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Not supported with pagination yet | If you shoot at this glass drop, it's actually strong enough to shatter the bullet. But if you just lightly tap the tail, the whole thing will explode from the inside, sending glass flying everywhere. You see, it's made by dripping molten glass into cold water. This instantly cools the outside into a hard shell, while ... | 19,689,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They would pee on rags, then tie them around their faces. You see, in World War I, enemy soldiers released chlorine gas toward the trenches. And if soldiers breathed in this gas, their lungs burned, making it impossible to breathe. So, the pea- soaked rags would weaken the gas, protecting their lungs just enough for th... | 14,092,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He licked the cold train track to see what would happen. The moisture on his tongue froze solid in seconds, fusing it to the rail. And when he tried to pull back, his tongue stretched, but wouldn't tear free. His friends panicked, trying to yank it off, but they saw a train headed straight for them. They waved their ar... | 11,944,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He flew over the handlebars and landed chest first on a branch. It pierced 4 in into his chest, puncturing a lung and snapping eight ribs. But adrenaline kicked in, and he thought it was just a shoulder injury, so he stood up and walked through the woods while bleeding. And instead of calling 911, he just called his wi... | 15,176,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The truck slammed into him, breaking his ribs and knocking him into a coma. But when he woke up, he could only speak Mandarin. >> You see, his brain tried to heal the left half by mostly using the right side. And because English mostly uses the left side, while Mandarin uses both, it forced him to speak Mandarin,... | 7,559,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you sliced open a giant cockroach, squeezed inside, and sealed yourself in, could you survive a deadly nuclear fallout? But when a nuke explodes, the radiation travels through the air. But as it passes through different materials, it loses concentration, meaning it will eventually run out. Now, cockroaches are mostl... | 11,563,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They propped a tiny cannon on top of a sund dial and aimed it north. Then they dangled a glass lens right over the fuse. As the sun climbed higher, the light passed through the lens and the lens focused that sunlight into a white hot dot. When the sun hit its highest point at solar noon, that dot landed on the fuse, ca... | 6,103,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He climbed up into the plane's wheel compartment, hoping to see the world. But he didn't realize the wheel compartment door would open again in the sky. You see, he had run away from home because he wanted to travel. And when his parents caught him and put him into boarding school, he ran away from there as well. He sn... | 25,989,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Thread the line through the eye and wrap it around itself six times. Then pass it back through the loop and pull tight. Now, for a humansized fish, you would only need a stainless steel hook about 1 in wide. But for a great white shark over 2400 lb, the hook would have to be around 10 in of solid steel. And pulling it ... | 7,780,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Imagine there's a $10 million check with your name on it sitting in the middle of the Amazon jungle and it's all yours. You just have to go get it. Now, you know you don't have the money for a plane ticket. But that's not going to stop you. You sell all your possessions and beg for money from everyone you know. Once yo... | 15,644,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The bird was stuffed inside the doll and a head was placed on top. When the child picked it up, it would twitch and move. Even its beak would open and close. But as the bird struggled to escape, it would make the toy move, almost like it was powered by gears. Now, eventually the bird would die and the doll would turn i... | 9,290,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He pulled the bench out from under him and smashed it in half in front of everyone. You see, in medieval Italy, bankers worked from wooden benches called bona. And according to the legend, if they couldn't pay their debts, breaking the bench, known as Rada, showed they were ruined and had no money. Together, banker mea... | 12,151,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you jumped off a building into a giant paper plane, could you actually fly in it? Well, to make it big enough, you would need a piece of paper half the size of a football field. Each fold would be reinforced with metal strips, and you would need to soak it in resin to keep the paper stiff. To fly it, you would need ... | 18,745,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When you press down, a hollow metal tube punches through the cherry, removing the hard pit. Then, if you crack the pit open, you'll find an even smaller seed inside. Now, soak a paper towel with water before placing the seed on top, adding a dusting of cinnamon to prevent mold from growing. Then, fold the wet towel ove... | 10,252,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Place the steak into the pan, but don't