• Mystery missile spotted near Los Angeles

    A KCBS helicopter near Catalina Island (about 35 miles off the coast of Los Angeles) captured some potentially ominous footage – a missile contrail. As of yet, nobody can state what the missile was or where it came from. The North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed the existence of...
  • Japanese Coast Guard performs dance routine on ship

    This video shows members of the Japanese Coast Guard (a highly rigid military organization) dressed as dancing schoolgirls dancing on the bow of a coastguard ship – in what may or may not be a bizarre hazing ritual. The action was captured by passengers aboard a civilian vessel somewhere...
  • How to break down and reassemble a Jeep in less than four minutes

    The Jeep Willys was and is a versatile little 4×4. This video demonstrates just how easily one can be stripped down and reassembled – as long as you have a team of Army mechanics on hand....
  • Mimic octopus impersonates 15 different species

    If you find yourself as far down the marine food-chain as a tender little cephalopod you probably have to resign yourself to the fact that your days will end when you become lunch to a bigger fish – unless you get creative. The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) uses its...
  • Jimmy Kimmel and William Shatner think you have too many Facebook friends

    Jimmy Kimmel (and William Shatner) are calling for folks on planet Internet to trim their “friend fat” from their Facebook accounts. Friends, Kimmel will have you know, are people that will help you move house – not just send you endless application requests. To be honest, there are probably...
  • Balloon Boy’s dad wants you to scratch his back

    Remember Richard Heene, the guy who fooled the world into thinking that his son was floating away on a homemade science project? Now he’s conjuring up Billy Mays in a commercial because he has a product that he wants you to buy – it is called the BearScratch and...
  • Toothpick star trick: a cool way to stave off office or restaurant boredom

    This party trick can be accomplished with a bunch of carefully placed toothpicks and a pencil or a straw. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, watch the video and see how it’s done – and if you can think of a better way to get through a long...
  • Man gets arm stuck trying to fish phone from toilet

    The man in this video got himself into a spot of bother when he accidentally dropped his phone in his toilet. I imagine that in most instances it would just fall to the bottom of the bowl from where (depending on how the toilet was – it could theoretically...
  • Biker walks away unhurt after colliding with truck

    By rights this man should probably be dead. The video shows our anonymous motorcycle rider’s ride coming to an abrupt end when he t-bones a truck at an intersection. Although the footage is grainy, it is clear enough to see a young man, sans helmet, cartwheeling through the air…...