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I’m glad the world is full of insane people so we can see another seemingly-impossible airplane landing and takeoff: Watch this man stop in midair and touching down on top of a moving ship in the English Channel. At one point it seems like the he’s just floating there. https://gizmodo.com/look-at-this-madman-landing-a-plane-on-the-top-of-a-mou-1462485637 In reality, it just seems…
“Should London build a forest bridge across the Thames?” asks Geoff Manaugh in Gizmodo. Should bangers and mash come with onion gravy? (But of course.) https://gizmodo.com/should-london-build-a-forest-bridge-across-the-thames-1462235473
Being a superhero is a tough gig. You have to deal with evil to the bone bad guys, an unconvincing public who thinks you’re a weirdo vigilante in costume, people’s unrealistic expectations of you to save the world and probably a really tough dating life. But what is a superhero to do if not be…
It’s not the visuals. Awesome astronaut Chris Hadfield told Conan that Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity perfectly captured the spectacular beauty of space. This is a man who actually spacewalked, people! We gotta trust his opinion since we’ll probably never see space. But one thing that wasn’t realistic? Sandra Bullock’s underwear. You see, Hadfield said that after…
Forgive yourself for thinking that Blockbuster went out of business years ago but, in reality, Blockbuster officially shut down its remaining 300 video rental stores this past weekend, on Saturday, November 9th. The last movie ever rented at everyone’s favorite video store? Hilarious stoner comedy with the most poetic-est on-the-nose title ever for this type…
Let’s hope none of us ever have to be put in a situation where we have to evacuate an airplane but this 2006 evacuation test of an Airbus A380 makes our current plane deplaning process look like a complete waste of time. The test incredibly emptied out all 873 passengers of the plane in less…
The force is strong with this one, it seems. Gezi Parkı on YouTube uploaded a video of a baby being calmed by the Star Wars theme song. The baby boy goes from crying to silence to gleeful within the first few notes of John Williams’ Star Wars theme song. This kid is going to be…
These are the paintings of masterful artist Keng Lye, who paints 3D objects using layer after layer of clear resin painted with acrylic. Kind of like a human 3D printer. The results are so realistic that anyone can believe there are real fish and octopi inside some of these plates and bowls. This red octopus…
The Leia Bikini—one of the sexiest garments in the nerdverse along with Ripley’s panties and Sean Connery’s underpants in Zardov. I knew she sunbathed wearing it, waiting between takes in the middle of the desert with her stunt double. I didn’t know that she actually used her bikini on a beach. https://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-bikini-princess-leias-you-are-looking-for-5397774 With Darth Vader…
Jason Kottke says this is a “crazy plane landing on a mountain.” It seems like an understatement to me. Watch this mad pilot landing a Piper PA-18 Super Cub on the very top of a mountain—no landing strip, just raw terrain. Only 15,000 of this birds were manufactured by Piper Aircraft. From the wiki: The…
James Sexton posted this comparison image of the Titanic and a modern cruise ship. After watching so many movies and seeing so many photographs, I’m disappointed. And kind of amazed, too. Of course, the Titanic was a beautiful ship and, if you had the money, it was an amazing ride (until you died). Modern cruise…
I’ve seen many crazy wingsuit flights, but this video of Wingsuit Scotty-Bob flying through a canyon at the Beehive Line is absolutely insane. The first time I saw him passing by that tree my heart froze.
What, exactly, makes Yellowstone National Park so wonderful to behold? Sunsets that are longer than usual, thermal pools, and a massive geyser called Old Faithful—all of which you can see on display in this gorgeous timelapse.
Here’s Lady Gaga floating over a stage in a ridiculously cool and absurd flying dress made with fiberglass and six propellers. It’s a world’s first—just like her steak dress. She calls it Volantis. According to Deezeen, the dress was designed by “London company Studio XO and TechHaus, the technology division of the star’s Haus of…
Reminder: There are smart, caring, fantastic people in this world who try to right as many wrongs as possible. Like the incredible biologists from the Department of Environmental Protection in New Jersey. The Star-Ledger reports that they somehow removed a hunting arrow from a deer’s head. The arrow had completely pierced through its head but…
Paranoid much, China? Cause it sure as hell looks like it when you have more than sixty security cameras strapped onto a single street light. This photograph, taken at an intersection in Shanghai by NetEase, hilariously captures the personal privacy be damned, big brother monster attitude that everyone imagines China to have. It’s perfect, really.…
Azarkant—a 3D short by Andrey Klimov—doesn’t have much of a plot, but it’s delicious computer generated eye candy for lovers of spaceships, robots, dead cosmonauts and Haloesque things in general.
If it works as advertised, the Whirlpool Every Drop is going to be one of my favorite gadgets ever. It purifies water as fast as it flows out of the faucet, making bottles of purified or spring water completely pointless. I’ve been looking for this all my adult life—and I just got one for $20.…
You’re seeing America’s new ground-to-air missile defense system in action, destroying an enemy QF-4 Phantom fighter jet. In fact, it simultaneously destroyed two airborne enemies during a stress test last Wednesday. Its name is MEADS and it will replace the famous Patriot missile interceptors. The test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico…
With movies you’ve already seen, sitting through the whole thing again is a little bit much. Since you already know what’s going to happen, you only need to see a few key sequences to get the same amount of enjoyment. A quick top off as opposed to a full refill, you know? Reddit understood that…
