Red Hot Nickel Ball vs. Peeps: Fiery Death Has Never Been So Adorable

For whatever reason, Easter has become that special time of year when people everywhere gather round to destroy tiny, marshmallow birds in the most demented ways they know how. And so far, it looks like Red Hot Nickel Ball has this year on lockdown.

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What Happens to Peeps in a Vacuum

We’re all familiar with the classic springtime tradition of sending Peeps to their noble deaths via microwave, but that’s getting a bit old. How about a total vacuum instead?

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Everything Wrong With The Matrix (Just Kidding The Matrix Is Perfect)

Yes, this 12-minute video expertly dissects all of the inconsistencies, logical fallacies, and plot conveniences that plague 1999’s The Matrix. But what it fails to take into consideration is that The Matrix is perfect, and no amount of nitpicking will ever change that.

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Watch Five Giant Cat Excavators Play the World’s Biggest Game of Jenga

Twenty-seven wooden blocks weighing 600 pounds each? That’s no regular game of Jenga—that’s a job for a team of five giant, yet agile, Cat excavators and telehandlers to take on. Just some machines having fun.

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Ingenious Teen’s Home-Built Backhoe Toy Works Just Like the Real Thing

This video has been around for a few months, but I just came across it and it’s astounding. Check out this Brazilian teen’s scratch-built model backhoe. Using plastic syringes and silicon tubing, he’s created a miniature hydraulic system that functions the same exact way as the mechanism inside a real excavator. This kid is sharp.

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The Dizzying Work of Hand-Painting Ads Across New York City Skyscrapers

Walk around New York City, and you’re bound to see the work of these "wall dogs"—the men and women who paint billboard-size ads by hand, high above the city streets. Their work is exacting, and the places they paint are terrifying. Don’t watch this if you’re afraid of heights.

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Your Decaying Corpse Becomes a Factory of Toxic Chemicals After You Die

What happens after we die? Spiritually, who knows. Physically? Your body becomes a festering production line, spewing out more than 400 nasty compounds that would be toxic to your body if you weren’t already dead, as Scientific American explains in this unsettlingly cheery animation.

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10,000 Falling Dominoes That Actually Work As a Simple Computer

10,000 Falling Dominoes That Actually Work As a Simple Computer

YouTube is chock full of falling domino videos, but Numberphile’s Matt Parker may have trumped them all with a complicated 10,000 domino setup that just so happens to function as a very crude computer. How is such a thing even possible? This primer video explains the basics.

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Here’s What Tetris on the Side of a 29-Story Skyscraper Looks Like

Last night, hundreds of people crowded around the 29-story Cira Centre building in downtown Philadelphia to fulfill every classic Game Boy lovers’ dream—playing Tetris on 100,000-square-foot screen for all the world to see.

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Do Not Let Super Mario Out Of Your Sight, He’ll Destroy Your House

Ever wonder what Super Mario does when he’s not running across your screen kicking Koopa Troopas? Filmmaker John Huffnagle shows us what everyone’s favorite plumber might do if left alone in your house. Long story short: Don’t let Mario out of your sight.

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