Fake Month at the Museum: fun facts, snarkily delivered, slathered in awesomesauce

Last year Kyle Thiessen created a series of "fake month at the museum" five-minute short films that explore different odd facts from history and the natural world. I've just started watching these, and I'm totally hooked. Whatever you do, don't miss the epic food disasters and creepy underwater things. Thiessen's delivery is great, and he's a superb editor. Combined with fab material, these videos are the perfect knowledge-snack for happy mutants.

Fake Month at the Museum, Day One: History's Medical Instruments of Dubious Medical Value (Thanks, Bill!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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I’m going to politely request a moratorium on the word “awesomesauce.”
- princessalex
  
  I second that request.
  - Captain Obvious
    
    Motion passed, next order of business.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UWDFQHLRCTYZIOWFK3UZK223WI Rusty Shackleford
  
  Ha, I just came into this thread to comment on that. Once a day for three days now.
- http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers
  
  Likewise, as well as “snarky”.
  
  Sarcastic, cynical, world-weary, caustic, acerbic, cutting, sardonic… so many to choose from, and the blogosphere has this horrible little repurposing as standard.
- Captain Obvious
  
  Lol I agree, I didnt know how to say it without being rude. My first choice was, it seems cory has learned a new word. The funny thing is my friend made that word up and I was damn sure it would never catch on. Unfortunately for all of us it has.
- GuyInMilwaukee
  
  I pour a large portion of this onto your post.
  http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/dc05/
  All other sauce is Fail.
chgoliz

As I understand it, molasses was used to make munitions as much as it was used in alcoholic beverages at the time. The company even argued for a time that the tank was blown up by agitators who were against war and weaponry.
Mitchell Glaser

I’m kind of enjoying the editing of these videos: I like the way the audio from the next cut starts before the video cut sometimes. At first I was wondering if I was going nuts.
http://www.gyrofrog.com/ Gyrofrog

Thanks for this, there isn’t much out there that is more fascinating than the Boston Molasses Flood
fenrox

Oh my. So attractive.
William Shunn

I think my favorite is “Day Seventeen: Prehistoric Giant Mammals”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2FoQh-5vo