Beyond their years

Have a gander at this impressive-looking rendition of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" performed by Rockin'1000, the thousand-person band claimed to be the largest in the world. Chalk it up as hipster hokum or very cool... your choice.

And this clever high school student converted an unused locker into a working soda vending machine.

Talent works, genius creates." -- Robert Schumann

Pest control

Insane man demonstrates how to take care of a wasp nest the old fashioned way -- with his bare hands.

And how's this for a more merciless mousetrap?

"I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it." -- Samuel Goldwyn

Shell shock

Looking like a possible case of mistaken identity, this ninja turtle vs. herd of cows "battle" is one for the ages.

And some less-scary animals, a street artist in Beijing turns blobs of molten sugar into some pretty sweet art. His kind is becoming rarer and rarer, says Atlas Obscura.

"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees." -- Marcus Aurelius

Side splitters

Popcorn has something of an industrial look when it pops in super-slow-motion.

And an analysis of how Louis CK tells a joke and why it's funny.

"Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them." -- Joseph Heller

Sharpie image

Neat bit of magic marker magic brings a stick figure to life inside a watery canvas.

And for a pleasant and entertaining surprise, New Yorker cartoons at random, on demand.

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." -- Scott Adams

Mane event

A bold (to say the least) new hair styling technique that involves setting your mop aflame is taking Pakistan by storm.

And the patterns that form when bubbles freeze over look like fine crystal ware.

"I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out." -- Jay London

Scenes of the uninevitable

Maddening and frustrating animation of things that don't go quite how you think they will is maybe an apt metaphor for life.

But this display of mousetrap vs. hot dog is everything you expect.

"Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity." -- Michel de Montaigne

The sliver screen

It wouldn't be the interwebs if you didn't have folks like Pasdidée posting videos of cats reenacting scenes from famous movies like "Star Wars" ("The Empire Scratches Back"), "Psycho" ("Psychat"), "The Lion King", and "Titanic".

And somewhat more primitive technology... did you know that TVs in the 1920s had bottle cap-sized screens with 30 lines of resolution? So says Grand Illusions.

"The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom." -- Jon Stewart

Feathery huevos

Amazing display by what has to be the world's bravest duck fearlessly messing with a tiger effortlessly outsmarting and out-swimming him.

And behold... the victory possum.

"Courage is knowing what not to fear." -- Plato

From tepid to intrepid

This mashup of cartoon character Arthur and lyrics from Eminem's "Not Afraid" works surprisingly well to bring the anthropomorphic animated aardvark a new level of intensity.

And no connection, the most vermin-infested cities in America.

"There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment." -- Hunter S. Thompson

Time travel

Imagine you could ride a bike through a portal and jump to another part of the world... would that never-ending ride look something like this?

And keep an eye on this timepiece-as-modern-art called the Lash Clock that looks like a ring of eyelashes (instead of hands or numbers) that shows you the time.

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -- Marcel Proust

Pup, pup, and away

Happy dog doing the sold pupper dance is fairly convincing.

And comic book artist R. Sikoryak, creator of Masterpiece Comics and a graphic novel version of the iTunes user agreement, is drawing some creative comic book covers using tweets and sound bites from president-elect Donald Trump.

"People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything." -- Thomas Sowell

Leitmotif

Even classical music non-fans will enjoy this melodic musical mashup merging 52 famous compositions from 31 famous composers into a single track.

And check out Radio Garden, where you can choose radio stations from around the globe and listen.

"When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar." -- Bruce Springsteen

Candy supernova

Film a couple of M&M's dissolving in a petri dish filled with water and you'd swear the timelapse footage is something in outer space.

And dissolve your wallet in a package of frozen Waygu Kobe beef, secure in knowing that the cows were raised in a stress-free environment, massages and all.

"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'" -- William S. Burroughs

Get a move on

A video posted by 일러스트레이터 김정윤 (@vagab) on Dec 19, 2016 at 1:04am PST

Illustrator Kim Jung Youn posted a neat little video that starts out sketching and ends up dancing.

And the great American word mapper, where the top 100,000 words are used the most, as seen through Twitter data.

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else." -- Ad Reinhardt

Bee careful

Fastbees.net posted this fascinating-but-brutal video of a fishing spider hunting honeybees. As soon as the spider loses its cool, it's game on (and game over).

