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Don’t be fooled by the (relatively) timid opener – Vaugh Gittin Jr. knows how to drift. Gittin slides his roaring 5.4L V8 Ford Mustang all over the Al Reem Circuit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The amazingly talented actor and comedian Jim Meskimen recites Clarence’s speech from William Shakespeare’s Richard III while imitating the manner of speaking of 24 celebrities.

With all the hot weather stifling our will to live, we wish we had been in Cham, Switzerland to participate in this extreme blob jump, to the tune of 17 meters high, that set the new world’s record.

Besides using their computers for this high res rendering of the 3D projection mapping and film, Alienware’s Area 52 Airstream production also incorporates pyrotechnics and live action.

YouTuber suspectx masterfully mashes-up the dramatic trailer for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the slightly less dramatic Jim Carrey “classic” The Cable Guy.

Over the course of the last year or so, Phillip Mendonça-Vieira accidentally captured 12,000 screenshots of the home page of the NYT, and decided to put them to good use.

If you think it’s hard to cross a street in your city, be glad you don’t live in Vietnam, where crossing the road is best left to daredevils – and this guy, who has a certain zen-like calm in his approach.

Chris Silas Neal’s promo video for Umbro’s New York Cosmos Blackout collection. It tells the tale of hall of famer Carlos Alberto Torres’ arrival in the middle of the infamous ’77 blackout.

Fox 5 was covering the San Diego boat show and came upon a man strapped to a water-based jetpack, who accidentally turns it off on camera. The lesson? If he can pilot a jetpack, so can we.

Game-making genius Tim Schafer pitches his latest concept to an unlikely executive, Cookie Monster. With the exception of the cookie-eating part, he reminds us of every boss we’ve ever had.

(NSFW: Language) EpicMealTime and FPSRussia get together to mix food, liquor and guns. They say “do not try this at home,” but we’re not sure if they’re talking about the gun part, or the food part.

Jeff Chen Kuo Chih spent eight consecutive nights capturing the night time scenery of Eastern Sierra –  forests, waterfalls and the magnificent Milky Way, on his Nikon D5100 and D3 cameras.

(NSFW: Language) The first of a series of videos about Urban Exploring – looking for and documenting rarely seen places in cities, such as rooftops, underground railways and even sewers.

NPR pays tribute to the Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavor and one of the most amazing accomplishments of man – the Space Shuttle program. You’ll be missed, space trucks.

Drummer Baard Kolstad can really kick out the jams without need for any additional musical accompaniment. Listen as he rips up a 7 minute rhythm solo on the streets of Norway.

Spike Jonze directs an army of action figure surrogates for Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock in the Beastie Boys’ latest video Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win, with special guest stars Santigold.

Dyslexie is a typeface specially designed and proven in studies to help dyslexics read. Designed by Christian Boer (who is also dyslexic) of Studiostudio. Too bad it’s so expensive.

Murdock the dog fetches YouTuber th7985 a cold can of Bud from the fridge. He really is a man’s best friend. This is why we prefer dogs over cats. Felines are too smart(ass) to be taught to care.

Wizardry gone wrong. It always struck us as a bit careless that Hogwarts teaches children dangerous spells. I guess that’s to balance out the fact that their school grounds are filled with monsters.

Comprised mostly of solenoids, relays, wires, and other gizmos, the robotic EOL Band takes on Marilyn Manson’s The Beautiful People, proving that robots are as capable of rocking out as any of us.

Modern day elevators are pretty safe, but did you know that in Europe, they have insane lifts that don’t stop between floors? You’ll need to be quick unless you want to have your body cut in half.

An imaginative mind can be a potent weapon for a sleuth, but this man takes it too far. He’s more Johnny English than Sherlock Holmes. A funny little film by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis.

The plan: go downhill on a bike, gain speed, go over the small mud ramp then straight into the water. Success! Or not. Not as scary as what this guy went through, but still jaw dropping.