May 2014 news blooper compilation

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Previously: April

The stars of "Game of Thrones" in real life

Screen Junkies' Hal Rudnick shares some facts about the lives of the actors from Game of Thrones, including previous roles.


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Previously: Before they were on Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones - where you've seen them before

Infographic: 99 songs for 100 summers

Designer, artist and filmmaker Phillip Niemeyer has created an interactive infographic that features the most iconic summer songs by year, for the last one hundred years.

Travel through the last 100 years to discover which summer songs were either released or peaked in popularity during the summer of their respective years. Some are about the summer or the stuff of summer: parties, picnics, fleeting love, nostalgia or fun. Some have that summer feeling in sound alone. Many are relevant to their times. Some have become standards. Some annoy, like a sticky day with too many mosquitoes. Others slow down time, like an unexpected breeze one hopes will never stop.

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Cell phone crashing in Beverly Hills

YouTube comedian and prankster Greg Benson goes to Beverly Hills, where he pulls his classic stunt (previously: cell phone crashing at Disneyland, cell phone crashing at a park, cell phone crashing at a soccer game) in which he crashes random people cell phone conversations.


Bonus: Outtakes

Mediocre Films

26 famous art heists

In this week's video, Mental Floss guest host Akilah Hughes shares some facts about famous art heists, for example that two of the four versions of Edvard Munch's The Scream were stolen over the years, both of which were recovered.


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This is how you promote a plant sale

To promote their upcoming plant sale, the creative guys from Peaceful Belly Farm from Boisie have created a parody video of Blackstreet's No Diggity that catches everyone's attention.

Josie Erskine, who owns the Peaceful Belly farm with her husband, Clay, told the Daily News the whole concept happened organically as the Blackstreet song played while the employees were working at the farm.

When the music started playing, the staff started to each come up with fun ideas like putting sunglasses on tomatoes, she said.

The video came together very quickly as the staff wrote the song in a minutes and they recorded it in a couple of hours, she said.

The group made a storyboard to set a structure for the video but everyone freelanced when they appeared on video -- starting with Erskine, who arrives at the farm, walks into the greenhouse and puts on her headphones.

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Bonus: Making of

POV video of man getting struck by lightning

Storm chaser Scott Sheppard got hit by lightning this Tuesday, while filming out the window of his car near Fairburn, South Dakota.

The strike hit his arm and then traveled down to the ground and blew a hole in the pavement. The lightning also disabled his vehicle and a passing car, both of which had to be towed. Scott has a sore arm but is otherwise OK.

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Supercut: Ass-jective

Huffington Post Movie Mashups has created a compilation of prople talking about butts throughout film history.


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Preschool graduation speech of the day

Little Jathan Muhar delivers a short and to-the-point speech at his kindergarten graduation ceremony.


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3 Wolf No Moon shirt

3 Wolf Moon meets Star Wars

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In which Lance Stephenson blows in LeBron James' ear

In case you've missed it: Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson attempts to troll Miami Heat forward LeBron James during Indiana's 93-90 victory over Miami in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday, by blowing in his ear. LeBron's reaction is priceless.


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The moment LeVar Burton's "Reading Rainbow" Kickstarter campaign reached $1 million

LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation) raised over $2 million on the first day of his "Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere" Kickstarter campaign and this video captures the actor's emotional reaction to the campaign's goal of $1 million being reached in only 11 hours after its launch.


LeVar Burton, one of the hosts of the classic TV series (and then app) Reading Rainbow, has recently launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign aimed at bringing the show to the web for children everywhere to experience.

The history of the selfie

BuzzFeedYellow compiles some interesting facts about the selfie.

Crossfit fail compilation

Fail Army

Close-up tornado encounter video of the day

YouTube user Dan Yorgason was at the oil field man camp near Watford City, North Dakota, Monday evening, where a tornado struck, damaging about 15 trailers.

