At the end of the Jedi Academy experience at Disneyland, kids are given the choice of either joining the dark side or fighting Darth Vader. Most children choose to take on the powerful sith lord, but this little girl had other plans… Read more: http://www.wimp.com/little-girl-joins-the-dark-side/
Turns out “cost of labor” isn’t anywhere near the whole story. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/why-iphones-cant-be-assembled-within-the-united-states/
Listening is overrated… Read more: http://www.wimp.com/having-a-conversation-without-listening/
The sound of thousands of voices singing in unison never fails to inspire us. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/a-stadium-full-of-green-day-fans-singing-along-to-bohemian-rhapsody/
Social media becomes a bigger part of our world with every passing day, but is it any good for us? Do character and virtue have a place in a world that’s obsessed with itself? New York Times columnist David Brooks shares his thoughts on self-improvement in the “selfie age.” Read more: http://www.wimp.com/whatever-happened-to-virtue/
Thank you, Idris Elba, for this daily dose of motivation. But, just to be clear, sleep is still important. Perhaps we could revise his advice to say, “work hard, sleep hard?” Read more: http://www.wimp.com/work-hard-sleep-less/
This video from Tech Insider puts the escalation of nuclear weapons into (terrifying) perspective. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/nuclear-explosions-to-scale/
Over the summer, audiences flocked to watch their favorite superheroes clash in Captain America: Civil War. Some viewers, however, couldn’t help but wonder what Thor was doing while the rest of his friends were busy fighting each other. The answer, it turns out, is pretty mundane. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/what-superheroes-do-during-their-time-off/
There’s fast, and then there’s marathon runner fast. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/a-succinct-illustration-of-just-how-absurdly-fast-elite-marathoners-run/
Watch very carefully. Blink and you might miss it. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/watch-this-for-a-sense-of-how-fast-maglev-trains-really-are/