The Metallica Tarantula
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Hey kids, let’s go spider shopping! If you’re a leather-clad, head-banging metal fiend, your pet of choice is surely the tarantula. But if you want to go the extra mile, that tarantula must be … wait for it … the Poecilotheria Metallica, aka The Most Badass Pet Of All Time. And if its name isn’t [...]
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Dutch comedian does top Nicholas Cage impression
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Everyone has a place somewhere deep inside them where Nicholas Cage is accepted, even revered. We can’t explain why, but it’s there (3.20-4.40 in this clip might explain it). This Dutch impressario knows where that space is, and gives voice to it. It’s spot on.
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Laser light guns destroying random stuff
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Patrick Priebe, who makes a business out of building laser light guns and gadgets, has a YouTube channel that come peppered with irate video text descriptions that go “DON’T ASK FOR PARTS PLANS TUTORIALS”. At first we wondered what was up with all that screaming, but if you take a look at one of his [...]
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Photos of burning methane in ice
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It looks amazing, but it’s actually terrifying. These methane bubbles trapped in ice are a natural phenomena that occurs in arctic areas. This video of scientists igniting the gas shows just how potent this stuff is – and it’s everywhere in cold, tundra regions of the world. The problem isn’t that it’s stuck under ice; [...]
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SPONSORED: Tell Ray-Ban your life vision and it may well come true
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We’re buzzed about the UK wide Ray-Ban Envision tour, which is part of the Ray-Ban Envision campaign (#ENVISION SERIES), celebrating the multiple facets of Ray-Ban’s classic lenses, and will take place across five cities in May and June – Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, and London – with each event relating to a different Ray-Ban lens characteristic (Built to Move, Long lasting, Impact resistant, Outshine and Anti-Glare).
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Dove Real Beauty for the blokes with, erm, beautiful balls
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Dove Real Beauty commercials are so empowering for women. But what about men? Maybe men need to be told they’re beautiful too. Maybe men need a self-confidence boost from time to time, as well. Thanks to the good people of Ad Hoc, now men can discover that they are beautiful and unique too. That’s right: only 4% [...]
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Cookie Monster returns as Tom Waits
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Finally. Following the now-legendary mashup of Cookie Monster and Tom Waits, YouTube user CookieWaits is back with the Sesame Street beast mouthing and spitting out another Tom Waits tune, Hell Broke Luce. The video description includes the tantalizing if somewhat doubtful promise that ‘Cookie Monster should get through the entire Waits oeuvre in roughly 537 [...]
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Porno Klan: American pop hits meets Brazilian funk
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You have to hear it to believe it. Porno Klan is a weird music project from a Brazilian producer that likes to mash-up pop artists like Beyonce with underground dirty Brazilian funk or carnival songs. Sometimes he even releases a music video to illustrate the lyrics. And to top that, he creates exotic 80s inspired [...]
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Washing machine destroyed to the music of Autechre
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YouTube user Kirill Bacherikov saw some video footage by Ed Systems of a washing machine being shaken to bits — and decided to mash it up with the erratic electronic sounds of Autechre (Gantz Graf to be exact). Got to say, these go together as well as cheese and crackers.
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Walking on the Wild Side: a comedy sketch show starring talking animals
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British accents and wild animals. David Attenborough aside, check out clips from BBC’s Walking on the Wild Side, a comedy sketch show featuring hilarious overdubs to natural history footage. The beatboxing chipmunk just kills it.
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Brain-scanning headphones play music to suit your mood
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You know those days when you’re sitting on the train after a hard day at work, literally unable to pull your phone from your pocket to change the song you’re listening to? Those days are over. Well, sort of. Japanese company Neurowear have developed a set of headphones and an iPhone application which combine to [...]
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Kmart wants you to ship your pants
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“Ship my pants, right here?” a customer asks in Kmart’s recent commercial. The earnest enquiry is deliberately meant to be misheard — and it’s the first of a whole string of poop puns that run on for a good 35 seconds next (yes, Kmart wants you to know that you can ship your pants, your [...]
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Fascinating science podcasts by Radiolab
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This is a podcast. Interesting science makes us ecstatic, and these guys convey fascinating scientific information in such a deeply enjoyable way I’m surprised they’re not treated like rock stars. Of course, if we had our way a lot of not very well known people would be treated like rock stars.
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Brilliant kinetic video by Biting Elbows (NSFW)
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This (rather NSFW) video by Biting Elbows is a brilliantly kinetic showcase of painful stunts and ballsy acrobatics. It is a follow up to The Stampede. I shudder to think what these guys might come up wth given an actual budget. Verité is apparently alive and well and living in Moscow.
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The xx in Sydney
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When the UK Indie Trio The xx announced they were returning to Australia for a quick capital cities tour, I was more than a little excited. Trembling, in fact.
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