Archive Category: VideoSift
VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| How a Train Stays on a Track (not as simple as you thought)
Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks… From BBC TV ‘Fun to Imagine’ (1983) |
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| The Amazing Camouflage of the Pootoo Bird
David Attenborough looks at how a potoo hides itself effectively when it senses danger. |
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| Sand Drawing Taken to a Level Way Beyond Next
While Western audiences might not fully grasp the ‘1945′ context that she manages to encapsulate in this mind-blowing performance, rest assured the tears in the Ukrainian audience members’ eyes and the standing ovation were there for a reason. |
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| Kite Fail
A man goes outside to fly a kite. Failure is imminent. |
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| Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron vs. McLaren F1
The two fastest supercars ever created square off in a rip-roaring drag race to over 300 kmh. Which will reign supreme? |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| Gender-Targeted Advertising
It’s a point well made about gender inequality in advertising. This is a short clip from the very funny UK show That Mitchell and Webb Look. |
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| The amazing truck winch trick
This is a driver who knows something about winches and trucks. |
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| Horrible and Yet Wonderful Local Commercial
Seems like a parody, but we don’t think it is. I think I understand the complex “low price” metaphor though. |
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| Kitteh vs Helicopter
Don’t worry, this kitty has exceptionally dense fur which protects it from the menacing blades of the evil toy helicopter. |
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| PC Game Gun
This man cobbled together parts from Walmart to make a pretty impressive motion tracking VR type game gun. A bit of superglue and electrical tape to hold the cables together - and presto. |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| Most Awkward Chair Promo Ever
You know, this looks like a great chair - but do they have to focus so much on the benefits to the groin area? I don’t think I’ll be taking my underwear advice from them either. |
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| Ice Circle - Extremely rare cold-weather phenomenon
A rare phenomenon usually only seen in extremely cold countries, scientists generally accept that Ice Circles are formed when surface ice gathers in the center of a body of water rather than the edges. |
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| Quick-Peel An Egg
You might think you know how to peel an egg quickly, there are certainly a few techniques- but I’ve never seen one this fast. Save 4 years of your life. |
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| Float plane takes off, almost hits guy filming, then crashes
De Havilland Beaver plane crash at Lake Hood in Anchorage AK, on June 7, 2009, apparently caused by a strong wind gust. None of the family of four and two dogs aboard were hurt. |
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| EXTREME RICE!
Urrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!! |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week - Neatorama

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| Planet and Star Size Comparison in HD
You may have seen a planet and star size comparison before but this one is beautifully crafted and looks stunning in full-screen HD. |
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| Choir uses hands to create a thunderstorm
I was blown away by how realistic their thunderclaps sound - and the song is good too. |
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| The Cigarette Trick
Short and sweet. A cigarette is tossed and caught in the mouth, then a lit match is tossed and caught in the mouth to light the cigarette. |
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| What IS this creature?!?
