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The Sound of Taste

The Sound of Taste

By loading sacks with spices, then firing off pyrotechnics within, filmmaker Chris Cairns, Machine Shots and musician MJ Cole created this visually spectacular promo for Schwartz Flavour Shots. BTS footage here. We need to sneeze now.

The Clash: The Last Gang in Town

The Clash: The Last Gang in Town

Comedian Fred Armisen interviewed The Clash’s Paul Simonon and Mick Jones as a bloke named Ian Rubbish, Paul and Mick’s contemporary and former frontman of a The Clash copycat band. Let that concept sink in for a bit.

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M. Night Shaym-Aliens!

M. Night Shaym-Aliens!

(NSFW) Adult Swim uploaded the fourth episode of Rick and Morty on YouTube for free. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon (Community), the show is about the misadventures of an alcoholic mad scientist and his grandson.

Pacific Rim Hong Kong Battle VFX

Pacific Rim Hong Kong Battle VFX

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and 32Ten Studios talk about how they built the pulse-pounding Hong Kong battle scene in Pacific Rim. ILM also has a couple more Pacific Rim behind-the-scenes videos on its YouTube channel.

Zombie Pranking Norm Reedus

Zombie Pranking Norm Reedus

In the ultimate manifestation of making lemonade from lemons, Nick Santonastasso has turned his physical challenges into a tool for pranking. With the help of Andrew Lincoln and Greg Nicotero, he pulls a fast one on Daryl.

Isle of Man TT: Surreal

Isle of Man TT: Surreal

Awesome footage from just about every vantage point of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, from overhead to ground level, to a dizzying POV shot as riders hit speeds North of 170mph. Buy full POV videos of the entire 37+ mile course here.

RoboSimian

RoboSimian

Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, RoboSimian shows off its abilities for climbing over obstacles, opening doorways and clearing debris. Though it looks more like a spider than a monkey when negotiating those cinder blocks.

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Slow Mo Beatboxing

Slow Mo Beatboxing

Smarter Every Day teamed up with the funny and talented DJ Flula to talk about the basics of beatboxing, including the concepts of timbre and overtone. Check out Flula’s channel to see more of his lips in slow motion.

No to Kennel Time

No to Kennel Time

YouTuber John Ventresco teased his dog Blaze that it was time to get in his kennel. Blaze has a simple response, although he needs to put more life in his protests. As it is it kinda sounds like Blaze is blazed.

FUNNEL

FUNNEL

(PG-13: Language) Andre Hyland’s short film tells the tale of a man and his quest for a funnel for his broken down car, as his entire monologue plays out via his cell phone. Made the Official Selection list for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

I Hate Celebrity Culture

I Hate Celebrity Culture

You may despise Game of Thrones Joffrey Baratheon, but Jack Gleeson, the actor behind the role is a charming and incredibly bright guy. In this session at The Oxford Union, Gleeson explores the strange world of celebrity.

Eager

Eager

(NSFW) Allison Schulnik continues her obsession with beautiful decay. Give this short film a few minutes of your time and you’ll be treated to a stop-motion tour de force. Aaron Olson created the film’s score.

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Weird Things We All Do

Weird Things We All Do

What starts out as an enumeration turns out to be a story as Pleated Jeans pokes fun at BuzzFeed’s sometimes arbitrary list videos. That dude should look up what “we” and “all” mean once he comes back from the woods.

Make Love, Not War

Make Love, Not War

It appears we have an early contender for the Money Well Spent Award. We won’t ruin it but we will say that this Super Bowl commercial for new Axe Peace almost makes up for some of the many times other Axe scents sieged our noses.

Bad British NFL Commentary

Bad British NFL Commentary

Football is a completely different sport in the UK, so there’s no wonder The Exploding Heads‘ clueless commentary of American football is so hilarious. Best part: It’s not even an NFL game. Damned yellow tripwire gets ’em every time.

Shocked Cat

Shocked Cat

We don’t know if we should pity or envy this cat. All we know is that it clearly had its mind blown for a significant amount of time. What truth was revealed, cat? Or is this just another one of your catnip trips?

33 Fascinating Songwriting Stories

33 Fascinating Songwriting Stories

This special episode of Mental Floss is hosted by The Gregory Brothers, and schools us on some of the wonderful and unlikely stories behind popular song lyrics over the years. “Scrambled eggs. Oh my, baby how I love your legs…”

The Snack Stadium

The Snack Stadium

Allrecipes shows off a snack arrangement that’s perfectly appropriate for watching the upcoming Super Bowl. The Pile High Snack Stadium contains enough dip, chips and sandwiches to feed a football team.

Zach King’s Vine Magic Tricks

Zach King’s Vine Magic Tricks

YouTuber FarlyTeem compiled the magic tricks posted by Zach King aka FinalCutKing on Vine. Many of the tricks are simple edits, but at least a few of them are clever and will leave you scratching your head.

The Street Doctor

The Street Doctor

Since 1992, Dr. Jim Withers has been going out on weeknights to care for homeless people. Believing that everyone matters, Withers helped create Operation Safety Net, one of the United States’ first street medicine programs.

Dance Bomber

Dance Bomber

A serious report about a group of thugs who stole an ATM from a convenience store is made just a little bit lighter by an impromptu dance number from a bystander. The look on his face when he enters the scene is priceless.

RIP Gatorade Collection

RIP Gatorade Collection

Some of you may know of Brodie Smith from his frisbee trick shots. Now you will know Brodie as the guy whose brother had a Gatorade collection. Had. Why mom?! And why didn’t you just clean the bottles Brodie’s bro?

Firestarter without Music

Firestarter without Music

As if the music video for The Prodigy’s Firestarter wasn’t intense enough for you with the music, this version that’s had the music removed will either make you laugh hysterically, or give you nightmares for days.

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