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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.

(NSFW: Language) A documentary by Alex Gallegos about the Detroit bike community, and how they ride bikes not just to save on gas or stay fit, but also to get to know and help each other.

Ya Kwanza – one of the gorillas at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust – fools around with a camera. Turns out the big guy is just as vain as us. Or not. He’s also polite, relatively speaking.

Shark Week’s coming up fast, but don’t believe all the media hype. As Christina Zenato here shows us, sharks aren’t really the ruthless killing machines Hollywood wants you to believe.

With all of the attention on this weekend’s Hwy. 405 “Carmageddon” road closure, it’s only right to see what Los Angeles might look like without cars. It’s a little eerie, but a welcome change from the norm.

Where it’s at, they’ve got two turntables and a microphone – and three orange tabby kittens who apparently have latent dj talent. We’re canine lovers but let’s face it – dogs couldn’t do this.

While nailing your enemies with a couple of paintballs is annoying, there’s a more efficient way to annihilate your foes – assuming you have the Master Blaster, which fires pellets en masse.

Lots of folks are sad that the Harry Potter series is coming to an end, like Maccadole here. This goofy song from Rhett and Link uses the words from her vlog to describe how she feels. (Thanks Jimmy!)

It’s not going to fly, but at least you can live in it. Bangerter House obtained permission from Disney to build a life-sized (2800 sq.ft.) replica of the iconic house from the movie Up.

Ease into the day with this live mashup of dance tunes, made by the extremely talented Madeon. We’re impressed that this 17 year-old can remember all the right buttons to push. (Thanks Adam!)

(NSFW: Language) Here are the things you need to successfully pull off a bank heist: masks (preferably white) guns and handsome robbers. At least according to this supercut by ScreenJunkies.

Google+ may be on the rise, but big ol’ blue still has its charms. By that we mean we’re too lazy to move and restart our virtual life all over again. Show your Facebook loyalty with this icon hanger.

The quality – and price –  of Leica products say a lot about the craftsmanship behind them, but if you’ve ever needed proof, here’s a brief tour of the manufacturing and assembly of Leica lenses.

(NSFW: Language) What would happen if Kenny Powers made K-Swiss executives aware that he owned 51% of their stock, and that he was taking over? Check it out for yourself in this amusing vid.

A couple of guys decide to go a little wild spinning in one of those amusement park tea cup rides, except this “tea cup” is a big yellow duck, and it wants to fly South for the summer.

Motion designer Kyle Jones happened upon this phenomenon when filming from inside his guitar. The effect is from the iPhone 4’s rolling shutter; it’s not really representative of string vibration.

Boston terrier Mackie likes being tickled. At least we think he does, because from the way he laughs we can’t decide if he’s being tickled or electrocuted. And doesn’t he look like this famous dog owner?

Darius Kashabi is a sportbike champ, but he can zip around in a car too. A fact that we’re sure his mom will never forget after this drive around the famous Laguna Seca raceway in a Corvette Z06.

YouTube comedy duo Barats and Bereta find themselves in a shootout, but are disappointed when their enemies die undramatically. Good thing they have all kinds of bullets to take care of that.

Made by Pascal Monaco and his fellow students as their graduate project at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover. How many pages would the Michael Bay cookbook have?

Remember the eHarmony Cat Lover? How about Nyan Cat? And the Gregory Brothers? These (and many other cats) head on a direct collision course in their latest auto-tuned wad of bubble gum.

Dan Abramson’s very amusing map of the USA as interpreted by New Yorkers, who apparently have no sense of geography, seems pretty fair, considering the world revolves around Gotham.

YouTuber tedfufu will shatter your fond memories of classic cartoon Batman and Robin in two and a half minutes. We can barely believe that Robin actually said half of the things in this video.