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Swimming Pool Time-lapse

Swimming Pool Time-lapse

An awesome time-lapse video of the installation of the swimming pool that was installed in Omaha, NE for the U.S. Olympic Trials back in 2012. This isn’t what we usually think of when somebody mentions an “above-ground pool.”

Loving (Trailer)

Loving (Trailer)

From writer and director Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter, Midnight Special) comes a movie about Richard and Mildred Loving, a mixed race couple whose landmark case abolished laws against interracial marriage in the United States. Starring Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga.

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Misspelling Beast

Misspelling Beast

In the Scripps National Spelling Bee, once you start spelling out loud you cannot take it back. You can reset and spell from the start, but you can’t change your answer. So in 2012, 13-year-old Jack Pasche chose to go out guns blazing. Perhaps Will Forte was his inspiration.

SNL: Tidal

SNL: Tidal

Saturday Night Live rehashes its Pandora skit but with guest host Ariana Grande doing the impressions. Watch as she shows off her take on Shakira, Rihanna, Whitney Houston and more. Durr durr durr durr!

Huge Eunice

Huge Eunice

Look away if you don’t like creepy crawlies. You’ve been warned. Back in 2012, YouTuber gurutek was breaking down his saltwater fish tank when he discovered that a Eunice worm had been lurking beneath the gravel, where it had grown to a horrifically large size.

Infrastructure Observatory

Infrastructure Observatory

In 2012, just for the heck of it, Tim Hwang fooled a nuclear plant into giving him a tour by setting up a fake organization called Infrastructure Observatory. Tim eventually turned it into a real group that organizes tours for his fellow infrastructure enthusiasts.

Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ferrari GTC4Lusso

A 4-seat GT based on the shooting brake style of the Ferrari FF. The GTC4Lusso packs a new 12-cyl. engine with 680hp and 514 lb-ft. of torque. With AWD, rear-wheel steering, and mag dampers, it should handle amazingly. Top speed is 208mph. 0-62mph in 3.4s.

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Ice Drumming

Ice Drumming

Back in 2012, percussion group ЭТНОБИТ (Ethnobeat) transformed the sheets of ice on Siberia’s frozen Lake Baikal into a wondrous natural musical instrument. The recording engineer for this clip deserves just as much praise as the musicians.

Make School

Make School

Founded in 2012, Make School teaches programming and tech entrepreneurship. But it doesn’t have grading systems or tuition fees. If you get in and complete their courses, you’ll pay them only after you’re employed.

Violin & Faucet Duet

Violin & Faucet Duet

Before a performance back in 2012, the Polish string quartet Altra Volta found this noisy faucet in a restroom backstage. Their violinist Jacek Dzwonowski decided to go with the flow, turning in an awesome bit of improv.

Han Solo Blaster Flask

Han Solo Blaster Flask

Han drank first. Or at least that’s the story we’re sticking to. This awesome drink flask was created by If Industries, who sells cool arcade belt buckles on their Etsy shop. Sadly, due to licensing concerns, you can’t buy one. At least not yet.

SNL: Bad Girls

SNL: Bad Girls

The ladies of Saturday Night Live break bad in this hilarious parody of M.I.A.’s 2012 Bad Girls music video. And if you complain about it being a dated reference, these girls will hunt you down and mess you up.

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Harmonizator: Hot Pepper Challenge

Harmonizator: Hot Pepper Challenge

Back in 2012 YouTuber GloZell Green posted her hilarious reaction to eating hot pepper. Guitarist Publio Delgado aka the Harmonizator used his transposing skills to make the video even funnier.

Bandit9 Panther

Bandit9 Panther
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Bandit9’s latest creation is its tamest one yet, but that doesn’t make it less of a beast. Based on a 2012 Triumph Bonneville T100, the Panther has a murdered out look with custom hand guards, tail lights, turn signals, seat and exhaust.

Patriot 3 Jetboots

Patriot 3 Jetboots

These underwater thrusters are not actually worn on the feet but are strapped to a belt. Jetboots let you travel up to three knots while keeping your hands free. They’re mainly for military use and cost about $20,000 back in 2012.

Soft Crash Landing

Soft Crash Landing

2012 footage of a Lockheed SP-2H Neptune making a nail-biting emergency landing. Not only did the pilot have to deal without landing gear on one side, but with strong crosswinds. Had the moving propeller hit the ground at speed, it could have been disasterous.

I Fink U Tubby

I Fink U Tubby

(PG-13 Lyrics) Editor Robert Jones combined Die Antwoord’s 2012 hit track, I Fink U Freeky, with footage from TV’s equally strange Teletubbies, resulting in one of the most mismatched, but somehow just right mashups we’ve seen.

People Are Awesome, Except Steve.

People Are Awesome, Except Steve.

(PG-13 Lyrics) We Did It! ruins the glory of those compilations of people doing awesome stuff by juxtaposing them with a reality check. But the truth is, we need Steve. He’s the floor with which we measure how high we can go.

He Named Me Malala (Trailer)

He Named Me Malala (Trailer)

A documentary about Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. In 2012, then 15-year old Malala was shot at point blank by a Taliban soldier for advocating women and children’s rights. But she survived, and is still fighting.

Knight Rider KITT Trans Am

Knight Rider KITT Trans Am
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Movie and TV car customizer Red Harden is selling one of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams used in the original Knight Rider TV series. Red modded the car in the ’80s and then refurbished it when it was returned to him years later.

Red Run: The Abandonded Ski Village

Red Run: The Abandonded Ski Village

The Sheffield Ski Village once was home to the UK’s largest man-made ski slope. The facility was destroyed by fire in 2012. A group of freeskiers recently returned to the abandoned slope to drum up support for bringing the park back to life.

LWT: Standardized Testing

LWT: Standardized Testing

Last Week Tonight looks at standardized tests in the US. What should be an objective system often appears to be inaccurate, convoluted and unfair to both students and teachers. If they even make sense at all.

Hawkeye Sings About His Powers

Hawkeye Sings About His Powers

“…listen, I’ve got powers too and they’re pretty sweet.” Hawkeye doesn’t have a suit of armor or any super powers, but Jeremy Renner wants you to know that he’s got other abilities too. Plus he’s got an amazing series of comic books.

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