Why does stepping on a Lego brick hurt so darn much? Science!

We've all done it. Even sharks know the exquisite pain of stepping unexpectedly on a Lego brick and feeling the agony that shoots up through your body. There are even special slippers to protect our feet from Lego-specific pain. Why are such sweet, fun little playthings out to kill us?

An interesting video posted on Saturday from Simon Whistler at the Today I Found Out YouTube channel delves into this very problem.

"As anyone who's done it knows, stepping on a Lego block is something akin to being shot in the foot by a knife soaked in bullet-ant venom," Whistler says. Pretty apt comparison, we say.

 

Samsung's Family Hub 2.0 is a refrigerator you can talk to

Ah, the refrigerator: lifeblood of the kitchen. At last year’s CES, Samsung decided that big box you use to store leftovers and hunks of American cheese needed a modern upgrade by way of its touch-screen and Wi-Fi-enabled Family Hub refrigerator.