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Hydraulic Press vs Gummy Bears

Hydraulic Press vs Gummy Bears

The mighty hydraulic press takes on an army of normal sized gummy bears, then moves on to a boss battle with one of those giant gummies. The end result? A sticky, gooey mess we wouldn’t want to have to clean up.

Movie Theme Medley

Movie Theme Medley

Musician FreddeGredde continues to do what he does best, turning in a collection of classic theme songs on his acoustic guitar – complete with lyrics. The Jaws and Jurassic Park themes are awesome, though we’re pretty sure Rocky’s Gonna Fly Now already has lyrics.

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Wray, Colorado Tornado up Close

Wray, Colorado Tornado up Close

Meteorologist Reed Timmer’s up close footage of a tornado gathering a massive amount of dust and debris within minutes on 5/7/16 in Wray, Colorado. Fortunately, only five people were injured and there were no casualties reported. 360 video here.

Iron Man Kill Count

Iron Man Kill Count

Mr Sunday Movies, YouTuber Oceansparks and Tony Stark himself present a compilation of Shellhead’s killing spree in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He doesn’t top Luke Skywalker’s genocidal record, but he’s a scary dude.

Quidditch Skydiving

Quidditch Skydiving

This is probably the closest us muggles will get to playing Quidditch in real life. In this commercial for Colombian telecoms company ETB, a group of skydivers played Hogwart’s dangerous game en route to the ground, complete with brooms and a hoop.

Jeepster Commando: Dauntless

Jeepster Commando: Dauntless

Sam Fankuchen spoke with Petrolicious about his 1970 AMC Jeepster Commando. He loves the classic SUV not only because it’s great for California’s beaches and dirt trails, but also because it lets him connect and hopefully inspire the people he meets on the road.

Facts about New York City

Facts about New York City

Did you know that it would literally take you an entire day to ride all of New York City’s subway lines? Or that Wall Street was named after an actual wall? All that and more in Mental Floss’ episode about the Big Apple.

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The Sock Removal Robot

The Sock Removal Robot

After a long day on your feet, taking your socks off can be a real pain in the butt. Useless Duck Company has created this single-purpose robot which takes care of the task usually reserved for significant others and dogs.

Charles Bukowski: Beer

Charles Bukowski: Beer

(PG-13) “Beer. Rivers and seas of beer. The radio singing love songs as the phone remains silent. And the walls stand straight up and down, and beer is all there is.” Nerdo’s animated adaptation effectively echoes the late, great Charles Bukowski’s sad poem.

How Tequila is Made

How Tequila is Made

How to Make Everything’s latest project is tequila. While they’re finishing their DIY process, they made this video showing how liquor companies make tequila. It’s made from the blue agave plant, but legally, only those made in Jalisco, Mexico can be called “tequila.”

Miniature Madras

Miniature Madras

A wonderful tilt-shifted, time-lapse video which provides a glimpse into the spectacle which is the Mylapore Kapaleeswarar Temple Festival, which takes place in Mylapore, Chennai, India every April. Here we see colorful parade floats moving through throngs of onlookers.

Beat Breakdown: Big Pimpin’

Beat Breakdown: Big Pimpin’

YouTuber Sandurz demonstrates Timbaland’s genius with this breakdown of the mega producer’s beat for one of Jay Z’s biggest hits. It’s built around Khusara Khusara, an Egyptian swing track by Hossam Ramzy. Man those congos are lit.

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Magic Photobomb Prank

Magic Photobomb Prank

“This can’t… what?” Comedian Greg Benson pranked tourists at the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the help of a sneaky assistant. He offered to take peoples’ pictures, only for his assistant to come up behind them with a cardboard cutout of Greg.

Jimmy Kimmel: Mom Texts

Jimmy Kimmel: Mom Texts

Mother’s Day is almost here, so Jimmy Kimmel thought he’d poke fun at some of the funny text messages from his staffer’s moms. Listen as the embarassed adults read their mom’s random stories, requests and whatever the hell that last one was.

Creative Spark: Brenda Chapman

Creative Spark: Brenda Chapman

Veteran animated film artist, writer and director Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt, Beauty and the Beast) spoke with the Oscars about her creative process, the idiosyncrasies of editing animated works, and her inspiration for Brave.

Run the Jewels: Crown

Run the Jewels: Crown

“Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike. The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame and the hate and that she wears a crown.” Run the Jewels worked with Wevr to make this to the point 360 video for Crown, from their album Run the Jewels 2.

Kirk Drives the Batmobile

Kirk Drives the Batmobile

YouTuber SpockBoy seamlessly combined footage from Star Trek: The Original Series and the awesomely campy 1960s Batman TV show to create a hilarious scene in which Captain Kirk takes Doctor McCoy on the ride of his life.

The Onion Reviews Civil War

The Onion Reviews Civil War

“Who are all these goddamn people?!” The Onion’s film critic Peter K. Rosenthal was thoroughly confused by Captain America: Civil War‘s ensemble cast. Who is Black Widow? Or Falcon? What motivates Random Bystander? Seriously though, stop with the origin stories.

First Wave

First Wave

In 4/26/86, breakdancing enthusiasts from all over the USSR attended a dance festival in Vinni, Estonia. Break Dance 80s tracked down 50 of the event’s participants – now in their late 40s to 50s – and had them show off their moves for old time’s sake.

The Life of a Pro Fingerboarder

The Life of a Pro Fingerboarder

Twenty three-year-old Mike Schneider founded FlatFace Fingerboards when he was 9, believing he could do better than the popular Tech Deck fingerboards. He spoke with Great Big Story about his love for the sport and what goes into fingerboard tournaments.

Beats by Bulldog

Beats by Bulldog

Musician and comedian Nic Smal created this brief rhythmic track using only sounds sampled from his English bulldog, Banjoe. While dog farts are pretty funny, it’s the jowl sound that’s really our favorite.

Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault

Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault

Veritasium takes us inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds seeds from more than 840,000 plant species. At least officially. In reality the facility has no way of verifying if what they have are actual seeds, because they’re not allowed to open the containers.

Lord Huron: The World Ender

Lord Huron: The World Ender

“I’m the World Ender, baby, and I’m back from the grave… They can run for their lives but they cannot be saved.” We got a serious No Country for Old Men vibe from Ariel Vida’s sinister music video for Lord Huron’s vengeance-filled, ’50s surf music influenced track.

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