Taras Kulakov started making origami instruction videos while he was working at a North Carolina Walmart for a small audience on YouTube… and then he started blowing things up. Crazy Russian Hacker’s channel has nearly a billion views now, and Kulakov specializes in flashy chemical experiments and varied life hacks, like how to use a fan as a leaf blower, what to do with an egg carton after it’s done with eggs, and slightly more dangerous fare like self-carving pumpkins. He and his very talkative husky Luke also have an Instagram account, which collects their behind-the-scenes images and some slices of their life in North Carolina for 100k followers.