A Dramatic 8-Minute Video Animation Of Pompeii's Last 48 Hours
This is 'A Day In Pompeii', an 8-minute animation created by Australian digital animation studio Zero One imagining what it might have looked like during the 48...
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High Winds Cause Collapse Of Nine Stories Of Scaffolding From Building
Note: Volume down, high wind right in phone's mic. This is a video of the scaffolding on one side of the Amerock building in Rockford, Illinois collapsing...
I Am Into This: A 4-Ton Wrecking Balls Whacking Cars In Ultra Slow Motion
Seen here destroying my great aunt's dream car, this is a video of Slow-Mo Guys Gav and Dan smashing vehicles with a 4-ton wrecking ball, filmed at...
Dear God: Tornado Tears Through Concrete And Steel Building Like A Wet Paper Bag
This is a video from Spartanburg, South Carolina of an EF2 tornado (wind speeds 111 - 135MPH) tearing through a concrete and steel warehouse back in October....
Get Closer: Quadrocopter Footage Of Tornado In Kansas
This is some quadrocopter footage of a tornado in Hutchinson, Kansas. It's crazy how the sun is still shining so bright on one side, and the other...
You Don't Deserve Toys: Jerky Kids Knocked Over This 100,000-Piece LEGO Helicopter, Got Caught
A group of kids in Australia knocked over this 100,000-piece LEGO Erickson Air-Crane built by Ryan McNaught. The $25,000 copter was on display at the Cairns Central...
Angry Birds Wrecking Ball Spotted In The Wild
Because it's Friday and we all started drinking at lunch (we did all start drinking at lunch, right?), here's an Angry Birds wrecking ball spotted in the...
Fire In The Hole: Laser Igniting Alcohol-Filled Bottles
This is a video from Scott Stevenson of a powerful burning laser igniting the alcohol fumes in a series of glass bottles (previously: laser popping balloons and...
Why It Do That?: Spinning A CD So Fast It Explodes
I've used tons of terrible screencaps on Geekologie, and this one is certainly no exception. I had the choice of either using one of the CD just...
It's Been Real: 10-Ton Meteor Explodes Above Russia
In apocalyptic news, a meteor exploded above Russia this morning, injuring hundreds, and sending at least one blogger thousands of miles away into the makeshift survival bunker...
Little Person Destroying iPad Mini With Minigun
This is a video of little person Richard Ryan destroying an iPad mini with a 3,000-6,000 rounds/minute minigun. Truthfully, I wasn't going to post the video because...
Kindergarten Girl Answers The Age-Old Question, "What Would You Do If You Were The Ruler Of The World?"
Same here, little girl, same here. Thanks to Rob, who doesn't rule anything but is still trying to build an outerspace magnifying glass big enough to vaporize...
And That's Why You Never Drive Through A Civil War Reenactment: Cannonball Destroying Car In Slow Motion
Seen here a moment before impact, a cannonball prepares to send a car to meet its maker. In this case, Saturn. The cannonball actually travels all the...
Smashing A Car With A 45-kg (~100-lb) Thor Hammer
This is a video of Geekologie Reader David Klausen and Jorge Sprave (the slingshot guy) smashing the shit out of a Nissan Micra with the 45kg brain...
Drunk Russian In Bulldozer Destroying Cars In Parking Lot
This is a video of a drunk Ruskie in a bulldozer (actually a loader) plowing through some cars in a parking lot before getting pulled out of...
Van Gogh's Starry Night Recreated In 7,000 Domino Maze
This is a 7,000 domino maze that, when toppled, recreates Van Gogh's iconic 'The Starry Night'. It was set up (and knocked down) by Youtuber Spazzybat Flippycat...
Destruction!: Sixty 1,000-Piece Domino Walls Collapsing
Man, if there's one thing I love it's destruction. Sometimes I build a whole bunch of those crappy little birdhouse kits just so I can smash them...
Balloon Dominos: Popping 100 Balloons With A Laser
This is a video of laser aficionado Scott Stevenson popping 100 balloons lined up in a row with a powerful burning laser. Could the laser have done...
It Was Only A Matter Of Time (Read: Three Whole Days): Slow-Motion Destruction Of New iPad With Gunfire
Because the new iPad came out last week, here's the requisite video of one getting destroyed by gunfire in slow motion. Dude starts off with an HK53...
Gusty: Hurricane Causes Wind Turbine Explosion
This is a picture of a $3-million, 328-foot wind turbine in North Ayrshire, Scotland trying to cope with hurricane winds. Obviously, it coped poorly. Like me in...