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In “Brief History of the Royal Family“, the brilliant CGP Grey offers an abridged and amusing look at the very complicated legacy of the British royal family, providing simple explanations that gloss over the “messy parts” and “non-necessary” characters while acknowledging such royal feats as Queen Elizabeth’s record-setting reign.

“The Extreme Minuet” is an incredibly fast and precise performance of one of Mozart‘s minuets created by 43 people tossing coins into carefully arranged beakers. Each of the 43 performers had electrodes attached to their arms, so it’s possible the team used computer control similar to that demonstrated by neuroscientist Greg Gage in a recent TED Talk to precisely […]

During a Canadian Football League game between the Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders this past Monday, a frisky jackrabbit stormed the field at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta and showed off by jumping around in the end zone. via reddit

In a clip from America’s Funniest Home Videos, a toddler reacts with total amazement at seeing a garage door opening.

Downhill longboard racer Zak Maytum recently jetted down a Boulder, Colorado highway at speeds reaching up to 70 miles per hour in a death-defying video captured by Venom Bushing. Maytum skillfully kept clear of oncoming traffic and managed not to eat the rough pavement throughout his awesome downhill adventure. music by Metallica – “The Four […]

“Aspect Ratio: Which Should You Choose?” is a video by Now You See It that takes an in-depth look at why filmmakers choose the aspect ratios they do, and the impact each ratio can have on a story. The episode uses specific examples from both classic and modern cinema

Paris, France-based Antonio Da Silva of AMDS Films has created “Hell’s Club,” an massive movie mashup where all sorts of popular film characters meet up at a nightclub in one scene. It gets really crazy when the Terminator joins the crowded club to execute Tony Montana. There is a place where all fictional characters meet… […]

They Might Be Giants has released “Definition of Good”, the new music video directed by Todd Goldstein created for week 36 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

Craig Benzine, also known as Wheezy Waiter, the host of the Mental Floss series “Big Questions” answers a viewers question as to whether or not ginger ale really helps to aid gastrointestinal disturbances and how it goes about doing it. There are few things going on here that can affect your stomach – carbonation, ginger […]

uBreakiFix did a full teardown of the new BB-8 Droid Toy by Sphero from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to see how it works. image via uBreakiFix via Geeks are Sexy

In June of this year, the Japanese Klezmer band Jinta-la-Mvta performed an incredibly rousing version of the Frank Zappa jazz instrumental “Peaches En Regalia” for KulturfestNYC, a a week-long festival of Jewish performing arts produced by The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. On June 15, 2015 Japanese Klezmer band Jinta-la-Mvta played Joe’s Pub as part of […]

In the latest episode of the animated Google Play series “California Inspires Me“, actress Rashida Jones talks about growing up in Los Angeles and although her house was constantly filled with all sorts of actors, musicians and artists but she preferred a career in the law. I did not want to be in entertainment in […]

Grant Thompson, “The King of Random”, suggests 10 cell phone life hacks that help get better reception.

Supercut Videos has created a non-stop supercut of people saying “Go, Go, Go!” in movies.

image via Companion Companion is a safety app that was designed to let contacts virtually escort each other home. Users can send contacts a request, and if they accept they are taken to a page with a map with live location tracking to “follow” their friend home. The app uses the phone’s sensors as a series […]

A black maltipoo (maltese/toy poodle mix) named Patches who wears a bright yellow uniform has gleefully resumed his duties as a school crossing guard in the Pennsylvania town of Jersey Shore after a long summer away from the kids he helps across the street. Patches’ human Bradley Davis, who’s worked with the dutiful dog for […]

Impressive five-year-old Claudio Stroe does a series of push-ups while balancing on four bottles. Claudio is the younger brother of record-holding child bodybuilder Giuliano Stroe. via Boing Boing

The latest installment of Cracked‘s series of honest commercials reveals the truth about how insurance companies work.

The Japanese city of Onomichi, Hiroshima has created an interactive street view map for cats. Users can click around the cat-height tour of the city and find cat-related points of interest, cat videos, and even profiles of the city’s cats caught on camera. images via Hiroshima Cat Street View via Vox

In a new animated short by Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly, the architect behind the exhaust port on the Death Star speaks out about how his design was not flawed at all. The poor guy couldn’t account for “Magic Space Wizards” who could shoot a bomb that takes a 90 degree turn down a narrow exhaust […]

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis points out ten hidden messages and secret meanings in popular movies that people may have missed. Flis dives into memorable films like Iron Man, Jurassic Park, Prometheus, and more. Audiences expect to be riveted, surprised, or simply astonished when a blockbuster film comes to theaters. […]

After an Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) party in 2014, talented opera singer Christina Elizabeth inhaled some helium from one of the leftover balloons and performed “Deh Vieni Non Tardar“from “Le Nozze Di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”)” . The effect was somewhat squeaky, but her powerful voice kept shining through. After the ISM welcome […]

Kimberly Koge recently captured footage of her determined little toddler, Yoshi, adorably completing a backyard American Ninja Warrior obstacle course that his dad built for him. According to Kimberly, Yoshi is obsessed with the American Ninja Warrior television show. American Ninja Warrior host, Matt Iseman, honored the “Tiny Ninja Warrior” by adding exciting commentary to […]

Improv Everywhere recently turned a busy New York City crosswalk at 7th Avenue & 32nd Street into a ballroom by having rehearsed dancers “bump” into each other and begin dancing. The staged dancers performed their routine and cleared the crosswalk before the light changed. photos via Improv Everywhere

Ukrainian science video team Kreosan demonstrates how to turn a bottle of Coca-Cola into a rocket by adding butane to the bottle and turning it over. When the bottle is flipped, it starts a reaction that causes the mixture to rapidly expand and blast out of the opening of the bottle, propelling the object up into the […]

A cockatoo with a good ear, skillfully whistled his way through the opening bars of the theme song from Game of Thrones. According to his human Nikhil Dhayatkar, the musical bird is a big fan of the show. My pet cockatiel singing the game of thrones tune . Truly a fan like me via Tastefully […]

Vanity Fair asked talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Bill Maher, Trevor Noah and James Corden to give some advice to Stephen Colbert as he becomes the new host of the Late Show.

