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Why My iPhone Is Better As A Dumbphone
When people see my iPhone, they’re like, “My god, man, do you have some kind of crazy phone virus?” It has no web browser. No email. No Twitter, no Instagram, no Facebook. But, no, the phone isn’t broken. I actually did it on purpose. It was supposed to be a one-week experiment. Now it’s been months, and I don’t want to go back.
How Many Rubber Bands Does It Take To Pick Up A Car?
Yes, that’s a serious question. No, it’s not the setup to a bad punchline — it’s the setup to an awesome aerial tug-of-war between gravity and nearly 200 of the stretchy rubber rings over a Nissan Micra. The team from Fast, Furious and Funny investigates.
Oil And Alcohol Make Stunning Slow-Motion Ballet
It’s an experiment that’s been conducted for over a hundred years now, but these days it’s incredibly easy to record and share the complex interactions of a drop of naphthenic oil as it plunges through a tank filled with isopropyl alcohol.
McDonald’s Miracle-Flavoured Rice Will Be Deliciously Disgusting
The creativity that went in inventing McDonald’s Miracle-Flavoured Rice is so beyond my little human brain that I’d have to be high as a kite to understand the magic. But oh the magic. The culinary geniuses at RocketNews24 cooked rice with a Big Mac, fries, chicken nuggets, sauce and coke to deliver what has to be the most delicious flavour of rice ever.
Starbucks Experiment Takes A Turn For The Weird
Watch 3500 Strangers Silently Follow Instructions From One MP3
Over 3500 people marched along Manhattan’s Hudson River recently, converging from two separate starting points on Nelson Rockefeller Park. And then? Then they had a massive glowstick dance party. That’s right: it’s another Improv Everywhere MP3 Experiment.
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