Pipe it

A novel use for the ocean, this 230-foot-wide "sea organ" perpetually plays music as waves come in to shore. If left for a near-eternity, will it eventually play all the great works of Beethoven, Mozart, etc.?

"The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever." -- Herb Caen

Stroke of luck

Check this clip of a lightning bolt striking a car. Or maybe it's a new Tesla in-flight recharging innovation.

"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron." -- Lee Trevino

"Hello" again (and again)

In case you haven't had enough of this song... impressive impersonator sings Adele's "Hello" in the styles of 25 different artists, from Janis Joplin, to Backstreet Boys, to Guns 'N Roses. Hey, at least it's a change of pace.

"Music can change the world because it can change people." -- Bono

On the upswing

How well can you buy low and sell high? Play this stock market trading game and find out.

And two-thirds of the world can’t pass this basic financial literacy test. Can you?

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is." -- Oscar Wilde

Fraidy

I'm a little behind on news, but apparently cats are afraid of cucumbers. Who woulda thought. Cat owners: Don't (or do) try this at home.

"It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." -- Hans Selye

Line of fire

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Posted by Alex Durand on Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Check out this mongous row of leaves light up in a badass backyard line explosion (with a little help from some gasoline).

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." -- Albert Camus

Birdbrain

From the BBC comes this clip showing off the puissant problem-solving prowess of the crow. Almost too impressive to believe.

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." -- Jeff Valdez

Rockin' McRoll

"Will It Sushi?" poses the question to a Big Mac. And the answer? It sure will.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." -- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Tough enough

If you wanted to crush a car, you probably wouldn't immediately think "mechanical manure spreader". But the Artex CB1200 packs the gear to do just that. And to demonstrate its power, someone sacrificed a Geo Metro to the farm equipment gods. (Alright, no engine, but still...)

"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible." -- Theodore Roethke

Final answers

If you have a little time on your hands, check out Infinite Final Jeopardy!, which has (almost) every final answer from the past 30+ years, exactly as it originally aired, on a random loop.

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." -- Benjamin Franklin

Tug o' war

You might suffer vicarious seasickness watching this tugboat attempt to tow this broken-down Russian aircraft carrier in rough waters. [Details at Jalopnik Alpha Foxtrot.]

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -- Muhammad Ali

Looking glass

This trippy late-60s government-sponsored "Alice in Wonderland" anti-drug PSA makes it all look fun, with whatever's in that bottle transporting you to a color-filled psychedelic world inhabited by fantastic creatures. (Sounds something like whatever this couple took, only better.)

And to make sure you're ready, play this quick game to test your color vision. (Apparently being red/green colorblind isn't a handicap here.)

"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten." -- Hunter S. Thompson,

Forethought

An 18-year-old interviews himself 38 years later in this "time-travel talk show" clip from a movie he's making. Cool concept.

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late." -- William Shakespeare

Upgrade

Alanis Morissette reprises her 1995 hit "Ironic", updated with lyrics for the Internet age, on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

And a little musicological quiz... can you pick the final word in these song titles?

"Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons." -- R. Buckminster Fuller

Anyone you know?

Nic De Houwer from Belgium does 50 fairly decent voice impersonations in 5 minutes, and it sounds like he can sound like just about anybody.

"We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free." -- Jiddu Krishnamurti

A walk in the park

Float like a butterfly, sting like a ..........spotted skunk? Like the other three groups of skunks, spotted skunks are capable of spraying a strong unpleasant scent as a form of defense. But before spraying, spotted skunks will sometimes go into a handstand and attempt to intimidate any would be aggressors like this wildlife camera, placed in Happy Valley.Biotech Nic Perkins NPS video

Posted by Saguaro National Park on Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Video clip of a spotted skunk dancing in a handstand doing his intimidation routine before getting ready to blast you with a dose of nature's cologne.

"Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself." -- Andrew Carnegie

Jet set

A classic video with a classic end to a classic toy... watch Tickle Me Elmo meet his fate, obliterated by a jet engine.

And not really related, life spans of the animal kingdom. (Spoiler: jellyfish wins. How can you beat immortal?)

"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent." -- Carl Sagan

Moving moving-pictures pictures

This gallery of classic movie posters brought to life is far better than sitting through 30 minutes of previews.

"If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right." -- Woody Allen

Over it

Sir David Attenborough marshals his unmistakable and unmatched voice-over talents to narrate Adele's new video for her song "Hello".

"It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist." -- Muriel Spark

You make the call

Many of us need the Logical Fallacy Ref to throw the flag every now and again.

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." -- Albert Einstein

Let it grain

Glue together two panes of glass with sand in between them and you get some surreal sandscape art.

"Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone." -- Jorge Luis Borges

A little loopy

Riding a motorcycle is probably dangerous enough in the best of circumstances, but riding one on a roller coaster? Sheer lunacy.

"My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me." -- Franz Kafka