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‘Glove and Boots’ Puppets Are Merged Together After Experimenting With Teleportation Pods, Like in the Film ‘The Fly’
Internet puppets from the Glove and Boots (previously) web series are merged together after experimenting with a set of teleportation pods. They run into a…
Clever Shiba Inu Learns How to Sit and Wait For His Human’s Signal Before He Eats His Dinner
A very clever Shiba Inu named Kibo learns how sit and wait for his human Jon Sun to give a signal before approaching his food…
Workers Assemble a Porsche 911 Engine in a German Factory
YouTube user myDriftFun has posted video of a Porsche 911 engine being built on the assembly line of a plant in the suburbs of Stuttgart,…
Tilt-Shifted Timelapse Video That Makes the Landscape and People of Norway Look Like Miniatures
“The Little Nordics” is a short timelapse video by photographer Martijn Doolaard that utilizes tilt-shift photography techniques to make the mountains and fjords of Norway…
Tom Scott Explains What Britain Has Done to Completely Eradicate the Rabies Disease
In a recent episode of “Things You Might Not Know,” host Tom Scott talks about Britain’s terrible history with rabies, what Britain has done to…
John Cleese Explains Why the Truly Stupid Lack the Capacity to Realize How Stupid They Are
John Cleese, best known for his work with the comedy group Monty Python, explains the idea that truly stupid people lack the capacity to realize…
Musician Plays a Complex Finger-Picking Song on a Guitar With Three Necks
Classical guitarist Estaban Antonio demonstrates some complex finger work on an “impossible” three-necked acoustic guitar with 17 strings built by English luthier Kif Wood. via…
Special Effects Video of ‘Action Movie Kid’ Receiving and Almost Being Trampled by a Real Hippopotamus on Christmas
Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his three-year-old son…
The Boxtrolls Stop-Motion Characters Comment on Free Will While Being Animated in a Time-Lapse
In a scene taken from the end credits of the Laika stop-motion animated film The Boxtrolls, two characters offer a meta-commentary on free will while…
Playful Kitten Discovers the Wonders of Chasing His Tail Outside in the Falling Snow
In February 2014, a very playful kitten named Coyote simultaneously discovered the wonders of chasing his tail and of the snow falling outside, which led…