Pine trees: it seems like a lot of people have them in their houses this time of year. And to celebrate the evergreen, this is a video from Youtuber Boxlapse of a single seed from a stone pine cone (not your typical Christmas tree) growing into a small, phallic tree

In what is arguable the most exciting thing to come out of Montana since the dinosaurs, this is a video of a gang of tumbleweeds that attacked a neighborhood in Great Falls, piling up against houses trying to get in. Quick — lock the doors and bar the windows, honey,

This is a video of Australian magpies R2-D2, Baldy, and Mrs. R2 singing to produce what can only be described as a terrible sound. It’s like electronic distortion. When they sing individually they actually sound pleasant, but when they get the whole band together it’s just a cacophony. That said,

This is a video demonstration of artist Ace Philip José Galit (aka boomshadowace) and his magic fingers, which he can pretty much turn into anything in shadow form with some very basic accessories like cut paper. In the clip, he makes Beyonce dance to ‘Single Ladies,’ Michael Jackson moonwalk to

This is some dashcam footage from police in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, who found a man towing a 70-foot mobile home on Thanksgiving night, swerving all over the road. Suspecting the man was drunk, a chase resulted, with the man trying to make a run for it TOWING A 70-FOOT MOBILE

This is a clip of the painted eyeballs being applied to dolls during a multi-step process at a toy factory in Adana, Turkey. They start with a base of white (sclera), then add a ring of blue iris before completing the look with black pupil and eyelash on the side.

This is a video from Mark Rober of his brief pet octopus Sashimi making her way through an increasingly difficult 9-part obstacle course/maze in order to reach the vault at its center, containing all her favorite shrimpy food. Octopuses not only have a central brain, but 2/3s of their neurons

This is a comparison video from Red Side (previously), this time comparing the top speeds of various species of birds (whether walking or running). It begins with the slow 2.4MPH march of the penguin, and works its way all the way up to 242MPH dive of the peregrine falcon. Damn,