Awesome Etc

Fu Yandong commands goldfish to swim in various formations. Some say that the fish have been fed with magnets, while others say that the fish have been trained to follow laser light. Trick is at 1:45.

It’s hard enough to balance a soccer ball on your head without dropping it. Try doing that while climbing up a lamp post, then switch to your feet in mid-air like this amazing acrobat.

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When kids do the storytelling, some tales get better with time. This retelling of a family story by the younger members of the family (and acted out by the older ones) is a great example. (Thanks Kara!)

We’re not sure if these dogs think they’re doing the conga, or if they’re trying to be a canine caterpillar. Either way, they’re so cute we want to puke. Bonus points for the bike-riding leader of the pack.

We’ve seen plenty of Space Shuttle takeoffs over the years, but NASA’s solid rocket booster cameras show us amazing new perspectives we’ve never seen before. View the full 29-minute version here.

Written and directed by Ien Chi, Tick Tock follows – in reverse – the story of Emit (get it?) who’s led to believe that he only has 5 mins left to live. Neat movie, although the captions are overkill.

As part of this past week’s tribute to the nation of Finland, Conan takes the country’s top export (Angry Birds) and flings them at a pile of arch-rival Sweden’s top export (IKEA furniture).

We Can Pretend’s teaser for their fan film fired up a media frenzy that got people thinking it was a trailer or announcement for Modern Warfare 3. But confusion aside, WCP’s film is pretty good.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know what this is a parody of. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, the trailer should provide sufficient context. All hail King Koopa!

National Geographic used statistics to come up with the world’s most typical person. So if you ever encounter an alien and you’re asked what the average Earthling is like, you know what to say.

Chris Akrigg rivals Danny MacAskill when it comes to being a crazy trials cyclist. This video shows off his talents with mountain downhill, rock trials, steep jumps and urban downhill riding. (Thanks Jason!)

(NSFW: Language) If you believe Steve Jobs, the iPad 2 is a wondrous, amazing, revolutionary thing. Or if you watch this Apple parody, your illusions might just be ever-so-slightly iShattered.

There’s nothing like emerging from the bowels of the subway to find yourself in a new, vibrant part of the city. Sarah Klein and Tom Mason do their best to capture this in their all-too-short film.

It looked like Anarchy Reigns was just another brawler, but it’s got a new twist. Action Triggered Events (ATEs) disrupt your fights with tidal waves, blades of death and other catastrophic calamities.

OneMinuteGalactica shows us in the most gentle and persuasive way that rudeness can kill, over and over and over again, with this mashup of retro instruction and the Governator. (Thanks Bort!)

(NSFW: Language) This remake of Tron requires a bit of imagination from viewers. Yes, those swaths of cloth are meant to be lightcycle trails. You’d be surprised at how much damage they can deal.

By making good use of perspective and clever woodworking, mcwolles has managed to create a real life version of the granddaddy of troll physics, M.C. Escher’s famous Waterfall.

(NSFW: Language) We all know Scorpion’s signature quips, but what the hell are the others saying? YouTube user shinnox has translated the battle cries of Mortal Kombat characters. Or not.

Here’s a man putting a job rejection letter to good use – his kid loses it every time he hears the sound of paper being ripped. “Yeah! Screw ’em Dad! Tear that freakin’ paper up! That’ll show ’em!”

Our favorite Japanese cat-in-a-box returns – this time he’s trying on some new hairstyles from inside his cardboard abode. We think he looks best as a redhead, but the bob is pretty funny too.

This hilarious spoof by features a more familiar – and thus less adorable – Darth Vader, one he’s finally embraced the Dark Side. Unfortunately for him, he messed with the wrong brand of car.

We think there’s room for one more, but Johnny Mac and Alex Tanney may want to step off after checking out long snapper Zach Enyeart’s accuracy in this trick shot compilation. (Thanks Nate!)