season it at all. Instead, chop fresh herbs on a cutting board and squeeze lemon juice on top. Then, sprinkle a handful of salt and black pepper before adding fresh butter. You see, when meat cooks, its liquids get pushed out by heat. But as it cools, it sucks everything in like ... | 31,581,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They hid the poison inside a fake perfume bottle and put it on his door handle to kill him on contact. But the man was quickly taken to the hospital before the poison killed him. So they tossed the bottle into the trash. But months later, a man found it in a donation bin and gave the bottle to his partner. She sprayed ... | 7,105,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When you vape, the battery inside can shortcircuit. This creates intense heat within seconds. The chemicals inside start to vaporize, building pressure fast. And with no room to escape, it keeps rising until the battery bursts, shooting hot metal and flames straight into your face. It can burn your lips, shatter teeth,... | 6,812,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He picked up the wandering chicken and threw it toward the audience. Now, he thought it would just fly away, but instead it plummeted into the crowd. Suddenly, dozens of hands grabbed it, tearing at its wings, feet, and head. When they threw it back, it was in pieces with feathers and blood everywhere. And for years, A... | 10,076,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He rode his motorcycle without a helmet and the police gave him a fine. But he was an electrician with access to the power grid. So he checked the records and found the police station hadn't paid its bill in 3 years. Now this bill was incredibly expensive. So he shut off their electricity. For 5 hours the police statio... | 65,387,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you placed a slug on a slip and slide, how long would it take to cover it in slime? Well, a slug only moves a fraction of an inch per second. And a slip and slide is about 20 ft long and 2 ft wide. To completely cover it, the single slug would need to crawl nonstop for around 15 hours. But even with enough slime, sl... | 17,902,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She presses her tongue right against the surface of their eyeball and moves it all around. And this supposedly pulls out tiny pieces of metal and debris. Now, people actually traveled to this woman, paying her to remove things in their eyes like this. And they claim she can heal most eye problems just by licking it. Bu... | 5,200,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The singer always had 10 dimes in his pocket. And the reason for this is kind of sad. You see, his son was kidnapped years prior, and all of the ransom calls had to be made from payoneses. He would panic, terrified that he would run out of coins while trying to negotiate with the kidnappers. Now, after 2 days, his son ... | 39,092,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you happen to get kidney stones, you could ride a roller coaster and let the shakes dislodge them from the tissue walls. Then, as the coaster moves, the change in speed shakes your whole body, and this makes them move into your bladder, where they can finally pass through when you pee. Now, not every ride is able to... | 29,320,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He pulled the pin, assuring the court it was totally safe. You see, this was an anti-terrorist case, and he wanted to prove a grenade was easy to use. He was sure all the weapons were no longer active. But a few seconds later, the detonator exploded in his hand. It injured the officer and sent shrapnel flying into an a... | 20,492,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The king gave each boy a seed and told them to grow the best plant they could. You see, the king was old and was trying to find an heir to the throne. One boy named Ping loved gardening. He watered his seed, gave it sun, and used the best soil. Keeping close watch, he waited for a sprout, but nothing ever grew. When it... | 78,944,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He inhaled a seed while walking through a forest, not thinking anything of it. It was so small it didn't even make him cough, but it settled deep in his lung. Over time, he started to feel pain in his chest. So, he went in for a scan. Doctors spotted what looked like a tumor. But when they opened him up, they didn't fi... | 19,211,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The rooster is placed under a bowl with garlic rubbed on the back, and suspects are told it'll crow if the thief touches it. Each person enters the room and touches the bowl. As they leave, the trickster smells each person's hand. If it reeks of garlic, they touched the bowl, so they're probably innocent. But if one ha... | 24,772,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She dove off the dock, but a broken cord from a nearby boat leaked electricity into the water. It rushed into her and froze her body mid swim, slowly killing her as she sank into the ocean. You see, bad wiring on boats spreads electrical currents in the water like an invisible net. And even the tiniest shock could para... | 5,993,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The jack screws were handc cranked beneath the buildings, and each one was turned at exactly the same time, raising the building with people still inside. Wooden supports