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Shoppers and passersby at the Wallraf Square in Cologne, Germany were treated to a surprise performance of the Star Wars main theme by the WDR Symphony Orchestra. Busking like a boss.

A monthly package of random goodies worth at least $60 from the crowdsourced product curation website Fancy. Specify your interests – men’s, gadgets, media, etc. – to personalize your pack.

Filmmaker Devin Graham and his friends have fun with a huge WaterBlob at Lake Powell. This guy is living the life. The awesome airborne shots were taken with a ContourROAM 2 action camera.

Engineers at the University of Maryland are working on a massive, lightweight copter which can lift 10 feet off the ground, entirely on the power of a single pilot – with eyes on the elusive Sikorsky prize.

(Gore) Photographer Paul Nicklen talks about a strange trip to Antarctica and his encounter with a leopard seal in which this vicious predator displayed surprising compassion for a human stranger.

Here’s the daring YouTuber LAHWF with another one of his social experiments, aka pranks. Fortunately for him the kids at Brigham Young University are so nice. They even smile when chasing burglars.

An inspirational mashup from melodysheep. The video mixes speeches from the late Bill Hicks and George Carlin, comics who transcended comedy and became evangelists of unity and understanding.

A schoolgirl goes through an extreme case of deja vu in the crazy music video for Transfer, a song by Japanese pop group Livetune. This is probably what Run Lola Run would be like if it were an anime.

(NSFW) You’ll need to crank the volume for this performance by Celia Rowlson-Hall dedicated to anyone who’s ever jumped through hoops to please someone. It’s painful to watch, but it’s so true.

Originally built for high-income residents, South Africa’s Ponte City Apartments was an icon of decadence that turned into a symbol of decay. Now it’s a metaphor for social and economic inequality.

YouTuber lolphin’s video of Nemo 33, an indoor swimming and diving pool in Brussels, Belgium with a maximum depth of 113ft. The songs are VCR and Islands, both by The xx.

(NSFW) YouTuber Saul Tigh pays homage to the all-consuming Battlestar Galactica with this frakkin’ awesome parody of Simon & Garfunkel’s song that’ll have you spamming the replay button.

The Slow Mo Guys – or at least one of them – have fun with an improvised torture device. We’re not sure when they crossed the line, but we think they’re not out to make slow-mo videos anymore.

A short profile of a car owner and his Lamborghini Countach – the poster boy of supercars, an origami of metal that doesn’t care about anything except for one thing: looking good. Made by Petrolicious.

We’ve all heard how ants can lift an insane amount of weight, but did you know there’s a bug that so strong you need a drill to crack its shell? Or one that can jump up to 140 times its own height?

Either the guy in this video is the craziest daredevil we’ve seen in a while, or his pals who shot the video are awesome VFX artists. Here’s the ramp he launched from, but we want helmetcam footage!

We’re so psyched to have The Walking Dead back on the air, but even the most avid fan would run the other way from this braaaaainless show that combines zombies with Glee.

Another gem of a skit from Comedy Central’s Key & Peele. This time they tackle the propensity of African-Americans to bestow unique names to their kids. We’d love to see hear these guys get drafted.

Taking the concept behind Brusspup’s reverse water illusion, and sexing it up, JKD Collective’s Kosai Sekine shot this 60-second ID for Japan’s Space Shower TV in-camera, without post-production VFX.

An award-winning stop-motion short by Christopher Kezelos, The Maker is about a creature racing against time to accomplish the most important task of his life. The score is Winter by Paul Halley.

Are you sick and tired of the system? Have you had it with the government always ignoring your needs? Have you exercised your right to vote? No? Then Lost Moon Radio’s anthem of apathy is for you.

(NSFW:Language) It’s a bad enough idea to try and cannonball into an ice-covered swimming pool in your Speedo, but this dope proves that the frozen water below isn’t his biggest problem.

Mario and Fafa sum up the worst lists of top 10s they could find on the internet. The top 10 Pixar movies list is classic. And yes, every item on the Taco Bell menu is the same 6 ingredients.