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George Lindell was minding his own business when – BAM! He got rear-ended by an SUV and “Aaaaah!” and sparks and the guy was trapped and, you know, reality hits you hard, bro.

One of YouTube’s resident knowledge droppers C.G.P. Grey reminds us of how language and other arbitrary distinctions made by other people shapes how the rest of us view – or divide – the world.

YouTuber Armago24x has justified the existence of hats and accessories in Team Fortress 2. They’re for machinima, like this remake of the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim trailer. Guess who the dragon is.

Which part? Well, almost all of it. In his action sequence primer In the Cut, Jim Emerson exposes Christopher Nolan’s Achilles’ heel and explains why the chase scene in TDK makes no real world sense.

A brief and entertaining primer on how TV ratings are made. Courtesy of ESPN Research & Analytics and JESS3, who used puppets to capture the attention of to – oh, so that’s what ESPN stands for!

Watch and learn every possible way not to sit on a bike as rider Rafal Pasierbek teaches his motorcycle a thing or two during the freestyle event at Poland’s 2011 Stunt GP competition.

Mario turns 30 this year! Here’s a medley of the themes and music from his various games – from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Galaxy – which are every bit as memorable as the games themselves.

Penguins are so adorable, aren’t they? What this guy doesn’t realize when he approaches this particular penguin is more likely related to Oswald Cobblepot than to Happy Feet.

Ok, between the creepy mom and the even more disturbing talking doll, this fake ad for a children’s juice drink has got all the makings for a lifetime of nightmares, starting tonight. Yeesh.

A knight goes above and beyond the call of duty on his quest for a few special flowers in Corridor Digital’s latest short film – a clever parody of those ridiculous RPG side-quests.

(NSFW: Nudity) Jeff Yorkes offers inspired musical pairings with classic moments from the cinema. In this clip we get the perfect juxtaposition of Lennon’s Instant Karma with Kubrick’s The Shining.

Remember Keepon, the little robot who went viral with his dance to Spoon’s I Turn My Camera On? Now you can have your very own Keepon, ready to get his groove on to any tune you throw his way.

The lightsaber-wielding kittens return, this time for an epic space battle complete with an X-Wing Fighter and Darth Kitty in his TIE Fighter. Reminds us of Laser Cats, but with a much bigger budget.

Wanna know why Abraham Lincoln is called Honest Abe? Because his aim is true. Not only did (does?) he have an awesome beard, he’s also a vampire hunter, a rapper, and one hell of a quarterback.

Apparently, there is a World Record for everything, even “most dogs skipping on a rope”. Watch as Uchida Geinousha and her rag-tag crew of 13 mutts jump rope in (relative) unison. Why the heck not?

If you’ve wasted as many hours of your life playing Plants vs. Zombies as us, take a break, put down your iPhone, and enjoy this musical interlude, courtesy of the always coherent Crazy Dave.

Hey wakeboarders – check out the moves in this clip. Look carefully, and you’ll notice their feet aren’t attached to the board like they usually are, so it really is like skateboarding on water.

A star-studded cast of comedians ape classic Star Wars lines not just for the fun of it, but to help raise funds for accelerating medical research and saving lives through Stand Up To Cancer.

Man, we thought all these animals were alive. But the antelope driving the car is the work Chuck Testa of Ojai Valley Taxidermy, making dead animals almost as much fun as living ones.

Kermit, Miss Piggy and the whole gang take on David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in their own, goofy, family-friendly way in the latest trailer for the upcoming Muppets movie.

Yeah, yeah, get the dirty jokes out of your system and watch Selyna Bogino “practicing at home for fun”, juggling not one, not two, but five basketballs with her hands and feet. Unreal.

While he might not crack open 200 beer bottles in 80 seconds, we give this waiter the win on style points as he rapidly opens a whole tray of bottles with a few flicks of his wrist.

(NSFW: Language) The boys are back – Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington – and hilarity ensues in the teasers for the new seasons of An Idiot Abroad and Life Is Short.