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The amazing pink cup trick

Psychology prof. Richard Wiseman aka Quirkology (of "10 bets you will never lose" fame) shows us the logistics behind his "amazing pink cup trick," in which he makes us believe he makes a ball appear out of nowhere.


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Roland Garros dance battle

French tennis players Gaël Monfils and Laurent Lokoli turned the court into a dance floor during Children's Day at Roland Garros this weekend, as they performed a dance-off in front of the watching crowd, to music provided by DJ Bob Sinclar.


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Bachelor gets tricked into bungee jumping into pond

Yvo thinks he's trying out bungee jumping during his bachelor party organized by his friends, but he's in for a surprise.


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Previously, in bungee jumping bachelors: 1, 2

50 Cent's first pitch

In case you missed it, rapper 50 Cent had a somewhat embarrassing moment last night, on Citi Field in NYC, where he uncorked one of the worst ceremonial first pitches ever seen, prior to the Mets-Pirates game.


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10 curious facts about Mario

To celebrate the upcoming release of the new Mario Kart 8 for Wii by Nintendo, Alltime10s takes a look at some of the most interesting facts about the video game franchise.

8-bit "Donnie Darko"

The 2001 cult classic Donnie Darko gets the 8-Bit Cinema treatment.


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Cat playing Jenga

Moe the cat can play Jenga almost as well as his human.


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Honest Trailers: "Alice in Wonderland" (2010)

"Maleficent" is just the latest live-action fairy tale Disney reboot. Fall down the rabbit hole once again with "Alice in Wonderland," visionary Tim Burton's not-so-visionary take on the classic story.


Screen Junkies

Book of the day: "Understand Rap"

Understand Rap: Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics that You & Your Grandma Can Understand, by William Buckholz

Although rap music is famous for its ingenuity, double entendres and clever turns of phrase, until now no one has attempted to collect rap lyrics into an organised compendium. Enter UNDERSTAND RAP, a very funny pop-cultural reference book based on the website of the same name, which precisely explains all the confusing terms and lyrics used in rap songs in a language even the most un-hip person can understand. The result is a book with breakout potential that's both entertaining and highly informative. The juxtaposition of dry, academic manner with Hip Hop terminology in UNDERSTAND RAP frequently lends itself to ironic comedy gold. For example: Lyric: "been servin' since you was doin' the runnin' man" Explanation: My experience selling drugs began long ago, while you were still concerning yourself with immature things like doing goofy dances where you look like you're running in place. (From Song: Rubberband Man on Album: Trap Muzik by Artist: T.I.) Understand Rap features hip hop artists of all names, colours, and creeds and organise their lyrics into the following categories: Cars, Money, Drugs/Alcohol, People, Places, Fashion, Crime/Weapons, Insults, Skills/Pride and Sex/Relationships.

Take a look inside the book

Here are some otters playing the keyboard

As part of their Animal Enrichment Program, Asian small-clawed otters at the Smithsonian National Zoo, in Washington D.C., get to play the keyboard, which keeps them engaged and learning.


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Watch Jazzy the Fox Terrier have her first encounter with a live fish

Wait for it...


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Everything wrong with "Oblivion" in 12 minutes or less

In anticipation of Tom Cruise's big sci-fi movie, Edge of Tomorrow, CinemaSins decided to go back to the most recent Tom Cruise sci-fi movie for sins.

Before they were on "Mad Men"

After looking at the actors from Game of Thrones last week, BuzzFeedPop returns, with past roles from the ones who play the main characters in AMC's Mad Men.

Smart birds open automatic doors

Video shows how the swallows nesting in a parking garage at the University of Victoria in Canada, have learned how to operate the automatic motion-activated doors to enter and get out.


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Banksy's NYC "Artist in residence" video

Instead of showing up at the 2014 Webby Awards last week and accepting his "Person of the Year" award, street artist Banksy submitted this video that highlights his recent Better Out than In one-month residency in New York City.


