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Guy makes a Hovercraft in his Garage
… and it flies! No, I don’t mean it goes really fast. I mean it flies.
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QI: “What happens if you eat nothing but rabbit?”
The QI panel is talking about rabbits in the “Eating” episode from the E series, where the question is: What happens if you eat nothing but rabbit?
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How to Win Chatroulette
This is a neat short film wherein the director turns the tables on the rouletters.
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Scout the fennec makes cute noises when tired!
Little scout makes awfully cute sounds after a long day of playing. This is quite possibly the cutest mammal ever to roam the Earth.
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First Images From WISE – The Wide-field Infrared Survey
Presented by Amy Mainzer – the new space telescope is starting to open its eye.
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How to Clear the snow off a Roof
Actually, we’re not sure how they did- but you can’t deny it’s a good method.
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Awesome Augmented Reality in a Lego Store
A brilliant application of AR- that my son and I wish was installed at our local toy store.
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Patrick Stewart is afraid of playing his videogames
Patrick Stewart loves modern technology but he’s not there with gaming.
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How to stop a clicking hard drive
People at Flashback demonstrate how to stop a hard drive from clicking.
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Mindblowing EXTREME zoom into the Mandelbrot Set
Lastly, something to scramble your mind a bit. Vimeo submitter, teamfresh, says: “The final magnification is e.214. A magnification of e.12 would increase the size of a particle to the same as the earths orbit! e.21 would make a particle look the same size as the milky way and e.42 would be equal to the universe. This animation took me about two days to set up. My computer then rendered day and night non-stop for just over a month to produce the animation.”
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The Matrix Pill
It’s just so hard to swallow!

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Re-enactment of half court shot prank goes awesomely wrong
“High School tries to re-enact the College Humour half court prank on a teacher – awesomeness ensues.”

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Awesome Hand Ninja
An amazingly lifelife ninja made from a hand, a bit of cloth and some marker.

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Critical Thinking
QualiaSoup gives a thorough and thought provoking introduction to critical thinking and how to apply it to life. Sounds a little dry, but they make it very good with simple diagrams and well thought-out ideas.

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The coolest feather star you’ll ever see
What haven’t seen many of these? Well this will definitely be the coolest then. Very interesting colorful, fast motion for this type of animal.

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If Star Wars was made in France

This is definitely in the “so bad it’s good” category. A 70s French variety show does an homage to Star Wars.
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Plasma Rocket Breakthrough

A small Canadian company is building a high power plasma generator to power a new kind of rocket. Mars and back in 39 days!.
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QI – Nostril Thinking

Did you know that your nostrils alternate in dominance- powering your brain lobes differently at different times during the day? Neither did I.
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How to Spot a Fake Rolex

Great tips on on figuring out the difference between the real thing and a $20 hunk of metal.
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Jon Stewart Toasts Bruce Springsteen – Kennedy Center Honors

Jon Stewart gives a touching and funny tribute to his fellow New Jersyian – with Obama and others in the audience.
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Insane Canadian Fisherman…eh?

These guys have a very interesting method of scouting for fish under the ice.
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Mitchell & Webb – Vectron!

A clip from the UK Comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look. One of their better ones – by Vectron’s steely eyes, I swear it.
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Why David Lynch Turned Down ‘Return of the Jedi’

A very interesting “could have been” – David Lynch was offered the chance by Lucas to direct ROTJ.
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Substance dualism

QualiaSoup gives a shattering argument against substance dualism, the idea that there are two kinds of stuff: Physical stuff and non-physical stuff, and that this non-physical stuff are crucial for consciousness.
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blown away by the beatles in MONO

“In which I get my paws on the Mono Box, and am rendered speechless. Life as I know it has changed somehow.”
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Greg Pattillo flute beatbox
If you’ve never heard flute beatboxing, or “fluteboxing” before – now’s your chance to see and hear the amazing Greg Pattillo. It’s much, much better than you may assume.
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The Tetris God
A very funny video that explains a lot about how the ordering of blocks in Tetris really works.

