Oh, You Know, Just A Pet Owl Riding A Segway
This is a short video of a pet owl riding a Segway MiniPRO around a plaza. He actually seems to know what he's doing too. Something that,...
learning things
Kindergarten Greets Children On First Day Of School With Pole Dancing Performance
Children and parents at Xinshashui Kindergarten in Shenzhen, China were recently greeted on the first day of the new school year by -- at least in my...
Science: An Investigative Look At How A Lawnmower Cuts Grass
This is a ten minute video of Destin from Smarter Every Day discussing how a lawnmower is able to cut something as easily bendable as grass, with...
People From 70 Different Countries Say Hello And Goodbye
In this episode of Condé Nast Traveler's 'Many People from Many Countries Say Things', people from 70 countries demonstrate the common ways to say hello and goodbye...
Video From A GoPro Inside A Bowling Ball Shot Out Of A Cannon
This is a video of Youtuber gabenandee's daughter's 7th grade science fair project (with a fair amount of help from her father) whose hypothesis was presumably, "I...
Zoom And Enhance: NASA Releases A Beautiful 4K Tour Of The Moon
This is a video released from NASA that takes us on a 4K tour of the moon, thanks to all the data collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance...
Father Proudly Films Daughter Driving For First Time, Including Crash Into Garage
NOTE: Some loud fatherly yelling during the accident around 1:10. This is a video of a proud father filming his daughter Natalie taking the convertible out for...
It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: Mister Rogers Honored With A USPS Forever Stamp
The United States Postal Service has just announced it will be releasing a Mister Rogers Forever Stamp on March 23rd to celebrate his legacy and the contributions...
Fun Reads: The Scots Language Translation of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
These are several pages of the Scots language edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (previously: a predictive text Harry Potter chapter). It's available for purchase...
Playing In A Hot Tub Full Of Fluidized Sand
This is a video of Mark Rober discussing the physics of fluidized beds, "a physical phenomenon occurring when a quantity of a solid particulate substance is placed...
Good To Know: Merriam-Webster Dictionary Editor Discusses The Proper Plural Of Octopus
This is a video of Merriam-Webster Dictionary associate editor Kory Stamper discussing the proper plural form of 'octopus'. The short answer? SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: Octopuses. The long...
I Think I Learned: Teacher Demonstrates The Marble Tracks He's Built To Teach Physics Principles
This is a video of Pennsylvania physical science teacher Bruce Yeany demonstrating a bunch of the marble tracks he's built over the years to teach students various...
The End Nears: Robot Learns How To Use An Elevator
This is a short and sped up video of an ANYmal quadruped robot using an elevator. It successfully pushes the down button (using a QR tag to...
Oh Wow: Man Demonstrates And Discusses At Length The Way People Used To Walk In Medieval Times
This is a video of German historical reenactor Roland Warzecha demonstrating and discussing at length (it's a seven minute video) the gait of of people who lived...
Ultra Slow Motion Footage Of Bullets Being Fired Through See-Through Suppressors (Silencers)
This is a video from Destin of Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay demonstrating how rifle suppressors work by firing rounds through various different versions with clear exteriors, filmed at...
Teacher's Moldy Bread Experiment To Teach Kids The Importance Of Washing Your Hands
This is a shot of the experiment conducted by high school (high school!) Health Occupation teacher Donna Gill Allen while teaching her class about germs and how...
Truck Hauling Camper Loses Control, Rolls It In Front Of Tractor Trailer Driver
This is a video of a speeding truck hauling a camper losing control and fishtailing before rolling the camper and crashing off the highway. Thankfully, the driver...
Looks Difficult: The 4x4x6 CrazyBad Fisher Cuboid Rubik's Cube Variant
This is a video of puzzle aficionado FLEB discussing and demonstrating the CrazyBad 4x4x6 Fisher Cuboid, a much more difficult version of a Rubik's Cube. I've never...