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Domestic violence PSA of the day

Domestic violence charity ManKind Initiative uses hidden cameras in their latest PSA to show the differences in people's reactions to physical violence happening right in front of them.


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Pie chart: What men do after orgasm

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Celebrities read mean tweets - part 7

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Previously: Part 6

Top 10 Disney facts

Meme-themed YouTube channel Top10Memes compiles 10 interesting facts about Disney (and not only).


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Kids react to old computers

In the latest installment of The Fine Bros.' Kids React To, children aged 6 to 13 share their opinions on an Apple III computer.

Morgan Freeman on helium

In case you were wondering what Morgan Freeman's voice sounds like on helium, here's a the actor in a short video, promoting Through the Wormhole the docu-series he's hosting on Science Channel.

Will Ferrell vs. Chad Smith drum-off

In case you've missed it, celebrity doppelgängers Will Ferrell and Chad Smith, the drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers, had a drumming battle on a recent episode of Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, as promised.


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Kid steals the show with his Michael Jackson dance at school talent show

Viral video of the day: Highlights from a talent show at Pitman High School in Turlock, California, with an emphasis on the winner - a student who performs a Michael Jackson dance and playback on Billie Jean.


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How to get attention on the Internet

Some advice from Doghouse Diaries:

47 charming facts about children's books

Mental Floss host John Green shares some fascinating back-story facts behind the books of your childhood.


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Things you can own: Smartphone breathalyzer

Drink responsibly, with the Breathometer A01 Smartphone Breathalyzer for IOS and Android:

Breathometer—the smart breathalyzer—transforms your smartphone into a breathalyzer in seconds — obtain your current blood alcohol level by simply blowing into the device, learn how long before you are "back to zero," or you can call a local cab directly from the app. Breathometer gives you the power to make smarter decisions when drinking. Drink smart. Be safe.

Previously: Breathalyzer keychain

Charlie Day's Merrimack College commencement address

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Charlie Day, a 1998 graduate of Merrimack College, delivered a funny yet heartfelt keynote address at Merrimack's 64th undergraduate commencement ceremony, this past Sunday.


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Politicians get unnecessarily censored

Politicians get to talk dirty in Jake Vale's latest "unnecessarily censored" video.


Previously, in unnecessary censorship: Frozen, Finding Nemo, Up

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Lie Witness News: Godzilla edition

Since the new Godzilla movie has caused quite a stir in its opening weekend, Jimmy Kimmel sent his Lie Witnes News team to Hollywood Blvd. to ask people the following question: "considering Godzilla is based on the true story of the giant lizard attack on Tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in 1954, do you think it is wrong that Hollywood glamorizes this event for entertainment?"


Jimmy Kimmel Live

Kissing cousins

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World War 2 in 7 minutes

As expected, after doing World War 1, Irish actor, illustrator and writer John D. Ruddy returns with a new animated video, explaining the most important things that happened in the Second World War.


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"Star Wars" as a character-driven miniseries

Imgur user Iwantaspaceship tried to find an alternate story for a miniseries set in the Star Wars universe.


View the rest (38 images) on Imgur

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Honest Trailers: The "X-Men" trilogy

X-Men: Days of Future Past is soon here, so Screen Junkies' Honest Trailers takes a look at the X-Men trilogy.


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Stuff left behind at Coachella

Redditor Joinks made a collage of all the Lost & Found items at Coachella 2014.


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Everything wrong with "The Wolverine" in 11 minutes or less

From CinemaSins:

What do you call it when the sequel is far better than the predecessor, but still kind of sucks? The Wolverine

David Lynch's "Return of the Jedi"

Fun fact: in 1981, David Lynch was approached by George Lucas to direct the third and final installment of the Star Wars trilogy, an offer which the cult filmmaker turned down, saying that he had "next door to zero interest." However, somebody named Samuel C. Spitale took the liberty of imagining a trailer for Return of the Jedi as if it was directed by Lynch.