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Food Ad Tricks – Making A Commercial Burger
Ever wonder why the squeezed up, compressed piece of mystery meat you get doesn’t look like the ads? This is why.
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Coolest Clock ever
This clock does not actually have a man inside but a flatscreen that plays a 24 hour loop of this video by the artist watching his own clock somewhere and painstakingly erasing and re-writing each minute. This video was taken at Design Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009.
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Home is Where the Food Is.
From the post: My dear and talented friend Jody wrote and animated this fantastic homage to the concept of the 100 mile diet. Enjoy!
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Stunning Shuttle Ascent Video Compilation

Starts off a bit slow, but skip forward to about the 2 minute mark for some of the best Space Shuttle footage we’ve ever seen. “This video was compiled by the Space Shuttle Program at the Johnson Space Center and made available for all NASA employees to share with friends and family.”
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Cookie Monster sounds like Rammstein
He must be moonlighting with the German metal band.
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The Double Pendulum Gives an Example of Chaotic Motion
You probably don’t need to watch the entire video to get the idea – but the first couple of minutes are striking – the pendulum seems to have a life and purpose of its own.
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Twilight: New Moon in 60 Seconds
Now you don’t have to watch the actual movie. This recreation has better performance and a swiftly moving plot-line.
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Loop the Loop in a Real Car
The Fifth Gear team attempts to perform a full 360 degree loop in a full size car. Someone loves their Hotwheels™.
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Lastly, if you like your video music, we just did our first ever interview with the fantastic duo Pomplamoose.

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Amazing Male Group Gymnastics Routine
This is not gymnastics as you’re used to seeing it. I wish this was in the Olympics.
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Tornado inside a soap bubble
A soap bubble wizard creates a mini-tornado vortex inside a giant soap bubble.
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The pop-up book of phobias
This is an amazing pop-up book with scary images that may enhance the phobias they describe.
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What if Earth Had Rings like Saturn?
Through computer simulation and CGI we get to see what it would like from Earth, if we had rings around our planet like Saturn.
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Box Beard With Functioning Beard Door
Finally, this has to be seen to be believed (or not). It’s the winner of a free-style beard contest. Real? You make the call.
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Painfully Honest and Epic Mobile Home Commercial

Come on down and buy yourself a home. Or don’t. I don’t care.

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Keanu Reeves is Immortal

Is Keanu Reeves an immortal? In the words of the great one: Whoa.

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson On The Day He Met Carl Sagan

The now famous astrophysicist DeGrasse tells a story about meeting Carl Sagan as a high school student.

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Old School Oldsmobile Car Jump

Like a scene from a Starsky and Hutch episode- this big 80s sedan goes for a long jump.

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Are you Afraid of Bats?

Much beloved by Neatorama, Remi Gaillard is a bat this time- scaring unsuspecting people and making us laugh. Happy Halloween to Neatorama from VideoSift.

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World’s Largest Firework

Though perhaps a contentious claim, this is reputedly the world’s largest single firework.

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Apocalyptic looking cloud formation in Moscow

From the comments, we learn that these are called “failstreak holes” and do not actually portend the end of the world.

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Sculpting Demo by Philippe Faraut

Faraut is an amazing sculptor who has been featured on Neatorama before. This time he shows us how he does it. He makes it look so easy- but I know it’s not.

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Yellow Cake

The latest animated epic by Ottawa animator Nick Cross. In production since 2006, Yellow Cake is the follow-up to Nick’s The Waif of Persephone. Quick warning that it may be  a bit dark but the animation is superb.

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Pushbutton Balcony

Have a window? Push a button, now you have a balcony– if you live in Holland, France, Spain, or Portugal.

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The Largest Black Holes in the universe

This looks great full-screened and in HD. The biggest black holes come in at 18 million solar masses. That’s kind of big.

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Cats have epic 3-way steak battle

Watch the little cat in the middle, he seems to have the right idea.

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$400k CSI Opening Sequence – Season 10

An amazing visual way to tell a story. “Bullet time” features heavily.

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Electric Bike is Oddly Classy and Compelling

I love the way he just puts in his backpack and goes inside.

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Amazingly Lifelike Full-scale Robotic Dinosaurs

For the first 20 seconds of the video- I was a bit confused, as I couldn’t figure out how this could not be CGI.

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Daily Telegraph Writer Seriously Roughed-up by a Lion

The lion was just playing – or maybe just tasting – but I don’t think it was the lion encounter this journalist was expecting.

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Child’s First Roller Coaster Ride

The range of emotion displayed on this kid’s face as he experiences his first roller coaster is impressive. As mentioned in the comments, he releases his fear when he sees that his dad is enjoying himself.

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Would I lie to you? Cloud Removing

Did Paul McCartney really arrange to have clouds removed from a concert so he could play “Good Day Sunshine”? Find out in this clip from the funny UK panel show, “Would I Lie to You?”

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American Ace takes on multiple Luftwaffe ME 262s (jets)

A great reenactment with beautiful CGI depicting a lone US fighter pilot in his P-51 Mustang taking on many, many Luftwaffe planes in WWII.

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High voltage capacitor bank versus Watermelon

You know it’s not going to end well for the poor melon.

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Golden Retriever Takes on White Tiger Cubs

Isabella, a golden retriever and recently a first time mom, adopted these three white tiger cubs after they were rejected by their mother at the Safari Zoological Park in Caney, Ks.

