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Hailing from Chicago, JJQ is a young man with an impressive talent. At age 12, he’s the youngest member of the Q Brothers. He recently hit the stage at Lollapalooza, where he was given a series of keywords to incorporate into a freestyle rap. We doubt he’s familiar with Finnegans Wake, but he still blew
Apparently, putting a potato under extreme pressure and steam, then rapidly releasing the pressure, makes its skin instantly come off. Shane from Stuff Made Here wanted to see it firsthand, so he engineered a high-pressure vessel to replicate the result. This explosive decompression also works on apples and other produce. Danger: don’t try this at
Modern humans appeared about 300,000 years ago, but complex organized societies only emerged about 12,000 years ago.Kurzgesagt digs into humanity’s distant past and how technology like DNA sequencing, mathematical modeling, and aerial and lidar archaeology have provided a better picture than ever of the world’s earliest societies.
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
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
Death Cab for Cutie’s track “Stone Over Water” paints a picture of aging, feeling stressed, and masking it all. Director Sean Solomon’s charming animated music video uses playful imagery to reflect that story with a heartwarming message about empathy and human connection in times of struggle. From the exceptional 2026 album I Built You a
Japanese company Astrum, owners of the Pentel brand, let ProcessX tour their factory to see how they make millions of sign pens annually. These felt-tip pens are popular for drawing, lettering, and calligraphy, and their production is surprisingly satisfying, as barrels, fillers, and caps dance through machines before being filled with ink and packed into
After watching this video, we assumed that plucked guitar strings vibrated in smooth, undulating curves. But minutephysics shows how that’s not actually the case. It turns out that the waves that are generated are straighter and more angular, and the sine waves we’ve seen in videos before are mostly due to rolling shutter artifacts of
(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
Angine de Poitrine is the breakout band of 2026, and the accolades for their musicianship are well deserved. Fans of the alt-rock space aliens will want to grab these insulated polka-dot tumblers and mugs from HydroJug, coincidentally covered with the black-and-white polka-dots that match the band’s trademark style. Rock out with your dots out!
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
A model airplane fanatic in China shows how they build and fly mini jet airplanes with a first-person view (FPV) camera inside their cockpits. The detailed instrument panel is amazing and even has a working horizon indicator. Its human pilot sits on the ground wearing VR goggles to control its miniature pilot. Original video via