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Peter Dinklage sums up "Game of Thrones" in 45 seconds

During an interview for MTV News, actor Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) does his best to sum up the entire storyline of HBO's Game of Thrones in 45 seconds, to his interviewer, who's never watched the show.



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6 awesome Game Boy facts

Vsauce3 talk about the Nintendo Game Boy handheld device, as part of their stop-motion video game review series.


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Video compilation: Son scaring his dad

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Man has celebrities congratulate his wife for their wedding

Sky News Entertainment reporter and film critic Joe Michalczuk surprised his wife on their wedding day with this set of messages from A-list celebrities he's been interviewing.


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Anatomy of the common kitchen knife

Doghouse Diaries

Michael Jackson hologram performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards

Michael Jackson was at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, where he performed Slave to the Rhythm, a song from his posthumous compilation album Xscape that was released on May 9th, as a hologram that took 6 months to set up.

Jackson, in hologram form, performed "Slave to the Rhythm" midway through Sunday night's show with a five-piece band and 16 dancers live onstage. Jackson appeared in gold jacket, white T-shirt and brick red trousers on a set modeled on the art work for the album "Dangerous," an appropriate choice as the track was recorded in 1991 with L.A. Reid and Babyface during the sessions for that album. Released this week on "XSCAPE," which is neck-and-neck with the new Black Keys album for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week, the track was produced by Timbaland.

BBMA producers Dick Clark Productions built a special stage at the rear of the MGM Grand Arena that was used only for the Jackson performance. Dancers moved through aisles as Jackson was seen rising from a throne, walking down steps before going into several trademark routines, a moonwalk being one of the them. Lasers, streams of flames and dancers in ancient costumes were part of the film.

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Previously: Tupac at Coachella

Before they were on "Game of Thrones"

BuzzFeedPop brings up one role from the past of some of the actors from HBO's Game of Thrones.



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Tee of the day: 'Starry Fight'

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night, on a geeky t-shirt by Crumblin' Cookie.

It was during one particularly still and starry night that the ninja turtles found themselves without a fight, so they took to the rooftops and took in the sights, basking in the glory of strange starlight.

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Here's a goat that sounds like a chicken

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Satanic lingo

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A cover of Jason Derulo's "Wiggle" done with impressions

LA-based YouTube musician Danny Padilla and his friend Mason Sperling have a go at Jason Derulo's Wiggle while challenging each other to do impressions.


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Jam session of the day: Three guys sing together

Jaime Tatos Maldonado says:

I was walking to the store and saw this guy playing by himself. The beat was good so I started recording. By the end of the song 2 other random guys joined. None of them knew each other.

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Top 10 memorable movie insults

WatchMojo.com compiles the most iconic insults in the history of cinema.


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The vacant Pontiac Silverdome

Detroiturbex - a website dedicated to documenting the past, present and future of the City of Detroit - has created this video that shows the degradation of the Pontiac Silverdome, the former home of the Detroit Lions, a stadium that from its opening in 1975 up to 1997, was the largest in the NFL.


From Wikipedia:

After the stadium's NFL team, the Detroit Lions, moved to Ford Field in 2001, the stadium was left without a permanent tenant. After multiple attempts to solicit redevelopment plans, the city sold the stadium at auction in 2009. A roof collapse and heavy winter-storm damage has made refurbishment impractical; as of May 2014, the stadium's contents are being salvaged and auctioned and future development is uncertain.

You can find some details on the auction - here

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Transformers street performer

YouTuber Mohammad Tiba met NOLATron - "The New Orleans built transformer costume" - in Ann Arbor, MI.


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Mash-up of the day: Game of Thrones - The Walking Dead intro

Video editor and motion graphics artist Keith Eng has created an intro for HBO's Game of Thrones in the style of AMC's The Walking Dead.


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The evolution of visual effects

A montage of short clips from movies set chronologically, that showcases the evolution of special effects throughout the history of cinema, created by video editor Jim Casey.


