Awesome Videos

If you’ve ever tried Warheads candy, you know how sour those bad-boys can be. Perhaps inspired by this man, a guy lets his 3-year-old try one out with amusing results. Gotta love the dance at the end.

This is your brain on drugs. And gambling. And too much Internet. The SciShow explains the biological root of addiction and how some substances and behaviors take advantage of our survival instincts.

Taiwan’s Yif Magic messes with our heads once again, with a variety of close-up illusions (and an unforgettable breakfast) that we can’t for the life of us figure out. Turn captions on for English subtitles.

David can’t figure out why people avoid him. He think he’s a pretty normal guy. Except for his moustache. Or perhaps he’s just missing the forest for the trees. An ad for Movember by TAXI Canada.

Three friends who have chronicled their trip through Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and other points in South America with their DSLRs have gifted us with the best six minutes of their discoveries. (Thanks Nick!)

The official video for Tame Impala’s Feels Like We Only Go Backwards was made with 1000+ plasticine clay collages by Becky & Joe. Rather than dump the frames in the trash, the animators are selling them.

A woman believes she has had an encounter with extraterrestrials and tries to meet with them again. It’s the exact opposite of this short. Written and directed by Zeek Earl & Chris Caldwell.

(NSFW: Language) Epic Meal Time hooks up with gastropub chef Zadi, Kassem G., Feast of Fiction and Hanna Hart to serve their insane foodstuffs to needy recipients at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen.

Jason Latimer has dazzled us with lasers, but he can also do the same with low tech props. Here he does the old cups and balls trick using clear cups and what seem to be teleporting balls.

(NSFW: Language, Spoilers) Collegehumor’s bizarro version of the Dark Knight discovers that his lover is the villain behind Gotham’s problems. But he just can’t get over the fact that he got to bone her.

We’re pretty sure this isn’t the safest way to take kids to school, but Nitro Circus’ drifting, off-road, open-air, tire-burning, mud-covered school bus looks like a pretty awesome ride. (Thanks Dallin!)

We’d be impressed by this built-from-scratch architectural model of the Tōdai-ji Buddhist temple even if it didn’t fold up into itself like a pop-up book. Check out builder Talapz’s other structure here.

(NSFW) The Web is filled with videos showcasing the beauty and diversity of our planet and its inhabitants. These videos are prime material for totally wasted people like YouTuber Travis Green.

Logan McWilliams loves chicken even more than Jed Brown and has a heavenly voice. So this moment was inevitable. What we would give to have R. Kelly sing this song. Chicken chicken chickeeeen.

Progress bars suck. Beyond being irritating, they’re just plain dull. Not so on the Wii U, where hundreds of individual Pikmin carry your data in place of a progress bar during transfers. (Thanks VGBlade!)

Alessandro Grespan made a spot-on mashup of LCD Soundsystem’s New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down and Miles Davis improvising for a movie soundtrack using nothing but YouTube.

A simple experiment by Richard Wiseman. Play through his maze and he’ll predict which tile you’ll end up on. Wiseman is a psychologist, but the secret also lies with good ol’ math.

Using Toon.FX, VFXer FinalCutKing made this wondrous short featuring the travels of a papercut Link as he takes a new journey – though numerous computer screens on a mission to rescue Zelda.

Felipe Orozco spotted this clever couple outside the T Zone in Bogota. Their costume made it look like they were sitting on a roller coaster. Either that or they’re on a roller coaster dressed as people.

(NSFW: Language) LAMAR+NIK’s video for Lushlife’s catchy track Magnolia features the persistent element of lyrics formed from cardboard boxes and hot glue, helping keep its budget to under $80.

Car and Driver lists their 12 most significant cars of all time, whether because of design, engineering or inventing a new vehicle class (minivans, eesh.) Hosted by Epic Meal Time’s Harley Morenstein.

This is the only video uploaded by an unknown hero on YouTube. And boy did that person make it count. Be mesmerized by reporter Gustavo Almadovar’s sing-song sign-off and suave head-cocking.

The music video for Mutual Core, a single from Bjork’s latest album, Biophilia. Director Andrew Thomas Huang made a colorful and explosive video in keeping with the nature theme of the album.