Filipino Architect Rafael Nelson Aboganda-Designed Escherian Stairwell In RIT, Real Or Hoax?

A so-called Escherian stairwell designed by a Filipino architect named Rafael Nelson Aboganda and located in Rochester Institute of Technology in New York has been featured on a viral Youtube video.

Escherian Stairwell Hoax (Youtube Screengrab)

The said staircase is said to violate the laws of physics and basic logic by looping back into itself.

The clip shows some students, who step on the stairs for the first time, brought to amazement after finding out that it is indeed a never-ending staircase.

But no, the video is just a hoax and there is no Escherian stairwell that exists in RIT nor elsewhere in the world.

Everything is part of a project by film and animation graduate student Michael Lacanilao. "The Stairwell Project" aims to create a modern myth regarding the existence of such "magic staircase" in the school.

Check out below the said video of "stairwell illusion" as well as Lacanilao's explanation of his project:
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Lion Kills Heron In Front Of Visitors At Amsterdam Zoo (Video)

A lion killed a heron at a zoo in the Netherlands, which was captured on film by zoo-goers.

Lion Kills Heron (Youtube screen grab)

A visiting family was taping a pride of lions lazing in the sun inside their cage, when suddenly a heron landed in the enclosure. With her hunting instinct stirred, a lioness then sneaked up on the blue heron and pounced majestically, grabbing the hapless bird out of the air before clamping it in her jaws.

The incident took place a year ago at the Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam but it made buzz online just recently after the amateur footage was reuploaded to Youtube.

Check out the said video of the lion killing the heron below:
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Texting While Walking, Woman Falls Into Canal [Youtube Video]

A CCTV camera caught a texting woman falling into a freezing canal in England.

In the footage, the woman, who got distracted with texting her boyfriend, can be seen walking down the steps of the Mailbox shopping centre when she plunged straight into the icy water.

Texting woman falls into canal (Youtube screengrab)

Not shown in the 30-seconder clip, reports indicate a man, who tried to warn the woman, ran over to her to pull her out the canal.

The woman in the video was identified as Birmingham radio newsreader Laura Safe.

"I thought ice on the canal was pavement because it looked dark in the corner of my eye," Safe told UK's The Sun newspaper. "I heard a man called out "stop" to me and I looked up at him, but it was too late by that point.

She added: "I tried to get my balance and ended up slipping into the canal. But not before I'd saved my handbag and mobile phone."

Safe, who works as a newsreader for Capital FM Breakfast Show, spent more than an hour drying off and warming up in a pizza chain's toilet, where staff gave her a spare pair of shoes to wear.

 Check out the said video of the Safe below:
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Video Of Children Drinking Alcohol Goes Viral

A disturbing video of children gathering around a living room table for a drinking session has gone viral on Facebook.

In the video, about eleven young kids can be seen passing around a shot glass containing a small amount of an alcoholic beverage for each to drink his/her turn.

Apparently, adults were also in the living room when it happened. As shown in the footage, they were just watching the kids and one woman even took a photo or video of the children while drinking.

The video, which runs for four and a half minutes, has received strong condemnation from Facebook users. One said the adults in the clip should be prosecuted.

Research has shown that alcohol has negative effects on the developing brains of children.

In a 2009 interview with Guardian.co.uk, Liam Donaldson, UK's chief medical officer, said children under 15 should not drink any alcohol as it could seriously affect their brain development.

"We're trying to get the message across that children aged under 15 are still developing, their brains are developing, and drinking alcohol can do some quite serious damage."  FULL STORY...

One Pound Fish Music Video Hits 10 Million Youtube Views

One Pound Fish, a song composed and performed by a Pakistani immigrant to attract customers to buy from his fish stall in a market in England, now has a music video and it is receiving quite a number of hits on Youtube.

One Pound Fish singer Muhammad Shahid Nazir (Youtube)

As of this writing, the One Pound Fish music video, which was posted on December 10th, has hit 10 million views.

In April, 31-year-old Pakistani fishmonger Muhammad Shahid Nazir was caught on video singing the song, which he composed to entice shoppers at the east London market stall where he worked. The lyrics of the song are as follows:

    Come on ladies, come on ladies
    One pound fish, one pound fish
    Have-a, have-a look
    One pound fish
    Very, very good, very, very cheap
    One pound fish
    Six for five pound one pound each 

The video became a viral hit on Youtube, amassing more than 7 million views. It has since been covered by singers Alesha Dixon, Timbaland and Mindless Behavior.

