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In Soviet Russia, roads drive you… or something like that. Here we see that principle in action, as the world’s lowest-budget motorcycle takes to the streets. Or something like that.

A douchebag tries to infect kids with his cynicism. This short film by Nick Scott is as straightforward as it gets, but it’s worth watching for one reason: that young girl and her invincible smile.

Improv Everywhere spreads some holiday cheer, with the help of the Gregory Brothers and who has to be Home Alone-era Macaulay Culkin. Seriously we were waiting for him to make that face.

The Jedi and Sith whip out their lightsabers, and sit down(?) for an epic duel between light and dark, as they battle each other with… string instruments! Vader’s accordion = bonus points for the Dark Side.

YouTuber BD594 has a band. But this group eschews vocals, guitars, keyboards and drums for a flatbed scanner, 8-bit computers and a hard drive for this performance of House of the Rising Sun.

These poor souls who unfortunately had to work on Black Friday probably had enough on their plates before these guys (inspired by this show) came along with their nonsensical shopping lists.

The guys usually use their powers for good, but this time they get to play with some heavy equipment, and TRY to tear down a house. Here’s a bit of the ending if you’re curious how it turns out.

After making some of the weirdest commercials ever, Skittles sent Nathan Barnatt a boombox as a gift and asked him to show it on his YouTube page. But this dancing fool couldn’t stop there.

…aka “The Evolution of Google.” The company takes a look at the past, present and future of search, promising faster, more natural and more accurate results. Learn more here.

Old black and white footage of the Charleston being danced to Daft Punk’s Around the World. Sounds crazy, no? But it works – perfectly. The latest dance craze for the 21st century.

(NSFW) Behold the terrifying power of Auto-Tune. 2 Be Simple is the debut single of Leslie David Baker – aka Stanley from The Office. Let that sink in for a minute. Also we want that fridge.

Did you know that a kangaroo was faster than a greyhound? Guess we missed that day in school. Learn something new every day with this speedometer-inspired tee by Thomas De Santis.

Bumblebee takes on Barricade in Counter656’s latest stop-motion animation, an awesome homage to the Transformers, hand-assembled from over 3500 still images over a period of 2 months.

Point out badly written documents, dirty rooms, spoiled food, or add intrigue to any surface with the Tiny Police Line and Tiny Crime Scene vinyl tapes from UK-based Ain’t Rocket Science.

If only all dogs were as behaved at bath time as Casper right here. He knows that his owner wants to keep him cool, clean and pampered. We cringed when the soapy water got in his eyes though.

A taste of daily life – from sunup to sundown – in the beautiful, enchanting and romantic city of Venice, wonderfully shot and edited by Vimeo user FKY. The background music is by Max Richter.

Today’s Minute Physics lesson teaches us something we never really needed to know – no matter how hard you try, you can’t comb a hairy ball. Is this what we’re teaching kids in school these days?

How do you explain a meme like Pedobear? This report ironically calls it a bait used by pedophiles to lure victims, then it claims that it’s a way for pedophiles to… identify each other? WTF?

Sony jumps on the projection mapping bandwagon, but amps it up to 11 with these short clips shot in real-time, with no edits or post. Hit the link for part one, then watch parts two and three.

(Spoilers) An animated fan tribute to Nicolas Winding Refn’s already awesome Drive. If animators Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku want to make a feature-length version, we’ll buy a ticket for sure.

Come visit us at Beto Carrero World and be amazed by our motorcycle stunt duo! Watch them wrestle while their bikes pull off donuts on their own! See them cartwheel through the air – oh wait.

Our corn on the cob just moved ahead of the bed, the sofa and a shower on the list of things we would not like to share with Teddy the porcupine. Side note: does Teddy watch a lot of DuckTales?

Mich Kemeter takes a brief 99 foot-long stroll through Yosemite National Park. Oh, did we happen to mention he did it 3,000 feet in the air, and without a safety harness?