Diet Coke and Mentos mints explosion in slow motion. Filmed on the GoPro HD Hero 2 at 120fps and played in slow motion without using twixtor. Close up view. Music: Light Awash – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Read David Corn’s story about this video: http://bit.ly/VKJL6L The video was included in a CD-ROM created in 1998 to mark the 25th anniversary of Bain & Company, the consulting firm that gave birth to Bain Capital. Here is the full clip, as it appeared on that CD-ROM (the editing occurred …

Read David Corn’s story about this video: http://bit.ly/VKJL6L The video was included in a CD-ROM created in 1998 to mark the 25th anniversary of Bain & Company, the consulting firm that gave birth to Bain Capital. Here is the full clip, as it appeared on that CD-ROM (the editing occurred …

Read David Corn’s story about this video: http://bit.ly/VKJL6L Mother Jones has obtained a video from 1985 in which Romney, describing Bain’s formation, showed how he viewed the firm’s mission. He explained that its goal was to identify potential and hidden value in companies, buy significant stakes in these businesses, and …

“A picture snapped surreptitiously and posted to Reddit’s r/funny thread has drawn attention to a little known tenet of the Sikh faith. “Yes, I’m a baptized Sikh woman with facial hair,” Balpreet Kaur, a college student, wrote in response to her picture. Kaur, an Ohio State University sophomore studying neuroscience …

“Victoria’s Secret has removed a newly launched lingerie collection titled Go East from its website, after one particular outfit called Sexy Little Geisha was labelled racist by offended critics. The ‘Eastern-inspired’ cut-out sheer mesh teddy, which comes with a matching removable obi belt, fan and chopsticks, was described as ‘your …

“Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, a property magnate, announced the HK$500million bounty this week after reports that his daughter Gigi Chao, 33, a University of Manchester graduate, entered a civil partnership with her long-term girlfriend in France…”.* Is the lesbian daughter open to leaving her partner for a man? Cenk Uygur and …

“Zhang Muyi, a 24-year-old pop star from China, made shockwaves recently when he publicly declared his love for Akama Miki, a 12-year-old Canadian-based child model. The pair, who have been rumored to be dating for some time, seem to be something like legit after Muyi left a romantic message for …

“Michelle Obama’s childhood obesity initiative has been the subject of conservative criticism for some time, and now there’s another group joining in on the attack. In a four-minute YouTube video called “We Are Hungry,” a troop of Kansas high schoolers take on the restrictions mandated by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids …

“UC Davis students and alumni who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during a protest 10 months ago were pleased with the nearly $1-million settlement the university system has agreed to pay. Each of the 21 students and alumni will receive $30,000, the University of California announced Wednesday. The agreement, which …