Awesome Videos

Veritasium breaks down the most requested cosmetic procedure. The melanin in our hair (and skin) protect us by absorbing light. Laser hair removal takes advantage of that by overloading hair with short bursts of heat, enough to damage the cells that produce hair.

The always incredible Poppin John teamed up with dancer Solto to turn in this mindbending (and bodybending) street performance set to Revolvr & Genisis and Splitbreed’s track Unstoppable. The gimmick at the end is worth the price of admission.

Stephen Colbert is excited about one of the possible new emoji. The Face With One Eyebrow Raised wasn’t based on Colbert, but he’s owning it anyway. Equally notable? The proposal for the emoji is 2,700 words long.😱

La Blogotheque presents indie folk artist Andy Shauf and his band performing a single from his upcoming album, The Party. If you like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes and other sad bastard music, you’ll love Andy.

Reading women’s signals can be maddening. Casually Explained lays out three hypothetical scenarios so you can test if your wits are about you (or if your self-esteem is high enough). We think this dude needs someone to explain things to him too.

A five-episode animated miniseries that introduces us to Final Fantasy XV‘s main characters: Noctis, Prince of Lucis, Gladiolus, a fellow noble, Ignis, a military tactician, and Prompto, a carefree commoner. It’s standard anime fare, but it does its job.

Ben Tardif says he’s been working for over three years on the construction of his complex contraption, a kinetic sculpture that sends marbles on a seemingly endless ride through 25 different environments, along twisty roads, down tiny staircases, and even off a ski jump.

A dude has been waiting for his friends to do the “I’m up for anything” response when asked what they want to eat, because he has a sick joke built around it. But this is real life, and jokes take time to pull off.

While Google wowed us with Cardboard Plastic earlier today, their best April Fools prank might just be this one out of Google Nederland – a play on their autonomous car tech, but made for the bicycle-filled streets of Amsterdam.

“Every bag of chips is family size… if you’re an orphan.” Nick Offerman presents another reading from Reddit’s Shower Thoughts. Nick joins Attenborough, Stewart, and Jones, and Freeman in the club of people who can read the phonebook and make it sound interesting.

It’s morphin’ time! The Red Power Ranger turns in an array of gymnastic jumps, flips and spins in this fun action video from Cam’s Creations, and starring freerunner Omar Zaki. We’re not sure about his crimefighting skills though.

“What’s realer than real? Probably nothing.” Google unveils the evolution of its affordable virtual reality headset. Cardboard Plastic lets you tap into reality itself, thanks to the magic of holes. Oh, how we wish that Apple did this joke instead.

YouTube’s April Foo – er, April Fizools’ Day prank combines its new 360º video feature with everyone’s dream couch buddy Snoop Dogg. The SnoopaVision button lets you watch Snoop Dogg watch a YouTube video. Videos here and here.

In this brief but brilliant promo clip for the new Chevy Cruze, spoken word artist Prince Ea offers up some flowing and inspiring prose about the internal mechanism that drives us to succeed, and how effort and motivation is more valuable than money and book smarts.

Marvel hired freehand phenom Kim Jung Gi to make a large illustration depicting its heroes fighting each other. The artwork will be split into eight and used as variant covers for the upcoming Civil War II comics, which will be released this June. Hi-res image here.

Did you know that speedometers in European vehicles usually indicate a speed that’s higher than the actual value? Or that speed bumps result in a lot of deaths because they slow down medical vehicles? All that and more in Today I Found Out’s video.

Ice Music is an annual performance in Luleå, Sweden where the instruments and the concert hall are mainly made of ice. Ice sculptor Tim Linhart started it more than 20 years ago when he realized that the upright bass he carved was actually playable.

Los Angeles Lakers’ 32-year-old rookie Marcelo Huertas showed off some Brazilian ninjutsu in their recent match against the Miami Heat. While his teammate was taking a free throw, Huertas hid behind Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, waiting for his unsuspecting prey.

Petrolicious spoke with Christophe Guerin about his 1984 Renault 5 Turbo 2, one of the road-going versions of the French automaker’s rally rocket. A mechanic by passion and trade, a chance test drive of an R5 Turbo when he was 20 years old made it his dream car.

Our pals at Sneaky Zebra dropped by WonderCon in LA to catch some of the more impressive costumes on hand. While Zoolander 2 was a letdown, the guys dressed as Derek, Hansel, and Mugatu nailed it, as did Thanos, Batman and Deadpool. Then there’s BB-8 kid.

Inventor Colin Furze continues to up the destructive ante with his dangerous creations. This time, he’s made a Steampunk-style rocket launcher that fires shells filled with 2000º+ thermite. Making of here and here.

(PG-13: Language) “There can be only one!” Burger Fiction’s latest movie montage compiles some of the greatest one-liners uttered right before someone puts their big finishing move on their nemesis. We totally forgot about that brilliant kill line from Moonraker.

REM frontman Rip Van Winkle Michael Stipe dropped by The Tonight Show to turn in a haunting performance of the David Bowie’s 1970 classic in advance of The Music of David Bowie charity concert slated for NYC on 3/31 & 4/1/16. The 4/1 concert will be streamed live.