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The Ingenious Design of the Screwdriver Handle

The most mundane things can have a way more interesting history than you know. Consider the lowly screwdriver. They come in all shapes and sizes, but the one you grab the most has a handle that comfortable and just plain works. And that's no accident. Its design has more features than you've ever considered, and its development goes back over a hundred years. Every part of it has a purpose. Along the way, fancier ideas have been proposed as improvements, but they've never really been able to beat the shape you've come to know. 

Woodworker Rex Krueger knows tools. In this video, you'll learn about not only screwdrivers, but other tools that factor into the story, plus you'll learn how to use the features of a screwdriver to get tasks done more efficiently. (via kottke) 

Burn the Witch!

Julie Nolke is accused of conjuring magic because of unexplainable occurrences in her home. Burn her! 

The sketch is only three and a half minutes, followed by an ad. 

More Strange American Things

Laurence Brown is catching up on his list of difference between the US and Britain that aren't big enough to make a whole video about. Here he looks at license plates, road signs, cash, trophies, windows, and wildlife. There's a 50-second skippable ad at 3:55.  

Everyone's Upstairs Neighbors

How many times have you thought, "There's no way those people aren't aware of how much noise they're making." How right you are. Not only are they aware, they've turned it into an art form.I once lived downstairs from these guys. (via reddit)

Opening Things

There's one in every family. If you think there's not one in your family, it's you. From Big Fat Comics. (via reddit)

Everyday Objects That Are Secretly Making You Sick

We clean our kitchens and we clean our toilets, because that's where the germs are, right? Sure, but bacteria, viruses, fungi, and even insects are more universal than our cleaning habits are. During the pandemic, we learned to clean our doorknobs and wash our hands correctly. But you can't get those nasty little germs off everything. Chill Dude Explains might ruin your day by looking at the things that never get washed in our homes and revealing how nasty and cruddy they can get. He explains how you can mitigate the germ infestations on some of these, but not all of them. It's a good thing we have immune systems, right? 

You might check off your lifestyle habits as the list goes on. I, for example, am now thankful that I don't wear makeup, buy meat, or have an ice maker. I'm surprised that a keyboard isn't included in this list, because I touch that more than anything, and it rarely gets washed. 

Why Can't We Eat Silica Gel?

Most of us are aware, by adulthood, that silica gel is used as a desiccant, or a substance to keep the area around it dry. That's why you see them packed in with all kinds of new purchases, like shoes, pills, snack foods, and electronics. You don't want your stuff arriving moldy or rusted after it's been in a warehouse for a while. These little packets of silica gel beads always say "DO NOT EAT" as if they are poison. 

But what is silica gel, anyway? You may be surprised to learn that it has properties that make it useful in other applications besides absorbing humidity. A miracle material, indeed. And what's worst that could happen if someone did eat it? After all, the warning looks a bit like a challenge to people who don't like to be ordered around.  

Misfortune Cookie

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Not Surprising

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A Challenge Appears

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Spotify

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Do Not Touch

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An Irish Horror Story

American humorists are expected to produce biting satire, point out the absurdities of life, or at least give us a few puns or pratfalls. Across the pond, sketch comedy is a bit dryer. The Irish comedy troupe Foil Arms and Hog have no real jokes in this sketch; its humor comes from the elevation of an everyday situation into a dramatic tragedy. We all know someone who does this (teenagers are good at it), but rarely is it a group thing. 

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— Ellis Rosen (@ellisjrosen.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM

I feel seen. Every few years, I go through a stash of ink pens, toss the dried up pens, and find a new spot for the usable ones. Then a few years later, the process repeats. Then when I need a new pen to use, I'm surprised at how few of them work.

A Chair at the Beach

There's a chair on the beach. Right there, by itself, with no one sitting in it. Not the kind of thing you come across every day. The smallest thing can make a man feel territorial, and raise his competitive hackles. At the same time, we have evolved the ability to calculate possible outcomes before engaging in conflict.

What's universal about the video is how well it depicts the weird stuff that goes on in our minds all the time about things that don't matter, the internal monologue that we'd never share on purpose. Or maybe that's just me. This subtly ridiculous short film is from Bridge Stuart. No, it's not a Tide ad, but it would have been a good one. (via Digg)

Social Skills

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Tupperware

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Laundry

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Pink

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