by Justin Page on (#3CYDD)
A post shared by Marcus Kleveland (@marcuskleveland) on Jan 8, 2018 at 7:43am PST Professional snowboarder Marcus Kleveland posted a great video that shows him performing an incredible flurry of snowboard tricks onto and off of a high rail, while cruising down the slopes. Kleveland often shares his mind blowing snow adventures on Instagram. A...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CY9Z)
An adorable tabby striped cat with folded ears and a big white belly sat upright on a wooden shelf staring out into the room with big unblinking eyes in a manner quite reminiscent of an focused owl perched upon a tree branch, watching the prey down below. Long Haired Cat Trots Along In the Distinctive...
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by Justin Page on (#3CYA1)
Kyiv, Ukraine artist Alexey Kondakov has created a wonderful series of collages using Photoshop where he inserts people from classical paintings into the modern world. Kondakov’s entire collection of images are available to view on Instagram and Facebook. A post shared by Alexey Kondakov (@alksko) on Dec 24, 2017 at 7:34am PST A post shared...
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HBO Documents the Final Years of the Beloved, Brilliant Artist in ‘David Bowie: The Last Five Years’
by Lori Dorn on (#3CYA3)
On January 10, 2016, the world learned that David Bowie, the beloved, incredibly talented, musical genius had passed away due to the devastating effects from cancer. In the two years since, director Francis Whately has compiled archival footage, recordings and interviews last five years of Bowie’s life and put it into a documentary aptly entitled...
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by Justin Page on (#3CY66)
For his latest project in Tested‘s One Day Builds series, creator and prop master Adam Savage made a 3D-printed prop replica of Rick Deckard‘s binoculars from Blade Runner 2049. Adam Savage Built a Carrying Case from Scratch in One Day for his Blade Runner Gun Prop ReplicaA Blade Runner M2019 Blaster Water PistolAdam Savage Goes...
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Paralympian Catches Ball and Grabs Marble For First Time With Bionic Arm That Replaced Her Left Hand
by Justin Page on (#3CY37)
A post shared by Open Bionics (@openbionics) on Dec 23, 2017 at 2:35am PST The amazing folks at Open Bionics created a 3D-printed bionic arm for Paralympic swimmer Kate Grey and captured awesome footage of her catching a ball and picking up a marble with her left hand for the very first time, right after...
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by Justin Page on (#3CXZQ)
Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with musician Casey Abrams to perform a wonderful duet cover of Randy Newman‘s song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me†from the movie Toy Story. Their cover is available to purchase on iTunes. A Piano Cover of ‘Friend Like Me’ From Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ in Memory of Late Actor...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CXZS)
A bearded dragon named Evan was just chilling out in his terrarium when he surprisingly returned a wave hello in imitation his human, who was concerned that the lizard wasn’t moving. According to Evan’s human, that wave was the last thing he expected when going to check on him and tried to contain his excitement...
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by Justin Page on (#3CXZV)
Alek V of the KGB Survivalist channel created a video in 2014 where he demonstrated how to easily find true north, without a compass, using the sun and the shadow is makes on a simple stick. Be sure to mark a spot when you start for it will be your west mark, after 20-30 min...
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by Justin Page on (#3CXWH)
Williamsburg, Virginia father Mark Bundy, who is busy blowing leaves around the yard, falls over when his two kids surprise him by jumping out of a giant leaf pile. We previously wrote about Bundy using a leaf blower to push his son around on a tricycle. via Tastefully Offensive Father Uses a Leaf Blower to...
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by Justin Page on (#3CXT6)
DoodleChaos has created an amazing chain reaction marble run with magnets synchronized to “Waltz of the Flowers†by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Marbles Competing Against Each Other in a 750 Foot Race in the SandAn Amazing Mini Golf Themed Marble MachineA Colorful Marble Race on a Sand Hill Track
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by Justin Page on (#3CVRF)
The Commuter stars Liam Neeson and Patrick Wilson sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. The Commuter is scheduled to be released in theaters on January 12th, 2018. Is Liam Neeson retiring? Is Patrick Wilson related to Will Arnett? Did Liam Neeson voice Buzz...