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"Bad Motherf**ker" wallet gets driver out of a ticket

YouTuber Nicholas Serra was cruising around after a big storm in Youngstown, when policemen in an unmarked car saw him treat a red light as if it were a stop sign. Fortunately for him, when he pulled out his Pulp Fiction Samuel L. Jackson "Bad Motherf**ker" wallet, it was impressive enough for the officer to let him go.

Do you have a Bad Motherf**ker wallet?
I gotta let him go just on the fact he's got a Bad Motherf**ker wallet!

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Kim Jong-un will have his own video game

Atlanta-based entertainment and gaming studio Moneyhorse have announced they are developing Glorious Leader, a video game centered around North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fighting his enemies, the Americans.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea commands you to know that the capitalistic pigs at Moneyhorse LLC, are developing Glorious Leader! , an epic tale about the triumph of Kim Jong Un over the entire American army. Battle through 7 unique levels as you defeat waves of imperialists, combat over-the-top bosses, and ride unicorns!

Glorious Leader! is coming soon to PC and something called a mobile device. Finally, you will know why North Korea truly is the best Korea.

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Five stages of inebriation

Staged studio photos shot by Australian photographer Charles Percy Pickering sometime between 1863 and 1868, thought to be commissioned by a local temperance group for educative purposes, illustrate drunkenness in five stages.






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cdza - "History of the Saxophone"

Eclectic musical group cdza teams up with saxophonist Ben Flocks to cover the evolution of the instrument, part of their ongoing series The Instrumentals.


Previously: History of the Jazz Piano

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An alternate ending for Tyrion's speech

The speech given by Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) during his trial in the the latest episode of Game of Thrones gets the proper alternate ending it deserves.

(Spoiler alert!)


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Follow-up: Interviews with the family of the cat who saved the boy from the dog attack

The family of Tara, the heroic cat that saved his youngest human from the neighbor's dog, in a video that went viral yesterday, made it on TV.

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Saudi man installs "charity fridge" in front of his house to feed the poor

A man living in the city of Hail, Saudi Arabia, came up with a brilliant idea to feed needy people in his neighborhood, while sparing them the "shame" of begging, by installing a refrigerator in front of his house, where anybody is invited to leave their leftovers and extra food.

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This is how you sell a Volvo

Swedish video artist Castor is selling his used Volvo, and with some help from his friends, he created this impressive ad too virally reel in the potential buyers.

INFO.
Red. Five owners before me. Complete service journal by Volvo up until in 2009. Inspected until November 30. New battery and radiator. Summer and winter tires.

7500 Swedish crowns, or the highest bidder.
Or in exchange for a really long Xbox.
Test it out in Malmö, Sweden.

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Bat problems

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Videobomb compilation

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Elephants save young calf from drowning

Video filmed by safari guest Sandy Gelderman in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, shows a small 6-year-old elephant calf swept away by the strong current while crossing the rain-swollen Ewaso Nyiro river with a group of adults, and getting rescued by his mom and her "and her emergency swat team".


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48 successful people with unique hobbies

In this week's video, Mental Floss host John Green talks about the hobbies of famous people, like the fact that David Beckham enjoys fencing every now and then with his pals Tom Cruise and Will Smith.


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Reverse genie

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Brave cat saves boy from dog attack

It happened on Tuesday in Bakersfield, CA: 4-year-old Jeremy is playing on the driveway with his bicycle, when the neighbor's dog, an 8-month-old labrador/chow mix, sneaks up behind him and bites his leg. Fortunately, the family cat, Tara, rushed to the rescue, attacking the dog and chasing it away.

Erica Triantafilo, Jeremy's mother, was nearby watering a tree when she heard his screams.

"I didn't really even realize what had happened until after when my husband showed me the surveillance video," Erika said.

Erica told 23ABC the boy needed a few stitches, but he is doing fine. Erica said it could have been much worse.

