"Why is the US drinking age 21? And how did it happen? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores the history of the somewhat unusual way the drinking age became 21. ... After prohibition... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 9 months ago • 119 views • 9:30

YT: Have you ever wondered what Sean Evans would look like as a LEGO character? Well, wonder no longer. In this special animated short, Sean goes head-to-head with the shape-shifting Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi—voiced... continue reading

posted by Zawash 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 379 views • 1:58

"You’ve never seen two people dance until you’ve seen one person dance with a giant syrup bottle that is shaped like a person. It’s better than seeing two people dance because you can’t eat dance... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 743 views • 31 secs

These are just fantastic. This film makes me want to go to Japan just to buy some wagashi. YouTube description: For the past six generations, the Fukushima family has mastered and preserved the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 371 views • 3:02

From his new special, "Walk your way out."

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months ago • 1,615 views • 4:43

"Desert ants are on a mission. Find food and bring it home, no matter the size and shape. New research suggests ants walking backward are as good at navigating to their destination as forward-walking ants..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 4 months ago • 211 views • 1:38

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 253 views • 7:16

A barrel of maple syrup from Quebec is worth more today than a barrel of crude oil. Producers are reaping the benefits, but not all agree with the tactics that whipped the supply chain into shape

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month ago • 266 views • 4:44

How to make a knife for cutting cake into hexagon shaped pieces.

posted by FlowersInHisHair 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,927 views • 5:07

YouTube Description: Mac Osbourne, came out sporting red and yellow fringed sleeves and took up position behind a mic stand shaped like a giant milkshake straw. *Check out Pair-a-buns... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 298 views • 5:53

"Cookie Monster is carefully selecting his favorite shaped cookie. Do you think he likes triangle cookies or square cookies or rectangle cookies or circle cookies? Trick question: Cookie Monster loves... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 3 weeks ago • 77 views • 3:36

YouTube: No Choice microwave meals aren't your standard TV dinners, they're the meal you deserve because you're out of shape, you work hard at a job just to throw it all away on drinking, being loud in... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months ago • 1,666 views • 1:36

Ever wondered how drinking straws are made? (via LiveLeak) YouTube Description: For more details, please visit to http://www.kic-products.comJH01 series drinking straw extrusion line is a set of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 441 views • 1:52

YT: Avoiding math to have a relaxing Saturday with friends. And with Vihart - what could go wrong? Vihart -> *happy *science

posted by Zawash 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 328 views • 7:05

From engadget.com: Bacon, our old friend. We've missed you. Japan's Nantsune must have missed it too, as its new Libra 165C meat slicer is using some mighty advanced technology to cut pork quickly. Beating... continue reading

posted by smiley 9 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 1:38

Chefs at Chicago’s Alinea Restaurant devised a way to shape sugar into balloons, and then inflated the balloons with helium. How do you eat a sugar balloon? It’s not that different from eating a regular... continue reading

posted by zombieater 1 decade 3 months 1 week ago • 470 views • 1:05

http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/manju Ingredients (for 8 manju):
 1 cup lima beans, ½ cup sugar, ½ ts salt, ¾ cup flour and ½ cup extra flour, 2 eggs, ¼ cup sesame seeds, ¼ cup sweetened condensed... continue reading

posted by Issykitty 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 1,411 views • 9:23

Description via Youtube: In the following video you will see us making a transglutaminase bacon roll and then slicing it so that we end up having bacon spirals. Transglutaminase is an enzyme that... continue reading

posted by Kevlar 1 decade 1 year 10 months ago • 894 views

A farm in Hokkaido has created pyramid-shaped watermelons. Only 16 of the premium watermelons are being sold at a cost of 52,500 yen ($560) each. They’ve been branded with King Tut stickers.

posted by nomino 1 decade 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,704 views

How digesting outside our bodies caused physical changes in and what will thinking outside our bodies change us in the future?

posted by Lendl 1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 2,408 views