Matthew Gaydos of Journey to the Microcosmos examined the amazing microscopic world that lives inside a rain puddle using footage shot by James Weiss. Gaydos also looked at the earliest examination of puddles in the 17th Century by Antony van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology. But James is not the first microscopist to peer into…
As part of the Great Maps Explained series, Victor of Mapster ventured back to the Hundred-Acre Wood to explore the nostalgic place where Winnie the Pooh and his friends Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and Rabbit spent their carefree days. In this video, we’ll look at the story of how Winnie-the-Pooh pays so much attention to place, and how the map of the…
The great Taika Waititi read aloud a hilarious letter written in 2004 by Justin Lee of Auckland, New Zealand about a speeding ticket that was issued on the day he was born. Lee made several ingenious points about the improbability of the ticket, each of which was amusingly emphasized by Waititi at a Letters Live…
The incredibly talented band Heart performed live versions of their hit songs “Magic Man” and “Crazy on You” on the March 4, 1977 episode of the late-night musical variety series The Midnight Special. The Wilson sisters were beyond impressive and the band was pitch-perfect. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Midnight Special (@themidnightspecialtvshow)
A thoughtful documentary by Jackie Osei-Tutu focuses on Steven Wiltshire, an autistic artist who is able to draw highly detailed cityscapes around the world from memory. Wiltshire, who was highly non-verbal as a child, found his voice through pen and paper. Now he is considered a savant for his remarkable talent. In an unable to…
Carter of the geographical channel That Is Interesting looked into the history of a huge yet seemingly random pit that sits right in the middle of Chicago‘s prestigious Lake Shore Drive. It turns out that this pit was supposed to be the foundation for the Chicago Spire, a planned skyscraper that would be the second…
In the first episode of the PBS series Human Footprint, biologist Shane Campbell-Staton explores the profound effect that the human population has had on animal evolution, particularly how poachers led to the development of tuskless females at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. From Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to the scars left on the elephant population,…
Tech video producer Marques Brownlee visited the New Jersey studio of 3D Pets where he documented their advanced process of fitting a rescued tripod dog with a custom 3D printed prosthetic leg. Their process is technologically advanced, using an iPhone to measure, scan, and fit. Alright, so I got to visit the studio of 3D Pets – they’ve…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nicolas Heller (@newyorknico) The Brooklyn Cyclones of Coney Island, a minor league baseball team, hosted their annual Seinfeld Night, where several people participated in a hilarious “Elaine Dance Contest”. This contest pays tribute to the classic Seinfeld episode where Elaine showcases her unique dancing skills at…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Pudding (@the.pudding) Russell Samora of The Pudding created a musical online clock that plays a song with the exact time in its title. A clock where the time is in a song title This is part of a larger project connecting clocks to data. A…
