Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Crazy runner runs along a terrifyingly narrow ridge of a mountain

Sure, this is totally normal behavior. See mountain, hike mountain, run mountain. But not when the ridge of the mountain is so ridiculously narrow that you’re basically standing on a 2D structure where you can just as easily fall off on either side. But that’s nothing to Sebastien Montaz-Rosset, he runs and leaps and jumps…

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Video: A totally stunning aerial tour of forests and mountains

I’m a city person. I like buildings and bridges and streets and corners. I like angles and materials and signs and lights. But even I can let my jaw hang throughout this entire video about forests and mountains. The aerial video filmed by Earth Porn Films starts with the greenery of Alberta, Canada and transforms…

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10 of the most iconic movie endings in film history

Let’s get this out of the way. If you haven’t seen the movies on this list, you’re going to get spoiled. That’s because it’s a list from Watch Mojo that details what they think is the 10 most iconic endings of all time. Luckily though, you should have probably seen all these movies. Or at…

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Watch a $50 bill get rubbed off to reveal a $10 bill

If all the numbers say it’s a 50 dollar bill and it feels like a 50 dollar bill… it still might not be a 50 dollar bill. This counterfeit $50 is actually hiding its true self: a 10 dollar bill. And it’s doing a good job too! Since it’s likely that most people’s over trusting…

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The crazy simulator where pilots learn how to fly the F-35

How do pilots learn how to fly a fighter jet that cost a trillion dollars to develop (or a $100 million a pop to make)? By hopping in a total bad ass simulator that mimics everything about the F-35 in basically the sickest video game ever. The pilots in the simulator look like they’re flying…

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Shake Shack’s newest burger is a surf and turf lobster and beef beauty

My, my, my. Shake Shack, unquestionably the best tasting burger chain on the face of planet Earth for people with discernible taste and half working tongues, is upping the decadence in its latest burger by going surf and turf. That is, they’re adding a beautifully buttery layer of lobster to their already perfect burger. I’m…

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Here are the deleted scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road (NSFW)

Mad Max: Fury Road was such a perfectly crafted action movie that it almost feels wrong to watch these deleted scenes, as if we’re trying to second guess the tightly wound story of the movie. But I just need more Mad Max in my life, here are three deleted scenes from the Blu-Ray. Just a…

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Watching this knife get sharpened sent satisfying tingles up my spine

It’s unfair. Something so simple and basic should not be able to leave a lasting impact on me like this. The act of sharpening a knife, though absolutely a skill, is a chore of maintenance, not something that can be this satisfying to watch. But just take in this video below, hear the knife on…

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8 things you can do with old wine corks

Cork is one of the magic materials of the world which is fitting since its most common use is in wine bottles (wine being one of the magic liquids in the world). But what to do with all the wine corks you have after you finish a bottle of wine? Don’t just toss ‘em out,…

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Seeing a gun fire at 73,000 FPS is absolutely definitely the most incredible thing

Wow. Ten thousand wows couldn’t even begin to explain how much amazement and pure jaw dropping wonder that I’m feeling after seeing a gun fire off a shot at 73,000 frames per second. We’ve seen bullets and other guns get shot in slow motion before but not anything like this, the visible force and pressure…

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Watch a jawbreaker get carved into a shot glass on a lathe

The craftsmanship of candy. The art of an edible cup. The carving of a jawbreaker into a shot glass. It’s a thing that you never thought would make any sense but once the jawbreaker starts spinning on the lathe and getting shaved down to expose the different layers of its colors, you realize that all…

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Tough as nails Nokia cell phone fights valiantly against red hot nickel ball

There are few materials in the world stronger or more resilient or tougher than that indestructible Nokia cell phone that everyone had at one point in their life. You could run it over with a tank or drop it off the Empire State building or chuck it across a parking lot into a burning building…

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Incredible drone footage of a flowing lava river

It looks like a giant fire scaled dragon snaking its body across the scorched Earth. Or like the fire brick road that leads you into Mordor. Any way my imagination tries to spin it, the reality is that it looks awesome. And the reality is that it’s drone footage from Iceland of flowing lava from…

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A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fires a Harpoon missile in this bad ass photo

And the rockets red glare. Here’s a bad ass picture of the USS Fitzgerald firing off a Harpoon missile during a drill. After seeing the photo, everything—why the USS Fitzgerald is classified as a destroyer, why the missile is called Harpoon—makes sense. The US Navy: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires…

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This wet microburst is like the sky turning on a giant faucet

According to the greatest Internet resource, a wet microburst is a “small-scaled downburst” that is “accompanied by significant precipitation”. I think that’s underselling it a bit because man, this wet microburst that popped off in Tucson, Arizona basically looks like the sky decided to drop all of its rain at one damn time, like a…

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Seeing people’s faces get blown by air in slow motion is hilariously absurd

Silly! Fun! Absurd! That’s what this video by ScottDW is and it’s just so good. We see a bunch of people get smoked by a furious air blower in total slow motion so that you can see their skin try to escape their face. It’s so goofy and completely hilarious to see the weird faces…

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Cool time-lapse of a US aircraft carrier crossing the new Suez Canal for the first time

Watch the USS Theodore Roosevelt navigate through the new Suez Canal with all of its fighter jets on deck. It’s super cool because the aircraft carrier is so big and the water of the canal is so calm that it feels like the Earth is moving around the land formation that is the USS Theodore…

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Photos from the aftermath of the devastating Tianjin explosion

Yesterday, Tianjin, China was rocked by a terrifying explosion that has left 50 dead and more than 500 people injured. The impact of the blast was devastating—from the initial horrifying explosion to the shockwaves that shattered windows and glass a mile away and now to the aftermath—and has made the port city of Tianjin look…

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Here’s a M1 Abrams tank shooting out a giant fireball

What a perfect picture. A M1 Abrams tank is seen frozen in time as it blasts out its 120mm gun, shooting out a giant fireball that looks more like a fire cloud than anything else. It’s funny because the rest of the picture seems so calm but that giant boulder of fire is anything but.…

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Watching flowers bloom is like seeing plants come alive and dance

After watching this wonderful time lapse of flowers blooming, I would forgive you if it made you think that flowers have their own personalities and feelings and lovable qualities. I believe it too! Look at that guy above preen and dance a little before opening up. It’s like a character from a Pixar movie only…

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Crazy runner runs along a terrifyingly narrow ridge of a mountain

Video: A totally stunning aerial tour of forests and mountains

10 of the most iconic movie endings in film history

Watch a $50 bill get rubbed off to reveal a $10 bill

The crazy simulator where pilots learn how to fly the F-35

Shake Shack’s newest burger is a surf and turf lobster and beef beauty

Here are the deleted scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road (NSFW)

Watching this knife get sharpened sent satisfying tingles up my spine

8 things you can do with old wine corks

Seeing a gun fire at 73,000 FPS is absolutely definitely the most incredible thing

Watch a jawbreaker get carved into a shot glass on a lathe

Tough as nails Nokia cell phone fights valiantly against red hot nickel ball

Incredible drone footage of a flowing lava river

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fires a Harpoon missile in this bad ass photo

This wet microburst is like the sky turning on a giant faucet

Seeing people’s faces get blown by air in slow motion is hilariously absurd

Cool time-lapse of a US aircraft carrier crossing the new Suez Canal for the first time

Photos from the aftermath of the devastating Tianjin explosion

Here’s a M1 Abrams tank shooting out a giant fireball

Watching flowers bloom is like seeing plants come alive and dance

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