"I've never seen a cat do that," said Roger Triantafilo, Jeremy's father. "Especially ours. It just shows how much she really has a family-oriented mind set."

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Celebrities impersonating other celebrities

A compilation of celebrities impersonating other celebrities, by World Wide Interweb.


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George R. R. Martin writes his books on a DOS computer

On a recent episode of Conan, A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) author George R. R. Martin revealed that he still uses a separate computer for writing, on Wordstar 4.0, "a program last popular when Duran Duran was cranking out hits."


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6-year-old yo-yo champion

6-year-old "yoyo baby" Kazuya Murata from Japan came in 9th (against adults)at the 2013 Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships.


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Killer clown scare prank

The guys from DM Pranks have a guy dress up in a psycho clown suit and scare the living daylight out of unsuspecting passersby.

- We used more than 30 liters of fake blood.
- We did an average of 1 scene every two days.
- We Spent more than 20 hours just waiting for victims.
- The Hammer weight is: 16 Kg.
- The guy at gas station pulled a knife but nobody noticed it until we revealed the prank. (you can see the knife the last 10 seconds of the video during the endcard)
- The guy at the metro tunnel ran so fast that nobody of us were able to catch it to reveal the prank, legend says he's still running.
- At 0:55 the clown slipped and fell on the floor (you can ear the audio of that) unfortunately the camera was pointing the victim at that point

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Super Mario Game of Thrones

Retro video game enthusiast NicksplosionFX imagines the intro for HBO's Game of Thrones as if the show was set in the Super Mario World.

Mario always pays his debts... With Dragon Coins!

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R.I.P. H.R. Giger

Swiss artist H.R. Giger, designer of the Ridley Scott Alien, has passed away in a hospital in Zurich, after having suffered injuries in a fall. He was 74 years old.

Comic by Jim Benton

Honest trailers: Godzilla" (1998)

In light of the new Godzilla film hitting theaters this weekend, Screen Junkies gives the 1998 film with the same name the Honest Trailers treatment.


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Firts look: The new Batman

Director Zack Snyder posted a first photo of Ben Affleck dressed as Batman and the new Batmobile from the upcoming Batman vs. Superman film he is making.


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JawZilla

The audio from the trailer of the new Godzilla movie gets masterfully set to footage from Steven Spielberg's classic Jaws, by film and American history buff Anthony Trombetta.


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Things you can own: "The Walking Dead" Rick bathrobe

Sheriff Rick Grimes Deluxe Cotton Bathrobe, by Walking Dead

The Rick Grimes bath robe is a replica of the clothes he wears on The Walking Dead except in bathrobe form, and will allow you to pretend to kill vicious zombies from the comfort of your home while your business sways in the wind for all too see. Officially licensed from the The Walking Dead, the Rick Grimes bath robe is perfect for lazy Sundays while catching up on the show, or doing a little role playing with the wife. The robe is made from 100% cotton, has a front and back design that is embroidered, and has a self tie closure.

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Honest wedding invitation

A wedding RSVP card that covers every horrible wedding guest that could possibly be invited.



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8-bit "Forrest Gump"

The plot of the 1994 Oscar winner Forrest Gump retold in 8-bit video game style.


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Something is afoot...

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Weird Japanese commercial compilation - part 4

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Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

3-year epic selfie: Around the world in 360°

Alex Chacon documents his "Modern Motorcycle Diaries" trip of 600 days around the world with a GoPro on a stick.

Alex Chacon is on a Modern Motorcycle Diaries driving his motorcycle over 200,000+ Km crossing 75+ borders around the world to the most remote and undiscovered places on earth on this charitable expedition.

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If the audience were a character in "Game of Thrones"

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Kids re-enact "Kill Bill"

Movie enthusiast Bobby Burns (previously) has to little girls re-enact the violent fight scene between The Bride (Uma Thurman) and Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) from Kill Bill: Vol. 1.


