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An amazing stunt as a performer balances himself at the top of a tall vertical pole and spins around like a whirligig. It’s about the only scenario where a vertical video is acceptable.

A fun and Tim Burton-esque Halloween animation done by Auge de Vries by painstakingly carving 400 individual scenes into candle-lit pumpkins and stitching them together frame-by-frame.

Cadbury jumps on the zombie bandwagon with this hilarious stop-motion commercial clip called “Last Stand” for their special Halloween-edition Creme Eggs candy. Goo goo goo goo goo!

(NSFW) The music video for Stamina, a song by electronica/dance music artist Vitalic from his new album Rave Age. It’s wild, trippy and fun, much like the song itself. Directed by Saman Keshavarz.

Inspired by Matt Logue’s Empty LA photo book, Ross Ching started Empty America, a series of time lapse videos showing various cities with no person in sight. Making-of video here. First video here.

This train trestle bridge in Durham, North Carolina has seen its fair share of accidents, as it’s been struck numerous times by trucks exceeding its 11′-8″ height. It’s the Chuck Norris of bridges.

An excerpt from Susan Cain’s talk on RSA about breaking the negative perception about introverts and how extroverted people may work best when partnered with introverts. Art by Molly Crabapple.

An XR100 mini-motorcycle race ends for two riders when they collide in the most unusual of ways, with one rider losing control of his bike and another dragging him by the helmet.

Over the years, Russia hasn’t exactly been known for the quality of its cars. At best, they’re utilitarian, and at worst, well, we present… the LADA. Yes, we know it was rigged, but we still laughed.

Don’t you love it when the moon is huge? Well, did you know that when the moon looks bigger, that’s it’s all an optical illusion? It’s no closer to the Earth regardless of how different it may look.

The science video blog Veritasium drops some knowledge on another form of levitation that is the result of Faraday’s principle of electromagnetic induction. Check out that whoaahh face.

(NSFW) A documentary by Seth C. Brown about bike builder Jack Churchill and one of his prized creations, a motorcycle that looks like it was built by Mad Max using parts from hell’s junkyard.

Corridor Digital hypes up the impending release of Assassins Creed 3 with a short film starring new hero Connor. The acting here is quite atrocious, but the ending more than makes up for it.

(NSFW: Language) A proof-of-concept for a feature film about sushi chefs fighting sea monsters. This is B-movie greatness. It could also work as a web series. Written and directed by Dan Blank.

(NSFW: Language) Director Anders Øvergaard wanted to test his new Tamron lens on his Canon EOS Rebel T2i, so he used it while out on a walk with his friends. The lens performed okay, but…

Look, ahead of you! It’s a scammer! It’s a lucky passerby! No, it’s super pedestrian! He’s stronger than a car, more powerful than a car and (almost) able to leap a car in a single bound.

3 1/2 minutes of fun: Tom Hanks performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in a one man poetry slam, reciting a silly poem about the 80’s/90’s show Full House – a house full… of men. (Thanks Dan!)

By filling soap bubbles with dry ice vapors and photographing the movement of the swirling gasses inside, Shanks FX creates the illusion of tiny alien climates – until the planets exploded, that is.

Ronald Jenkees is back with upgraded headwear and an even sicker tune. It’s a remix/jam of Red Lemonade from his hopefully upcoming RJCD3. Get it on iTunes, Amazon or Bandcamp now!

The 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro gets a 2560×1600 display, weighs just 3.5 pounds, and is just .75″ thick. Powered by dual-core i5 or i7 “Ivy Bridge” CPU, dual Thunderbolts, 802.11n, and 8GB RAM.

A boxer and his costume at the 22nd Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. We imagine they sent everyone home and just shut the parade down the moment he and his genius owner walked in.

We got to hand it to Disney for drawing on gamer nostalgia with this retro ad for Fix It Felix, Jr. to help put us in the mood for Wreck It Ralph. There’s ads for some of the other featured games too.

So this is “how the way to fight.” Forget all that Hollywood crap. Kelle Longbow proves that our spastic sword technique is not all that different from what Vikings actually did to earn a place in Valhalla.