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taotaoholmes

Director of Trip Design & Operations

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Can You Taste Where Your Water is From?

When water is purified, 'pixie dust' is added back in.

Watch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky

Théo Sanson is quite the slackliner.

Watch This Psychedelic Sand Pizza Spin Into Existence

Sand art is ephemeral and mesmerizing.

Extreme Speed Pipe Smoking is Not for the Weak of Stomach

Welcome to adrenalin sports, British gentleman style.

Tailing an Overnight Doctor at New York's Busiest Animal ER

A sleepover with radioactive cats and malady-riddled French bulldogs.

Protesters are Rebuilding Thoreau’s Cabin to Block a Gas Pipeline

Henry David Thoreau is helping fight big industry from beyond the grave.

Have You Ever Felt as Good as These Sunbathing Lemurs?

Ah, the sensation of sunlight warming one's belly fur.

The Colorful, Crocheted World of Turkish Camel Wrestling

Selçuk, are you ready to rumble?

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Learn the Secrets of Technical Tree-Climbing

It's more ropes and ladders than arms and legs.

Are You Popular? This 1947 Video Has the Answer

Key point: Don't park in cars with boys.

The Wet and Wild World of Underwater Sports

Sure, rugby is fun on land, but why not play it at the bottom of a swimming pool?

Porcupinefish Refuses to Abandon Ensnared Best Friend

Just hold on, buddy. We're gonna get you out of there.

The Illegal Birth Control Handbook That Spread Across College Campuses in 1968

A group of Canadian teenagers wrote the first popular text on contraception.

Hail Cannons, the Devices That Supposedly Blast Away Bad Weather

They're startlingly loud and scientifically unproven.

Meet Patrick, the Biggest, Oldest Wombat in the World

The 30-year-old marsupial weighs around 85 pounds.

The Untold Story of the World's First Monkey Face Transplant

In the mid 1980s, a medical resident attempted a then-untested procedure

Blowing Bubbles is More Fun in Subzero-Degree Weather

Instant ice, in bubble formation!

Tropical Storms Were Once Named After Wives, Girlfriends, and Disliked Politicians

Want a storm named after you? Well, it's complicated.

Pulsate Your Way to a Peaceful Lunch Break With This Jellyfish Cam

Get lost in a tangle of tentacles.

When Going Out Without a Hat Was Grounds for Scandal

Back in the day, women with bare heads may as well have been naked.

bioluminescence

Bros Discover The Crazy Wondrousness of Bioluminescence

Did you just see that, bruh?

How the St. Patrick's Day Parade Paved the Way for Other Immigrant Groups

The parade, invented in America, inspired others to come.

Object of Intrigue: Disneyland's Flirty, Talking Trash Can

An animatronic trash can named PUSH eventually got the shove.

Video Wonder: Roosevelt Island's Trash Vacuum

One of only six in the U.S.