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A drone films protesters clashing with police forces as tires and Molotov cocktails burn in Kiev’s Independence Square. The battle has started again, after yesterday’s failed truce. At least 75 have been killed on since last Tuesday, according to Ukraine’s government officials. https://gizmodo.com/photoshops-show-the-dramatic-difference-between-peace-a-1528024358 SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
You’d think it’d be impossible to upside down in a full 360-degree loop, but it’s not, and Damien Walters can prove it. Insane. When you break down the physics, all you have to be able to do is run fast enough when your feet are on the ceiling. The result if you can? Human super…
If I had to pick a hammer or a tiny piece of porcelain to shatter a car window, I’d probably think nothing of it and grab the mallet. NatGeo proves me wrong. A little itty bitty piece of porcelain chipped off a spark plug does much more damage to a car window and is so…
Imagine a world with countries re-shaped to have an equal population with each other. Some little countries get absorbed to create one large country while other populous countries get their boundaries re-drawn and are split up into a bunch of difference pieces (I’m looking at you China and India). This is what that world would…
I never knew there was such a thin line between being impressive and being disgusting but artist Ani K is toeing it. Or to be more accurate, tongue-ing it. That’s because instead of using a paintbrush to paint, Ani K uses his tongue to create his artwork. He basically licks paint and then licks the…
I don’t want much. A bed to sleep on, a nice pair of shoes, some beer to drink and I’m good. Or so I thought. Now I could care less about any of that because all I want in my life is this drifting Crazy Cart XL. It’s basically the real life version of the…
Famous cars in movies and TV shows are just as much a character to the story as the actors and actresses. If Batman drove a Volvo or Marty McFly time traveled in a Toyota, it just wouldn’t be the same. They’re iconic. So how many of these cars do you recognize? Scott Park has a…
Time doesn’t stop for anybody. Seasons keep rolling one after the other. Weather could care less if you’re cold or hot or just right. And life eventually ends. This new stop motion music video directed by Toby and Pete for Chet Faker’s Talk Is Cheap examines all that in 3 minutes. It’s mesmerizing to see…
Excuse my ignorance, northerners of the world, but I didn’t know such wonderful thingamajigs existed in that snowy world of yours. May the Gods of Snow always protect you. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
This is the Tolbachik volcano, laying down roads of magma over the Peninsula of Kamchatka for condemned Russians to drive on their way to hell in cars equipped with dashcams. At least, that’s what it looks like in Lusika33’s photographs. It’s truly pretty—in a Mordor kind of way. Watch the rest of the series here.…
SunViewer posted this amazing photo by Vladimir Scheglov, taken on January 19 at the Kupol mine in the Chukotka region of Russia, just after a Coronal Mass Ejection hit Earth to produce some beautiful northern lights. He’s like “whatevs, I will just chillax and look cute here.” According to Scheglov, “the Kupol mine has banned…
German photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt—one of the greatest artists in the history of the medium—used his Leica to take this stunning photo of a crew repairing the Graf Zeppelin in mid-air, after a storm in the middle of the Atlantic damaged the airship’s skin en route to Rio de Janeiro in 1934. It looks so surreal—like…
Everybody loves Die Hard. It’s the best Christmas movie, and the foundation that so many other awesome thrillers are built on. Plus it has lots of guns and explosions. This 60-second animation of the entire movie by 1A4STUDIO is just as great as the original, but in a completely different and hilarious way. Yippe-ki-yay! SPLOID…
Gilze-Rijen is—according to The Aviationist—one of the airports with the lowest final approaches in the world. They get so low that, when you are there, you think they are going to touch down on the road that crosses the head of the runway. And in fact, that has happened. The first image by Jimmy Van…
This photo may look like the beginning of a nuclear bomb explosion or a magic portal opening in the sky, but it’s a rare rainbow pileus cloud captured by Peter Lowenstein. From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day: Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileusiridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a…
DefenseTech has a good summary of a recent 60 Minutes segment on the F-35, America’s most expensive combat airplane yet. The Pentagon talks about how it uses “Star Wars-level technology.” The pilots, however, aren’t so enthusiastic. RD-D2 vs HAL 9000 CBS News’ national security correspondent David Martin says that the airplane’s Autonomic Logistics Information System…
It turns out that not only is Brian Williams a respected news anchor, he’s also an incredibly talented rapper. At least he is after the brilliant editors at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon painstakingly spliced together hours and hours of his news broadcasts. And nothing against The Sugarhill Gang, but performed with the soothing…
It’s human nature to look up at the stars and wonder what’s out there. Becoming an astronaut and going outer space is every kid’s dream. But sometimes it’s more eye opening to explore what’s here. Like in the ocean. Like deep underwater. Like inside alien-looking caves. It’s utterly terrifying. The video taken by Tony Sellers…
Well, well, well, New Mexico. Who knew you were so full of love? Turns out, your state ranks number one in the entire country for duration of sex with a ‘whopping’ 7 minutes and 1 second average. Go have some fun because according to this map, you’re the clear winner. As for the state that…
What if the world of Westeros was actually set in the wonderful world of Disney? The Seven Kingdoms would be up for grabs in the magical Disney universe. Disney princesses would become the cunning women of Game of Thrones. I know, crazy. Surprisingly not though. The characters swap work out pretty well. Artist Sam Tsui…
