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Harry Weathersby Stamps’ Obituary Goes Viral – Read The Best Parts Here
13 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The obituary of Harry Weathersby Stamps, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s former Dean has gone viral. “Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies’ man, foodie, natty dresser, and accomplished traveler, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013,” was the opening line of Stamps’ obituary. Each of those traits were later detailed. The obituary reports Stamps loving smart women, from his [...]
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Radvertising: Online Dating Website’s ‘Cheating Wife Caught Out’ Viral Ad [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2013 by Steyn du Toit / 3 Comments
A video has surfaced online of a scorned farmer dumping a tractor-load of horse manure on his cheating wife’s beloved convertible. He does this after apparently discovering her profile on a dating website.
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Today’s Unavoidably Funny Internet Cat Video [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2013 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
A video of a young cat in the UK enjoying snow for the first time has gone viral.
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Footage Of Athlete Intentionally Losing Race Goes Viral [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2013 by Steyn du Toit / 3 Comments
It is good to know that sportsmanship isn’t completely dead! Footage has surfaced of a Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez Anaya, intentionally losing a race in order to do the right thing.
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Winning: How To Write Your Wall Street Internship Cover Letter
16 Jan 2013 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Every now and then a little gem of a potential employment situation ends up grabbing people’s attention. That’s exactly what this brilliantly honest internship cover letter achieved. Click through for some sincere insight.
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Top Viral Videos Of 2012
06 Dec 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
CNN has decided upon its favourite viral videos for 2012. The list includes the obvious like Gangnam Style, but it also includes a few that had us in stitches.
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Image Of Cop Giving Homeless Man New Shoes Goes Viral [PIC]
30 Nov 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
A photo of a New York Police Department officer giving a homeless man a pair of shoes has gone viral. It was taken by a tourist earlier this month in Times Square. Shen sent a copy of it to the NYPD, who then uploaded it to their Facebook page two days ago.
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Surprised Red Panda Becomes Latest Cute Animal Internet Sensation [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
The Internet loves cute animals doing cute things. And the latest video making people squeal “aawwww” across the globe is no different. Its star is a baby red panda from the Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Japan.
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Skateboarder Collides With Buck At 64 Km/h [VIDEO]
01 Oct 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
A video showing a gang of skateboarders speeding down a tree-lined mountain road is currently racking up a lot of views on YouTube – especially due to a section that shows one of them colliding with a buck. It is believed he was speeding downhill at about 60 km/h when the animal decided to be a square.
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Korean Horse Rap Goes Mainstream [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 2 Comments
The latest dance craze to go mainstream involves galloping around as if you were riding a horse. Which should be awkward by all accounts, but it’s caught on around the world, strangely enough.
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The Most Over-Excited Trainspotter In The World [HILARIOUS VIDEO]
13 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Out filming a heritage train at North Creek, New York, this trainspotter has truly earned the title “foamer” – a term for people excessively enthusiastic about trains. His joyful video of a 1953 EA train has become a YouTube hit and led to many dubbing him “the world’s most excited trainspotter”. Very special..
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Amazing 15-Year-Old Singer, SA’s Indie Answer To Bieber [VIDEO]
27 Jul 2012 by Albi P / 2 Comments
These days YouTube singers are a dime-a-dozen and ploughing through countless clips of sub-par performers can drain even the most persistent of YouTubers. That’s where we come in, we sift the wheat from the chaff to bring you little treats like this, the 15-year-old singing sensation who’s tipped to be the next viral hit.
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Athlete’s Warm-Up Goes Viral, Dubbed “Hottest Hurdler Ever” [VIDEO]
20 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 4 Comments
A warm-up routine by an Australian hurdler has racked up nearly 500 000 views in the past two days on YouTube. Michelle Jenneke was filmed just before her race during the IAAF World Junior Championship last weekend in Barcelona.
The video shows her smiling, hopping up and down, wiggling her hips, and waving to the crowd. Thanks to some super corny music that was added to the footage, along with slowing down some of her movements, we now have a video titled: The Hottest Hurdler Ever”.
But did her enthusiastic preparation help? Hell yes! Check her out – soaring past her competitors, and flying ahead to win first place!Check it out below:
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Man Interviews Himself From 20 Years Ago
09 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A YouTube video which has been watched over 4 million times, features a man having a conversation with himself. This was made possible using footage he recorded of himself when he was 12. The man is now 32 and has edited the footage into a brilliantly spliced interaction.
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Walk Off The Earth Return With New Viral Video [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 2 Comments
Remember when we all freaked out over that video of five people playing and singing on one guitar? The band’s name is Walk off the Earth, and they’ve just uploaded a new video onto YouTube. This time they cover the song, “Little boxes” from the TV show “Weeds”. Expect loads of cardboard box awesomeness – after the jump!
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Journalists Being ‘Strongly Cautioned’ Against Reporting On TSA Scanning Vulnerabilities
12 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Following a recent viral expose by blogger Jonathan Corbett on the potentially serious weaknesses in the TSA’s airport body scanners, multiple journalists have reported receiving emails from the TSA “strongly cautioning” them against covering the story. Corbett is encouraging media outlets to cover the story anyway.
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OK Go Wins The Internet Again. With Sesame Street.
03 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
OK Go did a song about the primary colours on Sesame Street. No other band would make me care about this, but OK Go are sort of the kings of viral videos. So click through for some stop-motion, a new track, and primary-coloured theme outfits. No spandex this time, though.
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Violist Interrupted By Nokia Ringtone, Brilliantly Incorporates It Into Recital (VIDEO)
25 Jan 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
It is weird to think that there are still people in this world who forget to turn their cell phones off during concerts. This happened during a recent performance by Slovakian violist Lukas Kmit, when a concertgoer’s Nokia ringtone suddenly interrupted the show. But the violinist responded by cleverly incorporating it into his performance, and the video has since gone viral. See it after the jump.
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Footage Of Courier Throwing Computer Monitor Over Wall Goes Viral [VIDEO]
22 Dec 2011 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
A US FedEx courier recently threw a computer monitor over a wall. The incident was caught on a nearby security camera, uploaded to Youtube, and has since been viewed nearly 4,5 million times! Fedex has responded with a good example of how any company can circumnavigate a potential PR disaster.
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Radvertising? Warner Bros. Promotes ‘Contagion’ Film With Bacteria Billboard
09 Sep 2011 by liam kruger / No Comments
Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film, ‘Contagion,’ needed some promotion because apparently Marion Cotillard’s presence isn’t enough. So, reasonably, Warner Bros hired a couple of microbiologist and immunologists to create billboards filled with growing bacteria and fungi that would spell out promotional messages. Please save your ‘viral marketing’ comments for after class.
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