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Skyliners Tightrope Walking Is Insane But Not Certifiably So

Some people might imeediately think of words like “crazy” or phrases like “batshit insane” when they see this “Skylining” video out of France, but those are misnomers. True crazies wouldn’t use a safety line.


June 29, 2011
Science

This Air Bag Catches As Many Frenchmen As You Can Throw At It

If Spider-Man: The Musical taught us anything, it’s that you can never have too many airbags on hand. For their new Vegas show, Cirque du Soleil is using the largest one of its kind.


June 28, 2011
Geek Out

Sometimes Crazy-Low Jet Flyovers End In Disintegrated Fuel Tanks

This month’s daring (to say the least!) grass-buzzing Argentine flyover was pretty great. He didn’t crash! But sometimes aerial hotdogging isn’t so clean – as was the case with this other Argentine pilot.


May 30, 2011
Geek Out

Blue Angels Commanding Officer Steps Down For Flying Too Aggressively

Commander Dave Koss, commanding officer of the Navy’s venerable Blue Angels flight demonstration team, has voluntarily stepped down after taking his four-man team too close to the flight deck during a Barrel Roll Break manoeuvre.


May 14, 2011
Entertainment

Confessions Of A Hollywood Stuntman

Stuntman Vic Armstrong spent a career taking blows in some of Hollywood’s most iconic roles. In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, he describes what it was like to actually, physically, be Indiana Jones.


May 12, 2011
Geek Out

Watch This 840-Barrel Paintball Gun Make Art In 1/8th Of A Second

To anyone wondering why on earth you’d want to build a paintball gun capable of firing 840 barrels’ worth of ammo in 1/8th of a second, well, I bet you don’t get why we went to the moon either.


February 17, 2011
News

Dell Marketing Stunt Fails Spectacularly: Two Employees Arrested

To celebrate the release of the new Dell Streak tablet, a genius Dell sales manager in Round Rock, Texas, wanted to boost employee spirit and make it an event to remember. Too bad his ridiculous plan got him and another employee arrested.


February 11, 2011
Online

How A Scummy Advertising Agency Faked The Street View Birth

Remember the fake Google Street View birth last year, made by an advertising agency? Now they made a video celebrating how they tricked everyone for a short time.


January 25, 2011
Geek Out

Worst Idea: Filming A Speeding Train Running Over You

An insane person sets up a camera to film a full-speed train passing over him, as he lies flat on the tracks. Now that we’re all caught up: Please don’t try this at home. Please don’t try this at home.


December 10, 2010
Geek Out

Sledding Behind A Commuter Train Is One Festive Death Wish

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Let’s say you’ve got a kickass sled and plenty of snow, but no nearby hills to plummet down. Are you thinking what this guy’s thinking, and tying your sled to the back of a fast-moving train? Please don’t!