Sploid: Where awesome, wild, and breathtaking tech moments burst into view.
Using a normal hose connected to a firetruck to put out a small fire is too boring. In Newfoundland, Canada, they know how to have fun—which is why they drop a ton of water from a giant firefighting airplane instead. https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-water-bomber-dump-hundreds-of-gallons-on-a-fl-1107626415
You don’t have to follow miracle diets or kill yourself with crazy physical exercise to stay lean and healthy. Over at Lifehacker Dion Almaer details how he lost 100 pounds since last September. It doesn’t seem that hard. https://lifehacker.com/how-i-experimented-my-way-to-losing-100-pounds-1107324670
The quality and style of this short film is so exquisitely beautiful that it makes me want to live in the post-apocalyptic underwater city it portrays. https://gizmodo.com/in-a-gorgeous-flooded-city-a-scavenger-discovers-that-1100908754
The big fish eats the little fish, but this bloody giant Tiger shark (one of the most ferocious types) can eat the little fish and you at the same time, in one gulp. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-a-picture-of-a-shark-eating-another-shark-that-1095044915
Apple fans are squeaking with unbridled emotion after learning about the next iPhone’s announcement date: September 10—two days earlier than last year. Will Apple’s new toys be enough to stop the company’s steady decline in sales and market share? In terms of absolute numbers and perception, Android phones are winning the battle right now. The…
Behold, the new Bowlus Road Chief—”the sexiest trailer I’ve ever seen”, according to the Roadtrippers Kinja blog. It’s really beautiful indeed, like a part of an old World War II bomber. And inside it’s elegant and simple. I want it to go on a road trip right now. https://roadtrippers.kinja.com/bowlus-road-king-makes-traveling-beautiful-again-1091388917
Her half-sister Nancy Motes says this Hollywood superstar and former America’s Girlfriend mistreated her verbally, constantly reminding her that she was grossly overweight in a “not-so-nice a manner,” making her feel “incredibly hurt and very sad.” https://jezebel.com/julia-roberts-is-a-real-dick-to-her-formerly-obese-half-1090193180
There are hundreds of phones out there, but the iPhone’s Tri-Tone is, without a doubt, the most iconic phone sound in the world. As its creator Kelly Jacklin says, it shows up in every TV show and movie—”it became international short-hand for you have a text message.” In 1999, Jacklin sold Tri-Tone to the makers…
The clitoris. For thousands of years, humans (some of them, anyway) have known that you can give pleasure to its owner if you play with it in the right way. But it wasn’t until 2009 that science understood how it actually worked. Discover… the Mystery of the Clit! https://gizmodo.com/until-2009-the-human-clitoris-was-an-absolute-mystery-5876335
Whether you like motor sports or not, the space age engineering, design prowess, and mechanical dexterity of Formula 1 teams is something anyone can really admire. The speed of the pit stop crews is something that is hard to believe. How can they do it in 2.05 seconds? Discover how in this slow motion video.…
We tend to love things because we remember them—hey, it’s that thing I remember! And when the owners of the trademarks and copyrights of those things decide to make new things that are even better, like a television medical drama based on The Wizard of Oz, it is our fear of death that keeps us…
What are “Bronies,” you may be wondering, if you don’t know any cool stuff. Bronies are “bros” who like cartoon ponies. They dress like them, and make videos you can watch on your computer. Check out these bronies and you’ll realize it’s going to be a lot better once you’re doing this thing. https://kotaku.com/search-youtube-for-bronies-its-magic-1078348867
If you are a fan of aviation or just beautiful design you should attend the Aluminum Overcast tour: this perfectly preserved B-17 Flying Fortress will touch down on airports all over the American North East so you can fly in it. Here are the dates and cities. https://roadtrippers.kinja.com/take-a-joy-ride-in-this-badass-b-17-bomber-1079291067
Breastfeeding! It’s how babies eat. But some people don’t like this idea of babies eating in public. After all, adults don’t eat in public, do they? Oh, right, turns out everyone is allowed to eat in public except for babies on the boob. One mom had enough of this garbage and laid waste to a…
Nothing is left to chance in Breaking Bad, one of the most popular series in TV history that is beginning its final run this Sunday. Not even the protagonists’ cars, which reveal many things about them. Jalopnik talked with Dennis Milliken, the guy who picks the car models for the series. https://jalopnik.com/how-one-man-picks-the-perfect-cars-for-breaking-bad-1070465236
iPads, Lego, Nintendo 3DS, consoles, Minecraft—who cares about expensive toys. At the end of the day, it’s all about imagination. And watermelons, as this new craze taking over China demonstrates: kids wearing the sweet fruit, after eating it. Radishes are good for the imagination too: https://kotaku.com/these-are-chinas-watermelon-kids-1076489968
They can buy whatever they want and do anything they want, until the inevitable bankruptcies and arrests. So what are today’s sports superstars wearing? Baby pigs, from the look of 22-year-old soccer sensation Mario Balotelli’s crotch, pictured above. https://deadspin.com/mario-balotelli-searches-for-pigs-thing-1077033622
Vine is a mobile app that allows people to post really short videos online. They are often inane and boring and dumb, but sometimes they can be pure gold. Someone got a ton of those gold moments and put them together in this compilation. The entire internet seems to be watching it now. https://gizmodo.com/i-never-want-to-stop-watching-this-incredible-vine-comp-1077310381
Trudie Götz (right) is the owner of Trois Pommes, an expensive shop in Zurich, Switzerland. Oprah (left) is the owner of the entire world. But Trudie’s employees didn’t know that, so they declined to show her a $38,000 crocodile bag (center) because a black person can’t afford such accouterments. Poor Oprah. https://jezebel.com/oprah-gets-racist-pretty-woman-treatment-at-pricey-sw-1078513645
The skyrmion is a mysterious particle that until very recently was just a theory. Now, scientists have discovered that they can use them to miniaturize a laptop hard drive to the size of a peanut using 100,000 times less power. And they will be cheap to make too. This can dramatically affect all the electronics…
