Becoming a grandparent is one of the great joys in life. So when it comes time to reveal to your parents that they will soon be a grandma and grandpa, it’s ok to have a little fun with it. This couple certainly did. Alexa Goolsby sat both her parents down, placed noise cancelling headphones on their heads, and challenged them to a lip reading competition. The new grandmom seemed to get it right away, while it took granddad a little bit of work. In the end, his reaction lets you know he didn’t mind a little playing along. The prize at the end of this game was pure joy. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/parents-find-out-they-are-going-to-be-grandparents/
Death is always tragic. The loss of a loved one is even worse. If there is even one remotely positive thing that can come from having to say goodbye to those you care about, it’s organ donation. Even though one person died, their organs can often save the lives of several people in dire need of them. Organ donation and transplantation are one of the true miracles of medical progress. We’ve successfully overcome one of the biggest hurdles in saving lives. In some cases, such as kidneys or livers, we can even perform this procedure between two living people. A healthy person can get by on just one kidney or only a portion of their liver. An unhealthy person whose kidneys or liver are failing can often become healthy by receiving just one (or a portion) as well. Other organs aren’t so readily shareable. Our hearts, for example. Unfortunately, we each need the one we’ve got to keep on living and thriving. While much progress has been made in the way of artificial hearts, they’re expensive and the recipient can’t always handle the mechanical pump. Natural hearts, too, are challenging. They’re hard to come by, and even then there is no guarantee that the recipient’s body won’t reject it. That happened twice to a young girl named Aubrey. Now 18, a decade ago her body had already rejected two donated hearts. It wasn’t until she received the heart of a young man named Mikey that she found a perfect match and thanks to his generosity, she’s still alive today, to attend Mikey’s sister Monique’s quinceanera. The two have never met, but when Monique gets to hear her brother’s heartbeat? Well, watch and see. H/T: Fresh News Read more: http://www.wimp.com/older-brother-heart-recipient-quinceanera/
Batman has the Batcave, and Superman has the Fortress of Solitude – but these hidden structures are just the stuff of fantasy, right? How could someone get away with doing that in the real world? Well, Tom Gonzalez doesn’t think so. Tom might not be Batman, but he’s about as rich as Bruce Wayne. He needed a garage to park his cars in, but it wasn’t an ordinary request. Tom owns … wait for it … 400 cars! So in order to store his cars at his family home in Lake Tahoe, he would need to get a little creative. His solution? An underground, 12,000-square-foot parking garage that sits right underneath his driveway. This isn’t just your ordinary underground parking garage because the entrance is hidden from natural sight. When Tom parks one of his cars on the driveway, the driveway lowers into the ground so the car can be parked in the large garage underneath. It’s a contraption so cool, even James Bond would be jealous. The underground garage can hold up to 30 vehicles – where Tom is holding his 370 other vehicles is anyone’s guess. Tom hides his subterranean garage with trees, rocks, and shrubs. If you didn’t know it was there, you would have no idea it even existed. The home is reportedly worth up to $50 million and according to Tom, will be on the market soon. So Bruce Wayne, if you’re reading, this home is for you. Be sure to SHARE this incredible video with your friends and family. H/T: CNNMoney Read more: http://www.wimp.com/hidden-garage-entrance-is-under-the-driveway/
I can pop bubble wrap at a speed of 2.14 bubbles per second. How do I know? Like all things important, there is a website for it, of course! While bubble wrap’s claim to fame is the sweet satisfaction that comes with popping it, most people don’t know the bizarre history that brought it to the market. In 1957, engineers Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes created bubble wrap, but they didn’t plan to use it for insulation – they envisioned it as a new type of wallpaper! While the idea didn’t take off (I think it would have worked better in the ’70s, don’t you?), the duo was determined to get rid of their inventory. For a time, it was sold as “greenhouse insulation” until, in 1961, it was found to be an ideal packing material. Thus, the Sealed Air Corporation was born, with Bubble Wrap as its primary brand. Today, their annual sales are estimated to be around $4 billion. Not bad for two guys who started out with a failing wallpaper business! The great thing about Fielding and Chavannes is that they weren’t afraid to think outside the box, much like the hacker in this next video. CrazyRussianHacker has been keeping the Internet weird and wonderful since 2013, and putting bubble wrap in a vacuum cleaner is definitely both of those things. I expected a cool reaction, but the result is so weirdly satisfying. I’ll definitely be watching this one again and again. Don’t forget to SHARE this video with your friends and family! H/T: CrazyRussianHacker Read more: http://www.wimp.com/bubble-wrap-in-a-vacuum-cleaner-crazy-russian-hacker/