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Interview with Cyberstalking Suspect goes Pretty Well

All hell breaks loose when a local reporter enters a costume shop to interview its eccentric owner who is up on cyberstalking charges. I think she got the better of the exchange …

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Mitchell and Webb: Casino Carnivale

Another hilarious short clip this week from the fantastic British skit comedy show, Mitchell and Webb.

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900RR Go Kart

These guys put the powerful engine of a Honda CBR 900RR motorcycle into a go-cart, to make a rip-roaring real-live Mario Kart. The drifting and acceleration are quite impressive.

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Autotune the Cats!

Some of the greatest cat meowing clips, melded together into an auto-tuned masterpiece of music – enjoy!

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Amazing one-man Looping Song by an Indie Musician

The description of this video says he made it all in one take- and it really makes a great song in the end. Give it a minute for the looping to kick in.

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The Big Bang explained in Two Minutes

Here’s a really nice concise explanation on how the big bang worked – has nice accompanying CGI that helps in the explanation.

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The Sophisticated Hunting Methods of Wild Owls

Amazing, specialized hunting machines – that poor lemming never had a chance.

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Pit Bull Viciously Attacks News Anchor With Love and Slobber

News anchor Randene Neill is repeatedly and savagely licked, almost to death, by a pit bull named Ginger. So much for the pit bull’s nasty reputation.

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Monkeys in a swimming pool

They’re actually great little swimmers, and they stay underwater too.

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Great Video Explaining How A Vehicle’s Differential Works

It’s an old documentary- and it explains how it works so well with models and simple examples. I’m left feeling that how-to videos were somehow better before the advent of CGI.

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Ultra High Speed Robot Reflexes

There’s really something kind of spooky about watching a robot doing something that a human would do, like bounce a ball, only 100 times faster. Brace yourself for the singularity.

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Colliding smoke rings produce multiple mini-vortices

Only 11 seconds long- still shows some very neat vortices.

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Extreme Vortex Cannon

And while we are on the topic of vortices, check out the Extreme Vortex Canon. Do you think it’s possible to knock over a brick “house” with a vapor ring? Find out.

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Shooting Clay Pigeons… with a Bow

Here’s a neat video of a guy who shoots traps with a bow and arrow- deadly accurate and a lot less noise than a gun. If you like accurate shooting, then you should also check out the incredible “Sling Shot Man”

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Lastly, just a quick note to tell you that VideoSift has upgraded to a brand new version of our software and we’ve got a new logo! If you’d like to check out all of the new features in VideoSift 4.0, drop in here. Thanks!

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Mitchell and Webb Take on Gordon Ramsay

This is a hilarious skit that sends up the foul-mouthed kitchen coach. (language NSFW)
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How DNA Copies Itself

From the PBS program “DNA The Secret of Life”.
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Richard Dawkins: Why are there still chimpanzees?

Richard Dawkins clears up the misunderstanding of Evolution that is all too common: If we descended from Chimpanzees, then why are there still Chimpanzees?
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Uncanny Drew Carey Look-Alike on The Price is Right

He is the spittin’ image of Drew- but then so is every high school woodshop teacher in the US.
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Cutting Edge Prosthetic Arms

Motorized prosthetic arms are now being matched to nerve endings beneath the skin – it seems we’re just a few steps away from Luke Skywalker’s robo-hand.
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Hand vs. Liquid Nitrogen and the Leidenfrost Effect

“I stick my hand (momentarily) directly into liquid nitrogen but don’t suffer any injuries due to the Leidenfrost effect.

The Leidenfrost effect is the formation of a gas barrier between a hot surface and a boiling liquid if the temperature difference is great enough.”

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Starwars, solo.

A woman plays all parts of the original Star Wars score at once with a sine Electone organ.

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QI – What’s The Commonest Metal In The Human Body?

Do you know? The contest on the always hilarious QI does – and lots more about the elements too.

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What exactly IS Schrödinger’s Cat?

You’ve probably heard of the famous thought experiment – but this is a very nice explanation on how it actually works.

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Guy Installs Horn from a Navy Destroyer on his car!

YT:
This is a 1940′s Doran Cunningham air horn. Usually found on WWII US Navy destroyer ships, and also found on some older ferries. There are only 2 of these that are being used that I know of.

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Train vs. Tornado

Hundreds of tons of steel vs. one of nature’s fiercest phenomenons. Once the rain starts coming down, there’s no turning back. Action begins just short of thef 1 minute mark

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1 Million Pounds of Force Exerted on Concrete Pylon

This is a pretty amazing load causing machine – and the pylon holds up pretty well … to a point.

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2012: It’s a Disaster!!!

