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Don’t worry, there’s nothing too gruesome in this clip from Youtuber ashomsky. Just a 1000 fps peek at the punishment that even the smallest of falls inflicts on these skateboarders and their gear.

Wowza. Props to Youtube user (and TA fan) AaronicStuff  who made this acapella cover of Flux Pavillion’s I Can’t Stop without the use of any professional microphones or recording gear.

Watch as Vimeo user Petey Boy takes his friend Tom from nothing there to hair everywhere in less than a minute. It’s noble that he sacrificed superhuman strength for our entertainment.

(Spoilers/NSFW) GRRM fans, have your sense of humor at the ready – a parody is coming. Collegehumor turns the HBO series into a hilarious 16-bit video game. Watch the deleted scenes here.

In honor of Real Madrid’s 109th anniversary, the Spanish football team faced off against 109 Guangzhou children. Real still won, but only by a score of 2-1. Not too shabby, kids. (Thanks Wong!)

(NSFW: Language) Long before Robert and Sheepy, Jemaine Clement and the Capper brothers made this four minute, hedgehog-filled safety campaign for the New Zealand Land Transport Agency.

Is there nothing that Jesse the Jack Russell can’t do? He puts most mutts to shame making the bed, toasting toast, microwaving popcorn and sorting recyclables. He even buys his own dog toys.

The movie industry’s biggest stars can often be seen in Los Angeles, but the city has other lights and sights that are dear to locals, as shown in this video by Colin Rich. Music by Cinematic Orchestra.

We’re more lovers than fighters, but we still enjoy a good brawl. Especially when said brawl includes people getting pushed into a pool a ridiculous number of times. The chaos starts at 1:40.

We didn’t think a fan running on the field video could get better than this Great Escape but Green Man proved that wrong at this Madison Mallards game. Watch until the end to see why.

They can do battle, perform surgery, and even drive vehicles, but finally, we have a robot that does something useful. An MIT team has been teaching the PR2 robot to bake cookies.

The ultimate toy for Ghostbusters fanatics, Mattel’s Ghost Trap replica is a dead ringer for the one from the movie, and does everything that one did, except catch ghosts – or does it? (Thanks, Isaac!)

If you love Final Fight, Valkyrie Profile or video games in general, watch – nay, experience this. Let YouTuber and modern-day bard Hortyort regale you with the tale of Metro City’s great mayor.

The Mariachi Connecticut play a song for an appreciative Beluga whale at the Mystic Aquarium. It spends its days being watched by people, so it’s only fair that we return the favor once in a while.

The third of three short films by Rick Mereki, Tim White and Andrew Lees, chronicling their 44-day, 18-country journey. Commissioned by STA Travel Australia. Watch the other two films here.

Another educational video from Glove and Boots. The puppet duo track the lineage of the hipster and attempt to define those whose very goal is to not be defined. Oversimplified yet completely accurate.

Star Wars fan? Got 13 minutes? Watch as Andrew Ainsworth, maker of the original Stormtrooper costumes shows the painstaking process to build the helmet from scratch. Body armor here.

(SPOILERS) It’s expected for a series with medieval and fantasy elements to employ special effects. Nonetheless, you may be surprised and impressed with the work that BlueBolt has done.

Is it just us, or is the silencer stuck on the barrel of Freddie Wong’s gun longer than the gun itself? Either way, he won’t be that quiet stomping around inside of these metal air ducts anyhow.

A documentary about Balrog. Yes, the Street Fighter. And it’s awesome. Chubby Boy Films did a great job of adding depth to a two-dimensional character. Top-class acting and cinematography.

There’s a lot to like about the the MacBook Air – its fast, sturdy and of course slim. But it does have flaws. For example, you have to weigh it down when you’re not holding it. Wait what?

Aardman’s Sumo Science shot this massive animation on an 11,000 sq. ft. set, using tons of sand and life-size props then shot every frame with a Nokia N8 (as a promo for the N8, of course.)

The victim of this prank gets a rude awakening, resulting in a maddening ride down the road. The only thing that would have been better would have been for it to kick in during rush hour traffic.