America's video of the moment is Donald Glover's America.
The background is what matters. Trigger warnings, let's just say.
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Why do men manspread so much?
A reporter asks guys "manspreading" on the subway why they need to take up so much space with their legs. See also: A man runs around New York City, asking people what they hope to achieve by honking.
A Rubik’s Cube solved in 0.38 seconds.
And that's how you solve a Rubik’s Cube in 0.38 seconds—a speed so fast it sometimes breaks the cubes.
A journey to the Orion Nebula
Created with imagery from the Hubble Telescope, an interactive journey to the Orion Nebula to witness a supernova.
His reverse mile is faster than your forward mile.
Hungry to return to competitive running after a career-ending knee injury, Aaron Yoder discovered he could run in reverse, pain-free. He now holds the world record for the fastest backward mile, at 5:54.
Women move mountains in the water, too.
Women don't get the recognition they deserve, including in the world of big wave surfing; only in 2016 were women even allowed to compete. Here's Paige Alms, one of several finalists for "Women's Best Overall Performance" in the World Surf League'
Look closer and see
Various imagined landscapes, zommed into, over and over, in the video for Kemialliset Ystävät's "Pujottelua."
Go on, hop.
A social experiment: Leaving a hopscotch game on a Seattle sidewalk to see who plays. (Most people didn't; those who did are truly alive.)
Why powerful females enjoy a good bath.
Japan's snow monkeys are famous for soaking in hot spring bathing pools. Scientists figured out why: lower stress levels, particularly for high-ranking females.
Over ten thousand bucks. You know, for kids.
For the last two editions of the Tournament of Books, our presenting sponsor Field Notes made up a special batch of Memo Books with the ToB mascot on the cover and a checklist of the Tournament books on the inside. And for every book purchased for $3, they kicked in