It is high time to use the Internet for something other than funny memes, cat videos and po… Pokémon, I was about to say Pokémon. We’re always surrounded by stuff. Unspecified things everywhere! The floor beneath your feet, the roof above your head, bricks in the walls, zipper in your pants, lock in your door and everything else around you has been manufactured one way or another. Yet we rarely stop and think “how condoms are made” or “how did they manage to squeeze the toothpaste inside the tube”. We just take it for granted and we’re missing out on a lot of cool things. If a picture is worth a thousand words, these GIF’s are bloody comic books!
If you’re still reading this, instead of frantically scrolling to see the next fascinating GIF, you probably want to know what awaits you ahead. It’s a hand-picked collection of 50 animated GIFs that will teach you a thing or two about stuff you’re surrounded with and shedding some light on how the world works.
Enjoy!

Oscillating fan

Condoms

Bullets


Playing cards

Street markings

Ladybug flying


Human face in a womb

Snake venom + blood

Laser tattoo removal


Matches

Camo painting helmets

Slow-motion tattoo


Wire hangers

Prepackaged sandwiches

Ice cream sandwiches


Surface tension in space

Bagels

Tumbler style lock


How satellite solar panels fold

Laying undersea cables

Sharpened pencils


Stacking cotton bales

Pop-tarts

Apple peeler 3000


Paperclips

Bullet splatting against a steel wall

Pythagorean Theorem


Electrical impulses in the heart

Spring

Chain links


Waffle cones

 

Dog drinking

Sewing machine

Four-stroke combustion engine

Mass producing gold chain

Big Bird costume


Pretzels

Launching a ship

Water wheel mill


Camera stabilizer

Shooting soccer ball at 50 MPH while driving 50 MPH

Stepping on lava


Pasta machine

Coin sorter

Stop motion animation


Drilling a square hole

Different color fire

Wrapping hay bales


Old Spice commercial

Lever style tumbler lock