YouTube channel Internet Comment Etiquette explores the internet video subgenre that focuses on Russians dangling from buildings. No doubt you’ve come across one at some point or another, but what gives? What is that they find so appealing about precariously gripping onto the edge of really tall buildings and filming themselves?
If you’ve seen the Korean movie Old-Boy you’ll remember the scene where the protagonist Oh Dae-Su munchies his way through a live octopus. Well, many restaurants in South Korea suggest eating octopus alive so that’s exactly what this woman does, but it doesn’t come without a struggle.
Evolutionary biologist Jaap de Roode, who looks into how parasites and their hosts co-evolve, teamed up with TED-ED to create this video. It covers toxoplasmosis and some of the big questions around it that remain unanswered. Cases of the disease go back as far as ancient Egypt and it’s caused by a parasite that only reproduces in the intestines of cats.
You wouldn’t want to get into a water gun fight with the owner of this, which is a ridiculously large 7 ft long super soaker. Many of us are familiar with the super soaker water gun, but never one of this size. But then many of us don’t have a NASA engineer as a dad, which is who designed this monster.
Good news for Kendrick Lamar fans who also love Rick and Morty because the two combine in this well-crafted mash-up which comes courtesy of Adam Schleichkorn. ‘I’ve been searching for the perfect song for my first Rick and Morty mashup for months, and dammit, I’m pretty sure I’ve found it.’ says Schleichkorn And it’s hard to disagree.
The latest video from Cut sees fives different couples go through the incredibly awkward process of reading old text messages along with Facebook messages from their partner’s previous relationship. Not only is it totally awkward but it’s also insanely risky too. They might be laughing on camera but imagine some of the arguments it might have ignited back home.
If you don’t like heights, suffer from vertigo, or are faint of heart then you might want to look away now, as parkour enthusiast Khalid Tenni goes rooftop jumping through his hometown of Tangier in Morocco. The 23-year-old explores the roof tops while filming every step, leap, and jump of his adventure.
Rapper Macklemore released his new music video for song Glorious and it features his grandmother Helen, who he surprises for her 100th birthday and then treats to a day out, a very glorious day out at that. First up he turns up out of the blue at her house in California, then proceeds to take her out in style.
Short film from writer/director Paul Hendy ‘The Last Laugh’ takes a look at three British comedy legends, Eric Morecambe (played by Bob Golding), Tommy Cooper (played by Damian Williams), and Bob Monkhouse (played by Simon Cartwright). The three of them meet in the dressing room of a theatre and talk about comedy, life and everything else.
YouTube channel Nukazooka have created a real-life version of the hugely popular video game Minecraft, staying true to the original game and featuring familiar elements like creepers and diamonds. But while the virtual version has blocky pixels to make you feel a little removed from it, it turns out that in real life a game involving hunting for wood while fighting monsters is actually pretty terrifying.
Obviously there’s an art to taking out your attackers before they even know you’re there, and Solid Snake is a master of that, so who better to learn self-defense from? OK so he may be a bit over the top for standard self defense, but it’s better to be safe than sorry, right?
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