Recently, Nazir was able to seal a deal with Warner Music to record a techno-infused version of One Pound Fish, which was released on December 7th for digital download in the United Kingdom on iTunes, reaching number 28 in the UK Singles Chart, number 5 in the UK Dance Chart, and number 1 in the UK Asian Chart.

Nazir returned to Pakistan on Thursday to a hero's welcome and has been inundated with requests to perform and do advertisements.

Check out below Nazir's original performance of One Pound Fish as well as its music video:

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Eagle tries to snatch kid in Montreal (Video)

A shocking video of a large eagle trying to snatch a kid from a park in Montreal, Canada has made its way online.

Eagle tries to snatch kid (Youtube)

The clip, which was posted to YouTube on December 18, shows what looks to be a Golden eagle swooping down on toddler, grabbing the boy's shoulders, and lifting him several feet in the air before the baby slips from its grasp.

Moments after the attack, the man shooting the footage can be heard swearing and running towards the child and the guardian.

North America's largest bird of prey, the Golden eagle usually prey on rabbits, squirrels, fish and other birds. There have been reports, however, of golden eagles killing or attacking the young of larger animals such as deer or mountain goats.

Check out the said video of a Golden eagle as it tries to snatch a kid from Montreal park:
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Drunk Airport Fight: Texas A&M Fan Starts Airport Brawl

A drunk Texas A&M fan in Johnny Football shirt was caught on video starting a fight at the New Orleans airport.

Drunk Airport Fight

According to the Redditor "westtexan1" who uploaded the video on Youtube, the Aggie fan was not allowed to board the plane because he was drunk.

Below are the details of what happened next as narrated by the Reddit user:

"He got irate with the ticket counter attendant and dumped out a bag of trail mix. The black guy was waiting at the ticket counter stood up for the ticket attendant and told Johnny F’in Football to calm down. He then redirected his anger at the black guy, started dropping n-bombs and even made a comment about picking cotton.

"Fisticuffs ensued and after about 30 secs Paul Blart showed up on a segway. Luckily it was caught on video because the Johnny Football guy lied to the cops initially and said the black guy started it – upon reviewing the video evidence the black guy was exonerated and allowed the board the flight. Everyone clapped for him as he was walking down the aisle (especially me because I was flying standby and ended up getting Johnny Football’s seat!)

"Now please share with everyone you know so this drunk racist gets fired."

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Burger King Mascot Prank At McDonald's (Viral Video)

A Burger King mascot prank surprised the employees of West Rome McDonald’s in Georgia.

Burger King Mascot Prank (Youtube)

In a video of the prank posted on Youtube, a man dressed as the Burger King mascot can be seen dancing, taking pictures with children and handing out bags of hamburgers to several customers of the McDonald’s restaurant.

Towards the end of the clip, a manager can be heard demanding an explanation from the prankster, who was already trying to leave.  The costumed man's bogus explanation was it was to raise awareness for a children's charity.

According to reports, the manager called the police in reference to a "suspicious person." Reports say that the prankster got into a white Acura and that the manager saw him take off his mask and he appeared to be a middle age white male with dark hair.

Watch the said Burger King mascot prank video below:
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Trampolining Bulldog Video Goes Viral

Meet Mudd, the trampolining bulldog whose video showing his acrobatic skills is getting viral online.

Mudd the trampolining bulldog (Youtube)

In the 1.23 minute clip, the four-year-old bulldog can be seen bouncing around on the trampoline in excitement, doing back and side flips and other awesome moves.

Mudd's video was posted on Youtube on September 10th but has just been picked up by popular websites such as Buzzfeed, MSN, The Daily Mail and The Huffington post.

As of posting time, the trampolining dog video has amassed over 213,000 views.

Watch the latest animal internet sensation's trampoline routine below:


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Apple Store Theft Caught On Surveillance Video, Burglars Searching For iPhone 5? (Video)

An Apple Store theft was captured on surveillance video in California last week.

