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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Bill Nye takes on one of the more pressing questions that came out of the Man of Steel trailers: how does Superman shave? He only has theories so far, but he believes that either Superman uses a Kryptonian material if the device has to be harder than the beard or his beard could be more brittle than the rest of his body.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Do first dates feel the same no matter who you're with? Chances are you're probably following a script, and when it comes to getting the check, no matter how much you both scramble for your wallets, there's only one right answer as to who pays.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Using the ambient sounds around him—a slammed car door, clapping, a stair rail—Stony creates all the beats he could possibly need on a loop before breaking into Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "Can't Hold Us."
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Matthew Clarke's 2-year-old daughter doesn't want to get dressed and go back to bed. Only she's actually portrayed by a grown man and comes off as menacing. There's only one way to determine who's the boss of the house: a tickle fight.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Our ancestors have run into a population problem. There's not enough people, and the only way for this tribe to fix that is to stop sleeping with the same sex in favor of the opposite gender. Naturally, they're wary when it comes to change. It's the birth of heterosexuality.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, is often asked about sound. He describes his favorite sounds such as thunder, steak sizzle, and a police siren with the imaginative amount of detail.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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BMX rider Tim Knoll shows off his newest batch of tricks to try on your bike. None of them are practical, but he pulls them off and makes them look as simple as pedaling forward.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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One of the most iconic scenes in the Back to the Future trilogy is recreated shot-for-shot as toy cars, action figures, and an a cappella score, so Marty can get back to 1985 in the DeLorean.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Donald Faison played a doctor on TV for nine seasons, and now he's put to the test by Paul F. Tompkins to guess the names of common ailments after being given the technical names of the diseases.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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Using the idea that "yawning is contagious," Roman Atwood unleashes his sneakiest prank yet. He travels to different landmarks around the world and starts yawning just to see whether the people near him start yawning in return.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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An art teacher (voiced by a child) is teaching a student how to make a rainbow, and although he hasn't seen one before, he knows how to draw one. There are a lot of colors, it can be difficult to paint in-between the lines, and there's some trouble in trying to erase paint.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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It must be nap time. A young child starts driving in circles in his toy jeep as he nods in and out of consciousness. Surprisingly, he manages not to crash into anything and is hardly aware of his surroundings.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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It's easy to start dancing to "Get Lucky." And in this synced supercut, your favorite pop culture touchstones combine on the dance floor for Daft Punk’s new single.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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An older man is challenged to a dance-off by a much younger guy after he's seen dancing at the Emirates Stadium, and what follows is a generational smackdown.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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If you're still questioning whether or not you're a human, the latest level of the human test can help you. This time, the vague questions cover love and how we handle human interaction at different stages of romance.
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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"The first rule of fight club is one never mentions fight club. No corsets, no hatpins, and no crying."
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dailydotcouchpotato-blog · 12 years ago
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What's worse than spending your Saturday night alone? Everyone's having fun at all those parties without Dana, and an array of mishaps and frightening creatures are stopping her from finally going out with her friends.
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