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The ‘Rubber Boy’, An Incredibly Flexible 15-Year-Old Indian Teen Who Can Rotate His Head 180 Degrees
Barcroft TV recently highlighted Jaspreet Singh Kalra, a 15-year-old from the Punjab, India whose incredible flexibility has earned him the nickname “Rubber Boy” The teenager…
How to Perform a Parkour-Style Cat Leap Across a Gap and Catch Yourself on a Wall
In his new tutorial video, stuntman and free-running athlete Ronnie Shalvis (previously) shows how to properly perform a parkour-style cat leap across a gap and…
Colorblind People Try on a Pair of Glasses That Allows Them to See Color for the First Time
#ColorForAll is a collaboration between Valspar Paint and EnChroma that brings the latter company’s line of color blindness-correcting sunglasses to individuals who have never seen…
A Parody Video Personifies Various Internet Sites as High School Students in Class With Their Teacher Google
A parody video by Cracked personifies various Internet sites as high school students in class with their teacher Google. The sketch premiered at the 2015…
A 1982 Manual Identifying the Graphic Standards for the DeLorean Motor Company
eBay user dmcseller has listed a fascinating DeLorean Motor Company Identification Standards Manual, a 1982 booklet that highlights the graphic standards for the iconic DeLorean…
Mashups of the ‘Friends’ Theme Song With Clips From the ‘Harry Potter’ Film Series and Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’
Jeremiah Rivera has created two fantastic mashups of the Friends theme song with clips from the Harry Potter film series and clips from the 2012…
OK Go Creates Madcap Music Video Commercial for Chinese Furniture Store Red Star Macalline
OK Go has created a fantastically madcap commercial for Chinese furniture store Red Star Macalline that is full of perspective tricks and clever camera work.…
A Supercut of Dream Sequences From Popular Movies Throughout History
Filmmaker Gabriel Adelman has assembled dream sequences from a wide variety of films in the supercut “Subconscious Cinema.” The video spans much of the history…
Gyroscope, A New Service That Combines a Person’s Multiple Online Accounts Into One Elegant-Looking Site
Gyroscope is a new service that combines data from multiple health and social media services into one elegant-looking site. It was created by Anand Sharma…
Tom Scott Explains How Scotland and Newfoundland, Canada Were Connected 400 Million Years Ago
In the latest episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains how, 400 million years ago, Scotland and Newfoundland, Canada were part…