were stacked beneath until it reached the new higher street level, and brand new foundations were constructed as the building remained suspended. You... | 43,586,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you jumped off the International Space Station, you might think you could just skydive down to Earth. But the planet's gravitational pole means you would actually get stuck in orbit for years. And since you would be traveling at thousands of miles hour, even the tiniest space rock would pierce you like a bullet. Now... | 16,991,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He built the Lego bricks around his arm stump when he was just 9 years old, hoping to create a prosthetic arm. You see, in the womb, his right arm never fully developed. But as he grew up, he started playing with Legos until he made his first Lego arm. Now, that first version didn't work, but he tried again years later... | 61,808,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When you blow into a breathalyzer, the air travels through a small chamber inside. In that chamber, the layers react with the alcohol fumes in your breath. This reaction releases tiny electrical signals. And the more alcohol in your breath, the stronger the signal. That signal is measured by a sensor which is converted... | 9,441,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you say a curse word, your parrot could repeat the word back perfectly. And if it escapes, it could teach other birds the curse word. You see, parrots naturally copy the sounds they hear the most. And in the wild, showing off new calls makes them seem smarter. Soon, other birds will quickly copy the words and even t... | 7,106,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He drove straight through the fence of the burning house before running inside to save the dog. Now, he came out triumphantly with the dog in his arms, but the neighbors who watched the scene just stood there confused. This was because there was no fire, just a man who crashed his car and stole a dog. You see, it turns... | 7,762,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They uncovered a massive foot as they dug the well. And as they kept digging, they discovered the 10-ft tall fossil of a man. People believed it was proof that giants existed and paid good money just to see him. But they soon grew suspicious of the man who was selling the tickets. You see, he had previously argued that... | 21,659,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She was trying to pull her 2-year-old daughter out through the open passenger window, but as she reached in, the toddler's tiny hand pressed the electric window switch. The glass slid up, closing tightly around her neck, and in seconds, her airway was cut off. Her husband found her slumped against the car unconscious. ... | 13,958,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They lit the fluid pouring from the cannon, which blasted liquid fire toward the enemy ship. But as they threw water on it, the flames only got bigger. You see, Greek fire stuck to anything it landed on, and it could even burn on the sea. So, they launched jars of it at other ships and even pumped it through small hose... | 14,072,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The shovel hit something as he was digging a hole in the yard. Now, at first they thought it was an old fence post, but then they saw the handle. Buried just 6 in down was a sword. It was rusted and missing a chunk of the blade. But when an expert saw a picture of it, they found that it was a calvary saber from the Civ... | 43,588,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He puffs into a controller with four small tubes and the character on the screen moves, meaning he plays the game only using his mouth. You see, he fell on his head and was paralyzed from the neck down. So now he uses a controller in his mouth to play. First, he chooses which tube to use. Then he sends different comman... | 13,050,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The rat sees the flash of light and its brain fires with a signal, telling it to pick the left lever for water. Tiny electrodes record that signal and send it through wires thousands of miles away into a different rat's brain. Now, this rat never saw the flash of light, but the signals it's receiving make it feel like ... | 11,031,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | It lunged at the moving school bus and clawed at the hood, but the bus driver kept going. When the mountain line fell to the ground, it kept attacking the tires before jumping up again. And finally, the driver ran it over. One boy jumped out the window and realized the big cat was actually still alive. He quickly pulle... | 6,217,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She dropped her diamond ring in the garden, accidentally burying it in the soil. She searched for hours, but never found it. And years later, she planted carrot seeds in the same spot. Beneath the dirt, one tiny seed sprouted near the lost ring. And as it grew, it pushed through the ring's open center, slowly thickenin... | 32,822,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When a doctor gives you this IV, they insert a special needle into your vein. But this needle is made from a metal that reacts to body heat. As the medicine flows into your bloodstream, the needle begins to soften. This makes it flexible and allows it to move with you. It also has a built-in