Watch side-by-side, for comparison:


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OK Go - 'Here It Goes Again' without the music

Mario Wienerroither takes on OK Go's Here It Goes Again iconic treadmill video in his "Musicless Musicvideo" series.


Previously: Pharrell Williams - Happy

The evolution of Godzilla's size

Researcher and writer Craig McClain takes a look at the increasing size of the monster Godzilla, from its first appearance till the present day, explaining the phenomenon with Cope's rule.

In 1954 Godzilla was a mere 50 meters (164 ft). In the newest movie, Godzilla is estimated to be 150 meters (492 ft). For comparison the Empire State Building in New York City stands at 381 meters (1250 ft). Incarnations of Godzilla went from 13% of the height of the Empire State Building to nearly 40% of the height in just 60 years. It took cetaceans 55 million years to go from 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) to 30 meters (98 ft) in length.

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Scary ghost prank

Čeněk Stýblo takes revenge on his Viral Brothers partner Erik Meldik, by pulling a Japanese horror film scare on him.


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Meta photo of the day: Macaulay Culkin wearing a t-shirt of Ryan Gosling wearing a t-shirt of Macaulay Culkin

Tweeted by Mac Culkin's Velvet Underground tribute band, Pizza Underground.

Here are two parrots laughing hysterically at a litter box

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Mike's polar plunge

Mike takes on the "polar plunge" challenge and then describes the experience by using two words.


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Cute kid video of the day: 2-year old experiences fireworks for the first time

2-year-old Connor is taken to his first WWE Smackdown opening, where he sees the fireworks.


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"Game of Thrones" Guess Who?

Vulture offers a Game of Thrones version of the Guess Who? guessing game.

Here is Vulture's "Game of Thrones Guess Who?" Instead of David ("Does your person have a beard?") and Maria ("Does your person have a hat?"), you're going to have to ask about Daenerys ("Is your person bossed up?") and Jaime ("Is your person missing a limb?") Don't get discouraged by the similarities: Yes, a lot of our Game of Thrones heroes have scars and carry swords, so you'll have to be more specific. It's quite a simple game: Phrase your questions with "Does your person ..." and then add on an identifier at the end.

Just print and play:


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Epic kitty hug of the day

Franzie the affectionate cat stretches out so that its human would pick it up.


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Supercut: Al Sharpton vs. the teleprompter

A compilation of reverend and MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton struggling with the English language.


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60 regional foods you shouldn't eat anywhere else

In this week's episode of Mental Floss, host John Green explores some (sometimes) mouth-watering regional foods from around the US.


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"Frozen" reimagined as a horror movie

Faux trailer created by 17-year-old movie freak Bobby Burns imagines what Disney's Frozen would be like if it was a horror film.


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Also: Full House as a horror movie

In which a wasted guy goes back in the club with style

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Friendly cat of the day

Vine user Kai Dunn has created a compilation of his clips that feature himself interacting with his cat Bon Jovi, to point out how fond the feline really is of him.

That cat gives love a bad name.

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Infographic: Dragon size comparison chart

To point out the large size of the full-grown dragons from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) Daily Dot has commissioned graphic designer Max Fleishman and writer Fernando Alfonso III to create this infographic that compares their size to the ones from other works of fiction.


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Previously: Movie monster size comparison chart

Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" sung in 20 sifferent styles

Musician Anthony Vincent is back with another "ten-second song," this time doing Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo in the voice of 20 famous singers.


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Previously: Katy Perry's Dark Horse sung in 20 different styles

TV show trailer: "Gotham"

FOX' upcoming show Gotham tells the story of commissioner Jim Gordon's early days on the the city's police force, but will also include young Bruce Wayne and the origin stories of Batman villains like the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, Two-Face, the Joker and Poison Ivy.

Based upon characters published by DC Entertainment and produced by Warner Bros. Television, GOTHAM is an origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. Starring Ben McKenzie ("Southland," "The O.C."), Donal Logue ("Sons of Anarchy," "Terriers," "Vikings," "Copper") and Jada Pinkett Smith ("The Matrix" films, "HawthoRNe"), GOTHAM follows one cop's rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

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How big is the Moon really

German educational YouTube channel Kurzgesagt gives us some size-related facts about our Moon.