So far, no one on VideoSift has come to any verifiable conclusion on what this creature is. The closet guess is a head crab. |
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| Tilt-Shift video of trains in Switzerland
Wonderful tilt-shift video of trains in the villages of Sisikon and Göschenen in Switzerland. Created by Andi Leemann and Jeri Peier. They used two EOS 5D Mark II cameras, a Canon 90mm TS-E f/2.8 and a Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 combined with a 1.4x converter. (and polarisation filters) |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| Blues Brother crashing through City Hall
Mashed together by Sifter YouDieJoe, a perfect mix of Blues Brothers and the reality of an angry dude crashing through city hall |
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| Malfunctioning Dog is actually a Jazz singer
Who knew that something normally so grating on the ears, could be transformed into sweet, sweet music. |
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| Molten Aluminum + Lab Techs = Fail
It really is amazing that no one was seriously injured. Don’t try this one at home. (NSFW - some swearing) |
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| The IT Crowd - Drunk In Amsterdam
One of the best moments in the quirky British series. The great news is that they’re coming back for another season! I only hope that Richmond the goth clears up his case of scurvy and also returns. |
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| Using an antique modem to dial into the internet
Watch how a 45 year old modem is used with a modern laptop to dial into the internet. Proves that standard protocols go a long way. |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| Kitty’s hand-eye coordination catches food
This cat uses its binocular vision and amazing manual dexterity to catch stuff better than most little leaguers . |
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| The Hubble floats away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis
This is some great candid footage of the astronauts in Atlantis extricating themselves from their Hubble rendezvous. The technical patter between the team is fascinating. Such a shame that with the imminent retirement of the Shuttle program - these human satellite servicing skills will no longer be practiced. |
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| The REAL Andy Kaufman
I’m not sure anyone really knew when Andy was being himself, even him. |
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| X-Men Origins: Wolverine - in 30 Seconds
“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who saw the Wolverine movie and those who didn’t. Within this 30 second recap you will find the epic scale of the story of a torn and confused man who must struggle with his rage. Pay close attention to the dialogue though because it does go by pretty quick.” |
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Fresh-baked pizza vending machine
Watch this vending machine make a fairly delicious looking pie from scratch in just a few minutes. |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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| There’s something very wrong with this kitchen I can’t believe we nearly bought this! A chilling tale of horror for house hunters. |
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| Russian female enjoying an AK-47 I hope everyone was wearing their Kevlar vests - these guns have a bit of a kick to them. |
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| Andy Warhol uses an Amiga 1000 to ‘paint’ Debbie Harry, 1985 Weird to think that the era of Andy Warhol intersected with the computer mouse - and he even seems fairly adept with it. |
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| Monster Truck Does Quite Impressive Backflip And unlike most monster truck flips - I think this one was even on purpose. |
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| Frog escapes from snake after being almost completely ingested A snake has just about swallowed an entire frog when suddenly the frog decides to fight back and eventually escapes up and out of the snake’s stomach. Score one for amphibians! |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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When Squirrel Attacks |
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Auto-Tune the News Here's a clip from Sarah Fullen Gregory (excellent singer, actually) and The Gregory Brothers making the nightly news much, much more interesting. Link | If you like that, here's the second one in the Auto-Tune series | The Gay Marriage Debate, Auto-Tuned | more from YouTube schmoyoho |
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Smoochie Girl Behold the smoochie girl - and yes, she made the exact same smoochie face in every photo: Link |
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The Weirdest Japanese Commercial Ever Not going to describe it: you have to see it for yourself. |
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Magnet Falling Down a Copper Tube |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week
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Why Canada Is So Dangerous Link (strong language) (From a comment on VideoSift, this appears to be from a 80s law enforcement training video "Surviving Edged Weapons") |
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Qui-Gon, Worst Jedi Ever? After watching the clip, I must agree: Link |
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World's BEST Fan-Made Music Video Watch it and weep: Link |
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When Lightnings Strike! Do yourself a favor, skip the stupid intro and fast foward to 1:00: Link (strong language) |
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Blanket-napper Dog Why, my wife does the same thing to me every night :) Link (quick, where's my slanket?) |
How Bacteria Communicate
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Bonnie Bassler, professor of molecular biology at Princeton, explains how bacteria communicate with one another in this TED talk.
She begins with bioluminescence, and why it only occurs after bacteria have multiplied to a critical mass/concentration. She then extends the concept to virulence in human infections (the bacteria actually control their pathogenicity).
A related concept is that multicellular creatures (humans, etc) evolved [or were created, depending on your cosmic view] using an extension of the same principle of quorum sensing that bacteria use to distinguish "self" from "other."
She closes by explaining how the principles elucidated in this talk might be used to overcome antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Laws of Physics Broken for Watersliding Fun
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So here’s the scoop: I’m about to turn 30 - this friday in fact. Also: I love waterslides. Then I found a competition which, if I get enough votes, will send me around the world to the biggest watersldies there are. Best Present. Ever. This is my entry. Did it in an hour.
If you like it and fancy voting me into a state of splashy swooshy ecstasy, Vote for Slideyman in the Barclay Waterslide video competition. Just click the green thumbs up! Link
Love and Waterslides,
Oscar
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Ride Through the Streets of Barcelona in 1908
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Filmed from the front of a trolley, this 7-minute film evokes what life was like before automobiles and trucks dominated the streets.