And see what happens when ex-gang members see themselves with their tattoos digitally removed.

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." -- Ronald Reagan

Mess with the wool...

...you get the horns. Don't be fooled by the fluffy exterior -- watch these mutinous sheep savagely strike back at their shepherd.

And not as brutal, watch the quick brown fox actually jump over the lazy dog. Show me a lorem ipsum and then I'll say I've seen it all.

OMG IT FINALLY HAPPENED! THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG pic.twitter.com/Kv1RPFQMPj

— Sauro (@sauro) January 11, 2017

"Don't let the same dog bite you twice." -- Chuck Berry

Hopping mad

Since George Miller directed both Mad Max and the animated penguins in Happy Feet, Nico Bellamy decided to mash them up into a "Mad Feet" trailer. It works really well.

And if you didn't think that was possible, try these 10 sucker bets you can always win, courtesy of Quirkology.

"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way." -- Josh Billings

Mole in one

This golf groundskeeper's talent for grabbing moles from the ground would make Carl Spackler envious.

And artist Desirée De León puts a drawing around small everyday objects to create fanciful "tiny things".

A photo posted by Desirée De León (@dcossyle) on Nov 24, 2016 at 1:23pm PST

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." -- Leo Buscaglia

On balance

Check out this amazing (silent) display of coin stacking skills.

And a nifty chart showing how Americans spend their money over the last 75 years.

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." -- Bo Derek

Give me six

Check out this multi-purpose mutant-weird Sixfinger toy from another world called the 1960s. Man alive, how did I ever get along with just five?

And on a similar note, artist Najda Buttendorf makes Finger-rings, jewelry that looks like an extra finger. (She also makes earrings that look like ears.)

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." -- Epictetus

Peaceniks

A modern-day "swords to plowshares", this art installation is a converted rifle that ejects candy instead of empty shell casings.

And an origami machine gun that lets you fire a barrage of little paper airplanes.

"You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into." -- Jonathan Swift

Cast irony

While not busy figuring out what it means to be human or whatever, the cast of Westworld put together these dubmashes of some famous movie scenes.

And speaking of puzzles, here's a good one: connect the six boxes without crossing any lines. No tricks, BTW.

"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." -- Aesop

Most wanted

Why does everyone want to kill Bruce Willis? Because Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat deftly edited together scenes from a bunch of different movies to make it seem that way. (And here's the recently released part 2 if you're so inclined.)

And Stephen McMennamy's "combophotos" are creative and humorously surreal photo montages. (More of them on his Tumblr and Instagram.)

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." -- Theodore Roosevelt

Slice of life

Bright idea of the week... cutting a watermelon with a samurai sword on a glass tabletop -- what could possibly go wrong?

Cutting a watermelon with a sword, WCGW? from Whatcouldgowrong

Also, has your credit card been stolen? Methinks maybe it has.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

...or DIY trying

They may not be elegant, but these homemade cheese-y shot glasses bring efficiency to your wine tasting parties.

And this enterprising Finn crushed 20 rolls of toilet paper with a hydraulic press to fashion the world's sh!%%iest skateboard.

"I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle." -- Mitch Hedberg

M-and-Ms

Behold the forces of Nature marshaled in a creative demonstration of mind-bending magnets, marbles and mazes. (Really starts getting going at around the two-minute mark.)

And having nothing to do with the diplomat, this bizarre device called Kissenger is billed as Earth's "first mobile kiss messenger", though the possibilities presumably are endless (and nauseating).

"Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash." -- Joyce Brothers

Shutter to think

Have you seen those high-efficiency modeling shoots where they do one robotic pose a second? Well this particular one is interrupted for very good reason as the camera clicks relentlessly away.

And now The Office Stare Machine lets you have characters from "The Office" throw you a stare in any emotion you want.

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." -- Theodore Roosevelt

Bright spot

A bucket packed tight with pyrotechnic devices. Dry grass. A nearby gasoline-powered car. Two small fire extinguishers. What could go wrong? See what happens when you light 10,000 sparklers at once...

And artist who goes by the tag Denimu creates amazing collages entirely from old denim clothing.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to." -- Bill Vaughan