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In 2012, YouTuber Michele Cadonna posted incredible footage of the late, great John Entwistle of The Who as he perform the iconic generational anthem “Won’t Get Fooled Again” live on stage with the band in 1978. The bass tracks from this show were isolated and a single was camera completely fixed on Entwistle. The combination...

Seattle artist and humorist Iain Heath (a.k.a. “Ochre Jelly“) recreated Luke Skywalker‘s grisly “Burning Homestead” scene from Star Wars: A New Hope using LEGO. Heath’s full series of photos are available to view on Flickr. By now we’ve seen almost every scene from the Star Wars franchise meticulously and repeatedly recreated as a LEGO diorama,...

Lauri Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel posted a new video where he punches huge holes through random objects with his hydraulic press equipped with a heavy-duty hole punch attachment. He slams holes into large books, a frying pan, knife, computer tablet, CDs, and foods. Slicing Through Paper, a Frying Pan, and a Barbie Doll...

In the remastered 4K version of “Cake Countdown“, the wonderfully prolific stop motion artist PES captures the mounting, all consuming excitement of children who anxiously count the days for their birthday to come. A Stop-Motion Animation of Classic Arcade Death Sequences Recreated Using Everyday ObjectsStop-Motion Animation by PES of a Skateboarder Using Another Human Being...

Los Angeles filmmaker Andrew McMurry of Nukazooka created “Ragdoll Man,” a special effects video about a teenager (Peter McIndoe) who accidentally falls down some stairs and causes mass chaos as his ragdoll body uncontrollably bounces around town. A Short Compilation of Timo the Ragdoll Cat As He Yawns His Way Around the HouseTimo the Ragdoll...

For a class project on “manmade” items, Zimbabwean artist Zayd Menk created an absolutely magnificent, incredibly detailed cityscape of Midtown Manhattan using various parts from discarded and broken electronics. The project stands a 65″x 31.5″ and took over three months to build. Most of the materials came from family and friends. I did have a...

Australian musician Alan Gogoll, who’s known for his gorgeous “Bell’s Harmonics” guitar technique and his performance of original songs with a camera facing out from the instrument’s sound hole, has released a second compilation video of his original songs being played and filmed the same way. The camera was invented and built by the musician...

During a timeout at the BYU Cougars vs. Boise State Broncos game in 2017, Cosmo Cougar came out and threw down an incredible dance routine with the BYU Cougarettes. via reddit Fik-Shun Threw Down an Amazing Dance Routine at the 2014 World of Dance Competition in Las VegasAn Agile Border Collie Performs an Incredible Dance...

For the 40th anniversary of their groundbreaking album News of the World, the surviving members of Queen released the song “All Dead, All Dead“, which features the previously unheard background vocals of Freddy Mercury with Brian May singing lead. The beautifully animated video by Unanico Studios, which accompanies the song, features a lonely black cat...

Aldo Jones has created a hilariously weird re-edit of the official trailer released in November 2017 for Marvel‘s upcoming superhero film, Avengers: Infinity War. Here is the original trailer. Marvel Superheroes Try to Protect the Galaxy From Thanos in First Trailer For Avengers: Infinity WarA 1990s Animated Version of the Avengers: Infinity War TrailerA Weird...

Mouvement Tarte of Montreal posted funny footage in 2016 that shows him tapping into his superhuman strength to both stop and launch a subway train with his bare hands. via Digg Improv Everywhere Uses Four Sets of Twins Pull off an Elaborate Time Travel Prank on a Subway CarA Subway Story, A Romantic Animated Short...

An adorable ten day old rescued baby goat who was spending some quality time with Dan McKinnon, co-founder and executive director of Barn Sanctuary in Chelsea, Michigan, let out the cutest of noises whenever his newly adopted human stopped with the petting. This hircine youngster was surrendered to the Sanctuary along with two other siblings...

We tried getting the two for one special at black panther. The manager was not having it. pic.twitter.com/Ktqsuh7s3m — Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 16, 2018 Carson, California Twitter user Pillsbury captured hilarious footage of his two friends, who were both disguised as one tall man in a trench coat, trying to get into a screening of...

During the historic launch of the Space X Falcon Heavy, a Tesla Roadster was sent into the atmosphere to orbit the sun forever. With this in mind, Ben Pearson,, founder of Old Ham Media, was inspired to create “Where is Starman“, a fascinating site that plots exactly where the Roadster and its occupant are at...

In a powerful episode of the HiHo Kids series, Kids Meet, super heavyweight bodybuilder Gabriel Moen sat down with a group of cute, curious kids to explain what he does for a living, how bodybuilding changed his life, and what his daily workout and eating routine is. 66 Year Old Bodybuilder Sees Color for the...

In the first ever Weiner 500, Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund, known for his fabulous adventures, was clad in blue and little brother Oakley in red, climbed into their respective (remote controlled) sports cars and chased each other around a NASCAR race track. Crusoe emerged the victor, probably Oakley was feeling a bit peckish. Crusoe and...