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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The View From the Intl Space Station Window |
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Ying-Yang Twins on Cribs - Translated While you laugh at their expense, keep this in mind: they probably make more in a week than we all do in a year. Sad, ain't it? While watching this, I had an epiphany about MTV Cribs - the jerky camera work is to distract you from how bad the show actually is! Either that or this is how the younger generation actually see the world, and if so God saves us all. If you liked that, then you'll love this: Freestyle Rap Battle Translated into Plain English |
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Men in Black Bloopers What a neat blast from the past: Link |
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A Ventriloquist and Her Monkey (Interestingly, YouTube removed a video "due to terms of use violation" from her own website - what's up with that?) |
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Iron Man vs Bruce Lee Regardless of who wins, one thing is for sure: French Canadian filmmaker Patrick Boivin, the man behind this short clip, sure knows how to make an excellent stop motion animation! |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Ricky Gervais + Elmo = Hilarity! Set your piggies free: Link |
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Rube Golberg Corkscrew Machine |
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Bunny vs. Snake |
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My Legs Give Me Superpowers Who said what about disability now? Link |
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How Much is a Billion Dollars? Here's a video clip that puts it in perspective: Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Excessive Ping Pong Score Celebration |
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Metal Grandma |
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What Happens to Stuff Left in a Foreclosed House? |
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Is this the Face of the Young Leonardo da Vinci? |
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How many camels fit in a Subaru? Count for yourself: Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Black Hole Destroying a Star Watch this amazing simulation: Link |
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Serenity Bar Fight Rehearsal |
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Peeing While Walking A comment on VideoSift by Pprt: "When urine a rush ..." Link (SFW, don't worry - you can't see nothin') |
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Star, the Smart Dog Here's a 5 min-long clip of the smartest puppy on the planet: Link |
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Ice Skating Polar Bear |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Juggling with Bowling Ball I kid: that's not a bowling ball, but it sure does look like one! Link |
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Dog Hates the Happy Birthday Song! |
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Physics Fun: Jell-O + Electricity = FIRE! Link (Includes the phrase "electrically active Jell-O mound" that is PURE WIN) |
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Cell Phone Reunion From the geniuses over at CollegeHumor: Link (NSFW language - the ending makes it all worth the wait) |
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The Crazy PS3 Kid Banned From Playing PS3 His range of emotion is amazing! Christian Bale, watch out! Link |
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ZSL Babies 2008
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They are so cute! Take a look at animal babies born in the ZSL (Zoological Society of London) zoos in London and Whipsnade. Guaranteed to make you smile!
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Behold, the Atheist's Nightmare: The Babel
Fish! |
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Insane Mexican Wrestling |
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Volcano Erupts Underneath Ice Link (lightning makes an appearance at 0:19) |
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Gordon Ramsay's Perfect Scrambled Eggs |
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Idiot's Guide to Releasing a Bobcat |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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The Curious Case of Forrest Gump |
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My Kitty Can Fly Every time the cat outwits me, I figure out a way to stop her from jumping over the fence ... You may think I have a little bit too much time on my hand, and you could be right. But I just consider this a challenge because I read one time that nobody has ever built a fence that is capable of keeping a cat either in or out of a place ... Link (I won't give out the ending, but it's pretty funny) |
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Ultra Slow Motion of a Falling Droplet of Water Quick and fun: Link (24 sec) |
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Husky Says "I Love You" Cute and talented! Link |
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Bratz Doll Give Girls Unrealistic Expectations of Head
Size From The Onion: Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Parkour Noob Link (Hey, isn't that the Numa Numa guy?) |
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The Slingshot Man |
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How to Steal a Car with Beer Cans |
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How to Disarm a Crazy Samurai Sword Wielding Man |
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Young Drew Carey on The Tonight Show |
VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Geophysical Survey of the World of Warcraft It turns out that WoW is really, really small: Link |
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Human Slip & Slide (It doesn't end there, folks, there's also an underwear stuffing contest!) Where do I sign up? Link |