The trailer for the most disasterific film of all time. I would like this movie so much better than the one it’s parodying I think.

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Homeopathic A&E – Mitchell & Webb

This funny clip is going to hit some people where it hurts – but whether you believe in homeopathy or not – you can’t deny the humor.

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One Man Band Cover of Boston’s ‘Long Time’

You probably have to be a Boston fan for this one- but it really is an amazing cover performance of a great song – and the singing is fantastic.

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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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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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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.

Link
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.

Link
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.

Link
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.

Link
EXTREME RICE!

Urrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!

Link

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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.

Link
Choir uses hands to create a thunderstorm

I was blown away by how realistic their thunderclaps sound – and the song is good too.

Link
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.

Link
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. ;) Calling all cryptozoologists, we need your help.

Link
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)

Link

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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

Link
Malfunctioning Dog is actually a Jazz singer

Who knew that something normally so grating on the ears, could be transformed into sweet, sweet music.

Link
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)

Link
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.

Link
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.

Link

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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 .

Link
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.

Link
The REAL Andy Kaufman

I’m not sure anyone really knew when Andy was being himself, even him.

Link
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.”

Link
Fresh-baked pizza vending machine

Watch this vending machine make a fairly delicious looking pie from scratch in just a few minutes.

Link

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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.

Link
Russian female enjoying an AK-47
I hope everyone was wearing their Kevlar vests – these guns have a bit of a kick to them.

Link
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.

Link
Monster Truck Does Quite Impressive Backflip
And unlike most monster truck flips – I think this one was even on purpose.

Link
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!

Link

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When Squirrel Attacks
This short video clip confirmed my worst nightmare: that squirrels are highly trained in military maneuvers. Watch as one distracts and another one attacks ...

Link

Auto-Tune the News
How do you make the news more interesting to the rest of us? Set it to music!

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

Smoochie Girl
Y'all know that Paris Hilton has the same facial expression in every photo, but she isn't the only woman in the world that does this.

Behold the smoochie girl - and yes, she made the exact same smoochie face in every photo: Link

The Weirdest Japanese Commercial Ever
I have to say, I agree with the VideoSift title. It is indeed the weirdest Japanese commercial ever.

Not going to describe it: you have to see it for yourself.

Link

Magnet Falling Down a Copper Tube
All right, let's end this on a scientific note. Here's what happened when you drop a magnet down a copper tube. The video is not slowed down, the movement of the falling magnet creates an eddy current that exerts a damping force on the magnet.

Link

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Why Canada Is So Dangerous
... because everyone in the land of Canadia, our neighbor to the north, carries knives and swords! Sure makes you long for the safety of the gun-totin' crowds back here in the good ol' US of A!

Link (strong language)

(From a comment on VideoSift, this appears to be from a 80s law enforcement training video "Surviving Edged Weapons")

Qui-Gon, Worst Jedi Ever?
Who's the worst Jedi in Star Wars ever? Here's a case for nominating Qui-Gon Jinn for the dubious title.

After watching the clip, I must agree: Link

World's BEST Fan-Made Music Video
Quick, somebody call Simon Cowell - the next Spice Girls have just been discovered! These three English girls got the right stuff.

Watch it and weep: Link

When Lightnings Strike!
Here's a collection of lightning striking at close range - the people's reactions are predictable (mucho swearing and running away), but the clips are endlessly fascinating.

Do yourself a favor, skip the stupid intro and fast foward to 1:00: Link (strong language)

Blanket-napper Dog
Let's end this week's VideoSift round-up with something cute: a dog stealing a cat's blanket.

Why, my wife does the same thing to me every night :)

Link (quick, where's my slanket?)

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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.





– via videosift

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Minnesotastan.

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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


From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Plinth.

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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.

– via darkroastedblend

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Minnesotastan.

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The View From the Intl Space Station Window
This short but fantastic video clip is of the view from the Space Shuttle Endeavour's left window looking at the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) of the International Space Shuttle.

Link

Ying-Yang Twins on Cribs - Translated
Does anyone understand what rappers Kaine and D-Roc of the Ying-Yang Twins (shouldn't that be Yin Yang?) are talking about. So thankfully, the guys over at Tasty Booze blog stepped in to translate.

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?

Link

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

Men in Black Bloopers
I know that it's been a while since MIB hit the silver screen - but this blooper outtakes are just as funny as the film itself.

What a neat blast from the past: Link

A Ventriloquist and Her Monkey
This one is NSFW (strong language), but it's very funny: here's British actress and comedian Nina Conti performing ventriloquism with her sarcastic and profane puppet monkey Monk.

Link

(Interestingly, YouTube removed a video "due to terms of use violation" from her own website - what's up with that?)

