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Mackie the Boston Terrier Loves Being Tickled [VIDEO]
As Della Reese once said in the 1996 Martin Lawrence classic of the same name, "It's a thin line between love and hate." Mackie the Boston Terrier clearly has some strong feeling about being tickled, but whether "Please sir, may I have another?" or "If you touch me again, I'm going to explode" is up for interpretation. Either way, it manifests itself with a series of delightful facial expressions the Mackie's owner caught on camera:
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YouTuber Ron Tajima’s Quirky Robots [VIDEOS]
Japanese YouTuber Ron Tajima likes to build robots. Not necessarily the kind of robots that are going to revolutionize manufacturing as we know it, but the kind that will turn from a beer can into a cute little creature or from a Roomba into a baby cradle. This isn't to say that Ron's robots aren't special, jus
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World’s Ugliest Dog Winner Falls Off Stage [VIDEO]
When a Chihuahua named Yoda took the stage, she was just the latest pup to win the title of World's Ugliest Dog. But when she accidentally fell off, she tumbled headlong into an elite class of celebrity -- those who have been caught on video taking a spill on stage, including megastars Rihanna, Beyoncé, Keith Urban and Justin Bieber. Luckily, Yoda was unharmed by the fall.
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Our Five Favorite Videos of Rain and Ruger – Two Dogs Who Love to Drive
Learning to drive is certainly a new trick for Rain and Ruger, two Australian cattle dogs who were taught to operate a toy car. Their owners post clips of the pair in action on their YouTube channel, Fun With Pup And Jane,
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Guy Narrowly Escapes Getting Hit by a Train [VIDEO]
There's no doubting the ease and creativity with which this gentleman avoids an oncoming train. Courtesy of UK based YouTuber BlackMoonCGI (who had a hit video a few months ago with his take on what's inside Dr. Spock's scanner), with this instructional video you'll never get stuck with your car on the train tracks again.
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Popsicles Shaped Like Marilyn Monroe, Darth Vader and Other Famous Faces
The double popsicle? Tired. Gourmet popsicles? So last summer. Right now, we're all about this new line of incredibly detailed, pop culture-themed popsicles from Russian ad agency Stoyn, depicting ten iconic cultural figures from throughout the world -- everyone from Che Guevara to Marilyn Monroe to Russian Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.
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Watch This Amazing Arcade Basketball Dunk
Atlanta-based rocker Aaron Keyes ended an epic game of H-O-R-S-E when he dunked on an arcade basketball game. Lucky for us, YouTube comedy duo Tripp and Tyler caught it all on film.
Take a good look at that form. Look at that extension, that poise. This is the last man you'd want to come up against if you were down to your final letter (well, one of the last).
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Public Library Straddles the US-Canadian Border
Can you imagine what a nightmare it would be to take out a library book in the US only to find out you have to return it in Canada. Well that nightmare is one patrons of The Haskell Free Library and Opera House have to deal with on a daily basis, and if you listen to them tell it, it's not all that hellish.
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Watch Things Vibrate at 1,000 Frames Per Second
If you didn't already know that slow-motion effects make everything look way cooler, direct your attention to this mesmerizing video in which everyday stuff like water and metal vibrate at 1,000 frames per second (compare that to typical TV and movie shots, which are typically 24, 25 and 30 FPS).
The video was produced by Propadata Films for Fluke Corporation, a Washington-based manufacturer of electronic test equipment, and they've promised to release a making-of video -- look for that on Fluke's YouTube page in the near future.
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High School Principal Wears Iron Man Costume for Graduation Address [VIDEO]
Apparently they do high school graduation a little differently in Taichung, Taiwan. Instead of just throwing on 'Pomp and Circumstance' and reading out a list of names, Ming-Dao High principal Albert T. Wang emerges onto a smoke-filled stage dressed in a full Iron Man costume and delivers a speech in not one, but two languages. His message: "Believe in yourself. You are also Iron Man."