Awesome Videos

We are enjoying the rich backdrops and kooky drawn characters in this animation from Werner Schnater. The crowd seems to be getting their groove on just fine, shutting it down when the police come around. But who’s in that cop car?

Giro helmets educates us on the finer points of what happens to your brain in a crash, and how a seemingly small change to helmet design could protects us by moving just enough to reduce some of the most deadly and traumatic forces.

(NSFW: Language, Gross) Collegehumor has a parable for people who keep on using “literally” instead of “figuratively” to bolster their statements. How on earth did this become a thing anyway?

Like Amazon’s Prime Air, Project Wing is a concept for a drone delivery service. The current prototype features a small tail-sitter that automatically flies to the delivery zone and lowers its package using a winch. More here.

A rookie circus technician unintentionally gives the audience a show they’ll never forget. If they make it out alive. Office equipment maker Brother makes a case for its label makers with this morbid, but hilarious commercial.

Mental Floss takes a look at some of today’s industry leaders who started from the bottom, from Steve Jobs to Sean Combs. In keeping with the episode’s theme, they let their own intern host the show.

YouTuber Ingela Tanneskog says she waited for a thunderstorm to pass before taking this video so she could film a huge rainbow in peace. Apparently nature had other plans.

Even though Studio Ghibli is actually only taking a temporary break, Animation Domination HD’s bittersweet tribute is still worth watching, if only as a reminder of the company’s nigh-untouchable track record.

A team of robotic beings land on a desolate planet to use its scant resources, but not before leaving a wonderful gift.  Richard Mans’ Abiogenesis is a unique and beautiful short film.

Red Bull Air Force stunt pilot Hannes Arch knows how to make an entrance, taking off for his daredevil flight through the Austrian Alps from one of its awe-inspiring highways. The flying after he gets off the ground ain’t bad either.

While Buckyballs might be off the market, adults who still have some on hand know how much fun they can be. In this clip, watch as over 10,000 of similar magnetic spheres are formed into a 13 pound cube – and then torn apart.

(NSFW: Language) NewsBeFunny gathered up some of the silliest, most inappropriate and uncomfortable things that happened on the news this past month. We still think that guy who threw the rave is Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

(NSFW: Lyrics) By editing an old Superchunk video and setting it to the tune of The Prodigy’s classic Smack My B*tch up, YouTuber Diden Didenko has created a bit of pure Internet gold.

GoPro footage captured by Christian Yellott as he winds his way through Mountain Sheep Canyon at Arizona’s Lake Powell. While he does slow down a little bit in the narrowest parts, it’s still a crazy place to take a jet ski.

TED-Ed’s Anje-Margriet Neutel gives us an overview of the feedback loops present in nature, and how critical they are to maintaining the balance of our ecosystems. Also, we thought Hummus was a Middle Eastern appetizer.

(NSFW: Lyrics) In this flick captured back on Halloween 2011 by Zenga Bros., we get a visceral look at today’s skateboarding culture, with raucous, fireworks-filled skatepunks tearing up the Leeside Tunnel in Vancouver, BC.

The WorldWide Interweb has put together a fun compilation of some of our favorite celebrities in rather amusing (and embarrassing) commercial roles, before they were big and famous, and frequently, before they even hit puberty.

An online series about two best friends who go to a relationship counselor to help patch things up between them. Unfortunately, their counselor (Silicon Valley‘s Kumail Nanjiani) is barely of any help. Worth watching just for the intro.

If you ever needed confirmation that only the greatest of minds battle it out on Jeopardy! every day, contestant Babu Srinivasan’s enlightening explanation of why the internet was created should do the trick.

It looks like Apple’s latest smartphone will be narrower and… juicier? The Second City Network pokes fun at the trend of heavy leaks and rumors that come flooding in months before the release of the newest iPhone.

Here’s your no excuses video for the day. YouTuber Claire Blogga shares this clip of a one-legged bboy. Not only does he pull off the same stunts that able-bodied dancers can do, he also incorporates his crutches into his moves.

Photographer Thomas Schwarz uses the bright lights of the Midway as the light source for this dizzying time-lapse visit to a theme park that’s sure to wake you up from whatever stupor you might find yourself in from surfing the web.

Makers, why be stuck with C- or G-clamps? Artist Robb Godshaw went to great lengths to bring a simple joke to life. He designed, cut, drilled and assembled steel clamps shaped like the letters of the alphabet.