Awesome Videos

After explaining the basics of the Fermi Paradox, Kurzgesagt concludes its discussion by expounding on a few possible reasons as to why, assuming they do exist, we haven’t encountered any aliens yet.

The Bilderbergers imagine a charity for rich folks who get lost in their mansions. But if they work hard enough and stop blaming other people for their predicament, they’ll be able to find their way around their own damn house.

While much of the world has moved on to video games, we still enjoy a good game of pinball every now and then. We’d definitely love to play Galactic Dimension, a huge machine built for the Phæno science center in Wolfsburg, Germany.

In his Sisyphus series, artist Bruce Shapiro creates hypnotic, non-permanent works of art using computer-controlled contraptions which make intricate patterns by rolling a magnetic ball through a tabletop covered with sand.

YouTuber carsandwater’s red hot nickel ball has demolished pretty much anything that was offered to it. Until now. Its kryptonite? A hockey puck, which is made from a seemingly indestructible disc of vulcanized rubber.

Colin Furze’s latest invention was pitched by one of his YouTube viewers. The Furzo Toasto is a knife – well, a saw – with an electric heating element that makes the blade hot enough to toast bread as it slices.

Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s latest installment of Mean Tweets with NBA players has a lot of corny entries, but the ones that sting hit hard. It’s okay Blake, it’s okay. Also MJ should ask Reggie Miller where the fountain of youth is.

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor JIMEK recently turned in this medley of classic hip hop tunes. We can’t decide if it it was more fun to hear Sure Shot or Get Ur Freak On played this way. (Thanks Michael!)

Industrial robot maker Yaskawa shows off the incredible precision of its MOTOMAN-MH24 by having it learn blade skills from a samurai sword master. The part where it slices the pea pod in half is nuts. Fortunately, it can’t chase us – yet.

Texas Armoring Corporation stands by their anti-ballistic materials so much that their CEO subjected himself to the ultimate test – behind the wheel of one of their armored Mercedes while an AK-47 was fired at his face. Damn.

91-year-old Walter Thomas has some mischievous blood flowing through his veins. One of his bucket list items was to back his car through his garage door. When a relative planned to demolish their garage, his wish came true.

Declan Feeney likes to play the saxophone. Except he doesn’t actually own one. Instead, he does some crazy stuff with his vocal chords to create an uncanny mock sax. Here, he plays a bit of The Pink Panther theme.

YouTuber Samson Lee and his friend went to Olympic Game Farm in Sequim, Washington to see the waving Kodiak bear. The big fella knew the drill. He performed as requested, then nonchalantly collected his fee.

“It’s been flying around without batteries!” Jordan Rubin made this silly fake trailer for a horror movie about a sentient drone. It seems to know the genre’s tropes too. How can something that noisy sneak up on you?

(PG-13 Language) “See what he did there? He put the orange ball in the red circle, thereby releasing a double point.” Boat Comedy says this is what NBA pre-game talk is like. They’re wrong. This is what the pre-game talk should be like.

Video artists Dropbear created the stop-motion animation for Opiuo’s electro-funk track Quack Fat using 240 audio cassettes, 5,600 feet of video tape, 108 floppy discs and an old Sony Walkman. The tapes and discs make good pixels.

(PG-13 Language) “Kaitlin is scowling at you for no reason. Go!” Inside Amy Schumer‘s skit features a training class for men on avoiding or defusing fights with ladies. That last lesson is for real. Never invoke She Who Must Not Be Named.

Mental Floss‘ John Green regales us with an ample helping of knowledge about many of the foods we eat, and the frequent misappropriation of nationalities that have nothing to do with where the food came from.

(Spoilers) Mashup maker Simonb02 saw an opportunity at the end of the amazing Hardhome episode of Game of Thrones – and decided to set the epic battle sequence to the tune of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Also, this.

The broadway casts of The Lion King and Aladdin found themselves delayed at the airport due to bad weather, and decided to make the best of the time with an impromptu sing-off. This never happens to us when we’re delayed. (Thanks Seth!)

CAT recorded this time-lapse of the construction of one of their massive 50-foot-long, 600,000 lb., 4,000 hp 797 mining trucks – a vehicle so big that its assembly must be completed at the job site. There’s no audio, so feel free to hum a tune.

Instead of being bothered with the expense of a proper tree removal service, this genius decided to try and yank a shrub from his front yard using his dune buggy. Want to venture a guess at who won the tug of war?

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner Gene Cook Jr. demonstrates some of the martial art’s moves with the help of his pitbull Koa. Now we know how to armbar a dog. Actually we didn’t get any of that at all. Koa’s too funny.