In an acquisitive episode of Simon’s Cat Logic, animator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explain why cats are so territorial, the behavior of their ancestors in protecting their own, what cats are trying to say with this behavior, how they go about marking their territory, what to do if a cat starts marking...

Ewan Cunningham, a truly talented musician from Falkirk, Scotland has perfectly recreated a number of Pink Floyd songs from various eras, playing all the instruments, doing the vocals and mixing the tracks all by himself. Included in these covers are songs such as “Echos“, “Arnold Layne“, “Mother“, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“, “Pigs on the...

A post shared by Rupa Sutton (@freyaeverafter_) on Jan 2, 2018 at 5:41am PST Animal photographer Rupa Sutton has captured the absolute beauty of her two little pastel parrotlets, Sprig and Winter, both on the outside with their gorgeous splashes of color, but also on the inside. These two little birds have found love with...

A post shared by Libby Oliver (@chewonthisart) on Oct 23, 2017 at 8:45am PDT Canadian artist and photographer Libby Oliver has created a brilliantly quirky photo series entitled “Soft Shells“, which features shots of nebulous figures obscured by the weight wearing their entire wardrobe at once. These photos were exhibited at the arc.hive gallery in...

On the 100th episode of the First We Feast series, Hot Ones, the comical Hannibal Buress talked about his career, The Eric Andre Show, his weird vitamin purchase, and eats progressively spicy wings while being interviewed by Sean Evans. For the momentous 100th episode of Hot Ones, we had to track down one of the...

An exotic shorthair cat named Ganmo, who was exposing her big fluffy kitty belly while sleeping on her back, did not allow an automatic toy that was repeatedly and persistently bopping her on the head bother her or interrupt something as important as an afternoon nap. A post shared by dgo????? (@dgo0104) on Oct 11,...

Zebra Corner has created a hilarious double feature where they insert a “Real Person” named Mahk into a Daytona 500 and an Apple iPad Pro commercial. A ‘Real Person’ Named Mahk Is Inserted Into the Blind Panel of Chevy’s ‘More Awards’ CommercialA ‘Real Person’ Named Mahk Is Inserted Into a Commercial for the 2017 Buick...

In a wonderful episode of the HiHo Kids series Kids Meet, a very talented ventriloquist named Vikki Gasco Green spent a bit of time with some very curious children to talk about her profession by showcasing her different puppets and giving each child an opportunity to ask questions. A little boy named Desmond was a...

A man created a clever porta potty costume for a contest at his city’s carnival in Brazil and won won first prize. To show off his awesome costume, the happy and shirtless man walked around while texting from inside of his porta potty costume. Poop-Covered Man Shocks People in a Park After Having an Explosive...

The fascinating animated series Half as Interesting took a look at passenger train service around the world, noting that the tracks in different countries are of different widths, which makes continental train travel more difficult. He also notes which routes serve the longest distance. This includes the legendary Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Beijing, which...

Improv Everywhere partnered with the upcoming action comedy film Game Night to create a live game show for unsuspecting patrons who had innocently arrived for trivia night at their local bar. The teams competed on stage with the winners taking home $1,000. We surprised random trivia teams by turning a regular bar trivia night into...

Dion Lee of Vox spoke with Adam Rippon, the fabulous Olympic figure skater who has become a bit of a firebrand, and music designer Hugo Choudinard to learn about the history of and the process for choosing music for skating programs, both long and short, the popularity of “Carmen” and how the world of music...

For Valentine’s Day, coder Katy Ray has created “Crying In Public”, a really helpful and cathartic interactive map that lets people share their personal stories of the best places in and around New York City to let it all out (in more ways than one) when a romantic situation goes bad. An emotional map of...

Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Beyond the Press channel showed how they turned a giant air compressor into a fully automatic high-speed tennis ball gun. They tested it out by shooting down a defenseless shopping cart and then they replaced the tennis balls with snow balls. How to Suspend a Screwdriver...

SKM created a new mind boggling tutorial video where they show how to make a Rubik’s Cube out of cardboard. The template for their build is available to download from Google Drive. A Functioning Rubik’s Cube Made Out of IceA Rubik’s Cube Battenberg Style CakeA Calculator to Measure Your House in Rubik’s Cubes

AMC Theatres released a new IMAX trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, the upcoming sci-fi monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight and a sequel to the 2013 Pacific Rim film. The city leveling trailer features a team of mech pilots taking things to the next level to destroy giant monsters and save Earth. Pacific Rim...

The talented group of folks at Edison Creative released an amazing 4-minute teaser trailer for The Axiom Chronicles, a new sci-fi western animated series about a “young outlaw, robot overlords and a highly sought-after energy source called the Axiom.” The team of creatives are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with production costs and...

