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Watch this guy impress girls by chugging a pitcher of beer in 5 seconds flat. More »
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This random twister is relentless when it gradually picks up velocity and power on a soccer field mid-game. Attempting to take two tents with it, it fizzles as quickly as it appeared. More »
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Playing with water is child's play. This guy successfully makes his SuperSoaker water gun toy into a FlameThrower, something you'd see in some action video game. Watch the results as he tests it out. More »
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People will do anything to live in Manhattan. This includes living in a space so tiny, you have to sit sideways to pee and suffer through occasional panic attacks. Only in New York would you keep bananas in your toaster! More »
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Travel back in time with this great piece of old New York history filled with graffiti covered subway trains, old signage, and grimy New York subway stations. More »
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If a back flip was not part of your "Things Monster Trucks Can Do" list, it is now. Watch Son-uva Digger driver Ryan Anderson, son of Grave Digger driver Dennis Anderson, do the first back flip ever during Monster Jam 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. More »
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Need ideas to make your day at the office more interesting? Just stack all your phones together, grab some toy helicopters, balloons and other mundane objects to create perhaps the greatest domino set up ever. These people seem to have a lot of time (and patience!). More »
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How low can you go? This guy can go really low! More »
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An out of control machine created loops of shining, red molten metal that made for one visually spectacular accident. In all likelihood, the factory probably makes lightsabers as well. More »
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Alain Robert has scaled many buildings in his time, this time he he went after the 828 meter tall Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. This ascent was a little different though because authorities made him use safety ropes and a harness. More »
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This guy tries to break a record and stick 3,000 toothpicks in his beard but runs out of space at 2,747. More »
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Child prodigy Jacob Barnett took time out of his busy day attending Indiana Univeristy-Purdue University Indianapolis and developing an new expanded theory of relativity to teach us some calculus. He has to use his kitchen window because his white board is so full of theories... seriously. More »
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It's natural to panic when a tornado forms over your yard. That said, this guy's freak out takes things a tad over the top. More »
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Designers from Mr. Beam, a Netherlands company that uses projectors to produce 3D video mapping effects, made an all white living room come alive with color using only two projectors and some imagination. More »
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This video features some of the biggest displays of aurora borealis "northern lights" in recent years. It was shot by Terje Sorgjerd over the course of a week in a national park in Russia while temperatures hovered around -34 degrees. More »
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Two acts of violence do not cancel each other out. Rushing in to break a public fight, a power-tripped Savannah cop hits a girl with his nightstick, maces her and slams her face first into the asphalt. More »
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Meet Somrak Hemrun, the one-handed guitarist from Thailand. After an accident in 2001, he lost use of his left arm, but developed an extraordinary talent as a result. More »
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If you haven't already met 21-year-old conjoined twins, Brittany and Abby Hensel, prepare to be inspired. Despite being conjoined in such a way that eliminates the possibility of separation, and thus having to live as one person, the girls have two very different personalities and are clearly two very different people. Brittany-and Brittany only-is even engaged! More »
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This creative video traces the wifi strength of a city, in long exposure photographs, using a 4m rod with various points of light. It's a beautiful look into the invisible Wifi patterns that can be found in most urban spaces. More »
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This past Sunday on the island of Kyushu, the Shinmoedake Volcano erupted with such force that ash and debris was sent over 2 miles into the air. Mother Nature, please give Japan a break. More »
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Celebrate pi day by reciting pi along with this girl who clearly has a lot of time on her hands! More »
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It was over a year ago when Conan O'Brien made his very-last monologue on his version of the Tonight Show. See his speech written out with fantastic kinetic typography. Admit it—you're feeling pretty inspired right now, aren't you? More »
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Watch this guy scale a lamp post while attracting a mob and effortlessly juggling a soccer ball. More »
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In an act that will undoubtedly revolutionize the sport of surfing, Zoltan "The Magician" Torkos accomplished the first kickflip caught on camera. This is, for sure, totally gnarly. More »
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Of the thousands of free throws this player will get in his life, it's unlikely he'll be able to ever replicate this shot even if he tried. More »
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During the TED 2011 conference Google gave rare demos of its auto-driving car in a large controlled empty parking lot. Here it displays getaway mode, something that could become valuable to anyone trying to get away quickly. More »
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With over 300 weather balloons, National Geographic successfully recreates Pixar's Up by launching a small house into the air, setting a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. More »
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After being told she couldn't use the bathroom in this liquor store, this unidentified woman decides to destroy over two thousand dollars worth of liquor. Well, that seems like a reasonable reaction. More »
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Wish you weren't stuck at your desk today? This awesome urban mountain biking video is shot from the cyclist's viewpoint, so you get to experience the thrilling ride as if you were really there! More »
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In Russia, they really don't joke around when it comes to their work outs. Prepare to be impressed when this large man lifts two smaller men over his head. More »
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This graphic footage shows a car driving through a large group of cyclists participating in a Critical Mass bike ride on Friday night in Porto Alegre, Brazil. More »
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Apparently, the Indian Army does a motorbike exhibition where they just show off all the crazy things they can do on their bikes. I bet these skills come in handy when they fight terrorists on Harley-Davidsons. More »
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This must be every basketball payer's worst nightmare. Hopefully, this guy wasn't seriously injured. But lying stunned on the floor, covered in shards of glass might affect his dunking skills for a while. More »
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The AF100 remote controlled helicopter captures some of the smoothest HD quality video we've ever seen. Here it beautifully captures low level aerial footage of the Seattle Waterfront. Clearly it's time for filmmakers to retire the jib camera crane setup. More »
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This closed-circuit video shows footage of a jeweler handily taking down two armed robbers, hurling one over the glass counter and chasing them both out the door. More »
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Meet Bogden, a seven year-old Serbian boy who appears to be magnetic. Everything from utensils, plates, and remote controls cling to young Bogden until he removes them himself. Further more he can't even walk by computers because they'll stop working. More »
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You know how you're always going on about how Snoop Dogg, Ted Williams and Warren G should all be involved in a retro-style dating show that's really just a commercial for phones? Well, non-existent person, the Internet heard you. More »
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Apparently cracking a window wasn't giving this stuffy bus enough ventilation - they had to remove the entire front section. More »
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Yesterday in New Zealand, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Christchurch and according to the BBC, the prime minister has said at least 65 people have died. More »
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Screw 21 guns! 320,000 firecrackers is the way to go when paying tribute to a lost loved one. It may not have looked very pretty initially but a whole crap load of tiny explosions makes up for that. More »
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