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by Justin Page on (#3CVNG)
Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton of Tripp and Tyler act out the numerous annoyances of airline travel in real life with passengers waiting forever to board an SUV, smashing the person behind them by reclining back in their seats, and getting annoyed by the pilots (drivers) startling interruptions. The hilarious video, sponsored by Upside Business...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CVNJ)
While attempting to speak at the Banham Zoo in Norfolk, England, a rather pensive BBC reporter named Alex Dunlop became hilariously overrun by a troop of ring tailed lemurs who happened to find the newsman quite irresistible. BBC News reporter Alex Dunlop found himself mobbed by lemurs while trying to report on an animal count....
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CVNM)
In an adorable video by Cut, three willing yet unwitting contestants comprised of two women and one man, were asked to match six different dogs to their matching humans on sight, without any other information whatsoever. In the end the women were able to match most of the dogs correctly while the man tried his...
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by Justin Page on (#3CVK0)
Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker†took a close look at the Eagle Cap-Off, a unique stainless steel mechanical bottle opener that easily pops off tabs when the user squeezes its two handles together. The weird, yet satisfying device is available to purchase from the Eagle Cap-Off website. A post shared by Eagle Cap-Off (@eaglecapoff)...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CVFP)
A post shared by LEGACY BLN Graffiti Art Store (@legacystorebln) on Apr 17, 2016 at 9:16am PDT Neighborhood activist and street artist Ibo Omari of Die kulturellen Erben e.V. in Berlin, Germany, has created “#PaintBack“, an empowering artistic campaign that transforms hateful swastika graffiti into amazing works of street art. Working with other graffiti artists...
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by Justin Page on (#3CVFR)
Back in April 2017, Brice Dudouet of CARTON Compagnie released a video where he played a very catchy version of John Williams‘ classic “Cantina Band†song from Star Wars: A New Hope on a barrel organ. via Geeks Are Sexy Star Wars Cantina Band Song on Chapman StickThe Bottle Boys Play the Star Wars ‘Cantina...
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by Justin Page on (#3CVBY)
SIDEKICK Mounts are lightweight POV mounts, created by Daren Norman of Patch Me Up, for GoPro (HERO and Session), BeHD, SJCamHD, and GitUp action cameras that easily clip on to the end of a cap’s visor. Norman and his team are currently accepting pre-orders on Kickstarter. The mounts will ship “worldwide by the end of...
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Taco Bell Makes Fun of the Illuminati and the Eye of Providence Pyramid To Promote Their Dollar Menu
by Lori Dorn on (#3CVC0)
In a clever ad entitled “The Belluminati“, the fast food chain Taco Bell had a bit of fun with the mysterious legend of the Illuminati and the Taco Bell Dollar Menu, connecting the two via the Eye of Providence pyramid that appears on the back of the the United States one dollar bill. There’s a...
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by Justin Page on (#3CV67)
A post shared by Kyle Conner (@virtualkyle) on Jan 3, 2018 at 8:20pm PST Kyle Conner of Raleigh, North Carolina captured great footage of his friend Ben Spreen using a Tesla Model X electric SUV to help tow a semi truck uphill that got stuck in the snow. It just goes to show the amazing...
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by Justin Page on (#3CV39)
JPCMHD presents a compilation video featuring their picks for some of the best Japanese television commercials released in 2017. Weird and Funny Japanese Commercials From 2017Some of the Best Japanese TV Commercials (2015)The Best Japanese Commercials of 2016
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by Justin Page on (#3CV3B)
In the 1980s, Wendy’s restaurants created a series of spectacularly hilarious employee training videos that each feature a different music genre from the era. The trainers sing their heart out while teaching future elite Wendy’s members to server cold and hot drinks, become a master of the grill, and prepare their chili meal. via reddit...
