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How much information is stored inside a human? Not as much as you think. All you need is a mere 1.5 gigabytes to fit your entire genetic code. Veritasium did the math in his latest brain tapping video and cooked up that number using bits to understand the molecules that make up a person’s genetic…
Nerf guns, toy light sabers, shooting Spiderman webs, being a kid is awesome. But then kids grow up and foolishly lose their enjoyment for toys even though they’re getting paid to pretend to be an adult. Build an arsenal of toy weapons people! You never know when you’ll be able to use them as weapons…
Let’s celebrate the USA on July 4th! How big does the celebration go across America? Across the 50 states, duh. The 48 contiguous, Alaska and Hawaii. But what about Washington DC? And the Indian territories? Puerto Rico? Guam? The Virgin Islands? And let’s not get into places you’ve never heard of like Johnston Atoll and…
At this year’s Fourth of July party, blow your guests’ minds harder than a Yonshakudama firework with a watermelon that splits to reveal a jiggly Jell-O core. All of the vodka and flavor, none of the seeds. The process is really quite simple. Take a watermelon, split it in half, scoop out the meat, replace…
I don’t know who would win the race between Optimus Prime, the Batmobile and a DeLorean time machine. Probably the DeLorean, since it can travel to the future and win right away, right? This cool stop motion short by Taiwanese animator Counter656 says otherwise. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…
Photographer Donna Dotan was shooting downwards out of a Manhattan apartment window when she noticed the beautiful symmetrical reflection. It inspired her to create this amazing series in which New York looks like an entirely different place—sometimes a starship, others the endless canyons of an alien megalopolis. Donna Dotan is a New York-based architectural photographer.…
Andreas Markus Hoenigschmid is the master of solid geometry, the black magic wizard of three-dimensional space. Check out the dozens of objects he can create with his amazing transforming cubes. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
There were other spaghetti versions of Eminem’s Lose Yourself—in which people altered the lyrics into a hilarious ode to spaghetti—but this new one is clearly the best. Absolutely perfect. At the beginning I couldn’t stop laughing. Now I’m really hungry. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
British death metal band Unfathomable Ruination has scheduled a series of shows in central London next week wherein spectators won’t be able to hear them play: They will play inside this perfectly sealed metal box until they pass out because of the lack of oxygen. That’s so fucking metal. As part of the new Sculpture…
Many years ago these two engineers drank a keg of beer and decided to transform a 1969 Cadillac into the fastest hot tub in the planet. After several attempts their carpool is ready—now they are asking for your helpto take their invention to the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, and set their silly speed record. This…
Witness a month-long time-lapse of loading and unloading at the Port of Long Beach, California and other impressive footage. Such a simple concept—packing goods to float across the ocean or removing them to deliver across the country—but even with the process running like clockwork, it is clearly a complex business. SPLOID is a new blog…
This point-of-view video captures some terrifying Brazilian driving, as a car overtakes a lorry, narrowly avoids wiping out a bike and then plunges off the edge of the road. Miraculously no one suffered any serious injuries. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Mick Jagger makes fun of himself and the Stones in this promotional video for the new Monty Python show. It’s always fun to see legends shooting themselves down. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Everyone knows a Michael Bay popcorn blockbuster is never going to be considered a cinema masterpiece. The same tricks—explosions, 360 degree shots, lamp posts, etc.—are used over and over again. But he’s entertaining! Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Paintinggoes a little deeper to explain Bay’s ‘Bayhem’ bag of tricks and why Bay just isn’t…
As usual, xkcd wins the internet with another brilliant scientific visualization: All the solid surfaces (the planetary, moon, and asteroid crusts) in the Solar System stitched together as if it all were a seamless flat map. It’s fascinating to see it all from this simple perspective. The image excludes the dust and small rocks. SPLOID…
It kind of makes sense for frozen pizzas to look so fake. As delicious as frozen pizza can be—and trust me, I think they’re fantastic—they’re barely food. They’re more like sodium-laced stripped wheat frisbees topped with spiced rubber parts. Here’s how frozen pizza is made in a big factory. If you pretend it’s CGI, it’ll…
All the biggest product brands in the world are owned by a handful of corporation. Food, cleaning products, banks, airlines, cars, media companies… everything is in the hands of these megacorporations. These graphics show how everything is connected. Consumer goods In the supermarket—as you can see in the graphic at the top—Mondelez, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Nestlé,…
It doesn’t get any more metal than this. This headbanger filmed a video of himselfspinning his head and making his hair whip in dizzying circles while working construction jobs. It’s so hardcore badass but also incredibly goofy and fun all at the same time. He rocks out with his caulk out. SPLOID is a new…
The Foie-ck A Duck, ladies and gentlemen:“Sous vide duck breast, encrusted in a smattering of peppercorns, smothered in a foie gras cognac cream sauce, and feathered with freshly sliced summer truffle.” I’m drooling so much right now—really, actual drool just came out of my mouth. I want this so badly. Foie gras legal status in…
It’s possible to walk on water. I mean, you can skip a stone across water too, right? It’s just not exactly humanly possible. Water can theoretically support the weight of a human only if they have beyond enormous feet or if they can run stupid fast. How fast? Well much faster than the fastest man…
