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The 2CELLOS take on Led Zeppelin and Beethoven’s classics in another one of their highly energetic stage performances. Or rather, two stage performances. Also, these guys must go through bows and strings like water.

A TV show commissioned this silly slingshot from Joerg Sprave. Unlike most of his weapons, this one’s intended to be fired at humans, so Joerg had to add a transmission between the electric drill and the trigger to reduce the balls’ speed.

While he was hanging out at the pool with The Backyard Scientist, engineer and YouTube celeb Mark Rober conducted a scientific experiment which demonstrates whether it’s better to be underwater or on land to escape a grenade blast. The results might surprise you.

“Bugs for breakfast, mice for lunch! Save your hiney in a crunch!” U.S. Pest Protection advertises its services with the help of Eagle Steve. If they don’t show up with an actual eagle, or at least a stuffed one, we hope someone asks them for a refund.

The Backyard Scientist continues his literally and figuratively sloppy experiments by “testing” oobleck (cornstarch mixed with water). Like ketchup, quicksand and silly putty, oobleck is a Non-Newtonian fluid. It flows like a liquid but behaves differently when force is applied to it.

(PG-13: Language) Logan and Spider-Man Brothers Green Eats shows us how to prepare and assemble the components of Taco Bell’s classic menu, such as the crunch wrap supreme and the Mexican pizza. Part two here. Conan’s IT guy should see this.

(PG-13: Language) PistolShrimps promotes the first feature-length first-person film Hardcore Henry by adopting the movie’s style to Harry Potter‘s story. This is the future of cinema: an in-your-face experience where you’re surrounded by yes men and walking expositions.

Ernie Els is a golf hall of famer who’s won four major championships. But Murphy’s Law hit him hard on the first hole of the 2016 Masters. He ended up putting six times from 3ft, scoring a 9 on the par-4 hole. Slate’s got your Happy Gilmore mashup covered.

In an odd turn of events, the Hydraulic Press Channel has already gone meta on itself, as they place a smaller hydraulic press inside their bigger hydraulic press, and then set it to crush its little brother. But there are more layers to this dream than just two.

(Flashing lights) Link fights Darth Vader, Son Goku brawls with Juggernaut, Samus Aran blasts a Dalek and more in animator Johnny McHone’s expansive stop motion short. It took him over a year to complete the film, which combines action figures, clay and 2D animation.

Did you know that Wi-Fi wasn’t originally an acronym but a pun on Hi-Fi? How about the fact that most Americans who are online are browsing Facebook? Or that it’s faster to say World Wide Web than WWW? All those and more in this Mental Floss episode.

After riding through the streets of New York City, pro BMX biker Nigel Sylvester goes to the West Coast, taking us on a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles with the help of the city’s rich and famous.

Pop thrash metal band Babymetal’s girls are teenagers now, and they’ve gone mainstream globally. So we hate them now. Just kidding. Their new album Metal Resistance gives us more of their unorthodox mix of hair-raising music and kawaii singing.

(PG-13: Language) Comedian Scott Rogowsky and The Chortle lightened up the day of New York City subway riders with this raunchy prank. He rode the trains pretending to read books with fake and hilarious titles.

To show off their Giant Jenga set, Vat19 lit the wooden blocks on fire, then played a game that was only possible thanks to the fire retardant goo on their hands. And here we thought playing Jenga with construction equipment was the most dangerous way to play.

It’s a rare enough sight to lay eyes on a Ferrari F40, but to see one hooning about in the snow is something we never thought we’d witness. Driver Takeshi Kimura made some powder fly in an F40 at Japan’s Ryuoo Ski Park, with the help of some chains and tire studs.

Inventor Simone Giertz teamed up with Adam Savage to build another one of her silly robotic contraptions – this time, she’s made a hat that automatically feeds her popcorn. They should include one of these as an option with the Oculus Rift.

Gav and Dan of The Slow Mo Guys got their hands on a personal flamethrower from X Matter, loaded it up with fuel, then fired it up in front of their watchful lens for our enjoyment. The coolest shot has to be the face-on fireball at 2:40.

YouTuber Madison Blakey shares this compilation of their mother’s dog Luke, who moves from the TV room to the bedroom every time he hears the TV’s power off chime… even though he’s already lying down. A smart way of being stupid.

(Flashing images) An incredibly wealthy and prideful man is diagnosed with a terminal illness. He chooses to go out in a grand fashion by commissioning a Euthanasia Coaster, a roller coaster that theoretically induces euphoria before starving the brain of oxygen.

This award-winning short from Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Animation Institute envisions a day in which nature reclaims the Earth from civilization. It’s a vision we’ve seen in films like I Am Legend, but here we see the process rather than just the end result.

Screen Junkies is several months late with their joke for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which means we’ve heard all they have to say. Except for Maz Kanata’s new nickname. That was good. Anyway, they make up for it with a showdown of movie trailer voice guys.

Aaron’s Animals gets all meta on itself, as the very talented Prince Michael the cat decides to make his own YouTube video, and proves along the way that you can’t force something to go viral. Case in point: this clip has less than 10,000 views so far.