Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Operation Game Remade With Dominoes
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 1:07 | No Comment
Operation Game Remade With Dominoes

I somehow doubt that Operation would have been as popular if it involved this much effort. It must have been a tense moment when the cat walked around the edge of the dominoes. [Neatorama]

“World’s farthest” basketball shot [Video]
Saturday, 7 Aug, 2010 – 4:10 | No Comment
“World’s farthest” basketball shot [Video]

Whether or not this is actually the farthest basketball goal ever shot is difficult to determine, but it seems to be the farthest on record. Evan Sellers from The Legendary Shots throws the ball from …

Jet-powered school bus goes really, really fast [Video]
Saturday, 7 Aug, 2010 – 2:50 | One Comment
Jet-powered school bus goes really, really fast [Video]

Does the planet really need a school bus powered by a jet engine? Not so much. But you do sort of have to admire the kind of insane creativity that goes into the conception and …

Flamethrower versus fire extinguisher: music video seeks answer to enduring “what if” scenario
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 19:45 | No Comment
Flamethrower versus fire extinguisher: music video seeks answer to enduring “what if” scenario

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a couple of hillbillies got their dads to drive them into the woods for a flame thrower / fire extinguisher duel?
Perhaps not, but you are probably …

Stay in the boat! Gator “feeding frenzy” in Georgia
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 21:03 | One Comment
Stay in the boat! Gator “feeding frenzy” in Georgia

Apparently the mob of hungry alligators in this video numbers around 300. While I am not in a position to confirm or deny the accuracy of the count, it is pretty safe to say that …

A little too much magnesium [fake but very funny]
Wednesday, 23 Jun, 2010 – 7:23 | No Comment
A little too much magnesium [fake but very funny]

There are a few things that lead me to conclude that this fireworks accident video is in fact a fake, but by far the biggest giveaway is the lighting. Not that it being fake diminishes …

Werner Herzog reads Where’s Waldo [spoof]
Tuesday, 15 Jun, 2010 – 21:07 | No Comment
Werner Herzog reads Where’s Waldo [spoof]

YouTuber Ryan Iverson has produced this hilarious rendition of hardboiled documentary and filmmaker Werner Herzog reading Where’s Waldo. One gets the impression that Iverson has spent a great deal of time becoming acquainted with Herzog’s …

BP coffee spill video may offer fairly reasonable assessment of their cleanup abilities
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 16:41 | 2 Comments
BP coffee spill video may offer fairly reasonable assessment of their cleanup abilities

This video by the UCBcomedy.com team tackles the question, “Does BP suck as much at cleaning up coffee as they do at cleaning up oil?”
People in sensitive workplaces be warned: there is one potentially …

Damien Walters Gets Parkour Right
Monday, 10 May, 2010 – 0:40 | 3 Comments
Damien Walters Gets Parkour Right

The shirtless individual that you can see pictured on the right is one Damien Walters, free runner extraordinaire. The accompanying video features Walters pushing his body to its incredible limits and more than makes up …

Man Launches Self at Ceiling With Exploding Airbag [Video]
Thursday, 15 Apr, 2010 – 21:26 | One Comment
Man Launches Self at Ceiling With Exploding Airbag [Video]

The subject matter of this video really is as stupid as the title implies, it is also rather funny. Fortunately for our friendly dummkopf protagonist, no serious injuries were sustained in the performance of this …

Spectacular Lego Bugatti Veyron Has Working Transmission, Brakes and Suspension
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 19:55 | 5 Comments
Spectacular Lego Bugatti Veyron Has Working Transmission, Brakes and Suspension

Lego constructions made out of Lego Technic don’t come much more technical than Spanish Lego artist Sheepo’s 1/8 scale Bugatti Veyron.
Sheepo’s masterpiece includes a fully functioning seven-speed transmission (that also includes reverse), brakes, independent suspension …

Israeli Supermarket Advertisers Channel Hamas Leader’s Assassins
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 0:55 | One Comment
Israeli Supermarket Advertisers Channel Hamas Leader’s Assassins

The assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh made for some pretty exciting news, who would have thought that it could help to sell groceries?
Apparently the creative minds behind an advertisement for the Mahsaney Kimat Hinam …

Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 19:59 | 17 Comments
Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter

Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, …

Man Carried 9.4 Miles By Strangers in NYC (Video)
Sunday, 31 Jan, 2010 – 20:15 | 3 Comments
Man Carried 9.4 Miles By Strangers in NYC (Video)

In his video Man Carried 9.4 Miles by Strangers in NYC, Mark Malkoff attempts to disprove the myth that New Yorkers are unfriendly by getting strangers to carry him. He was kind enough to capture …

Best Use of Duct Tape – Ever
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 0:14 | 6 Comments
Best Use of Duct Tape – Ever

The Alaskan owner of a 1958 Piper Super Cub that looked a lot like the one shown above made a terrible mistake. Depending on which unqualified version of events you choose to believe, he either …

Man Takes On Pair Of Suspected Car Thieves
Monday, 18 Jan, 2010 – 21:20 | 2 Comments
Man Takes On Pair Of Suspected Car Thieves

Footage captured by a local resident shows an interesting confrontation between a passerby and a pair of suspected car thieves.
The almost comical nature of the confrontation and the ease at which our good Samaritan takes …