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DIY Fire Escape

DIY Fire Escape

A Houston construction worker was trapped on the ledge of a flaming building, and pulled off an incredible ninja move to extract himself from impending doom to give himself enough time for the firefighters to rescue him.

MagBak Magnetic iPad Grips

MagBak Magnetic iPad Grips

A pair of thin grips that stick an iPad to magnetic surfaces. It also has an adhesive-backed mount for non-magnetic surfaces. The Kickstarter is for the iPad Air & iPad Mini variants; you can get MagBaks for older iPads here.

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Insane Badminton Rally 2

Insane Badminton Rally 2

An intense one-sided attack from the 2013 World Badminton Championships. It would’ve been funnier if they lost the point, but the Smash Bros aka House Baratheon aka 2Smash 2Furious were just too much for their foes.

1 WTC BASE Jump

1 WTC BASE Jump

40 years ago, a wire-walker broke into the World Trade Center to showcase his skills. Last year, four BASE jumpers sneaked into and jumped off the new One World Trade Center tower for a late night thrill. Skip to 2:30 for the jump.

Man Seeking Fish

Man Seeking Fish

YouTuber rhys assan was walking on a beach in southwest Australia when he spotted a mahi-mahi. Strangely enough, it seemed like the fish spotted him too and made a beeline for him, neglecting the fact that rhys was on the shore.

Dark Noir

Dark Noir

(NSFW) A short film about a detective who can see daemons – creatures that plant ideas in our minds. Comic book artist Rafael Grampá worked with Red Knuckles and Absolut’s Facebook fans to create this cool animated short.

Laser-engraved Rolling Pins

Laser-engraved Rolling Pins
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Etsy shop Valek Rolling Pins makes 16.5″ beech rolling pins with laser-engraved designs for making embossed pastries. You can also send the shop your own pattern or message to be engraved in your order.

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The Office Time Machine

The Office Time Machine

To promote copyright reform and fair use, Joe Sabia scoured all nine seasons of The Office for pop culture references and then arranged the references by year. The video here shows the 1998 references. Make one for Community Joe!

The Dragon’s Daughter

The Dragon’s Daughter

(SPOILERS) “And I swear to you, that those who would harm you will die screaming.” Melodysheep remixed clips from the first season of Game of Thrones, turning the show into a musical. A very morbid musical.

BÖ Wooden Bow Ties

BÖ Wooden Bow Ties
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BÖ handcrafts wooden ties out of reclaimed raw materials. It uses leftover wood from North American wood processing facilities for the tie, leftover leather from Israel for the strap and paper twine from Austria for the accent.

Food Fight!

Food Fight!

A food fight breaks out, but it’s not what you think. Bananas, carrots, loaves of bread, heads of lettuce and other seemingly healthy edibles become deadly weapons in this silly action video from The Dominic Show.

Beam & Anchor Copper Mugs

Beam & Anchor Copper Mugs
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Portland-based Beam & Anchor sells beautiful mugs made from 100% copper. They’re great at keeping your drink hot or cold and will tarnish with age. In 13.5oz. and 18oz. sizes. We’d love to see what they look like with their patina.

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The Glaucus

The Glaucus

Named for the Blue Sea Slug (Glaucus Atlanticus), Super-Releaser’s unusual soft robot walks not using servos or mechanical joints, but by inflating and deflating its air bladders. It looks like some sort of Pokémon to us.

LifePrint Wireless Photo Printer

LifePrint Wireless Photo Printer

A photo printer for iOS and Android devices. Send a photo from your phone to any LifePrint anywhere in the world via Wi-Fi, 3G or Bluetooth. You can also follow other LifePrint users so their images will be sent to your print queue.

The Quadcopter Dentist

The Quadcopter Dentist

We’ve seen kids get their baby teeth yanked by rockets and NERF bows, but this kid’s Dad has upgraded to 21st century dentistry, and helps his son pull his loose tooth with a flying drone.

You’ve Got Mail!

You’ve Got Mail!

Comedian Jim Breuer hunts down Elwood Edwards, the man behind AOL’s “Welcome”, “You’ve Got Mail”, “Goodbye” and other digital catchphrases. Now if only he could find the guy who mailed out all those damned CD-ROMs.

Simpsons x Moleskine Ltd. Edition

Simpsons x Moleskine Ltd. Edition
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Limited to just 9,999 copies, this ruled notebook is individually numbered and “Homer Certimafied.” On the inside back cover, you’ll find a map of Springfield, and includes some fun Simpsons stickers to embellish your pages.

Flaming Dust Devil

Flaming Dust Devil

In what seemed to be a scene from a superhero movie, a whirling dust devil threw smoldering tumbleweeds around, then sucked and spread the fire from a controlled burn in Denver. It’s this peaceful whirlwind’s evil brother.

Aros Smart Air Conditioner

Aros Smart Air Conditioner

Developed by GE with Quirky, Aros is an air conditioner that adapts to your schedule and budget. Control it from anywhere via a mobile app. It can suggest settings based on your budget, along with your usage and the weather.

Blazing Fast Knife Skills

Blazing Fast Knife Skills

This hypnotic compilation of some of the fastest choppers, dicers and slicers in the kitchen does not involve any loss of digits or blood. While their speed is impressive, none of them have anywhere near the precision of this guy.

Newsbeat

Newsbeat

An audio news app for iOS and Android. Newsbeat lets you pick from a variety of newspapers and other news sources and will read article summaries to you using text-to-speech. It also supports voice commands. More here.

Street Eraser

Street Eraser

Guus Ter Beek and Tayfun Sarier are out to make London look like a digital image, or at least a fake one. The duo make stickers that look like the Eraser tool from Photoshop and plaster it over ads, street signs and graffiti.

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