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Today the Grand Canyon turns 100 years old. Well, it’s actually several million years old, but the protections put in place by the great President Teddy Roosevelt are celebrated. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon 3 different times in my life. Nothing quite prepares you for a helicopter ride over and below the rim though. … Continued
I like Mark Rober, some of his videos are cool, some are awkward, most are enjoyable. This one is really interesting he goes into how he stalked his package thieves, then how he enlisted the help of his friend to design and build a glitter+fart bombing dummy package. I don’t want to spoil anything, but … Continued
As public service announcements go, this one is pretty damn good. We all fall for it, we call things by the brand names that made them famous, were the firsts, or had the best marketing strategy. However it’s wrong, and if you go somewhere else, people might not know what you’re talking about. Like seriously, … Continued
Did you know that in the Victorian era, elaborate cast iron fish tanks were all the rage among the nobility? I didn’t. I assumed fish tanks, because of the glass, plastic, electricity, and silicone necessary were a relatively recent commodity. I would be wrong. Tropical Fish Magazine has a detailed write up on what went … Continued
Please don’t watch that terrible TNT show. Instead, read the rest of this story and be amazed at the actual history that you missed out by being born in this reality, and not the alternate one that I’m about to describe. We still don’t know where the millions of people who inhabited NYC daily went. … Continued
Seriously, who knew that the lonely faucet had so many new ways to operate? If you don’t believe me, search for “faucet” on Yanko Design, (or just click that link). At the time of this writing, there’s 13 pages worth. Sure, some of them are stupid crazy things, but some are actually pretty neat. This … Continued
Is good for absolutely nothing. The song was right about that. But we’re not talking about that song, we’re talking about something that actually happened.* When we last left our heroes (or villains as some might call them), The Nation of New York had started a war with the United States of America (Minus New … Continued
World War 2 was the most devastating war in human history. If we forget about the events that ended the war thousands of miles away, Germany, Europe and the rest of the combatants used plenty of conventional weapons to wreck havoc on each other for nearly 6 years. The above shows Hitler and some generals … Continued
That’s what they hoped the new Xbox would be. The One. Well, not really, it was just based off of the love of The Matrix, and ideas that it would be a unique, immersive world. The rest of the video goes over some of the history of how the video game console came to fruition. … Continued
While 42nd Street doesn’t exactly cut Manhattan in half, it was the proverbial divide of the city. Those in the north who were closer to the mainland were convinced that the government’s story was correct, there was nothing to fear, this was only a temporary glitch on the way towards a better world tomorrow. As you … Continued