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by Justin Page on (#3CV0C)
Comedian Gus Johnson released a video where he gets into character as an “adult†named Mitchell Robbins who becomes deathly afraid while hilariously trying to warm up some soup in a frightening microwave. His fear lead him to becoming very irritable, slapping his head on cabinets, and acting like an amusing fool. Talented Performer Hilariously...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CTJ8)
Never one to skimp out on the creativity of his music videos, the very talented Sxip Shirey employed the incredible illustration of Rafael de Leon to create a hand drawn 360° video to accompany the song “Last Walk Through the City†from his album entitled A Bottle Whiskey and a Handful of Bees. The very...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CTBA)
An adorably smiling, tail wagging red fox who was hiding behind a tree, kicked around in the dirt for a bit before rolling over onto her back and inviting her human to come in closer so as to provide her with some yummy tummy rubs. Adorable Red Fox Ecstatically Wags Her Tail While Getting A...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CSJV)
In a really informative episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott handed the screen over to deaf vlogger Rikki Poynter, who explained about different forms of sign language used in different countries and cultures, even if the same spoken language is used in more than one country. For example, Poynter explained that...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CSJX)
A frisky horse named Snipes at KrisKel Performance Horses gleefully pranced and romped around in the New Hampshire snow with his favorite toy – a plush platypus – twirling around in his mouth as he made his way around the field. Earlier, Snipes spent a bit of time getting that platypus from off of the...
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The Oddly Bright Sound of the Iconic Nirvana Song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ as Played in a Major Key
by Lori Dorn on (#3CSGV)
In 2016, musician Chris Fury of ||Parallel Shred|| performed a an amazing cover of the iconic Nirvana anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit“, but flipped the key from minor to major, thus giving the song an oddly bright and joyous sound that certainly doesn’t exist in the original. What would the guitar to Nirvana’s “Smells Like...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CSGX)
Two beautiful horses who were eager to go outside and get a bit of exercise, exited the barn in their usual fashion only to realize how deep and cold the snow was in their usual path only seconds into their walk. As if they were of the same mind, the horses turned around at the...
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by Justin Page on (#3CQPD)
The Action Lab took on a new challenge where they documented what happened when they inflated and deflated Vac-Man, an action figure created as the nemesis of Stretch Armstrong, in a vacuum chamber. Who is Vac-man? It is Stretch Armstrong’s Nemesis that you can lock in place by sucking the air out of him. Due...
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by Justin Page on (#3CQFQ)
Philadelphia computer programmer and father Brad Williams of WebDevStudios measured his baby son’s (Lucas Royce Williams) growth for a year with cheesesteak sandwiches. Williams photographed the adorably tasty journey and shared it all on Instagram and his blog. A post shared by Brad Williams (@williamsbaa) on Dec 27, 2015 at 10:50am PST A post shared...
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by Justin Page on (#3CQC8)
The first trailer has been released for FredHeads: The Documentary, a feature-length documentary directed by Paige Troxell that follows the hardcore community of Freddy Krueger fans who are all very much into Wes Craven‘s A Nightmare on Elm Street. There is an Indiegogo campaign running to help with the documentary’s production. A post shared by...
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by Justin Page on (#3CQ8G)
Father and son team, Dan and Lincoln Markham of the What’s Inside? channel, used a knife to cut open Ravean‘s electric heated down jacket. After clearing out all of the down material, they found out what’s inside and how it worked. Father and Son Cut Open Creepy Robotic Face Bank to Find Out What’s Inside...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CQ8J)
In a classic clip from the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV), a rather dapper Rick Moranis in character as Gerry Todd, struts around a golf course clad in blue jacket, white shirt with a colorful cravat, red pants and white shoes singing a fabulous lounge cover of the song “Turning Japanese†by The...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CQ4Z)
While his human was relaxing under a big, comfy blanket, reading a book on the couch, a frenetic little fennec fox took it upon himself to start running in circles around her over and over again. The studious human paid no mind to the petite vulpine until he jumped off the sofa and off to...
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by Justin Page on (#3CQ1V)
Netflix Japan released an action-packed trailer for Godzilla: Monster Planet, a Japanese anime film featuring Godzilla co-directed by Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita. The futuristic animated movie tells the story about a brave young refugee and his crew returning to Earth, after civilization moved elsewhere in space, to eliminate the monster threat that has been...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPXM)
In an emotionally intimate video by Cut, different couples open up about their sleeping habits, how they feel about sharing a bed, who else (children, pets) joins them in bed, what time each person wakes up and how that affects the other. They also try to answer why they feel the need to sleep in...
