VideoSift Clips of the Week

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 ...

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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.

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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.

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