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CineFix Sums Up the Entire ‘Halloween’ Film Series in Two Animated Minutes
CineFix (see previously) does a great job of summing up the entire Halloween film series in two minutes in their new animated video. It was…
A Tree With Intricate Roots Made Up of Around 5,000 Dominoes
YouTube domino enthusiast FlippyCat (see previously) has created a massive and intricate series of tree branches and roots made up of around 5,000 dominoes and…
The Flaming Lips Cover Groundbreaking Beatles Album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ in Its Entirety
With A Little Help From My Fwends is a full cover of the groundbreaking 1967 Beatles record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band produced by…
Super Slow Motion Video of a Man Doing Side Flops and Back Flops Into a Swimming Pool
Gavin Free captured footage of Dan Gruchy doing side flops and back flops into a swimming pool in the latest video by The Slow Mo…
A Detailed Analysis of the Tutorial Mechanics in the Video Game ‘Portal’
Game designer Dan “OtherDan” Emmons analyzes the tutorial mechanics from the video game Portal in a video narrated by Daniel Floyd. The analysis is part…
A First-Person Video Compilation of Drone Crashes During a ‘Star Wars’-Inspired Forest Racing Event
Olivier Yorgandjian of Annecy, France has created a compilation of first-person crash video shot by drones racing around a forest in a manner similar to…
Elderly Man in Brazil Has Trained a Hummingbird To Come Into His Kitchen To Feed
João Silvestrini of Barretos, Brazil has trained a hummingbird to come into his kitchen to feed. The bird is willing to fly quite close to…
Mental Floss Explains Where Last Names Come From
In a recent episode of the Mental Floss series The Big Question (see previously) host Craig Benzine explains the origins of last names in different cultures throughout…
A Simple Technique for Drawing Perfect Freehand Circles
Dave Hax (see previously) recently demonstrated a technique for drawing perfect freehand circles by pivoting the paper around certain parts of the hand. How to draw a…
Bradley Cooper and Jimmy Fallon Compete in a Surprisingly Tense Game of Egg Russian Roulette on ‘The Tonight Show’
Bradley Cooper and host Jimmy Fallon competed in a surprisingly tense game of Egg Russian Roulette during a recent episode of The Tonight Show. The two…