The footage shows a blue BMW X5 SUV crashing through the plate-glass window in the front of the Apple Store located in the Promenade Mall in Temecula at around 5 a.m. on September 6, 2012.

The SUV drove completely into the store and was trapped when the security gate fell into place behind it. Three suspects got out of the vehicle and started grabbing items off of the display tables inside of the store. For some reason, the burglars appeared to have targeted the iPhones and iPads, as opposed to the much expensive MacBook laptops.

Reports pointed out that the thieves staged their heist a week before the release of the iPhone 5. However, what they had were older versions of the iPhone, which prices have been reduced.

After they grabbed their loot, the driver then rammed the rear of the car into the closed security gate repeatedly until the entire security gate was torn apart, facilitating their exit.

Check out the said surveillance video below:


A suspect has been arrested when he apparently went back to the crime scene to look for a license plate he'd left behind. The license plate was torn from the BMW and was discovered among the broken glass and rubble.

A Temecula Police Officer, who did a pedestrian check of a subject walking in the area of the Promenade Mall, was able to determine that the subject was the registered owner of the BMW that had been used in the burglary at the Apple Store earlier in the morning.

The subject was identified as 22-year-old Equonne Howard of Los Angeles, who was on state parole. He was later arrested for burglary and booked into the Southwest Detention Center for that charge.

The blue BMW X5 SUV used in this crime was recovered from a parking lot half a mile away from the Apple Store. FULL STORY...

Air Show Disaster In Iowa Caught On Tape (Video)

Quad-City Air Show turns to disaster (Youtube)

An air show disaster in Iowa was caught on tape on Saturday.

A home video captured three jets in tight formation and switching places mid-air before one of the planes crashed into a field. The aircraft erupted into flames, followed by a cloud of gray smoke.

The accident, which occurred during the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport, killed 59-year-old Glenn Smith, who had been a pilot for a quarter-century and owned a commercial pilot's license with an additional instrument rating certification. There were no other injuries.

The wreckage of the Soviet l-39 jet was found in a nearby alfalfa field.

Authorities are now conducting an investigation regarding the crash.

Check out the said video courtesy of Youtuber "chrisjhan2012" below:
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'Reaction To The Odd Life of Timothy Green' (Viral Video)

Two boys were filmed by their parents while crying uncontrollably after watching Disney's new family movie "The Odd Life of Timothy Green."

The video of the kids was uploaded on Youtube and is starting to get viral. 

"The ads for The Odd Life of Timothy Green bill it as the 'feel good movie of the season.' As you will see by the reaction of my two sons, they beg to differ," Youtube user "garoth24" wrote.

If you plan to see the film, be warned that the reaction of the boys does spoil the movie's ending.

Watch the said video below:

"The Odd Life of Timothy Green" follows the story of a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim--and their small town of Stanleyville--learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.

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Zendee Rose Tenerefe, 'Random Girl At SM Megamall'

Zendee Rose Tenerefe

For more than a week now, netizens have been trying to find out the name of the "random girl at SM Megall" who stunned mall goers with her rendition of Jennifer Holiday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" while trying out a karaoke microphone.

Youtuber Yuan Juan was among those who witnessed "random girl's" powerful performance and was able to record it on video. Juan, a "video blogger," then uploaded the clip on Youtube where it has been viewed for more than 250,000 times.

"Came across this random girl when I heard her sing it gave me goosebumps." Juan wrote on the video description. "You have a powerful voice! Hats-off! If u get a chance to watch this whoever you are! You've got it!"

Juan recently appended an update on the description saying he has met the diva.

"Just met her, she's Zendee Rose Japitana Tenerefe," he said.

It turns out that 21-year-old Tenerefe is a Youtuber, too. Her channel's name is "zendeerosetenerefe" and it contains several videos of her covers and singing gigs. One of the video shows her auditioning for "The X Factor Philippines." Apparently, she did not make it to the Top 12 finalists of the show.

Check out Tenerefe's viral "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" performance below:
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PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Music Video, A Certified Viral Hit

A wacky K-Pop music video has invaded the world wide web by storm.

Eccentric South Korean singer Park Jae-Sang's music video for his single "Gangnam Style" has amassed more than 18.5 million hits since it was uploaded on Youtube three weeks ago. The clip features the 34-year-old K-Pop artist, who is better known by his stage name "Psy", performing the so-called "horse dance."