sensor which tracks your bo... | 8,784,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The crowd sat facing the Statue of Liberty framed between two giant pillars as a curtain was slowly raised in front. They watched as music blasted through speakers. Then when the curtain dropped, the entire statue had disappeared. What was actually going on here? Well, the audience was sitting on a huge turntable that ... | 17,964,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | After she withdrew thousands of dollars from the bank, he followed her through the streets. And while she was walking, he grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Then he took what he thought was the cash and started to run away. But he realized he had taken the wrong bag. So he came back and slammed her even harder in... | 18,048,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He was tied up and dragged from his pen. He wasn't a wild pig. He was a beloved therapy animal on a rescue farm, but two men stole him and staged a fake hunting video, pretending he had been caught in the wild. Then they shot him point blank in the head and entered him into a contest, winning $1,000 for first place. La... | 4,820,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They pulled a live eel out of the man's belly. You see, the man had come in complaining of severe pain. And when doctors pushed on his abdomen, it was rock hard. When they stuck a camera inside, they saw the eel and it was moving. Now, some say this was part of some strange folk cure, but he never said how it actually ... | 7,363,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They set up the camera to keep an eye on their toddler, but he woke up at 2:00 a.m. screaming and pointing at the camera. At first, his mother thought she was dreaming, but she heard a man's voice softly shushing him through the speaker. Then, her husband heard it, too. She ran into the toddler's room and froze. She sa... | 17,432,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | To make BB-8 roll, a central motor drives two rods attached to the robot shell, and a rotating gear makes the whole thing turn left and right. At the bottom, a heavy weight keeps the motor upright, balancing him as he moves. Between the wheels, a special rig holds up his internal neck, which is fitted with powerful mag... | 7,357,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The wild pigs all gather around the bait that is sitting beneath a huge metal ring hanging in the air. It's fitted with a live camera that sends an alert to the farmer's phone. And once he makes sure all the bores are inside the trap, he presses the button and the ring drops, snapping into a full circle around the enti... | 7,254,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He pulled on the ninja mask, then climbed onto the rooftop and slipped inside the house. And as his victims slept, he stole their cash. For 8 years, he pulled off over 250 heists, all while avoiding the police. But one night, he pulled off his mask and his face was caught on camera. Police followed him and discovered h... | 11,914,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The branch caught on his ankle monitor, dragging both his legs into the machine. And even though his co-workers were nearby, their ear protection blocked out his screams. He fought for his life until someone finally noticed and pulled him out, but his legs had already been cut off. His co-workers tied ropes around his ... | 8,348,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The pilot ejected just after takeoff because he thought the engine had failed, but it was actually still running and the empty plane leveled out and kept flying on autopilot. For the next hour, it crossed five countries before finally running out of fuel. It plummeted out of the sky and straight into a house, killing a... | 18,993,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The soldier would inflate the balloon and a plane would fly in low, catching the rope with a V-shaped hook before suddenly flying upwards. This would yank the person off the ground at over 100 mph, lifting the cable 500 ft into the air and escaping the enemy. The crew would reel them into the plane and fly away. | 25,056,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Make a small triangle with your hands and hold it out at arms length. Then look at something far away through the triangle, keeping both eyes open. Your brain will merge the images from both eyes into one picture. Now close one eye, then the other. One of your eyes won't be able to see the object. That's your non-domin... | 31,306,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The cameras scan the cube's colors in real time using machine vision, and custom algorithms instantly calculate the most efficient moves to solve the cube. High-performance motors twist each side of it, with each turn lasting less than a millisecond. And the cube is completely solved in just a tenth of a second, 30 tim... | 6,789,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He found the injured fish on the ocean floor and instead of letting it die, he fed it crabs every day. He gave it gentle kisses on its head as it slowly recovered. When it finally healed, the man watched it swim away, thinking this was his goodbye. But the next day, he noticed a familiar shape coming closer. Seconds pa... | 18,665,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | How fast would an