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by Justin Page on (#3CPXP)
Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker†released a video where he opens a 65-year-old sleeping bag that was vacuum sealed in a metal can. The U.S. Military packaged the sleeping bags in sardine-like cans back in 1952. An Experiment to See What Happens When Inflated Balloons Are Placed In a Vacuum ChamberHow to Reseal Any...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPTW)
After a heavy snowstorm, two separate sets of humans had very similarly creative ideas to carve winding mazes and obstacle courses in the deep snow of their respective backyards so that their beloved dogs would have a safe place to run. In one case, it was for a beautiful pair of greyhounds and in the...
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by Justin Page on (#3CPTY)
Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal presents a feverishly hot video where he throws down a blazing fast mumble rap while taking shots at fake thugs and Jake Paul. The awesome beat was created by Danny Grooves. Mac Lethal Throws Down an Insanely Fast Rap to Order a Pizza Over the PhoneMac Lethal Performs an Incredibly...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPV0)
On January 7, 2018, Improv Everywhere held their 17th annual No Pants Subway Ride in cities around the world. Brave New Yorkers who heeded their local call, braved the bitter cold from the “bomb cyclone storm†that hit the Northeast earlier that week without complaint. On Sunday, January 7th, 2018 thousands of people took off...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPQV)
Ynon Lan, a talented animator and filmmaker, captured over 1,000 wonderful photos of the varying textured surfaces found around his adopted home of New York City and turned them into an amazing fast moving montage entitled “NYC Textures†The rapid pace of the video offers a first-person experience of walking quickly down the block, through...
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by Justin Page on (#3CPN7)
UAV consultant and competitive drone pilot Paul Baur of Skinlab FPV captured thrilling POV footage of a high-speed racing drone chasing after stock cars racing around a track. According to Baur, he was able to “tuck into the slipstream and gain some extra power.†via reddit POV Footage of a Hot Wheels Car Racing on...
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by Justin Page on (#3CPHX)
A cheerful woman challenged herself to beatbox while wearing a dental mouth opener. She cracked herself up as she put on the mouth piece, but did a fantastic job while throwing down all sorts of great beats. New Yorker Kaila Mullady Named the World Female Beatbox Champion at the 2015 Beatbox Battle World ChampionshipsThe Vampire...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPEK)
In an therapeutic episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss , linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually offer some elaborate medical terms can be used to describe common and minor ailments. Such ailments include a rumbling tummy (borborygmi), brain freeze (sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia), canker sores (Aphthous stomatitis), fainting at...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPEN)
In an adorable, yet probably unintentional game of hide and seek, an apprehensive cat furtively peeked out at a perplexed dalmation from a safe spot in between two large empty cardboard boxes. As the dog became more curious and confused, the cat grew more confident and made a complete break for it when the timing...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CPC6)
During the extremely cold weather that hit the Northeast United States during the first week of January 2018, YouTuber Ryan Canty captured amazing footage of a frozen Atlantic Ocean at Old Silver Beach on Cape Cod, in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. In fact, the ocean was so completely frozen solid, several people with Carty were able...
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A Clever Dog Repeatedly Drags a Blue Plastic Sled Up a Snowy Hill to Ride It Back Down to the Bottom
by Lori Dorn on (#3CPC8)
Wanting to take advantage of the snowy weather, a very clever and resourceful Australian shepherd named Secret eagerly dragged a blue toboggan up a hill, set herself upon the sled and flew down the hill with the apparent glee. Once she reached the bottom of the hill, she started the process all over again According...
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by Lori Dorn on (#3CGDZ)
Tales of the Unexpected Black Mirrors is a another brilliantly illustrated series from prolific Brazilian designer Butcher Billy that reimagines all six episodes from the fourth season of Black Mirror as colorful covers of classic-style comic books that used to cost 60 cents apiece. Billy had illustrated previous seasons of Black Mirror much in the...
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