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Double Fail at the Motorcycle Race Track |
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Shark Does a Spinning Jump Behind a Surfer Link (about time mark 0:10) |
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History of the Internet (If you like this, check out Neatorama's 10 Things You Should Know About the Internet and Wonderful World of Early Computing, Take a Stroll Down Computing Memory Lane) |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Green Tie in Front of a Green Screen
It certainly made the weather report more interesting, perhaps all weathermen should wear green ties! |
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Backwards Beethoven Previously on Neatorama: Singing Backwards |
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Yoshimoto Cube Philip Brocoum explains: Link |
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Bob Munden: Fastest Gunman Ever
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Simpsons Duet: 2 Guys 1 Piano They're pretty awesome! Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Wouldn't It Be Cool if US CEOs Were Like
This? When JAL sliced jobs and asked older employees to retire early, Nishimatsu cut every single one of his corporate perks and for three years running slashed his own pay. In 2007, he made US$ 90,000, less than what his pilots earned. Kyung Lah of CNN reports: Link |
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This Reptile is Pimpin' |
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Don't Try to Rob Beauticians! The suspect was trying to get out of the business. And as he was trying to get out, they kept on pulling him [in] and beating him ... |
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Woman vs. Cow Here's a funny clip (well, funny to some anyhow) of a cow trying to get into an otherwise occupied bathroom. |
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How to Unflip and Lose Your Caterpillar in 30 Seconds Here's a 30-second clip on how to make a bad situation worse (yes, ironically also set to a bad techno music) : Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Cuttlefish Cloaking Device Here's the short and sweet video clip: Link |
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Afghanistan Waterfall of Rocks |
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Venti Does NOT Mean Large |
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Kid vs. Mom |
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Cannot ... get ... comfortuhbuhls ... Link (from the ever dependable Cute Overload) |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Top 10 Stupid Things Americans Ask Brits Here he is on David Letterman: Link |
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Ladybug in Ultra Slo-Mo The good stuff starts at about 1:07 (I can't help but think it's mooning us for a while there ...) Link |
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Yao Ming's Incredible Shot |
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When News Reporters Lose It Link (yes, contains bad language) If you like the Bill O'Reilly one, here's the dance remix version (even more bad language!) |
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Geared Heart If you like that one, check out the gears cube |
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VideoSift Halloween Clips of the Week

Halloween is here and so is our collaboration with the bestest video aggregation website there is, VideoSift. Here are five Halloween video clips you gotta see! (Links open in a new browser window/tab)
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Stone Golem Costume |
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Trick-or-Treater Pwns Scarecrow What could go wrong? Watch (Pow!): Link |
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Over-the-Top Scary Halloween |
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The Self-Carving Pumpkin |
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Seinfeld on Halloween |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Two Fire Trucks Collide at Intersection Now I know: Link |
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Could You Forget Someone You Just Talked To 5 Seconds
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Virtual Race Track Link | It's an ad for Intel (Official Website) |
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Referee Football Tackle |
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Damar the Creepy Voiced Starling Hey Damar! Link |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Wedding Ring Exchange FAIL Wait for it ... wait for it ... |
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CSI:NY Creates VB GUI to Track IP's Here's a perfect example: tracking down IPs using by creating a GUI (Graphical User Interface) using Visual Basic. As the VideoSift caption says, it made as much sense as "Get me some lettuce, and I'll count to potato, then we'll find grandma." |
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Japanese Games Shows Are So Much Better Than Ours Actually this explains Super Mario Bros. perfectly! Link |
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Saturn V Rocket Launch - Ultra Slow Motion Here's a fascinating clip of the launch of the Saturn V rocket like you've never seen it before: Link |
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Here Come the Fat One! Check out this "nature's crumple zone" clip here: Link (short and sweet, just 11 sec!) |
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VideoSift Clips of the Week

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Kiiking: 360° on a Swing! |
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Speeding Ticket Accident |
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Drunk Flips Over Trying to Pee |
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How NOT to Break a World Record |
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Propane Tank vs. Truck Well, no need to wonder no more: here's what would happen: Link |
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