An adorable pug with a big tongue and a pair of pink sunglasses effortlessly knocks out the beat to the classic Metallica song “Enter Sandman” on a tiny set of rose-colored drums, without breaking a sweat. via reddit

Digg has assembled a second compilation of famous comedians dealing with hecklers. Here’s part one:

Tina S, the 16-year-old French guitar prodigy who has covered everyone from Van Halen to DragonForce, is back to play a spine-tingling version of Jason Becker‘s 1988 song “Altitudes.” The original song for comparison:

Why walk when you could be not walking? The C.A.R.D.BOARD (or CyBord AirBored Rolling Device) is a parody of hoverboards and other high-tech transportation devices by Ryan Higa. Higa demonstrates the high tech device in a product video which features the many uses and forms of the CARDBOARD.

As many students return to classes after summer vacation, John Oliver gives them some back to school advice in a web exclusive clip from Last Week Tonight. The clip includes some useful tips about math, geography, and a guide to who dies at the end of some classic novels.

Pottery Barn Kids released an amazing Star Wars-themed Millennium Falcon cockpit twin bed for the “Force Friday” event last week. The sci-fi bed is available to purchase online. Jump into hyper speed for pleasant dreams. This playful bed boasts straight-from-the-set Star Wars™ details, including the Millennium Falcon™’s iconic cockpit shape, knobs and gauges. This bed […]

During a recent interview with Deadline, director Danny Boyle, fresh off of his latest biopic Steve Jobs, has announced that his next film will be a sequel to the brilliant 1996 film Trainspotting, with all of the original actors interested in reprising their respective roles. All the four main actors want to come back and […]

A concerned Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), along with enemies old and new, search for an for elusive Doctor (Peter Capaldi) in the highly anticipated first Series 9 episode Doctor Who. Series 9 is set to premiere Saturday September 19th on BBC America in the United States and on BBC One in the United Kingdom.

They Might Be Giants has released “What Did I Do To You?”, the new music video created for week 35 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

baracksdubs cleverly edited clips of President Barack Obama to make it look like he’s singing “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd. Here’s the original music video.

carsandwater takes a slow motion look at two red hot nickel balls being dropped in water.

Robert Jones takes a look at female seduction in film in his latest supercut, set to the song “Wetter” by The Singularity.

Eclectic Method presents “Chewie Tune”, a catchy Chewbacca EDM remix.

America’s Funniest Home Videos presents a cat that is perfectly comfortable sleeping in a bizarrely twisted position.

20th Century Fox has released “Never Stop Fighting”, a new trailer for The Martian (October 2, 2015). During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. […]

8Bit Generation is a documentary that features over 60 interviews with the people involved in the personal computer revolution, including previously unreleased talks with Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, engineer Chuck Peddle, game developer Richard Garriott. Bruno Grampa, one of the producers of the documentary, showed sample footage and spoke with Jason Scott at XOXO 2014 about […]

Snap is a new portable and easy-to-fly drone equipped with a 4K resolution gimbal stabilized camera. The drone pairs with a smartphone app for manual or automatic control, including pre-programmed flight paths developed with professional directors. Snap breaks down to become easily portable, and features safety cages around its propellers. The drone is expected to ship […]

http://www.dictionarystories.com/post/128192160521/seven-sisters San Francisco designer and illustrator Jez Burrows has created the Dictionary Stories, a wonderfully clever online collection of stories created by sentences that are utilized to further explain a word as defined in the New Oxford American Dictionary. Almost every word you’ll find in the dictionary is accompanied by an example sentence. These sentences—either […]

After running in the Wiener Dog Race hosted by the minor league El Paso Chihuahuas, a long-haired dapple dachshund took off, running amok around the stadium, interrupting the game and refusing to be caught. The El Paso Chihuahuas hosted the Wiener Schnitzel weenie dog race. What could go wrong? Video: Competitor in tonight's @wienerschnitzel weiner […]

Vulture has created “The Dirty Suicide Squad,” an old school movie remix that combines clips from the most recent Suicide Squad movie trailer with footage from the 1967 World War II film The Dirty Dozen. Suicide Squad is currently scheduled to release in theaters on August 5th, 2016. The original Suicide Squad trailer for comparison:

Barely Productions imagines what it might be like if Sesame Street characters starred in new versions of popular HBO shows like Girls, Game of Thrones, and True Detective. The parody video is based on the recently announced deal between HBO and the Sesame Workshop where episodes of Sesame Street will air on HBO first for the next five seasons.

Barcelona, Spain-based Paula Rúpolo, chief designer at Printsome, has taken it upon herself to swap the color schemes (part one and part two) of famous brands with their competitors. The outcome of her design project is quite eye opening. The colors depicting each company are very powerful and what make them so recognizable to the […]

Students of Musashino Art University along with interested citizens, recently came together to create incredible animals of immense stature out of rice straw, wood and rope for the Straw Art Festival, which took place in Niigata City, Japan during the last weekend of August. According to the organizers, the festival was a great success. (translated) […]