Whoa!: A Caracal Kitten Performs A Perfect Ear Flick
In cool cats and kittens news, this is a video of caracal kitten Kora at the Wild Cat Conservation Center in New South Wales, Australia demonstrating her absolutely perfect ear flick. Apparently caracals actually use their tufted ears to communicate with each other. And, as someone who just watched the
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Pakistani Orchestra Performs Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Jazz Classic ‘Take Five’
Dave Brubeck Quartet’s ‘Take Five’ is easily one of the most recognizable jazz standards ever recorded. Contrary to popular believe, the song was actually composed by quartet saxophonist/long time Brubeck collaborator/boozehound Paul Desmond, and became the first jazz single to sell over a million copies. And this is a video
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Whatever Works: Apartment With A Very Unusual Back Door
Just like the wooden sign in the kitchen at my girlfriend’s parents’ house says that I laugh to myself every time I see: back door friends are best. And this is a video from apartment hunter Jamie Wilkes who was shown a property with a very unique back door into
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Oh Wow: Marketing Video Of Vin Diesel Playing With Street Shark Toys In 1994
This is a marketing video of a leather-vest-with-no-undershirt clad Vin Diesel playing with some Street Shark toys at the 1994 Toy Fair, at age 27. Man, he is INTO those Street Sharks. I don’t even think this is acting, I think he really feels a connection to those toys. “You’re
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Self Proclaimed Tai Chi Master Calls It Quits 10 Seconds Into MMA Fighter Bout
Because life, sometimes in the form of a punch, comes at you quick, this is a video of MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong jabbing self-proclaimed defense training tai chi master Chen Yong in the face hard enough in the first ten seconds of their fight for Chen to tap out. Wow,
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Awww: Dog Helps Blind Friend Down Stairs
In proof dogs are better than humans in absolutely every possibly way, this is a video of Dexter the boxer helping his blind puggle friend Ginger down the stairs. How sweet is that? For reference, my dogs always try to bite each other’s legs when they’re going down the stairs
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Lynx Climbs Heavy Machinery To Get Better Look At Human
Apparently curiosity doesn’t kill all cats because this is a video from a logger in Alberta, Canada of a wild lynx that climbed up on his skidder to get a better look at him while he was working. In his own words while I can’t help but admire the size
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Say What Now?: English Television Cook’s Pronunciation Of ‘Microwave’
This is a short clip of English food writer and television cook Nigella Lawson putting way too much effort into the pronunciation of ‘microwave’ on her BBC Two show Cook, Eat, Repeat. She pronounces it like ‘meecrow-wahvey.’ That’s weird. That’s like people jokingly calling Target, Tarjay or JCPenny, Jacques Penne.
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