Warner Bros. released a new trailer for Ready Player One, the upcoming sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Ernest Cline‘s 2011 novel of the same name. The trailer takes viewers to a virtual world of pure action and imagination as the fight to save the real worlds goes down. Ready Player...

Drone racer Johnny Schaer (a.k.a. “Johnny FPV“) shows off his amazing piloting skills in a mind blowing video where he maneuvers his decked out quadcopter around a city, does incredible tricks, and closely rides the side of a building. A post shared by Johnny Schaer (@johnny_fpv) on Jan 20, 2018 at 8:17am PST via Digg...

Canadian filmmaker Diane Obomsawin has created “Kaspar“, a haunting animation based upon the stated life of Kaspar Hauser, a German man who claimed as a teenager that he was grew up in total isolation of a darkened cell before emerging to join the Calvary. This amazing animation captures a firm sense of bewilderment, nascent wonder,...

Crokinole is a board game that requires each player to slide disc game pieces across a circular board with the goal of knocking out the disc slid by the other player and landing in a high scoring zone on the board. The game takes great dexterity and focus, much like the Olympic sport of curling....

YouTuber Polyphonic, who does incredibly informative video essays about music, took a long deep look at the iconic Bob Dylan song “Tangled Up in Blue” from the equally iconic album Blood on the Tracks and went through it verse by verse to unravel what was going on. What he discovered was a deliberately ambiguous time...

New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle, co-founder of cdza and a member of New Museum incubator NEW INC, who previously made a spooktacular interactive Halloween Soundboard and a festive soundboard that played “Auld Lang Syne” in four part harmony, has created an incredible Weather Machine that gives sound to adjustable online weather forecasts, including...

Before the Republican Party existed, I voted the Whig ticket. YouTuber Guy Jones has taken raw Movietone camera footage from 1929 and turned it into brilliant compilations of sound interviews with some of the oldest people in the United States at the time. These compilations offer fascinating insight into what was important to these people...

A post shared by Rene Smith (@renejsmith) on Oct 14, 2016 at 6:55pm PDT The large scale art installations of Burning Man have always been larger than life creations of wonder that could only be seen during the event and in pictures thereafter, mostly due to the fact that much of the art is burned...

Nick Brown of the LoreCraft channel, a talented sculptor who has no professional training, created an wonderful timelapse video that shows him sculpting and airbrushing a detailed bust of the creepy Demogorgon from Stranger Things. “Hundreds and hundreds of hand made and manually installed teeth. I do NOT miss the process.” A post shared by...

Still can’t believe we’ve flown over to Belfast not for the @ChiliPeppers but to see the ‘worlds best bagpipe band’ @chillipipers … thought I’d got a rate good deal on tickets n’all. Had a nightmare pic.twitter.com/YO72amVR4I — Duncan Robb (@Dunc_Cfc) February 10, 2018 Thinking that they’d gotten a really good price on tickets to see...

CLS Videos created a fantastic montage celebrating the evolution of movies since the year 1902. They featured everything from the 1902 adventure film A Trip to the Moon to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from 2017. A full list of the movies, in order of appearance, are available to view on Tumblr. ‘2015: The...

Yearbook is a wonderful animated short film, created by director Bernardo Britto, about a man hired to write the definitive history of human existence before the planet is hit by an alien missile in 17 years. Yearbook won the Short Film Jury Award for the Animation category at Sundance Film Festival 2014. Who are the...

In the very funny Jimmy Kimmel Live segment “The Westminster Dog Show Without Dogs“, host Jimmy Kimmel, a self-described fan of the Westminster Dog Show, hilariously edited out all of the canines from the 2018 show in order focus on the movements of the humans leading them. This segment, like the dog show itself, has...

A post shared by Sándor Vámos (@vamosart) on Nov 17, 2017 at 8:30am PST Hungarian artist Sándor Vámos has created an incredible collection of 3D illustrations on paper that each look like they are jumping right off of the page. Vámos’ entire series of drawings are available to view on Instagram, Facebook, and his website....

SMELOV has created an adjustable desktop nap pillow for people wanting to catch some Zs while working at the office. It is available to purchase on Amazon. via DudeIWantThat.com The Ostrich, A Pillowy Sleep Cocoon For Your HeadOstrich Pillow, A Soft Cocoon for Power NapsOstrich Pillow Light, A Whimsical Nap Cocoon For People On the...

Toronto rally driver “Crazy Leo” Urlichich and co-driver Alex Kihurani rolled their vehicle straight into a snowbank at the Rallye Perce-Neige race and, somehow, managed to keep going to finish 2nd overall. Their team also won most stages in the event, outpacing not only all other Production cars, but even Open Class rally cars. The...

For a soaking wet episode of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured super slow motion footage of Gruchy getting hit by a massive tidal wave while he was in the middle of eating his lunch. Getting Hit With Water Shot Out of a High-Pressure Fire...