans are wonderfully awesome but also ridiculously expensive. Am I really going...

this guy can solve 3 different rubiks cube while...

While most people in this world struggle to juggle and other people in this world don’t like the...

watch a new ahs krab howitzer fire its powerful...

Here’s a short clip of the latest Polish howitzer design,the AHS Krab, firing its 155mm caliber...

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