Breakdancing is not the only random sport that has made it to an Olympic stage. Check out ski ballet which was a demonstration sport in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics:
Definitely gives me the same vibes as freestyle canoeing. Your day will definitely get better after watching this magnificent performance by Marc Ornstein:
Sure, Jomboy videos are really funny—but they can also be incredibly insightful.
Love this breakdown on how a catcher frames (or doesn’t frame) a pitch and where they position themselves can impact how umpires perceive strikes vs. balls.
Growing up in a Korean household, our dishwasher was always used as a glorified drying rack. Recently, when my mom visited us about a year ago, she insisted in hand washing the dishes because she felt it guaranteed that the dishes would be cleaner.
This video from MinuteFood not only shows what happens inside a dishwasher but also presents findings that dishwashers get dishes much cleaner than hand washing! Moreover, they use significantly less water!
Go ahead and use your dishwasher as a dish washer!
The USPS is issuing Forever stamps honoring long-time beloved JEOPARDY! host Alex Trebek. It’s really cool to see stamps resemble the JEOPARDY! game board! You can purchase the stamps on the USPS online store here.
Remember that Forever stamps will always retain their value for First-Class Mail. I still use this set of “Flag for All Seasons” Forever stamps I bought in 2015:
(Found via Kottke.org)
Multi-colored sweat makes a comeback. Is it in you?
Hyped to see Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the Gatorade ad. It will be really exciting to see her perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics after an awesome Tokyo 2020.
Here she is in one of those classic “This is SportsCenter” ads:
One of the OG Gatorade ads:
I never realized how big professional darts is in Europe, specially in the UK. I started following it last year during the 2023 PDC World Championship where 16-year-old (!!) Luke Littler shocked the world by making it all the way to the final and finishing as runner-up.
Littler has continued to perform at an incredible elite level this year; and today, he won the prestigious Premier League!
The video below is of today’s final, where he hits a nine-darter: a perfect leg where the minimum amounts of darts are thrown to reach 501. According to Wikipedia:
“It is regarded as an extremely difficult feat to achieve even for the sport's top players, and is considered the highest single-game achievement in the sport, similar to a maximum 147 break in snooker or a 300-point game in bowling”.
Darts can be so fun and exciting! Watch the video and see it for yourself!
Breaking records left and right as the “youngest to do X” gives me “Lebron-the-Chosen-One”, Tiger Woods prodigy, type of vibes.
Tumbleweeds are not lonely plants rolling down a deserted western landscape. I learned that tumbleweed “stampedes” are taking over towns across the United States. Take a look at this photo!
As always, CGP Gray does a fun job explaining the ongoing trouble with tumbleweeds:
It’s always cool to see emergence happening from inanimate objects.
