We don’t care much for the winter olympics here in South Africa. But in the Northern Hemisphere, people tend to get pretty excited about it. Especially Norwegians.
In September 2013, Republican New Jersey Governer Chris Christie conspired against his Democrat rivals by causing major traffic problems in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The “Pipeline” on Hawaii’s north shore is one of the most storied surfing spots in the world. Known for its (perilously dangerous) waves, this little spot attracts surfers the world over to test their mettle. A new video from aerial photographer Eric Sterman shows the area in all its glory. He did it by attaching a GoPro camera to a DJI quadcopter – and this is what he caught on tape.
This fascinating animation by Dr Nicole Avena for TED-Ed explains how sugar causes your brain’s dopamine levels to spike, creating a sugar rush and causing you to crave more of it. She also reveals how the increasing amount of sugar in food today is increasing our desire for a sugar high, much like a drug addiction.
Is it a good-natured prank? Was it made by people with daddy issues? The answer is neither, really.
Shampooing seems as much a part of our daily routine as brushing your teeth or drying yourself after a shower – but some people have eschewed the practice altogether.
You’ve obviously heard by now that Leo di Caprio’s latest film, ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ is a veritable blitzkrieg of f-bombs. There are 506 in the film, as a matter of fact. So, obviously, someone edited together a video of every one in the film. To give you a scope of how many swear words that is, consider that we’re dealing with one single syllable per word, and over four minutes of unbroken cussing.
Correcting someone when they misquote a movie line can generate a significant amount of smug pride, but it can also generate a fair deal of anger. Make sure you’re on the right side of the equation with this list of the most famous misquoted movie lines.
Filmed on the s65 near Skukuza in the Kruger National Park, footage emerged today of an elephant charging and rolling the vehicle of two tourists. The British teacher and his partner were injured, but survived.
African swallows have a habit of flying close to the surface of a large body of water for the sake of snapping up insects that may be rising from or landing on said body of water. Consequently, tiger fish have the habit of leaping from said body of water to devour the swallow in a deadly union of flight.
When comedy group, ‘Improv Everywhere’ started the ‘No Pants Subway Ride’ in their local subway station in 2002, they surely had no idea that their idea would one day be replicated across the globe.
For some reason, scientists have successfully made two pigs glow green when placed under a black light.
Apple’s new 90-second advert for the iPad Air is a corker. Do not watch if you cannot yet afford one.
This is a bold move from HBO. They’ve uploaded the first two episodes of ‘Girls’ season three on YouTube – where you can watch them right now, for free.
It’s an oldie, but a goodie. If you were living under a rock for most of 2013, you may have missed one of the greatest fights of the year, between Joseph Gordon Levitt, Stephen Merchant and Jimmy Fallon on Fallon’s talk show. Start your morning right. Nail that with a coffee. [Source : YouTube]
Last weekend, Shigenori Goto became the latest fisherman to mistakenly haul up a very rare giant squid in his fishing nets.
Spencer McKinley, just your average Grade School kid, has pulled off an unlikely buzzer-beater that most NBA players can only dream of. Get your eagle eye out, the magic happens around second 52.
It’s nearly that time again. The ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 trailer debuted on HBO yesterday, and it got plenty of attention as fans the world over eagerly await the next instalment of the mammoth series.
When the last lightbulb goes out, and the last diesel generator is snatched away from you at the bombed-out Pick n Pay, how will you charge your laptop so you can go on Facebook and like statuses?
In what looks like a scene straight from ‘The Walking Dead’, a heatwave in Queensland, Australia is so severe that it’s killed over 100,000 bats. Killed them DEAD.
This one goes out to all you middle aged, sexually charged peeps out there. The ’50 Shades of Grey’ movie is coming soon, and we have here the very first clip from the shoot.
Finally – someone to explain the dark, twisted and ultimately very silly story of Scientology.
Last year more than ever, human endeavour and technology formed a powerful bond that exposed human rights issues on a scale that has never been seen before.
The likelihood is that you will never need to practically re-create what you see in this video.
This one’s made for South Africa. “Oh what, you want my phone? Well here, take it.” ZAP. Keep walking. No look-backs.
If you think that shoelace-untying ended in High School, you are sadly mistaken.
The LG G2 has arrived in South Africa just in time for Christmas. But how does it compare to the competition already on the market? Check out the review.
Those among us who work in the military deserve the utmost respect, honour and thanks. Your job is serious, and important, we know.
Kung Fury is a visually spectacular action comedy that has it’s foundation in 80s cop movies. In the movie, Kung Fury travels back in time from the 80s to kill Hitler. Best plot ever, right? But because popular cinema is all about movies we would rather not talk about *coughFrozencough*, David Sandberg (the movie’s director and star) has taken to Kickstarter to help him raise the $1,000,000 he needs to make the film.
This isn’t like any of those self-parking mechanisms that are already installed in some new cars – oh no – this is different.