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The '90s alt-rock vocal hook supercut

If you're a child of the 90's, you'll love this: Canada's music service CBC Music compiles some of the best non-lyrical vocal hooks from 1990s alternative rock hits.

The doot-doot-doos, whoa-ohs, na-na-nas, and ooh-oohs that defined a decade.

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Imagining the poster for the upcoming Star Wars film

After the cast for the new Star Wars: Episode VII was announced recently, MTV News has commissioned British artist Old Red Jalopy to create a poster featuring all the 13 actors that were announced.


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The many faces of Bill Muray

For the premiere of The Grand Budapest Hotel earlier this year, Toronto-based book artist and journalist Steve Murray has created this illustrated collage of all actor Bill Murray's big-screen theatrical appearances.


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Things you can own: South Park Towelie towel

South Park: Towelie Towel

Towelie says: 'Don't forget to give a towel' ...to all of your friends . Towelie is the perfect companion on all of your adventures, even the ones you take when you never leave your room. Towelie is a large, full-size beach towel featuring big, red eyes...you can decide how they got so red.

Mapping the vocabulary of rappers

NYC designer and programmer Matt Daniels has created an interactive map that charts 85 of the biggest names in hip hop, by the vocabulary used in their works. He used the first 35,000 words from the lyrics of each artist (which cover about 3-5 studio albums and EP's), based on data provided by Rap Genius.

I used a research methodology called token analysis to determine each artist’s vocabulary. Each word is counted once, so pimps, pimp, pimping, and pimpin are four unique words. To avoid issues with apostrophes (e.g., pimpin’ vs. pimpin), they’re removed from the dataset. It still isn’t perfect. Hip hop is full of slang that is hard to transcribe (e.g., shorty vs. shawty), compound words (e.g., king shit), featured vocalists, and repetitive choruses.

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Eye with "Love" written on it

YouTube user LivingOak shares with the world some images of her mother's eye, which has a blood vessel in it that's more pronounced, that spells "Love."


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World's most valuable selfie

CNBC's Squawk Box co-host Becky Quick takes a selfie with her guests Bill Gates, Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett, three of the richest people in the world. Estimated net worth of the three men in the picture: $143.1 billion.


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Internet citizens: Defend net neutrality!

In his latest educational video, C.G.P. Grey explains the importance of net neutrality and asks his viewers to tell the FCC to reclassify broadband internet as a title II common carrier telecommunications service.


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Hamster party

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Kiss cam compilation

Funny moments captured on the kiss cam.


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100-day time-lapse dance routine

YouTube user ProjectOneLife set up a GoPro camera in his room and danced the same dance routine to Jamiroquai - Canned Heat every day for about 120 days, and then edited the footage in a time-lapse video.


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Password strength in one gif

Using Howsecureismypassword.net to illustrate how important is the length of your password.


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Infographic: How long will it take to watch TV shows

The amount of time it would take you if you wanted to binge-watch a list of popular TV shows.


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Action Movie Kid's Star Wars special

For this year's Star Wars Day, Action Movie Kid's dad has created a little montage of some of his son's new and classic Star Wars-themed videos.


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Rejected characters from the new Star Wars movie

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Convos with my 2-year-old: "The Crack"

The first episode of the 3rd season of Convos With My 2-Year-Old, that features conversations between Matthew Clarke and his now-three-year-old-daughter Coco re-enacted by himself and a grown man (David Milchard).


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Obama's speech at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

In case you've missed it: President Barack Obama entertained the audience at the 100th edition of the White Hose Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, after being introduced by Veeps Joe Biden and Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus).


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Also: Joel McHale's speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Tee of the day: Pulp Simpson

Homer and Barney are Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction.


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