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Used a couple of sheets at a time; toilet paper is incredibly weak. But as Lauri and Hanna from the Hydraulic Press Channel show, it’s possible to turn it into an incredibly strong material if you press a bunch of it into a brick. Not only is a compressed cube of toilet paper hard enough
In this video from The Crafsman Steady Craftin, the soft-spoken maker walks us through the process of turning inanimate cardboard paper tubes into a puppet with plenty of character. It uses a simple rubber band and paper clip mechanism to make its mouth move. The design was inspired by puppeteer Troy Picou’s singing paper towel
At the IFA 2026 show, Acer’s Predator line revealed a unique handheld gaming PC. The Project DualPlay Mini converts from a gaming system to a portable productivity system thanks to a keyboard inside its clamshell body and a touchscreen that flips over 180º. There’s a slick teaser video from Acer, but we prefer this hands-on
Did you know there’s an actual sword in the stone? While it’s not Excalibur, it does appear to have served as inspiration for the legend. In this video, Kelevin explores this and other stories that appear to be grounded in reality, as archaeological evidence has helped connect the dots between fact and fiction. Turns out
(PG-13: Language) How is this not a big deal? Timothy JS combined that episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia where we discover Charlie’s apartment has secrets with The Backrooms. The mashup sends the gang deep into an endless maze of creepy yellow rooms, where we discover that maybe Frank and Charlie’s living arrangement wasn’t
Rob Zombie meets Bob Marley in Bill McClintock’s remix of “Living Dead Girl” and “I Shot the Sheriff.” We’re thinking some sort of Caribbean zombie apocalypse, fueled by raging riffs and lawless lyrics, must have led to this situation. See if you can spot all of the musical cameos without looking at the list on
Written and directed by Elliott Power, K-9INE! follows the story of a retired police dog handler who invites a door-to-door salesman into his house. When it becomes clear that the visitor is a petty thief, the two become locked in an intense psychological standoff that could go anywhere. The slow build of tension had us
Today’s unlikely musical mashup comes courtesy of Mac Glocky, who transformed the House of Pain track “Jump Around” into a moody and off-kilter alternative track in the style of Soul Coughing. While both bands broke through in the mid-1990s and incorporated rap into their music, this is one strangely flavored “Super Bon Bon.”
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd dimensions are pretty easy to understand. Beyond that, things get a bit more complicated. In this video from Ridddle, they do their best to explain every theoretical dimension. It’s an incredibly complex and esoteric concept, so we’re impressed that show host Matt Bates was able to summarize it all in
Inspired by 1970s video feedback effects created by pointing a camera at a CRT displaying its own output, The Light Herder created a sophisticated new version of the recursive video system. It uses multiple 4K displays, three cameras, half-mirrored glass, and mechanical control knobs to produce organic, psychedelic, and fractal effects in real time.
As is frequently the case with the extreme hypothetical questions answered by xkcd’s What If?, everything and everyone on Earth would perish if all the water disappeared. But what’s most fascinating about this video is what would happen to all the ships at sea and marine life the moment the water vanished.
It can be fascinating to watch old structures get torn down with explosives. But most footage of controlled building demolitions is shot from the side. Nelson Aerials shared this eye-opening 3-minute video compilation of 11 implosions captured from a different perspective by flying a photography drone directly overhead.