The video have also gave birth to several parodies from fans all over the world and a number  pop stars have also tweeted and commented on the wacky performance.

"Gangnam Style" has been number one on Korea's major music charts for over three weeks and is also high on the iTunes store in the US, Canada, Finland, New Zealand and Denmark.

Check out the said music video below:

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$2.4 Million Bugatti Veyron Get Pulled Over By A Bicycle Cop (Video)

The $2.4 million Bugatti Veyron may be one of the fastest and most expensive cars in the world but it does not mean it can outrun the long arm of the law.

Watch a $2.4 million Bugatti Veyron being pulled over by a London bobby on a push bike as it did not have its front number plates.

"Definition of Irony? 1001bhp Veyron being stopped by a Policeman on a push bike!!! This is a rare site for a car like this to be pulled over. The Olympics definitely means more police. This incident only occurred due to no front number plate! Policeman wasting everyones time!!"uploader "supercarsoflondon" wrote.

The Bugatti Veyron is a mid-engined grand touring car, designed and developed by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph). The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). It was named Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Veyron won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005. FULL STORY...

USA Swimming Team's 'Call Me Maybe' Video A Viral Hit

Team USA swimming team's "Call Me Maybe" spoof on Youtube is now a certified viral hit, amassing 2.2 million views in barely 2 days.

The lighthearted video filmed by the team during training shows USA's Olympic swim team dancing down the aisle of a plane, waving arms around on a bus and even strutting their stuff under water. Among them are household names such as Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin.

Check out  USA Swimming Team's "Call Me Maybe" video below:

Here are the names and Twitter handles of the members of the 2012 USA swimming team:
Cammile Adams @CammileAdams; Nathan Adrian @Nathangadrian; Alyssa Anderson @alyssaloo930; Haley Anderson @halswims; Elizabeth Beisel @ebeisel34; Ricky Berens @RickyBerens; Rachel Bootsma @r_bootsma15; Clark Burckle @TheClarkB23; Tyler Clary @TylerClary; Natalie Coughlin @NatalieCoughlin; Claire Donahue @clairedonahue; Conor Dwyer @conorjdwyer; Anthony Ervin @AnthonyErvin; Jimmy Feigen @JimmyFeigen; Missy Franklin @FranklinMissy; Andrew Gemmell @ADGemmell; Matt Grevers @MattGrevers; Brendan Hansen @BrendanHansen22; Jessica Hardy @swimhardy; Kathleen Hersey @KathleenHersey; Charlie Houchin @CharlieHouchin; Conor Jaeger @conjaeg; Cullen Jones @Cullen_Jones; Kara Lynn Joyce @karalynnpaisley; Ariana Kukors @ArianaKukors; Breeja Larson @BreejaLarson; Caitlin Leverenz @Cleverenz; Jason Lezak @JasonLezak; Ryan Lochte @RyanLochte; Tyler McGill @TyMcGill; Matt McLean @MattBMcLean6F; Alex Meyer @AlexMeyerSwims; Lia Neal @LiaNeal; Lauren Perdue @LoPerdue; Michael Phelps @MichaelPhelps; Allison Schmitt @arschmitty; Eric Shanteau @shanteau; Rebecca Soni @rebsoni; Chloe Sutton @csutswim; Nick Thoman @Nick_Thoman; Dana Vollmer @danavollmer; Shannon Vreeland @s_vreeland; Amanda Weir @AmandaJoWeir; Scott Weltz @SwimWeltz; Kate Ziegler @kate_ziegler; Micah Lawrence; Katie Ledecky; Davis Tarwater; Peter Vanderkaay FULL STORY...

Dolphin Mourns Death Of Calf, Swims With It For Days (Video)

Dolphin mourns

A mother dolphin mourned the passing of her calf by carrying it on her back for days.

NDT China reported that the dolphin was spotted with her calf in Sanniang Bay of Qinzhou City in Southern China on July 8. It appeared that the adult dolphin, approximately 3 meters long, was using its back to help the baby dolphin, about 1.5 meters long, swim towards the deep sea. But it was later discovered that the baby dolphin was already dead.