unbreakable merrygoround need to spin to liquefy your brain? Well, a normal person can push one at around 9 mph. Fast enough to make you dizzy, but not deadly. To reach deadly speeds, you would need to attach a jet engine to the side. You would then have to strap yourself in to keep from flying off. I... | 12,774,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you lay down on a bed of nails, your body weight is spread across thousands of points. And this means the pressure on each nail is too low to break the skin. But if one nail sticks up just a bit higher than the rest, then all that weight gets focused onto a single point. This would be strong enough to puncture your ... | 28,505,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She suddenly gave birth while she was sitting on the toilet of a moving train. But she fainted and the baby slipped through the toilet chute, falling straight onto the tracks as the train rolled away. When the woman finally woke up, she screamed for help and her family members made the driver stop the train. They jumpe... | 7,271,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When the bandits attacked, the guard would fire his shotgun while the driver kept the horses on track. You see, these coaches were used to transport valuables. And since the trails were full of thieves, a guard would always ride next to the driver with his weapon ready. The buckshot gave the best chance of winning agai... | 9,060,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They dumped the pot of honey all over the servant and this attracted all the nearby flies to her. You see, the pharaoh hated the insects. So, he came up with this plan where the flies would all go towards the honey soaked servants instead of him. Now, it worked. But over time, people began to admire flies for their per... | 18,119,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The car was swept into the floodwaters with the mother and son trapped inside. And as they tried to escape, they were pulled away by the current. The woman was able to push her son up on the bank, but was swept away before she could get out. She screamed for help and a homeless man's dog heard her cries. It barked fran... | 7,655,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | When the stranger got an answer wrong, he would press a button that would shock them. And this was all part of an experiment. Each time this happened, the shock got stronger until the stranger screamed and begged to stop. But a man in a lab coat tells you to keep going. So you do. Even when you think the stranger has c... | 36,569,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | As the priest lit the fire, the heat traveled to a round water tank below the floor, expanding the air inside. This forced the water through the pipes and into another container, filling it up. The weight pulled two chains connected to the door, making them swing open by themselves. And when the fire went out, the air ... | 12,276,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He vanished while playing near a lake on a family trip. They searched for months but found no trace of him. Then hundreds of miles away, he was found with a handyman. Now, the family was overjoyed to find their lost son. But the handyman insisted they had the wrong boy. Courts ruled in favor of the family and the boy w... | 14,205,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The baby bird fell and hit the ground hard, and a man saw the whole thing. Immediately, he texted a picture to a wildlife rescue who told him to bring the bird in, but he couldn't drive his car because he was drunk. So, he ordered an Uber. The driver showed up and agreed to take the passenger by itself. And when it arr... | 33,678,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | A wire is carefully looped around the flea's tiny body using tweezers. Then the harness is tied to a cart, and every time the flea moves, the toy goes with it. On stage, the crowd would watch wagons roll and wheels spin as if the fleas are trained performers. Now, some circuses would use glue to stick small instruments... | 21,057,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | She was kidnapped and held hostage for 7 days and her kidnappers planned to force her into marriage. But as the girl cried, a pack of lions suddenly appeared. The kidnappers were terrified, running from the scene and leaving their victim behind. But instead of harming her, the lions spent the next 12 hours guarding the... | 22,523,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you ever downloaded Angry Birds, the game logged your phone's unique ID number inside the app, but they didn't properly encrypt it, making it easy to steal. And this number can be used to track everything a person does on their phone. Angry Birds was sending these IDs through unprotected servers where anyone could i... | 5,093,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | As you eat the bread and it moves into your stomach, if you have too much yeast in your digestive system, it starts to eat the sugars in the bread. As the sugars break down, it releases carbon dioxide and alcohol. And this is the same process used to make beer. Meaning, when the alcohol moves into your bloodstream, you... | 6,980,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He lines up the probe carefully and moves forward to lock it into the hose trailing from the plane. Then the probe's nozzle pushes against