Iron Man vs Bruce Lee
Who will win? Iron man or the Little Dragon?

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!

Link

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Ricky Gervais + Elmo = Hilarity!
It doesn't get much better than this comedy gold Elmo interviews comedian Ricky Gervais (G to E: "do you know what necrophilia is?")

Set your piggies free: Link

Rube Golberg Corkscrew Machine
British designer Rob Higgs was commissioned by Marcus Wilkinson of ONEOFONEHUNDRED to build this fantastic Rube Goldbergian contraption: an amazing mechanical device, made from almost 300 found objects, to uncork a bottle and pour a glass of wine.

Link

Bunny vs. Snake
Which is more vicious a cute little bunny rabbit or a big snake? Find out here - the ending may just surprise you: Link

My Legs Give Me Superpowers
Athlete, actress and fashion model Aimee Mullins gave a talk at TED about a dozen or so of her prosthetic legs, and the superpowers they gave her: speed, beauty ... and an extra 6 inches of height!

Who said what about disability now? Link

How Much is a Billion Dollars?
Most people understand $100 - even say, a million bucks. But what about a billion dollars? Just how big is that?

Here's a video clip that puts it in perspective: Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift (good luck with the recovery, guys!)

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Excessive Ping Pong Score Celebration
Footballers do it, soccer players do it, so why not celebrate your score in ping pong? Here's Adam Bobrow's take on how to excessively celebrate in ping pong (don't miss the score at the end of the clip)

Link

Metal Grandma
Think that heavy metal is only for the young? This grandma is waaay more metal than anyone else in this concert. Go Nana!

Link

What Happens to Stuff Left in a Foreclosed House?
Someone has to clean up after homeowners were evicted from their foreclosed houses... and given the current economic situation, business is booming for the "trash out crew." Link

Is this the Face of the Young Leonardo da Vinci?
When Italian science journalist Piero Angela was looking through da Vinci's work, he noticed an image of a nose - upon closer look, it may just be the face of a young Leonardo.

Link

How many camels fit in a Subaru?
The answer, apparently, is at least two!

Count for yourself: Link

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Black Hole Destroying a Star
What happens when a star is caught in a black hole's gravitational pull? How does it get sucked in?

Watch this amazing simulation: Link

Serenity Bar Fight Rehearsal
Remember the fight scene in the movie Serenity where River pwns the entire bar? Here's the video clip of the rehearsal, which in some ways, if much better than the one in movie itself.

Link

Peeing While Walking
Yes, I know it's wrong - but I've got to say, it takes some skillz to pee while walking. That or a state of supreme drunkenness. Maybe both.

A comment on VideoSift by Pprt: "When urine a rush ..."

Link (SFW, don't worry - you can't see nothin')

Star, the Smart Dog
At 3 and a half month old, Star the Border Collie Puupy is smarter than my kid!

Here's a 5 min-long clip of the smartest puppy on the planet: Link

Ice Skating Polar Bear
If you think that Star the dog is smart, checkout this ice skating polar bear! Smart (spreading the weight around so the thin ice doesn't break) and cute!

Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Juggling with Bowling Ball
Remember the Chinlone video we posted on Neatorama a while ago? Well, that ain' nothing compared to this rhythmic gymnast juggling with a bowling ball!

I kid: that's not a bowling ball, but it sure does look like one! Link

Dog Hates the Happy Birthday Song!
Dave the Wonder Dog is a half black lab, half border colli and all crazy. It has a strange musical trigger: if you sing the Happy Birthday Song, be prepared to deal with a dog gone berserk ...

Link

Physics Fun: Jell-O + Electricity = FIRE!
Can you make Jell-O electrically conductive? Sure you can, if you make it out of alcohol. Here's what you get when you tase a Jell-O:

Link (Includes the phrase "electrically active Jell-O mound" that is PURE WIN)

Cell Phone Reunion
When Bluetooth, cell phones, car phone and the Blackberry teams up, the iPhone gets what he deserves ...

From the geniuses over at CollegeHumor: Link (NSFW language - the ending makes it all worth the wait)

The Crazy PS3 Kid Banned From Playing PS3
That PS3 is like crack for little kids - here's a Norwegian kid giving an Oscar-worthy performance when he got banned from playing his Playstation.

His range of emotion is amazing! Christian Bale, watch out! Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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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!

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by 3oltan.

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Behold, the Atheist's Nightmare: The Babel Fish!
From The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of my favorite OMG-awesome-book-turned-into-an-okay-film, here is the atheist's nightmare: the babel fish! Douglas Adams, RIP. Link

Insane Mexican Wrestling
Move over WWE, here comes lucha libre, the Mexican version of pro wrestling! The guy spinning is Mascarita Dorada, and his unfortunate opponent is Damian, in a CMLL (Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, a pro wrestling outfit in Medico City) match. Link

Volcano Erupts Underneath Ice
This is pretty awesome: a 2004 volcano erupting from under the ice in Iceland (I guess that's why that country got the name). From Earth - The Biography, starring Dr. Iain Stewart.

