The Gawker train wreck is hilarious and I can’t get enough of it
I’ll admit it: I’ve spent the past several days gawking at Gawker. The online gossip rag, which has been in turmoil ever since it published a …
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Video: That moment when you realize going backward down a massive water slide was a huge mistake
It’s a hot summer and water slides can be immensely fun, especially the giant Royal Flush at the BSR Cable Park in Waco, Texas. But …
What it’s like to eat at Chipotle every day for 106 days straight
Chipotle is delicious and wonderful… but could you eat it every day? 30-year-old Colorado Springs resident Mark Rantal has now eaten at Chipotle every day …
Amazon competitor Jet.com launches with better prices
After the farce that was Prime Day, plenty of disgruntled customers would love to find another online store to patronize rather than reward Amazon for its bait-and-switch tactics. …
Watch this French bulldog sing better than you ever will
Dogs are amazing animals that have many talents, but singing isn’t usually one of them. But two new viral videos show a rather talented French bulldog …
Airlines continue to make flying miserable yet made almost $40b in fees alone last year
There are days when you wonder when airlines are conspiring to make flying more miserable. When you combine the ever-decreasing leg room we get with …
Video: Solving a Rubik’s Cube in 5.6 seconds makes you feel like a total boss
Rubik’s Cubes were the annoying puzzles that parents used to use to keep their children busy before video games became a thing. However, some young …
Watch as comedian pulls hilarious prank on corrupt FIFA official on live TV
When it comes to corruption in sports, you’d be hard pressed to find an organization with fewer scruples than FIFA, the governing body of international …
Interactive website shows you why time flies by as you age
“And then one day you find ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.” –Pink …
You’ve never seen the Earth like this before
Over the past few weeks, Pluto has dominated the headlines. It took nearly a decade, but the New Horizons probe finally reached Pluto on July 14th, …
Stephen Hawking joins a $100 million quest to find space aliens
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking wants to believe that we aren’t alone in the universe. And to find out if there really is other intelligent life …
Check out Nike’s unbelievably cool sneaker zipper for people with disabilities
Nike has an awesome new sneaker design ready for people with disabilities that makes it easier than every for them to take their shoes on and …
Have you ever wondered why your fingers are different sizes?
You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about why our hands are so weirdly shaped, but there are scientists who devote plenty of …
Revealed: The speech Nixon would have given had Armstrong and Aldrin got stuck on the moon
In a depressing alternate reality, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed on the moon only to get stuck there after a critical equipment failure. …
Early adopters love the Apple Watch even more than the iPhone
The Apple Watch is apparently under performing many analysts’ expectations but people who have bought the device seem to love it. A survey conducted by …
Better than most Prime Day deals: One of Sony’s best sound bars is on sale for $170 on Amazon
When Prime Day kicked off last week, I think it took a few hours for the harsh reality of the situation to sink in. Amazon …
Instagram might steal your account to give it to a famous person who also has your name
What happens when you have the same name as a popular football star and you also own a potentially highly coveted Instagram handle? Just ask …
Two Gawker editors resign, act like self-righteous turds on the way out
Last week Gawker helped an escort blackmail an executive at a rival media company when it published a story about his attempts to hook up …
The most incredible trampoline basketball trick you’ll ever see
Given the sheer volume of head-scratching and awe-inspiring video content that fills up the web on a daily basis, it’s not too often that we come …
Captured ISIS leader forced to make ‘Game of Thrones’-style walk of shame
They say truth is stranger than fiction. And sometimes, well, sometimes truth and fiction overlap in the craziest of ways. During the season 5 finale of Game …
Here are the favorite illegal drugs used by history’s greatest geniuses
If you grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, you were always told repeatedly that “winners don’t use drugs.” Except, of course, some of history’s …
John Oliver brutally slams the U.S. for its ridiculous food waste problem
John Oliver has done an incredible job of pointing out hypocrisy around the world since his tenure on Last Week Tonight began last year, but …
Surfer fights off a shark in the most nerve-wracking video you’ll see all week
Sharks are amazing, scary beasts capable of furiously ripping through flesh and humans caught in the water with them are usually easy victims. Based on the …
The biggest indication that Apple Watch is a dud so far
The Apple Watch is easily the best-selling smartwatch ever… but that’s not saying a lot. The question that Apple and all smartwatch manufacturers have had …
YouTube is back with a vengeance and is now more popular than cable
During Google’s recent earnings conference call, Google chief business officer Omid Kordestani said that YouTube is now bigger than any individual US cable network when …
Watch: The best wedding toast we’ve seen all year
It’s summer, which means it’s wedding season. You or your friends have probably already attended or are invited to at least one wedding. There’s going …
Incredible Video: Colorblind man sees new colors for the first time, is overwhelmed
It’s easy for people who aren’t colorblind to take the colorful, rich, and vibrant world we live in for granted. Though it may be hard …
Video: You never want to make an elephant this angry
Making elephants angry is not a smart thing to do, as a video posted on Friday by Barcroft TV makes clear. Apparently a circus went through a …
What’s the most popular swear word in your state? Find out with these maps
Like it or not, life constantly brings you in the sort of scenarios where you need to swear, and thanks to the Internet, you can …
Marijuana breathalyzer being developed to keep potheads off the road
As the social stigma associated with marijuana slowly evaporates with each passing year, it may be just a matter of time before the laws that govern drinking …
