My New Year wishes to each of you are as follows: Whatever happens, do not let yourself be discouraged. Do not close your eyes to reality, no matter how harsh it may be. Courage of spirit and unconditional love for the truth are the mother of all virtues—and there is no love for the truth when, thinking you already possess it, you stop seeking it. Ask God above all to preserve the light of your conscience and the humility to recognize the truth when it appears and is different from what you expected. Leave the rest in His hands. In this way, you will cross the year victoriously, even if everything around you is defeat and sorrow.

What gives fireworks their colors? When heated, different elements emit distinct color spectra, producing the brilliant hues we see in fireworks. [📹 Imagination Station Toledo]

Paddleboarding across a glacier in Alaska. [📹 ryanresatka]

This 1932 animation is a true masterpiece. Silly Symphony: Flowers and Trees, released on July 30, 1932, became the first cartoon ever to win an Oscar.

Footage captured from the cockpit of a Boeing 737 shows the precise moment a pilot carries out a zero-visibility landing—an operation requiring exceptional precision and technical skill.

May 2026 be a year of growth and blooming for you. [🎞️ ifthi.me]

Have you ever heard Debussy’s *Clair de Lune* performed on the theremin? [🎶 Moog • performed by Grégoire Blanc]

Wow. Meet Nonna Natalina. Born in 1935, she just turned 90. She lived through war, hunger, and reconstruction, in an Italy that moved at a slower pace and no longer exists. Today, she shares cooking videos on social media — and here she is, making ravioli.

The Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz, Iran—over 700 years old—renowned for its breathtaking interior adorned with intricate mirror mosaic work.

Stranger Things drone show in Las Vegas.

You wake up at 3 a.m., look up, and see this. What’s the first thing you say?

A visualization showing the pollution produced when tires are burned.

It’s often the small, quirky moments like these that stay with you long after everything else fades.

Did you know? When a human egg is activated by an enzyme from a sperm, it releases a burst of zinc in a phenomenon known as “zinc fireworks.” The intensity of these tiny flashes directly correlates with the egg’s ability to develop into an embryo. In other words, life quite literally begins with a spark of light.

Africa is building a wall — not of concrete, but of trees. Stretching 8,000 km from Senegal to Djibouti, the Great Green Wall is an ambitious effort to halt the spread of the Sahara, restore degraded land, and improve the lives of 100 million people. [🎞️ africabusinessheroes]

Sherpa brothers on Mount Ama Dablam, without oxygen, casually chatting about which brand of noodles to eat at that altitude—one of them mentions it’s spicy WaiWai.

Swedish skier Sverre Liliequist pulling off a backflip while outrunning an avalanche.

Amazing Japanese chef trick [🇯🇵 appetizingtv]

China’s Lanying R6000, a six-ton tiltrotor aircraft developed by United Aircraft, has completed its maiden flight in Sichuan, marking a major advance in tiltrotor technology and representing the world’s first large-scale industrial solution of its kind.

One of the world’s highest lakes — Tilicho Lake, located in Nepal’s Annapurna region, sits at an elevation of 4,919 meters, seemingly touching the sky.