Link (lightning makes an appearance at 0:19)

Gordon Ramsay's Perfect Scrambled Eggs
So. You think you can make scrambled eggs. Maybe you've been making 'em all your life. Well, here's Gordon Ramsay telling you that you're wrong. This is how you make scrambled eggs! Link

Idiot's Guide to Releasing a Bobcat
Why, oh, why would you even think that shovels are adequate protection against bobcats ... Here's what two doofus did when they tried to free a bobcat from a snare trap.

Link

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The Curious Case of Forrest Gump
Have you seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button before? If it seemed familiar to you, that may just be because you have seen it before fifteen years ago ...

From Talkshow with Spike Feresten: Link

My Kitty Can Fly
This is a story of a man, a fence, and a cat. It's not just a video clip, it's a quest to build the ultimate escape-proof cat fence.

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)

Ultra Slow Motion of a Falling Droplet of Water
Pretty much what the title said: a nifty clip of a droplet of water captured at 3000 frames per second.

Quick and fun: Link (24 sec)

Husky Says "I Love You"
For all of you who say that Neatorama has a cat bias, here's a clip of a Siberian Husky named Tubok saying "I love you" for a treat.

Cute and talented! Link

Bratz Doll Give Girls Unrealistic Expectations of Head Size
Well, if Barbie gives girls unrealistic expectation of body image, Bratz dolls give them something even better: unrealistic expectation of ... head size!

From The Onion: Link

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Parkour Noob
Well, not everyone can run and jump around like ninjas. Here's a video clip of why you shouldn't exactly try do parkour if you're not physically coordinated.

Link (Hey, isn't that the Numa Numa guy?)

The Slingshot Man
Don't pick a fight with Rufus Hussey, The Beanshooter Man, at least when he's armed with a slingshot - he is absolutely terrifyingly awesome with it.

Link

How to Steal a Car with Beer Cans
Yes, it's probably a staged footage, but it's conceivable ... and pretty clever for a criminal!

Link

How to Disarm a Crazy Samurai Sword Wielding Man
Not all policemen resort to lethal force, guns or tasers to disarm a crazy samurai sword wielding man. Sometimes, all you need is ... a broom! (Of course, this is Germany, in the United States, they would've just shot the guy's b*tt off!)

Link

Young Drew Carey on The Tonight Show
In 1991, a then 33-year-old Drew Carey performed for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Back then, it was unusual for a comedian to be invited over to sit down with the master.

Link

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Geophysical Survey of the World of Warcraft
James Wallis gave an interesting talk at Interesting Vancouver 2008 (see what I did there?) about doing a geophysical survey of ... Azeroth, the virtual world in the insanely popular World of Warcraft.

It turns out that WoW is really, really small: Link

Human Slip & Slide
This is probably this middle-aged, balding Japanese man's lifelong dream: to ... um, slide over a row of oiled-up women in bikinis!

(It doesn't end there, folks, there's also an underwear stuffing contest!)

Where do I sign up? Link

Double Fail at the Motorcycle Race Track
What happens when you hold a motorcycle race after it rains? Here's a "double" fail at the track - I don't know which one hurts more!

Link

Shark Does a Spinning Jump Behind a Surfer
Check out this video clip of a spinner shark doing a spinning jump (shoryuken?) behind a surfer.

Link (about time mark 0:10)

History of the Internet
Here's a really neat animated infographic clip by Melih Bilgil about how the Interweb came to be.

Link

(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)

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Green Tie in Front of a Green Screen
TMJ4 weatherman Scott Steele found out why you're not supposed to wear a green tie when giving the weather in front of a green screen:

The news director told me to get a power tie, I just didn't realize how powerful it is ...

It certainly made the weather report more interesting, perhaps all weathermen should wear green ties!

Link

Backwards Beethoven
What happen if you play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Fur Elise backwards? Here's Sean Wesche on the piano: Link

Previously on Neatorama: Singing Backwards

Yoshimoto Cube
Forget Rubik's Cube - here's the Yoshimoto Cube, or if you want to get all technical, the transformation fo two stellated rhombic dodecahedron from a cube.

Philip Brocoum explains: Link

Bob Munden: Fastest Gunman Ever
Here's Bob Munden, the self-proclaimed fastest gun who ever lived:

Now in terms of time, Bob, how quick was that?

I draw, cock, level, fire the gun and hit what I'm shooting at in less than 2 one-hundredth of one second ...

