Freerunning academy with Super Mario Bros gym
A bunch of freerunners show off in a promo for their academy and gym. Part of it looks like Super Mario Bros... all of it looks fun as hell. For the curious, the academy is located in Los Angeles....
View ArticleSleeping on the job is dangerous...
"Found footage" of the miscellaneous perils of sleeping on the job.
View ArticleEight amazing trumpeters play Festive Overture
Eight trumpet players from Juilliard play Shostakovich's Festive Overture in the finals of a national trumpet ensemble competition. The arrangement is marvelous, and the performance is astounding.
View ArticleTop-secret C-130 with rocket boosters
Late 1980: in a top-secret mission to rescue the American hostages in Iran, the US government modified a C-130 Hercules to be a "Super STOL" aircraft by adding 30 rockets to boost it on takeoff and...
View ArticleTornado sucks the water out of a river
An EF-3 tornado forms next to a river in Springfield, Mass. As it approaches the river, the water gets sucked up into the vortex.
View ArticleChoir of 1,752 people performs "Sleep"
Eric Whitacre's composition, "Sleep", as performed by 1,752 individuals via YouTube. From YouTube: The 2011 Virtual Choir video features 2052 performances of 'Sleep' from 1752 singers in 58 countries,...
View ArticleFake photos just got higher tech
A new rendering technique makes it easy to insert synthetic objects into a photograph when all you have is that photograph (no extra angles or 3D information). Using a simple interface, you match...
View ArticleQuantum levitation
This really is indistinguishable from magic. The super-cooled block locks in place over (or under) a block, ring, or track. It's like magnetism but not squishy. I wonder what Insane Clown Posse would...
View ArticleNürburgring: Formula race car on ice and snow
You've seen a Subaru on dry tarmac and a Mitsubishi on a dirt road. Have you seen a Formula race car on snow and ice on the toughest, longest road race course in the world? yt: Andy Gülden, the Chief...
View ArticleInspecting active powerlines, by crawling on them
"There's only three things I've ever been afraid of..."
View ArticleThe First Honest Cable Company
Your Local High Speed Internet & Cable Provider gives it to you straight.
View ArticleHonda Civic high speed crash on Nurburgring
Those Nurburgring walls must be damn sturdy.
View ArticleVirgin Galactic's Second Rocket Powered Flight Tail Footage
For $250K, you too will be able to fly into space and re-enter by gently falling into the atmosphere like a feather! y/t: Footage from the tail camera onboard SpaceShipTwo during Virgin Galactic's...
View ArticleF1 Thermal Camera captures its first crash
The nifty new F1 thermal camera shows how tires heat and cool during a race. Also, how they don't like touching each other.
View ArticleBill Gates as Austin Powers
*wtf y/t: Bill Gates spoofs Austin Powers in this short produced by James Etue.
View ArticleAircraft carrier resupply at sea
The USS Kearsarge is resupplied by another ship, at sea, without even slowing down.
View ArticlePoint here if you're not wearing pants
In New York City, subway conductors have to point at a black and white sign at every stop, apparently to show they are paying attention and have fully arrived at the stop. Some happy pranksters took...
View ArticleCargo ship torn in half during crew rescue
y/t: Drifting after its engine failed, the Spanish cargo ship Luno crashed into the breakwater at Anglet in southwestern France, snapping neatly in two, with one half either side of the rocks. All 12...
View ArticleRudest kid's show ever
British kids show from the 80s is pure innuendo: "Do you want to blow my pipe while I'm twanging away?" "Oh, no Rod, I was blowing a lot with Roger last night... oh, but would you like to play my...
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