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These Animated Vintage Textbooks Would Make High School Feel Like An Acid Trip
Video: High school is that boring stepping stone in life between primary school (when you have recess twice a day) and university (where you can skip class without getting in trouble). But wouldn’t getting your RoSA be far more enjoyable if the minimalist covers on your textbooks were turned into trippy animations you could stare…
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A Tattoo Artist Inked 19 Different People To Create This Bart Simpson Flipbook
Video: Getting a tattoo is (mostly) a lifelong commitment. So what’s more impressive than this Bart Simpson kickflip animation is that tattoo artist Phil Berge somehow convinced 19 different people that The Simpsons was still cool and relevant enough to get random frames of this flipbook inked on various body parts.
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Watch Metallic Birthday Balloons Touch A Power Line And Explode Like A Grenade
If a looming helium shortage isn’t enough to dissuade you from getting balloons for your next birthday party, consider the consequences if they escape from their ribbon moorings and end up brushing against some high-voltage power lines. You might be safer decorating for your kid’s party with hand grenades.
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Watch This Heroic Captain Use His Boat’s Powerful Jet Stream To Put Out A Massive Fire
Video: It doesn’t take long for a grass fire to turn into a raging inferno that sweeps through entire forests, so a pair of quick-thinking boaters in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, used their jet boat to create a massive rooster tail that helped douse the flames before firefighters arrived on scene.