Link

Simpsons Duet: 2 Guys 1 Piano
Here's Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell of Katzenjammer (lit. cat's wail in German), playing the theme of The Simpsons.

They're pretty awesome! Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Wouldn't It Be Cool if US CEOs Were Like This?
Here's a story of how the CEO of one of the world's top 10 airlines, Haruka Nishimatsu of Japan Airlines, deal with hard economic times.

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

This Reptile is Pimpin'
Mother Nature, it turns out, is the inventor of the swagger. Check out this chameleon's pimpin' walk

Link

Don't Try to Rob Beauticians!
Here's what happened when an armed robber tried to rob a beauty school in Shreveport, Louisiana:

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 ...

Link

Woman vs. Cow
Instead of "ayuda" maybe the woman should've screamed "occupado" instead!

Here's a funny clip (well, funny to some anyhow) of a cow trying to get into an otherwise occupied bathroom.

Link

How to Unflip and Lose Your Caterpillar in 30 Seconds
Bad: You flipped your $2 million caterpillar heavy machine
Good: Someone will right it for you ...
The Final Reversal: You forgot it's on a steep hill ...

Here's a 30-second clip on how to make a bad situation worse (yes, ironically also set to a bad techno music) : Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Cuttlefish Cloaking Device
Ever see a cuttlefish turn on its cloaking device ... er, camouflage? It. Is. Awesome.

Here's the short and sweet video clip: Link

Afghanistan Waterfall of Rocks
Danish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan filmed this crazy rockslide where boulders the size of cars were tossed around like they were nothing.

Link

Venti Does NOT Mean Large
Or how to be a douchebag in Starbucks. But seriously, folks, am I the only one who (when I do rarely visit the overpriced coffee establishment) order a "large" coffee?

Link

Kid vs. Mom
All right: first, watch the clip. Then tell me if this is a display of poor parenting skills or a justifiable Hulk smash action by the mom. Oh dear!

Link

Cannot ... get ... comfortuhbuhls ...
Okay, let's end today's VideoSift picks with something funny (I promise, no cats): a cute little dog can't get comfy enough in its lil' bed.

Link (from the ever dependable Cute Overload)

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Top 10 Stupid Things Americans Ask Brits
British comedian Ricky Gervais wrote a Top 10 list of the stupidest things American asks our cousins across the pond.

Here he is on David Letterman: Link

Ladybug in Ultra Slo-Mo
This one is definitely nifty: here's a ladybug captured taking flight on 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

Yao Ming's Incredible Shot
How cool is the Houston Rockets' center Yao Ming? Here's his behind-the-back (okay, overhead), no-look lucky shot:

Link

When News Reporters Lose It
Everyone loses it once in a while, but these reporters got their meltdown moments immortalized on tape! There's even one of Bill O'Reilly losing it!

Link (yes, contains bad language)

If you like the Bill O'Reilly one, here's the dance remix version (even more bad language!)

Geared Heart
This one is for all you papercraft lovers out there ... Here's the super-duper-most-awesomest papercraft EVAR! It's by Haruki Nakamura of Paper Engineering Kamikara.

Link

If you like that one, check out the gears cube

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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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)

Stone Golem Costume
The coolness factor is off the chart with this one! Check out the Stone Golem full suit costume, constructed with about 5 foam mattresses, over 50 sticks of hot melt glue and 8 cans of grey and black spray paint.

Link

Trick-or-Treater Pwns Scarecrow
Here's a good idea turned supremely bad: dress up as a scarecrow doll that comes alive when trick-or-treater approach the door.

What could go wrong? Watch (Pow!): Link

Over-the-Top Scary Halloween
First the light goes off, then the scary stuff happens. It's not Halloween until somebody cries and trick-or-treaters got to suffer for their candies in this house!

Link

The Self-Carving Pumpkin
Can't have a Halloween feature without pumpkins. Here's a truly marvelous (and a little bit sick if you think about it) stop-motion video clip of a pumpkin carving itself!

Link

Seinfeld on Halloween
All right, enough with costumes and pumpkins. Here's Jerry Seinfeld's take on Halloween, from his "I'm Telling You for the Last Time" show on Broadway.

Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Two Fire Trucks Collide at Intersection
I've always wondered what would happen if - in their hurry to get to the scene of the fire - two fire trucks got to the same spot and no one yielded ...

Now I know: Link

Could You Forget Someone You Just Talked To 5 Seconds Ago?
These ordinary people did! The last bit is the best - so make sure you watch the entire thing!

Link

Virtual Race Track
Fifteen office workers in Brazil turned their desktops into virtual race track by synchronizing their screensavers ...

