This is ‘The Detachable Rag’, a video of musician Jordan Ruddess performing a ragtime song on a Pocket Piano (a modular 88-key electronic keyboard designed for ease of transport) as his friend Maddi removes octave segments of the board, leaving him with fewer and fewer keys on which to play,

Because occasionally (but very, very rarely) hard work and dedication pay off instead of just being a giant waste of time, this is a video of William Landgren showing the incredible progress he made using Blender (a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset) over the course of two

This is a video of South Korea’s Maytree a cappella quintet performing the Star Wars theme (previously: Windows and iPhone sound effects and movie production company intros). They do a wonderful job, although the way they move it almost looks like they recorded the sounds slower and then sped it

This is a video of a professional barefoot waterskier (at least that’s what the video description says) performing a couple pushups while being towed behind a boat. Admittedly, pretty impressive, although how the person driving the boat didn’t pull a hard left turn in the middle of Aquaman’s workout clearly

This is a video of street performer Windyman (aka Wayne Scott) performing his pièce de résistance at Plaça de Catalunya (‘Catalonia Square’) in Barcelona. How he remains so still is beyond me, but I suspect it may involve a handful of tranquilizers. Now being able to stand after downing a

This is a video of a cute little cat from Finland named Nipa performing her ‘walk up the stairs on her human’s feet’ trick, aka the ‘cop cop’, according to her owner. So, the next time you’re convinced cats can’t do anything but eat, sleep, and poop, just rewatch this

This is a video of British rock climber/possible faun Johnny Dawes demonstrating his no-hands climbing technique, first on a relatively small stone slab, then on a much larger and higher climb. He’s definitely got the skills. AND the tweed suit I 100% expected to see as soon as I read

This is a short video of pro skater Marc-André Séguin about to run down a kid after landing a reverse boardslide but quickly picking him up instead, turning around on a ramp, then returning him back to his own board. Smooth as silk. Some more info: Professional skater Marc-André Séguin