February 2014 news blooper compilation

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Previously: January

Supercut: The early roles of your Oscar nominees

Jason Bailey of Flavorwire digs up over 100 clips from the early film and television performances of the twenty nominees for acting at this year's Academy Awards.


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Infographic: Oscar dresses

British CEO agency MediaRun explores the fashion aspect of the Oscars, with this illustration of the outfits worn by each of the winners of the Best Actress category at the Academy Awards.


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Creative advertising of the day: Subway ad shows model's hair blowing around everytime a train arrives

The digital advertising screens on the platform of a subway train station in Stockholm, Sweden, were rigged with ultra sonic sensors, to create the impression that the hair of the models in the ad blows around as though windswept by the arriving trains.

The stunt was performed by ad agency Akestam Holst and production company Stopp for Apotek Hjärtat's Apolosophy products.


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Cool coffee mug you can own: RoboCup

RoboCop as a coffee mug - Robocup Ceramic Cup

The blah blah blah dog

YouTube user Wells Johnston has met this talking dog while in Kiruna, Sweden.


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FootGolf, the combination between football (soccer) and golf is a real sport

It's pretty much like golf, only you play it with a soccer ball, which, instead of hitting with a club, you kick.


It was legitimized as a sport in The Netherlands and, since 2012, there's a Federation for International FootGolf (FIFG), which currently has 20 countries as official members. Here are the rules:


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Busted meth maker dresses accordingly

Article: Police: Man busted for running meth lab -- again

How It Should Have Ended: "Batman Begins"

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DIY: Personal home theater

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President Obama announces the building of Iron Man

In case you've missed it, during a press conference on Tuesday, President Obama made a rather humorous announcement, that the Government is building Iron Man. It was, of course, a joke, but, apparently, there's some truth to it. From The Vrege:

The United States government has in fact been creating a suit designed to give its wearer superhuman strength and perception. Called the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS), the US Army announced work on it last May and said it was hoping to have an initial suit within a year, with an eye toward potentially having it on the field within three.

The suit truly sounds like a work of science fiction. It would give its wearer full-body bullet protection and include a built-in weapon of its own. It would also be able to monitor its wearer's vitals — including body and skin temperature, heart rate, and hydration — by resting against their skin. A display on the suit would show its remaining power, and potentially much more. The Army wants TALOS to use networking and an onboard computer to give its wearer an enhanced awareness of the situation and action around them, and it's easy to imagine that could be shown to them in a manner a bit like what Tony Stark sees inside his helmet.

Car towing fail/win compilation

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15 Inaccuracies Found In Common Science Illustrations

This week's episode of Mental Floss' List Show is hosted by Michael Stevens of Vsauce, who analyzes the inaccuracies of some of the most common scientific illustrations.


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Book of the day: Movies R Fun

Movies R Fun!, written by San Francisco-based artist Josh Cooley, depicts scenes from famous R-rated films in the style of children's books.

Let's face it, reading sucks . . . but movies are fun! In this children's picture book parody for grown-ups, Pixar writer and artist Josh Cooley presents the most hilariously inappropriate—that is, the best—scenes from contemporary classic films in an illustrated, for-early-readers style. Terrifying, sexy, and awesome scenes from such favorite films as Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Fargo, Basic Instinct, Seven, The Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, The Shining, and many more are playfully illustrated and captioned to make reading fun and exciting for kids who never grew up. A sly celebration of the things fans love most about these legendary films (and movies in general), this is one book that probably should not be read at bedtime.

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Movies R Fun!: A Collection of Cinematic Classics for the Pre-(Film) School Cinephile

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Stuff Russians do these days: Set themselves on fire and jump off a roof into a pile of snow

This video filmed in Barnaul, Russia, shows 22-year-old amateur stuntman Alexander Chernikov set himself on fire and then jump off a five-story building into a pile of snow.

Dressed in bright purple, the 22-year-old spent a week preparing for the dizzying stunt, which was being filmed by his accomplice on the ground.

He searched Barnaul, Russia, for a building to jump from - to ensure his dramatic fall would be cushioned by a thick layer of snow on the ground.

Then he bought asbestos cloth which he wrapped around his legs under his trousers to stop himself from being burnt.

He said: "I climbed onto the roof and chose the angle from which to jump better, with a much better distribution of snow."

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From the archives: Probably the oldest selfie ever

A photo taken in December 1920 by five gentlemen working at the Byron Company, a commercial photography studio founded in Manhattan in 1892.

From Fast Company:

Snapped in New York on the roof of the Marceau Studio on Fifth Avenue, across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral, this picture features five mustached photographers holding an antediluvian analog camera at arm's length. Because this camera would have been too heavy to hold with one hand, Joseph Byron is propping it up on the left, with his colleague Ben Falk holding it on the right. In the middle, you have Pirie MacDonald, Colonel Marceau, and Pop Core.

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Jimmy Fallon's lip sync battle with Paul Rudd

In case you've missed it: On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon challenges his guest Paul Rudd to a lip sync battle, pretty much gets his ass whooped.


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Map of the US, as seen by attacking aliens in the movies

Mandatory maps the most important places in the United States, according to movies that feature alien attacks.

