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Paint Exploding in Slow Motion is Colorfully Spectacular

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The Slow-Mo Guys are at it again, but this time they are making a mess of rainbow proportions

They set jars of paint on fire and watched as they blew up, splattering colours everywhere.  They framed the explosions with a camera running at 15,000 frames per second — that’s 600 times slower than human vision in real time — to show us the slow motion bursts of colour

There were no special effects added, but you’ll still feel as if you’re watching a miniature fireworks show.

And we definitely wouldn’t recommend trying this at home, unless you were planning to repaint the ceilings:

Commuting can be fun!

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When I worked in London the commute was always frustrating – buses late, trains not running or delayed by the wrong type of leaves and more, but this commute is in a different world:

A flood in Siberia has made getting to work really difficult. How do you get your crew across to the other side – hire a boat? Build a bridge? Wait for the water to go down?  No need for any of that, when you’ve got heavy equipment handy!

The Evolution of Music From the 11th Century to Today

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Have you ever wondered how music has evolved over the years? One YouTube video tries to answer that question by distilling 10 centuries of song into four-and-a-half minutes.

A quintet of singers, collectively called Pentatonix, start off with a haunting chant from the 11th century. They then move on to Pachelbel’s Canon from the 1600s, followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 from the 1800s. The group eventually sings its way into the 20th century and finally the present day, which features hits from Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Check out the video’s full list of songs, here.

What do you think of the evolution of music – has it improved music over time?

The Knight in Shining Armour Proposal

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Mark Crayford of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, went for an elaborate proposal plan to ask Tracey Badenski to marry him. He bought a ring, ordered a suit of armour from Germany, and practiced riding a horse over the course of six months. Then the big day came, and it didn’t go quite as planned. Oh no, she didn’t turn him down, that would be the worst. But he should have practiced dismounting in the armour a bit more.

Click here for the full story.

Orchestra Turns Justin Bieber Song Into Classical Masterpiece

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Some people love Justin Bieber’s songs, others of us struggle with them.  But Steve Pycroft felt that, while Bieber’s songs had potential, one song in particular coud be raised to a new — and baroque — level.

Pycroft took Bieber’s pop tune “Beauty and Beat” and rearranged it for a performance by the counter-tenor Robin Blaze and the University of York Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir. The song maintains the original lyrics, but has a whole new feel when slowed down and classed up.

It’s a very different type of cover song to the usual I see on YouTube:

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