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Seven Stuntmen Recreate Epic Fighting Styles Found in Their Five Favorite Video Games
Seven stuntmen paid tribute to five of their favorite video games by recreating the epic fighting styles found in Assassin’s Creed, Metal Gear Solid, The…
Guitarist Dramatically Challenges Himself to Play Every One of His 37 Guitar Pedals at the Same Time
The talented musician Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist created a somewhat dramatic short film told in the first person, about his overwhelming number of guitar pedals…
How the Incorporation of Musical Modes on the Miles Davis Album ‘Kind of Blue’ Reinvented Jazz
YouTuber Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays about music took a look at the iconic Miles Davis album Kind of Blue. He specifically noted…
A Micro Drone Captures the Sparse Beauty of a Japanese School in a Single Long Take
Filmmaker Kastu FPV of Tiny Whoop Japan sent a micro drone in through a window and captured the sparse beauty within the tidy classrooms of…
Senator Tammy Duckworth Ensures Her Newborn Baby Is Dressed In Accordance With Senate Rules
A post shared by Senator Tammy Duckworth (@senduckworth) on Apr 19, 2018 at 9:54am PDT Senator Tammy Duckworth, who was the first disabled woman to…
Dave Grohl Invites a Fan in KISS Makeup Onstage to Shred Some Licks During ‘Monkey Wrench’
During the April 18, 2018 Foo Fighters show in Austin, Texas, frontman Dave Grohl spotted a fan in the audience wearing Gene Simmons’ iconic Demon…
People From Around the World Explain How They Can Spot a Person From Their Home Country
In a determinate episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all…
Ewoks Dance the Night Away in Auralnauts’ Star Wars Music Video for ‘Tree World (We Go Hard)’
Ewoks, Jedi, and the Rebel Alliance dance the night away in an amusing Star Wars music video by the Auralnauts for their song “Tree World…
Contentious Junk Collecting Extraterrestrials Dance for Joy When They Find a Jukebox on Their Ship
In the short film “Alientologists” by Tyler Rabinowitz, a trio of extraterrestrials who collect space debris from a defunct Earth, fight over which of the…
An Acrylic See-Through Combination Lock Showing How the Inner Workings Actually Function
Theodore Gray of Mechanical Gifs has created an acrylic see-through combination lock that gives an inside look at how the inner workings of the lock…