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What would you do if you discovered that you had gotten your hands on a portal that lets you reach inside solid objects? This short film by Phil & Olly gives us their take on that simple premise.

If you haven’t figured out what you’re wearing for Halloween, you might want to check out this guy’s awesome Bumblebee costume. If he shows up at your costume contest, you’re done for.

This music video from Holy F*ck has everything you want in a video – psychedelic animation, motorcycle crashes, and cats and dogs driving cars. It’s like Chemical Brothers meets Toonces.

If you ever wondered how you could move your digits fast enough to play Dick Dale’s Misirlou (aka the Pulp Fiction theme), here’s a clever way to keep those blisters off your fingers.

Photographer Sam O’Hare makes all the attendees at this year’s Coachella festival look really, really tiny, courtesy of the now familiar tilt-shift lens – used to perfect effect in this setting.

Red Bull Racing’s Scott Speed is used to turning left, but he actually might have to make a right to get his passengers to their destinations as he plays cabbie in his Camry on the streets of Chicago.

Just moments after this traffic cop pulls over a driver in Russia, he’s forced to take cover in his subject’s car thanks to a marauding pack of wolves. Sounds best Benny Hillified.

The kids from Staten Island’s PS22 chorus do the best cover we’ve heard of MGMT’s Kids since the ukulele version. When you’re done with that, hear ’em sing Phoenix and cut a record with Passion Pit.

Have you ever thought about what you’re going to say right before you leave this world? Will you be dramatic, humorous or practical? Perhaps you’ll be inspired by these famous examples.

We can’t believe this is the 7th time that Improv Everywhere’s done this, because there’s still a lot more that can be done with this gag. Still, it’s fun to see thousands of people doing the same thing.

Sure, The Dark Knight and The Hangover are a bit passé, but that doesn’t make this unlikely mashup of the two any less amusing. Warning: Zach Galifianakis and Ken Jeong butt-shots ahead.

We’re not sure you’d do with all this food, but it is kinda awesome seeing it displayed like this. Total calories? 2,803,995, or 1,536 calories per person per day – and the picture is only half of that.

The Macula strike again, this time for the 600th anniversary of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock. The group used the clock itself as the canvas for their stunning historical light show.

Brooklyn band Atomic Tom kicks out a live performance of “Take Me Out” on the NYC B-train today, playing the tune on their iPhones instead of their normal instruments. Not half bad, we think.

Jimmy Fallon impersonating other famous stand-up comedians at last year’s America’s Got Talent. We’re surprised this hasn’t gotten more views on YouTube, because he actually did pretty good.

We’ll start out by saying that we don’t recommend that you try this at home. We suggest you leave surfing on the top of moving trains to daredevils lunatics like this guy, who goes by the name “537.”

(NSFW) If you’ve ever wanted to know what your IT help desk guys are doing while you’re on hold, everything is explained in this video. And if you’re a Sysadmin, it may seem awfully familiar too.

Matt Rogers created this kinetic typography based on a segment of “Language”, a podcast by British TV host, writer and comedian Stephen Fry. You can download the entire podcast here.

A touching commercial made by DDB New Zealand and The Sweetshop for NZ Lotteries. We had to remind ourselves that it was just an ad, and the dog didn’t actually go through all that hardship.

ThinkGeek’s Gummy Brain candy comes with delicious strawberry-flavored brain parts. Bonus: a small vial of cherry flavored liquid candy (aka candy blood) is included with each horrific brain.

Lawrence Malstaf is an artist who literally shrink wraps volunteers as an art form. The intention is to encourage people to consider the threat to their survival and how they would protect themselves.

Great camera angles in killedthewind’s sweet video footage of riding above the ocean through progressive strapless surfing, kite wake-skating, and other wind fueled mayhem. (Thanks John!)

Ice Cream & Sadness is the second collection of strips from the popular webcomic Cyanide & Happiness. The book has 120 comic strips as well as 30 more that are exclusive to the book.