a valve on the hose. This creates a sealed connection between the planes. Then thousands of gallons quickly pump through the hose and into the fighter jet. And this fills the jet's ... | 11,142,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The fire was lit beneath a sealed cauldron, boiling the water inside, and this caused steam to build, which pushed hard against the walls. It traveled up through pipes on the sides and into a metal sphere and was released out through two curved pipes sticking out in opposite directions of the sphere, forcing it to spin... | 4,137,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He hit the ball so hard the bat cracked. But as the splinters flew, the umpires noticed something odd. When they looked closer, they found a cork inside. You see, some players would drill a hole in their bat, removing the heavy wood and replacing it with a much lighter piece of cork, and this made the bat swing faster.... | 60,425,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They would throw the harpoon into the whale, causing it to suddenly panic. And as it tried to escape, it would drag the small boat behind it. Now, it could swim for miles and reach speeds of 23 mph, meaning the hunters had to hold on tight. But as it dragged the boat, it got tired. And since it was losing blood, it wou... | 9,628,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He took the winning Monopoly tickets into the airport bathroom. Then he replaced them with the losing ones. You see, he was the head of security, taking care of millions of dollars worth of winning tickets. And he was supposed to deliver an envelope full of them to McDonald's packaging factories where they were applied... | 10,526,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Tiny sensors inside the handle pick up the small shaky tremors in a person's hand. Then they send that information to a chip inside which detects if the movement is a small rapid tremor or a real intentional move. Then motors in the spoon's head shift in the opposite direction of the shake. So if your hand shakes left,... | 18,378,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you jumped through one portal, you would fall out from the other one. And if you put them back to back, it would just feel like you're moving through normal space. But what if you pushed one into the other? Well, the portal has to go somewhere. So, as it enters the second one, the vanishing end would start coming ou... | 6,037,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The shark is beheaded and gutted. Then they bury it in a grally sand, weighing it down with stones. You see, this shark has poisonous chemicals in its tissues. And if you ate enough of it right away, the toxins could kill you. So, the meat is kept under the stones for weeks as the pressure squeezes out fluids, and the ... | 16,193,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He aimed the shotgun at the door and attached a wire to the handle since the empty house had been robbed before. And one night, two friends broke in looking for antiques. When they entered the room, they set off the trigger, and this fired the buckshot straight at their legs, hitting one at close range and blowing part... | 11,469,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | Imagine you run a hotel with an infinite number of rooms and each of these rooms has a guest staying in it, but then one more shows up asking for a room. Now, you might think there's no space, but your hotel has infinite rooms. So, you just have to ask the guest in room one to move to room two. Then, room two moves to ... | 20,773,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The paper cylinder rotates, showing pictures of a horse through slits on the side. But when it spins fast, it looks like the horse is running. That's because your eyes still see the first image before the next one quickly replaces it. And this creates the illusion of motion. Today, instead of cylinders, screens now sho... | 4,875,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They yanked out the feathers around the chicken's butt and pressed the butthole directly onto the infected lump, strapping it on. You see, they thought it would suck out poison from the patient, and they would even seal its beak to encourage it to breathe through its butt. Once the chicken suffocated, they immediately ... | 10,526,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you put superlue on a wound, it will actually seal the skin shut. And you might think this is a quick way to avoid stitches. But if the cut isn't clean, dirt and bacteria can get trapped inside, leading to a serious infection. Instead, ask a doctor to clean the wound properly, and they might even use their own fastr... | 17,313,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If your eyes point in different directions, a doctor will make a tiny cut in the thin covering of your eye. Then they'll lift the exposed muscles from the eyeball, moving them slightly to help your eyes line up straight. Once they're in the right spot, the doctor stitches the muscles firmly into place so they stay alig... | 25,016,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He dug through the purse until he found his mom's credit card, secretly booking a ticket to Bali on a site that lets kids fly alone. You see, when his mom refused to take him, the 12-year-old decided to go by himself. And when he got there, he told security officers