Awesome Videos

Casually Explained ranks all of the world’s 11 species from the most objective point of view – that of a gamer. He highlights some of the animal world’s best passive abilities, worst quests and potential nerfs. Can we disconnect the Earth so we won’t get that upcoming patch?

After wiping out their entire internet presence, Radiohead is back with a bang. Here’s the debut music video from their forthcoming album; a sinister stop-motion short by Chris Hopewell in which a peaceful village is home to some rather nasty rituals.

The Film Theorists share interesting trivia behind the production of The Avengers, including how Marvel retained creative control by funding its own movie studio, and how director Joss Whedon saved us from a potentially disastrous script.

The Dunking Devils added an extreme twist to their freestyle basketball routine. They hung a basketball hoop under a railway bridge that’s suspended 32ft over the water, then used rope swings to pull off their slams and jams.

YouTuber Cosmic Contrarian likes his Fallout 4 battles big. Recently, he created a battle in which 30,000 automatron robots took on The Commonwealth. As amazing as this is, be sure to check out some of his other awe-inspiring battle videos.

While on The Graham Norton Show, Seth Rogen talked about two bizarre experiences that came out of making The Interview: his security guard and the tiger they hired for the movie. Well, mostly the two trainers that came with the tiger.

The latest episode of batinthesun’s Super Power Beat Down is a computer animated battle between the leaders of the Autobots and the Avengers. Place your bets! Skip to 5:20 for the fight itself.

Last Week Tonight takes a break from depressing humans to give a brief lesson on modern history to the upcoming batch of North American cicadas, which have been literally living underground as nymphs since 1999.

Filmmaker ScottDW is back with a sequel to his hugely popular Fruit Ninja video. Watch as cantaloupes, watermelons, pineapples, bananas and more meet their makers yet again in this 2-player round, complete with a flaming sword. Bananas Foster, anyone?

Musician Rob Scallon and his pals turn in a fun performance of Metallica’s Master of Puppets with the lead guitar replaced with banjo. His outfit reminds us of an overall joke we’re pretty sure we heard on Dr. Katz… “Q: What goes with these? A: A banjo and no women.”

BBC Earth enlisted the help of audio technicians and and their fancy recording equipment to capture the sound of birds in flight, and demonstrate just how insanely quiet owls are when they fly. They pull it off thanks to their efficient, glider-like wing design.

Instrument maker and musician Leonard Solomon shows off another one of his unusual contraptions. The Oomphalapompatronium uses a crank, belts, bladders, bottles, and PVC pipe to create something that sounds like a pipe organ with frog in its throat.

CrazyRussianHacker demonstrates a cool science experiment which uses a glass water bottle coated with a small amount of isopropyl alcohol to create a totally cool flame which travels down the walls of the bottle. Kids, don’t try this at home.

“I roll around in my camel, with my hot ass wife and my kids yo! Why you laughin’?” Brandon broke his arm while playing baseball and had to take anesthetics at the hospital. Apparently one of the drug’s side effects is turning you into Gary Wallace.

While we could only think of one particularly rude gesture before watching this clip of a charismatic tour guide Sergio Solazzo, it turns out that Italians have hand gestures for as many things as Indians have headshakes for. What’s the gesture for “turn your phone sideways”?

It’s the rainy season in Savage Land Queensland, so Primitive Technology thought that it’s time for his alter ego to make some clothes. He spent a few days making yarn out of fiber and about a day to weave it into a rough fabric using his handmade loom.

While traveling countless miles in search of the world’s best ski slopes, pro skier Fabian Lentsch and his Snowmads teammates found themselves driving through the Iranian desert, and didn’t let something like the complete lack of snow stop them from skiing.

Channel Criswell breaks downs the style of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky’s approach is pure in that he created stories that could only be told through cinema, visualizing what the characters are feeling rather than what’s happening to them.

YouTuber MyDifferentUserName made a badass life-size version of the KRM-262, the default and the most powerful shotgun in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. It has a foldable stock, a pumping handgrip and a barrel that opens to accommodate a LEGO shell.

(PG-13: Language) “You know what’s nice? I’m going straight from this to lunch with my in-laws.” Conan O’Brien played Mario Kart 8 with Neighbors 2 stars Zac Efron and Seth Rogen, with the loser of each round getting a penis drawn on his face.

The Science Channel’s latest explosive educational video points out a coffee maker’s crucial components. In a world where Keurig is king, one coffee maker is determined to win his customers back. This summer, Nicholas Cage is gunning for MAXIMUM FLAVOR.

YouTuber Rulof Maker made a simple compressed air pistol primarily out of discarded objects. The main components are the valve from an empty fire extinguisher and some dry ice. He made the pistol’s body out of wood to give it a steampunk vibe.

Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd turn in a frighteningly accurate recreation of the music video for the 1981 Styx classic Too Much Time on My Hands, right down to the cheesy moustaches, Tommy Shaw’s teal jumpsuit, and every curly lock on Dennis DeYoung’s head.