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Stock Cars on a Dirt Track

Stock Cars on a Dirt Track

Brazil’s Circuito dos Cristais will eventually become a road style circuit. At the moment though, it’s still an unpaved bed of dirt and rocks. That didn’t stop these impatient stock car drivers from giving the course a go.

Rocket Wars

Rocket Wars

Variable’s dramatic take on Chios’ chaotic annual tradition, where parishioners of two Greek Orthodox churches fire rockets at each other while mass is held inside both buildings. It’s like a scene from The Dark Knight Rises.

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The Death of Bees

The Death of Bees

Kurzgesagt teaches us about the importance of honey bees to our world’s delicate ecosystem, and the science behind the phenomenon of colony collapse disorder. Next time you see a bee buzzing around you head, think about this video.

Amy Winehouse in the Studio

Amy Winehouse in the Studio

(PG-13 Language) This clip from Amy shows the late pop star recording Back to Black with producer Mark Ronson, who says he didn’t see Amy as the “procrastinating, troubled artist” that some were portraying her to be.

Young Cuban Pete

Young Cuban Pete

Meet the prince of the rumba beat. This confident fellow danced his heart out to Joseph Norman’s Cuban Pete at a public swimming pool, borrowing Jim Carrey’s moves from his classic scene in The Mask.

Journey Through the Layers of the Mind

Journey Through the Layers of the Mind

Memo Akten used Google’s DeepDream to create this trippy video. In very simple terms, DeepDream is cloud watching: it spots something that’s not in a source image, then remakes the source to realize what it’s imagining, and so on.

Jack Sparrow Visits a Kids’ Hospital

Jack Sparrow Visits a Kids’ Hospital

Johnny Depp took a break from filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales to visit Lady Cilentro Children’s Hospital as Jack Sparrow in both costume and character. He also had a message for all ill children.

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ATM Cat

ATM Cat

Due to the financial situation in Greece, there are strict daily limits on ATM cash withdrawals. Perhaps the Greek government should fly in this cat from Israel to help enforce its policies.

How to Ride Bitch

How to Ride Bitch

This hilarious take on ’60s educational films teaches us the right way to ride a motorcycle with another dude. We’re thinking The Siamese Twins method is the least likely to get you into trouble. Directed by Alex Vivian and Cris Balmaceda.

One-Minute Time Machine

One-Minute Time Machine

(PG-13 Language) In Devon Avery’s short film, a man meets a woman on a park bench, but fails to impress her. Fortunately, he’s got unlimited do-overs. There are consequences, though. Selected for the Sploid Short Film Festival.

Drill-Powered Walking Machine

Drill-Powered Walking Machine

Izzy Swan makes all kinds of crazy contraptions. His latest build is truly impressive – as it’s able to transport a passenger down the street using the power of a single Dewalt power drill which drive strandbeest-like legs and a wheeled platform.

DJ Troll Drops the Drop

DJ Troll Drops the Drop

What your are about to witness is the raver’s version of blue balls. EDM duo Mashd N Kutcher had the audacity to pull off a Best Drops Ever in one of their live sets. That was cruel. And funny.

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No Man’s Sky (Gameplay 3)

No Man’s Sky (Gameplay 3)

Developer Hello Games sat down with IGN to explain No Man’s Sky‘s basic gameplay. At the center of it all is money, which you can earn by exploring, fighting and trading. Oh and it’s still mind blowing. This is Powers of Ten: The Game.

Every Justice League Member Ever

Every Justice League Member Ever

DC Comics’ video presents all of the characters who became part of the Justice League, from Superman and other fan favorites to obscure ones like General Glory. It’s also proof that it’s hard to come up with cool character names.

Swinging Over a House

Swinging Over a House

We all wanted to swing all the way to the sky when we were kids, but acrobat and stuntman Damien Walters turned that idea up a notch – jumping off a Russian swing at its highest point to fly over an entire house.

Turtle’s Eye View

Turtle’s Eye View

The WWF of Australia strapped a GoPro onto the back of a green turtle as it was tagged and released back into the wild. Follow along with the big guy on a first-turtle view of the Great Barrier Reef without getting your hair wet.

Smells Like Teen Shovel

Smells Like Teen Shovel

A kid unwittingly used a patch of ice and a shovel to recreate a classic grunge riff. Judging from some of the YouTube comments this video literally separates the men from the boys. You whippersnappers and your Foo Fighters.

The Compact Disc Machine Gun

The Compact Disc Machine Gun

JZSlenker has created the ultimate weapon for disposing of those old AOL CD-ROMs. His contraption uses an angle grinder to fling a stack of discs at deadly speeds. You definitely wouldn’t want to be on the business end of this thing.

Etch A Sketch Speed Portraits

Etch A Sketch Speed Portraits

Want to make a quick buck? Master the Etch A Sketch. Artist Christoph Brown can make a portrait on the drawing toy in just 2 to 5 minutes, then sell it for up to $500. Damn. Check out his merch and services here.

Not Going Home

Not Going Home

The best use of the selfie stick goes to Stephen and Sammy. The couple’s edit of their 31-day round-the-world trip is so wonderful, the pop duo Great Good Fine OK used it as the official video for their song Not Going Home.

Key & Peele: Telemarketers

Key & Peele: Telemarketers

Like most of us, Keegan isn’t interested in hearing what telemarketers have to say.  But the telemarketer isn’t interested in talking to him either. We’d rather have the WWE pay-per-view pitch though.

How Your Feet Help You Sleep

How Your Feet Help You Sleep

Our body tends to cool down before we sleep, and our feet and hands have blood vessels close to the surface of the skin. Thus exposing your feet cools your body down relatively quickly and helps signal that it’s time to sleep.

Hardhome VFX Breakdown

Hardhome VFX Breakdown

(Spoilers) Spain’s El Ranchito Imagen Digital shows off some the digital effects work that went into the creation of the massive crowds, dramatic setting, and intense action of the Hardhome sequence from Season 5 of Game of Thrones.

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