
Normally, public information films are pretty dry and generally no one listen to whatever message they’re trying to say.
But it’s hard to ignore this one from Australia that warns of the dangers of consuming beer and swimming—it’s a manic, twisted nightmare ride that will put you off drinking for life.
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Comedy scientist and YouTube hero Mehdi Sadaghdar builds a mini Tesla coil using something called a slayer exciter circuit.
But rather than just your standard how-to video, Sadaghdar adds his unique no-nonsense delivery and comedic timing to proceedings.
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No matter what you think of Jessie J’s music, you can’t deny she’s got talent.
And by talent I mean the ability to sing with her mouth closed, which is surely the greatest accomplishment she’s ever achieved?
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It’s the most Australian of Australian catchphrases, but how difficult is it to say it?
It seems it’s incredibly difficult when people from various countries are asked to to repeat ‘G’Day Mate! How You Going?’ in an Australian accent. Mate.
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Hamsters are super cute, and what’s particularly super cute about them is they way they fill their cheeks pouches with food.
But what’s the science behind it? The BBC reveals all using an X-ray to show how golden hamsters store incredible amounts of food in their cheeks.
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The most famous battle of World War I and one of the bloodiest in history is recreated in Lego.
The grim horror of over a 1,000,000 casualties on both sides isn’t quite so potent in Lego form, but it’s an impressive recreation nonetheless.
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Amazon has just released the pilots for six new kids’ shows commissioned by Amazon Studios. Launched in 2010 Amazon Studios enables anyone to submit a script online for review and the possibility of getting made into a pilot. Scripts can be for films or episodic series.
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Dawkins wryly calls it “charitable correspondence” and by that he means hate mail from the people that hate him most.
And for people of God these fundamentalists certainly aren’t afraid to use abusive blue language—which makes their threats and virtriol read out like this even more funny.
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