Sometimes we take for granted the simple wonders of life. For example, every so often water will fall from the sky and we usually just find it annoying. Not this English Bulldog though. This pup experiences rain for the first time and reacts with nothing but joy and amazement. He spins around in circles, tries to catch some raindrops in his mouth and loses all his cool. This puppy should be a role model to us all. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/bulldog-sees-rain-for-first-time/
There are some songs that are so catchy, you just can’t help but dance when they come on the radio. It doesn’t matter if it’s a few decades old or came out last year – there’s something about the beat that makes you want to get up and move. Take Alicia Keys’ “No One” for instance. The song has been around since 2007, but good luck trying to get through this video without at least bobbing your head along. It comes to us from Justin Hoyt, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and while his location may explain his rugged, outdoorsy appearance, we’re not sure where he learned these hilarious dance moves. As far as we can tell, it’s one part confidence and two parts the joy of hearing your favorite song. Of course, the beautiful scenery doesn’t hurt, either! Justin and his two brothers grew up in the Ketchikan area, where they now help run their family’s apparel business, Twisted Tree. However, it’s hard to tell where life will take Justin now that his hilarious and heartfelt video is going viral. It’s only been out for a little over a week, and has already received well over 100 thousand views and been featured on Good Morning America. We hope the unexpected rise to fame means that we’ll see him dance again very soon. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/alaskan-guy-dances-alicia-keys-no-one/
A good father would do anything to bring a smile to his child’s face. No matter what the situation, no matter how insurmountable the odds, that’s just what the love for your children makes you capable of – anything. In this incredibly touching Thai commercial for the Accor Hotels group, a father even learns how to “fly” so that he can bring cheer to his bedridden daughter and inspire her to overcome her illness. Through all of his travels (presumably for work), he constantly requests the rooms with the best views so that he can take a picture of the city he’s in along with his wrists in the frame, creating the illusion of taking the shot as if he were flying like Superman. Day after day, city after city, he assumes the pose to get the shot, and it’s clear how much the photos mean to his daughter who thinks the world of him. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/father-helps-inspire-sick-daughter-with-photos/
B.B. King was a legendary blues guitar player and singer who was perhaps best known for his fluid soloing style – developed on his trademark guitar, a Gibson ES-355 named “Lucille.” In this old concert footage, he demonstrates why he was also such a revered showman. When one of Lucille’s strings breaks in the middle of a song, this is how he reacts. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/bb-king-breaks-a-guitar-string-mid-song-and-handles-it-like-a-pro/
The life of a baby is full of brand new sensory experiences. Whether it’s their first cold drink or first time feeling the rain, little pleasures we take for granted day to day. If it’s the little things that matter, the reactions of babies can teach us a lot about finding joy in everyday occurrences, and there’s no better example than this baby trying bacon for the first time. Bask in the wonder, bewilderment, and joy that explodes from this little angel as he realizes he lives in a world where bacon is real. He just realized how beautiful this world can be. Sometimes it’s the simple pleasures that make our day. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/baby-tries-bacon/
Science: it’s pretty awesome! Seriously, though, I feel like science gets a bad rep for being “boring” or “too nerdy” way too often, when in fact it’s possibly more fun than a barrel of monkeys. For instance, did you know that if you mix cornstarch and water and put the resulting paste on a speaker (covered in plastic, of course), it “dances?” How about the fact that you can learn about how two waves interfere with each other using a backyard kiddie pool? We’re pretty nerdy and proud here at Wimp, so we always love when we see a fun science experiment/project that’s educational while still being entertaining. We’ve even had science help us plan the perfect road trip across America! That’s why when we saw that one of our favorite YouTube channels, DaveHax, had come out with a video teaching us how to make our very own magnetic slime … let’s just say Dave had us at “Hello.” You may be wondering one of two things: what does borax do and why don’t the iron fillings leave the slime for the magnet? Those two questions actually go hand-in-hand. If you didn’t add the borax and just had the glue and the iron, you could eventually separate the iron out. The addition of borax to the glue leads to a reaction known as polymerization, where the molecules of the mixture form long, sticky strands. This polymer also has a lot of surface cohesion, which is why the slime is magnetically responsive but doesn’t allow the iron to leave. Pretty cool, right? H/T: DaveHax Read more: http://www.wimp.com/how-to-make-magnetic-slime/