Link | It's an ad for Intel (Official Website)

Referee Football Tackle
When you play football, you expect a little rough and tumble. But this is a little odd: Here's South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia tackled by ... the ref!

Link | More info at ESPN

Damar the Creepy Voiced Starling
Since it's almost Halloween, here is Damar the starling, talking in a very, very creepy bird voice.

Hey Damar! Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Wedding Ring Exchange FAIL
Or perhaps, better titled "The World's Worst Best Man" - I don't know if he'd ever live this one down.

Wait for it ... wait for it ...

Link

CSI:NY Creates VB GUI to Track IP's
Shows like CSI try hard to bring "real" science into the show, but more often than not, they fail (DNA sequencing in 3 minutes, anyone?) Perhaps the writers really don't understand how science is done, or perhaps they just want to throw in some jargon that sounds good on the dialog.

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."

Link

Japanese Games Shows Are So Much Better Than Ours
Here's what contestants have to do in one Japanese game show: swing on a rope to a treadmill, then grab a stepping block and swing to a floating platform ... What are the Japanese thinking?

Actually this explains Super Mario Bros. perfectly! Link

Saturn V Rocket Launch - Ultra Slow Motion
What's better than watching a rocket launch? Watching it in ultra slo-mo!

Here's a fascinating clip of the launch of the Saturn V rocket like you've never seen it before: Link

Here Come the Fat One!
What would happen if a manatee swam into the glass at the aquarium? Oh, the huge manatee!

Check out this "nature's crumple zone" clip here: Link (short and sweet, just 11 sec!)

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Kiiking: 360° on a Swing!
All of us who has ever played on a swing have thought about it, but here's an actual sport called Kiiking, where the goal is to swing a full rotation.

Link

Speeding Ticket Accident
Getting a speeding ticket is nothing ... watch what happened next (Amazing that the cop remained calm ...)

Link

Drunk Flips Over Trying to Pee
Not much to say here, other than I'm surprised that it's actually quite funny to watch a drunken man falling over his butt when he's trying to pee over a ledge!

Link

How NOT to Break a World Record
When trying to break the world record for most coconuts smashed by hand, it's best to actually practice how to smash one first ...

Link

Propane Tank vs. Truck
Every time I go to fill up my barbecue's propane tank, I think to myself: what would happen if this thing caught on fire?

Well, no need to wonder no more: here's what would happen: Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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Fat Man Defies the Laws of Physics
UNBELIEVABLE! Millenia of the laws of physics tossed out the window as this fat man accomplished what should be impossible ...

Link

Racer Can't Defy the Call of Nature
The laws of physics may be broken, but not the call of nature. See what Valentino Rossi had to do during a motorcycle race ...

Link

Awesome Save by ... Wait a Minute! Who??
In the 2001 Dutch Cup, soccer team De Treffers was playing Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie when something very unusual happened:

An assistant (not a player) for De Treffers named Jan Maas decided to um, play a little defense and prevented a goal against his team.

His expression (what? what did I do?) later on was priceless! Link

The Woman Whisperer
Picture this: a man was enjoying his beer in a bar when his lady came up to him and said that it was time to go home.

What would happen if the man tried to stay a little while longer ... and what happened when a mysterious "woman whisperer" walked in the door?

A pretty funny beer ad from Australia: Link

Zombie Snake Head - It's Still Alive!
Do you think that just because you've decapitated a snake that it's dead?

Check out this video clip. If you dare: Link

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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The Greatest Slam Dunk Ever
When Julian Wright of the Kansas University basketball team took possession of the ball, he charged toward the basket and performed what is probably the world's greatest slam dunk ever.

To show that it was nuthin' he went on to play for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. Link

Now THIS is a Low Flying Airplane!
If you think you've got it bad living under a flight path, take a look at this!

Link

The Umbilical Brothers
I can't believe I've never heard of the Umbilical Brothers until I saw this video (Well, actually, I've seen them before on Noggin, but that's because I have two small kids - but that's not their original shtick). Their performance is EXCELLENT!

If you've never seen them in action, do yourself a favor and check this vide out: Link

Not a Single Person Alive Knows How to Make a Pencil
Economist Milton Friedman explains how the capitalism works: not a single person alive knows how to make a pencil.

"Literally thousands of people cooperated to make this pencil. People who don't speak the same language, who practice different religions, who might hate one another if they've ever met. When you go down to the store and buy this pencil, you are in effect trading a few minutes of your time for a few seconds of the time of all those thousands of people. What brought them together and induce them to cooperate to make this pencil?"

Link

Bubba the Dog Eats a Burrito
Let's end this with a video of a dog. A dog eating a bean burrito. IN A SINGLE GULP! Yum!

Link

I can't imagine the farts he'll be havin' for the rest of the day!

For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

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