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Smoke Break #784: In Case You Missed The Moon Doing Its Thing

I stayed up for this morning’s lunar eclipse, but alas…clouds (the BBC had a good stream, though). It was still cool to see it live. Check out this timelapse video, set to a Debussy nocturne no less. It is thought that the moon was created by a massive collision between the early Earth and another planet, which scientists call Theia (after the Greek mother of the moon goddess, Selene). Scientists posit that the two got intimate some 4.5 billion years ago, while the solar system was still cleaning up its unpredictable afterbirth. The impact enlarged Earth and gave it a debris ring that eventually streamlined into a disk (think Saturn), the major particles of which coalesced over millions of years into a single, orbiting sphere, the moon. Think of it as the Danny De Vito to our Arnold Schwarzeneggar. We’re messed up twins. We’re in the moon and the moon’s in us, and every once in a while it’s cool to be reminded of that, as we were late last night.

Proud Backyard Chef Shows Off Outstanding DIY Barbecue Set-Up

From his waterwheel-powered rotisserie to his four-storey filing cabinet full of spuds and corn, this guy is killing it.

This Might Be the Strangest TV Ad Ever Made for a Candy Bar

Everybody keeps secrets, even from their loved ones. This advertisement takes that theme to a bizarre extreme.

How Stainless Steel Knives, Forks and Spoons Are Made

From grinding serrations to spoon bowls, this short video details how our everyday eating implements are made.

Short Film Uses Beauty of International Banknotes to Tell Strange Story of Money

Corrie Francis Parks animates pieces of paper currency and grains of sand to create a visual poem on global economics.