I’m not sure why every group of aliens that have invaded the planet in movies have done so with the exact same game plan. They never go for nuclear power plants or

come in with a death ray that evaporates Middle America. I’m assuming their map of the country looks exactly like this. Can someone ask Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum to make sure?

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Minimalist illustrations: Superhero and supervillain underwear

Canadian graphic arts studio Design Different offers us minimalist poster prints of Hero Undies and Villain Undies.

This minimalist print was delicately created, subtracting minor elements, leaving only the raw shape and form needed to depict it's character. Written below is a legend naming each character. First drawn by hand and then illustrated digitally, this 12.5"x17" one of a kind print is a must for any Superhero Fanatic!

Both available for purchase on their website and on their Etsy shop.

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Air dancer hack: Twerking inflatable tube girl

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Fail video of the day: Snowboarder vs. ski lift

Watch Frank Spencer (aka Dave), first timer on the lopes of Veysonnaz, Switzerland, hilariously struggle with the drag lift for 4 minutes.


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Infographic: Oscar Best Picture winners

Beutler Ink has created infographic with individual icons representing every single film to win Best Picture at the Oscars since its first edition in 1927.


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Jean-Claude Van Damme epic space split

Chinese-German film director Linh Mai spoofs Jean-Claude Van Damme's epic split Volvo truck commercial, by having him do it between two satellites.


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Weird Japanese commercial compilation - part 3

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Previously: Part 1, Part 2

Movie trailer: "Godzilla"

The upcoming reboot of the most famous Japanese Kaiju story gets its first full-length trailer.

An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

The film, directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters) and starring Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Oldboy), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Inception), Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, Chocolat) and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck., The Bourne Legacy), will hit theaters on May 16th this year.

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Some borderline genius thoughts

Compiled by Sad and Useless from r/Showerthoughts

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Analog "Flappy Bird"

Inspired by the Mario in a box project, MakeAnything founder Fawn Qiu has created a physical version of the viral video game Flappy Bird, using an Arduino, two servo motors, a reed switch, magnets, and printed versions of the bird and background.


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Also/related: What Flappy Bird would look like on a Commodore 64

Skier uses metal detector to find phone lost on slope

After losing his iPhone while skiing on a slope in Stratton, Youtube user Chris Wong returns a week later with a metal detector to look for it, documenting it with a helmet cam.

I went skiing with my friend Lane last week and went down a tough run (for me anyway) with tons of moguls. Flipped over one and wiped out without zipping up my jacket pocket and my phone must have dropped out. Tried to go back the next day and look for it but it was just too crazy by hand, and we didn't really know exactly where to look.

Was really annoyed back home after having to buy a new phone... so then started looking at cheap metal detectors on Amazon, and went back the following weekend. Everyone was telling me I was crazy so I made sure everything was on GoPro. The phone was in a Mophie Pack which helped protect the ports etc from the snow. The pack still works too!

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50 movie spoilers of 2013

In case you're interested in getting the most important movies of last year spoiled for you, The Fine Bros. are here to do just that.

The Fine Brothers continue their annual Oscar tradition to spoil all nominees for Best Picture at the Academy Awards along with the top movies from the previous year.

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Mash-up of the day: Never Gonna Wake Up (AVICII vs. Rick Astley)

German musician NilsOfficial combines Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up with AVICII's Wake Me Up, Chumbawamba and John Travolta.


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Everything wrong with "Taken" in 9 minutes or less

With Liam Neeson coming back to theaters this weekend with his Non-Stop, CinemaSins takes on the original Taken.

Surprisingly, even though the movie features plenty of scenes of Liam Neeson killing people... it still had some sins.

Dog shaming of the day

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Update: The perpetrator is BB Tipples (thanks @viquesimba)

Here are some Dutch ravers dancing to the theme from Benny Hill

The original footage was taken at the 2013 Awakenings Festival in the Netherlands.

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Mario Seinfeld

3D animator Esquirebob creates a short episode from Seinfeld, starring the main characters from the Super Mario world.

What's the deal with goombas?

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Your face when you text

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Honest movie trailers: "300"

For their 50th Honest Trailer, Screen Junkies Zack Snyder's 300, "the shoutiest movie about ancient Greece ever!"


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Netflix introduces its "Drone 2 Home" delivery system

Netflix pokes fun at Amazon's real drone delivery service.

Netflix. The past and future of entertainment technology, today!

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10 little-known facts about the Oscars

With the 86th edition of the Academy Awards coming up this weekend, AllTime10s bring us some interesting facts about the the Oscars.


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Paranoid name dropping prank

Youtube prankster Jack Vale is at the 2014 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, where he confuses people by calling out their names while talking on his phone.


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Star Cars - Vol. 2

Canadian artist Scott Park is back with a new illustration of famous cars from movies and TV.

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Academy Awards celebrity impressions by Piotr Michael

Comedian, actor and voice impressionist Piotr Michael brings us an Academy Awards PSA video, imitating Charlie Sheen, Maggie Smith, Jeff Bridges, Ray Romano, Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Ian McKellen, Steve Martin, John Malkovich and Chris O'Dowd.


