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There’s a reason why this video already has almost 16 million views less than a week after it was posted. And that reason is: Reddit. No: Love. A mother’s warm hug can vanquish any nightmare.

(NSFW:Language) Mashup master Harry Hanrahan takes on 100 of the greatest threats made in the history of movies. It’s pretty great, except as one commenter notes, he missed Inigo Montoya.

24-year-old Kiwi Jed Mildon recently made action-sports history by performing the world’s first (recorded) BMX triple backflip at the Unit T3 Mindtricks BMX Jam in Taupo, New Zealand.

The obnoxious duo with lightsaber potential from the first Freddie Wong post are back, doing what they do in a simultaneously amusing and douchey way. Kids: use your talents for good, not evil.

Despite the fact that the board game Mousetrap never worked when we were kids, that didn’t stop Mark Perez from building a life-size version of the contraption. Show your support on Kickstarter.

Epicmealtime protein-loads with the most insane breakfast sandwich ever. We still can’t believe any drive-thru can meet their demands. We can rarely get a single Egg McMuffin without a wait.

YouTube member DexM47 puts the “TrackMania” in TrackMania. No seriously. Check out Erebus, his custom track for TrackMania Nations Forever, so precise in its chaos it boggles the mind.

The Onion takes a stab at Hollywood’s franchise milking as they reveal Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Parts 1 to 7. Also, we hope none of you are as hopeless as these guys.

The New York Times talked with Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Pearl Washington and Tim Hardaway to discuss one of the most effective and fun to watch moves in basketball – the crossover.

(NSFW:Language) Hawkman wants to cash in on Hollywood’s comic book craze, but he’s not exactly movie material, is he? Ironically, the actor who plays him in this clip has the best costume.

New York’s //kneeon produced this rather lovely looking stop-motion video for the song Flower by Amos Lee; it takes place in a delicate world, crafted almost entirely out of white paper.

After watching this brief vid from YouTube user PandaSmashTV, we now know that state mottos are so yesterday, and that these slightly offensive state stereotypes are clearly currying favor.

Think you’re pretty good at SSFIV? Why don’t you put your controller where your mouth is? Seriously. ‘Broly’ here does it and he’s one of Texas’s best. Help send this Chun-master to Evo 2011 here.

Crowbar, check. HEV Suit, check. Headcrabs, check. This game looks awesome. Wait? It came out in 1998? That didn’t stop James Benson from creating a great new trailer for Valve’s classic FPS.

Joerg Sprave is back with another dangerous weapon. This time, he fires a spinning sawblade from his slingshot of doom. Reminds us of the first time we got our hands on the Gravity Gun in HL2.

Chanced1’s replicas of the Pip-Boy 3000 from Fallout 3 are so well made you won’t notice they’re made of paper unless you look closely. It uses an iPhone for its display, similar to this hack.

Dude, even if you were somehow able to maintain your composure or at least walk straight, crap like this will do you in. Because even in Soviet Russia, a pack of cigarettes is still not a cellphone.

(NSFW:Language) Outrageous alternate lines and improvs from the romantic comedy Bridesmaids, starring and written by SNL’s Kristen Wiig, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow.

Ah, it’s springtime and love is in the air. This yellow budgie is in love with a yellow… tennis ball. The little bird just loves to roll around atop his new-found spherical friend – and peck at it.

We’re not sure why animals like to make off with or destroy video equipment, but one of these lions to pinch this guys GoPro camera and walk around with it in her mouth while it was recording.

Time-lapse of the phenomenon known as the Midnight Sun, where the sun never quite sets and may be visible for 24 hours. This one was shot in the Arctic, but it also occurs in the Antarctic.

Jack Conte remixes Daft Punk’s Derezzed with Hans Zimmer’s Inception soundtrack, filming the process to make a “video song” – what you hear is what you get, no dubs and no hidden sounds.

Was the trebuchet built just for this? Was it skill or trial and error? Was it bravery or stupidity that led the boys near the hoop to loiter unprotected while a catapult lobbed a projectile at them?