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Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death in Finland. This chilling Finnish commercial for Lasinen lapsuus (“Fragile childhood”) imagines how inebriated adults appear to their children.

The folks over at Vat19 continue their tradition of bringing all things gummy to market, with these gummy bears spiked with the same amount of caffeine and guarana as an energy drink.

A wonderful animated short that perfectly captures the proverb, “Home is where the heart is.” Made by 3rd year students at Gobelins. English translation of text and dialogue here.

While you could go out and buy yourself a fancy 3D printer, why not build one yourself? Builder Arthur Sacek did just that, with a 3D milling machine made entirely from LEGO (except the drill bit.)

Icon Motorsports sends a couple of its top riders on a global motorcycle odyssey to test out their latest in riding gear. At the end of the day, it’s a 30-minute commercial, but it’s still worth your time.

YouTuber enquaynay reimagined a classic scene in Portal 2, creating humanoid forms for Wheatley and GLaDOS with a Disney-like art style. She should’ve made Chell a robot just for kicks.

Dancer Yash Agrawai (aka “RoboPop“) takes on a tiny humanoid robot, and does his best to replicate all the moves of the little mechanical dude. Or is it the other way around? We’re not sure.

Mr. Wizard may have paved the way for kid-friendly educational shows, but Mike Schuster has lots of evidence proving that we can also pick up tips on sarcasm and trolling from the old man.

Buddhist monks spend days creating an intricate mandala using colored sands. Once complete, they destroy their masterwork in seconds, symbolizing the impermanence of life. More here.

LEGO fanatic Akiyuki has spent years working on complex mechanical LEGO builds, and his latest is a real doozie. The 100-foot-long machine serves no purpose but to shuttle around 500 tiny balls.

The music video for The Beards’ Got Me a Beard. Frankly, the song itself isn’t reason enough to watch the clip, but the art and story of the animated short will make it worth your while.

Vsauce tackles the anti-joke about the chicken crossing the road, the science behind humor, the world’s oldest joke and more. What we want to know is what Vsauce is doing below the camera.

HESAV (University of Health Sciences in Switzerland) and NOTsoNOISY created this stop motion video using the 11-story HESAV building as a screen and its windows and shutters as pixels.

DJ Scratch Bastard tears up the turntables at Scribble Jam a few years back, perfectly mixing in Star Wars sounds with his performance. Stick around for the truly Imperial finish.

A dental patient got the ride of his life when he came in for an appointment in a clinic manned by the Impractical Jokers. He should’ve said “Oh no you didn’t” after they raised him up.

A classic bonus round, featuring the most idiotic answers ever provided. If you think the first guy’s answers were dumb, just wait. Though to be fair Dawson didn’t say “exactly 3 letters.”

This computer animated short by Dan Sumich is a hilarious, action-packed and literal take on the butterfly effect. The pace, graphics and the layout of the city reminds us of Crazy Taxi.

A collection of twenty three ridiculously close calls between man, machine, animal and the occasional act of plain old stupidity. Every single one of these people should go buy a Powerball ticket.

Corridor Digital provides its troops with some much needed backup – but not with more soldiers or bigger weapons – instead, they get help from an army of loyal and dedicated German Shepherds.

A commercial pilot captures a week’s worth of flying from the perspective of the cockpit, condensing numerous take-offs, landings, and bugs on the windshield into a hypnotic 8-minute clip.

Water-loving Labrador Retriever Sasha isn’t just a man’s best friend. Sasha is all for being best buds with fish too. Go figure. We suggest you turn the sound off when you watch the video.

The electric wheelchair gets an off-road upgrade, freeing passengers to explore and ride on just about any surface. They just need to connect with the underwater wheelchair lady and collaborate.

(NSFW: Language) The canine of clues summons the 21st century incarnation of the world’s best detective, who as fans of the series know is also one of the last people you’d invite to a kid’s show.