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An alternate trailer for "Game of Thrones" - Season 4

A fan-made trailer for the upcoming 4th season of Game of Thrones, set to Lorde's Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Lady Dog Trailers.


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Things you can own: Teddy bear lamp

Teddy Bear Lamp, by Suck UK

Is he a bear? Is he a lamp? Whichever way you choose to see him, he's weirdly wonderful. Let him win a place in your heart as he sits quietly on your shelf or bedside table. The black fabric-covered shade is a reflective gold on the inside to enhance Teddy's golden features. His plump body lets you park him where you please without fear of him toppling over. Poor Ted may have lost his head, but he definitely lights up the room.

"Finding Nemo" gets unnecessarily censored

Following Frozen, comedian Jake Vale turns to Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo for an unnecessarily censored version.


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The Sochi 2014 speed skating double dash final - Mario Kart edition

"Stupid video" creator Michael Shanks brings us a Mario Kart version of the men's 500m speed skating finals at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.


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The longest (and shortest) sex map of the United States

There's an app called Spreadsheets that actually tracks your sexual performance, and based on the data provided by it, Nerve has put together this map of the United States, featuring the average intercourse duration for each state.


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Speedrun: Die Hard

The condensed, one-minute animated version of the 1988 classic Die Hard is here.


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Previously: Terminator 2

Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake's 'History of Rap' - part 5

Previously: Part 4

Top 10 Jim's pranks on Dwight on "The Office"

One of the best parts of The Office is when Jim pulls his practical jokes on Dwight. Watch Mojo compiles a top 10 of such instances.


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Previously: Top 10 sitcom catchphrases

Supercut: Movie dream sequences

SuperCutOnline put together this montage of some of the best dream sequences in cinema history.


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Here's an armadillo gathering leavs to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"

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The best Facebook Easter eggs

BuzzFeed reveals some of Facebook's most interesting secrets.


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Previously: The best Google Easter eggs, The best YouTube Easter eggs

Imprrov Everywhere: Surprise torch run

For their latest stunt, Improv Everywhere staged a fake torch run in the middle of Manhattan, giving random New Yorkers a chance to carry the flame.

A performer posing as an injured athlete asked people on the street to help her by carrying the torch around the block. Once the New Yorkers rounded the corner, they were surprised by a huge mob of people cheering and a TV news crew. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.

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6 awesome Xbox facts

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Previously: NES, PlayStation

A compilation of cats and dogs that don't like to be kissed

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The sounds of women's curling

A montage of sounds made by the participants of the 2014 Winter Olympics Women's Curling competition.


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Infographic: What you can do after sex

College Humor takes a look at what couples can do after they have sex, depending of how long they've been together.


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Gentleman performs donuts with a motorcycle in the wrong neighborhood

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What "The Simpsons" sound like in other countries

BuzzFeedPop takes a look at what The Simpsons sounds like dubbed in other languages.

Find out how Homer says "D'oh" in Japanese.

LEGO posters for the 2014 Best Picture Oscar nominees

With The Lego Movie topping the box office and the 86th edition of the Academy Awards coming up, Yaho Movies commissioned UK designer and illustrator Old Red Jalopy for a series of "LEGO-fied" versions of the posters for the Best Picture nominees.




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Here's a raccoon popping bubble wrap

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"Game of Thrones" - Season 4 trailer #2

Premieres April 6, at 9PM, on HBO.

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Previously: Game of Thrones - Season 4 trailer #1

Drive it like you stole it

Nathan at Hahabird thought it would be a cool idea to create a screwdriver key for his car, for no practical purpose at all.


Check out the 'How to' of the process, in case you're interested

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Rémi Gaillard's fish prank

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Rémi Gaillard's pigeon prank

How modern light bulbs work

Youtube science channel Minute Physics takes a look at how the modern, more efficient and eco-friendly, light bulbs work.

Why engagement rings are a scam

College Humor points out some facts you may want to take into consideration in case you want to buy a diamond ring as an engagement present.


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Memetic pick-up truck of the day

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Ellen Page's coming out speech

In case you've missed it: 27-year-old Canadian actress Ellen Page (Juno, Hard Candy, Inception) came out to the world as being gay, with a heartfelt speech in Las Vegas at the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference benefiting LGBT youth last Friday.

I'm here today because I am gay. And because… maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.

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I also do it selfishly, because I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered.

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck make fun of each other for charity

Hollywood BFF's Matt Damon and Ben Affleck lend their wits to fund raising site Omaze, and roast each other in a video in which they promise to hang out with you as their VIP guest at a private star-studded event, if you donate money to benefit Affleck's East Congo Initiative and Damon's Water.org.


Visit either one of the links (omaze.com/benandmatt, omaze.com/mattandben) on Omaze to enter the contest

cdza - "History of women moving on"

After History of Men Moving On, eclectic musical group cdza completes their Valentine's Day special, with women singing about their feelings after break-ups, with some help from actress/singer Tess Soultau.


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Infographic: The rise and fall of "Flappy Bird"

Some facts about the viral video game Flappy Bird, compiled and illustrated by mobile advertising platform StartApp.


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