"The little dolphin was dead for two or three days, but its mother still stayed with it and carried it day and night, which has touched all of us and the tourists. Just like human beings, dolphins also have feelings. A mother's love is noble and moving,"  Mr. Su, a fisherman, told NDT.

According to reports, the calf might have been hit by one of the tour boats that ferry around the well-known dolphin-watching area.

A Daily Mail report noted that the moving scene raises the question of whether dolphins are aware of their own mortality, which has long been debated by researchers.

Similar incidents have been recorded since 2007 and are seen as evidence that dolphins are capable of grief.

Meanwhile, a video of the mourning mother dolphin and her dead calf has went viral online. The video was uploaded on popular Chinese video sharing website Youku, where it has attracted more than 1.3 million views since it was uploaded a day ago.

Check out an NDT report about the dolphins below:

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Marines 'Call Me Maybe' Video Hits The Web

Marines 'Call Me Maybe' Video (Youtube)

"Call Me Maybe," a smash hit by Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen, has spawned numerous viral videos of choreographed dances to the infectious song.

The latest cover of the pop anthem is hoping to boost the morale of the U.S. military.

During their limited break, a group of U.S. marines in Afghanistan quickly mastered a choreography and danced to the tune of "Call Me Maybe."

Eric Baum, an employee with the nonprofit United Service Organizations (USO), said he came up with the video with his friend and wrote the story behind the clip on his website.

"A few weeks ago, a friend of mine here in Afghanistan, Randy Moresi, approached me about the song ‘Call Me Maybe’. I had just returned to Kandahar from the US and had been taken back by how big of a hit it was, as we often miss out on the latest and greatest while in the ‘Stan and I hadn’t heard it before. She said that people were creating covers of the song, and that it would be a lot of fun for the guys and gals out here if we could create a military version.

"With a day off looming, we got to work trying to get things organized. I’ll say right now, as much fun as everyone in the video is having, these guys WORK HARD! That’s why this had to be planned out ahead of time, as we knew this would have to be fit into as little time as possible. Randy has a great relationship with the Marine command in Kandahar, and they agreed that the idea would be a great morale booster for everyone, but emphasized that they would have very limited time to do this… one hour for each group. In addition, Randy is a former cheerleader, so she got to work on choreographing a dance that would be learnable in a half hour as well as be ‘tough’ enough that a group of marines wouldn’t balk at performing it in front of the Internet."

Read more about the making of the Marines' "Call Me Maybe" video here: http://www.ericraum.com/home/2012/7/5/call-me-maybe-military-style.html

Check out the said video below:


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'Super Moonwalk' Video Goes Viral

Eric Nash's 'Super Moonwalk' Stuns The Web (Youtube)

A video of a street performer taking Michael Jackson's signature dance move, the "moonwalk," to a whole new level has gone viral online.

Titled "Super Moonwalking," the 21-seconder clip shows Eric Nash gliding backwards with ease on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, stunning passersby.

Nash's "super moonwalk" video has amassed more than a million in just 2 days on Youtube. As of posting time, it has received over 11,000 likes.

One Youtube user dubbed Nash's stunt as "moon running."

"This guy just hacked reality" wrote one person. "He runs faster backwards than I run forward!" added another.

Check out the said "super moonwalk" viral video below:

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Toronto Flash Mob Performs 'Don't Stop Believing' At 'Rock Of Ages' Screening (Video)

A flash mob surprised movie goers during a screening of the "Rock Of Ages" movie at a Toronto theater recently.

A video of the flash mob on Youtube shows an emcee supposedly introducing the movie to viewers  at the Yonge-Dundas AMC theater. She then asks a man from the audience to take off his hat before the film starts. Instead, the mystery man, dressed like Cruise's character Stacee Jaxx, begins to sing Journey's 1981 hit "Don't Stop Believing," only to have the emcee join in, followed by other leather-and-jean-clad audience members.

Check out the video of the Toronto flash mob below:

"Rock of Ages" movie stars country singer Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta with an ensemble cast including Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Malin Åkerman, Bryan Cranston, with Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. Directed by Adam Shankma, the film is an adaptation of the 2006 Chris D'Arienzo rock jukebox Broadway musical of the same name. FULL STORY...