his mother was waiting for him outside. For the next ... | 15,323,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The plane goes straight up and releases the bomb before flying upside down and backwards. As it straightens up and flies away, it stays out of enemy range. At the same time, the bomb rises high into the sky, arcing toward the target. And when it reaches its highest point, it drops back down toward the target. By the ti... | 14,587,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The bacon is rolled into hollow tubes and baked until they're hard. Then they're bundled together and wrapped with more meat. After that, it's taped to an oxygen hose that releases a steady stream of air. You see, bacon is packed with fat, which stores energy. And when you light it and add oxygen, that fat turns into f... | 12,305,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They would put on the earpieces and point the huge metal cones toward the sky. The cones would catch the sound of airplane engines and send it through tubes to their ears. Then they twisted the frame until the noise was the same in both ears. That told them which direction the plane was coming from. Meanwhile, another ... | 12,909,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you wake up inside a coffin, could you repeatedly hit the lid to eventually break out? Well, you would only have about an inch of space. So, plant your feet at the bottom. Bend your elbows slightly and keep your wrist straight. Then, snap your fist forward while squeezing your knees and pushing your hips forward usi... | 13,609,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you were dropped on a completely empty Earth and only one other person was dropped on the other side, how long would it take for you to find each other? Well, if you both walked around randomly for 12 hours every day, it would take around 3,000 years to get within half a mile of each other. But if mountains or fores... | 34,960,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The giant steel shovels slam into the ground in a circle around the trunk. Then they drive down deep, slicing straight through roots as they form a cone-shaped basket under the tree. Now, some roots are cut, but most are lifted inside the packed ball of soil. Then, the hydraulics pull upward, raising the entire tree ou... | 10,856,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He took pictures as the ash burst from the volcano, racing toward him at over a 100 mph. But he didn't run. You see, he knew there was no time to escape. So, he kept documenting the eruption as the sky went black. When the cloud got too close, he wound the film back into its case. He packed the camera, placed it in his... | 19,509,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | The clams are dropped into a water tank with their shells wide open. But the moment contaminated water flows in, they slam shut all at once. You see, in the wild, clams pull water through their bodies to eat tiny bits of food floating inside. But if the water is too dirty, they instantly close to protect themselves. So... | 16,490,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They drilled through his skull and used a grasping tool to fish out the parasite. You see, he had suddenly gotten splitting headaches, then started vomiting and collapsed. And when doctors scanned him, they found a tapeworm larvae wiggling inside his brain. A cyst had formed around it, blocking fluid from flowing. So, ... | 13,946,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He built a 40-foot fence around his neighbor's house, blocking out the sunlight, and newspapers called it the spite fence. You see, a rich man wanted an entire city block for his mansion. But one neighbor refused to sell. Since the rich man owned all the land around him, he just boxed the house in with a massive wall, ... | 23,350,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | They bolted the metal feet under the building, then made them walk with hydraulic tubes. Half the feet would lift while the other half would slide forward, moving the whole thing inch by inch. You see, a new mall was supposed to replace this old school building. But instead of demolishing it, they just made it walk aro... | 9,557,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | He had to glide down toward a highway because his engine had stalled. But as the landing gear lowered, it hooked onto the trunk of a car speeding below and the plane and car moved together at highway speed. Once he noticed, the driver hit the brakes, stopping safely with the plane still perched on his trunk. Now, no on... | 14,924,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If an anteater stuck its tongue through your mouth and into your stomach, could it remove the food you ate with its tongue? Well, their tongues can reach up to 2 feet, which is technically long enough to get to your stomach, but it would have to get past some tough twists and barriers inside the body first. After that,... | 12,009,000 |
Not supported with pagination yet | If you peed on an electric fence, could the electricity travel up the stream and kill you? Well, as the pee leaves your body, the stream actually breaks into separate droplets almost right away. And since they technically aren't connected, the electricity can't travel through them and back up to you. Now, if you got su... | 9,037,000 |
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