Rhino Attack Drill
A zoo in Tokyo practices dealing with an escaped rhino, by dressing a couple guys up in a comical rhino suit. The dramatic music in this video is excellent.
Obama on the Daily Show
It's true: Barack Obama will appear on the Daily Show Wednesday night.
Spaghetti Trees
When this report was broadcast on the BBC in 1957, hundreds of people phoned in asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees.
MTV Music
MTV has put its entire archive of music videos online, and it's awesome.
Muppet Caught Speeding
A very clever Brit has come up with a simple way to foil German traffic cameras.
Eggs for Cash
Another sign of tough economic times: Egg donations are on the rise.
Laid Off By Lehman Brothers
This video imagines how a guy laid off by Lehman Brothers can fill his empty days. He's thinking about working in a factory, "you know, like in olden times."
Artist On Acid
This website has a series of nine drawings made by an artist who took LSD as part of a government experiment. After about three hours the face he's drawing goes all Picasso.
Electrodes to the Face
This (insane) man used electric stimulators to turn his face into the world's weirdest music visualizer.
Joe the Congressman
Joe "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher told a conservative talk radio host he's considering a run for Congress in 2010.
Death and Taxes
Wallstats.com has a crazy interactive visual representation of where your federal tax dollars go.
Shatner Wars
William Shatner has been feeling feisty lately. He's posted YouTube videos complaining about a) not being asked to appear in JJ Abrams' new Star Trek movie and b) not being invited to George Takei's wedding. (Abrams and Takei said, basically, "you're crazy.")
Amy Sedaris Cuts Fan's Hair
Midway through a book signing in LA, a fan asked Amy Sedaris for a haircut, and she obliged. This can only bode well for her new TV show.
$3 Million Personal Ad
This woman is trying to raise $3 million to buy a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl in which to advertise her search for love.
"Song for Sarah" by Vlad and Boris
A poignant love song dedicated to Sarah Palin, by two guys who (you guessed it) can see her house from Russia.
Walking House
This solar-powered walking house is inspired by 18th-century Gypsies.
Atheist Bus Ads
The British Humanist Association is raising money to put ads on London buses that read: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."
Fish Malodor Syndrome
Quite possibly the worst disease ever: a 41-year-old woman has been diagnosed with trimethylaminuria, a genetic condition that makes her smell like rotting fish. Not surprisingly, people who have this condition "suffer from shame and embarrassment" and "fail to maintain relationships."
Neel Kashkari's Yearbook
Before Neel Kashkari was given $700 billion to save the world, he was a high school senior who loved AC/DC. Here's his 1991 yearbook page.
iPhone Walking Robot
This guy turned his iPhone into an adorable waddling robot. Don't try this at home - it looks really complicated.