Extra:Ordinary by the Chicago Tribune Channel

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VIDEO In The Dark - (trailer)

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A look into the lives of coal miners and the mining industry in Serbia.

2 months ago

VIDEO LES FRERES

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Three French brothers live their golden years together simply through gardening and friendship.

3 months ago

VIDEO Perché tu mi piaci.

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Se lo scrivi dura. (If you write it, it lasts.) A charming tale of lifelong love, predicted by a hopeful boy years earlier.

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VIDEO Salt Boarding

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What do you get when you mix a snowboard, an ATV and a bed of salt? Something that looks like a pretty fun day, that's what.

3 months ago

VIDEO Electronic Drum Machine Shirt from ThinkGeek

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Meet a guy who (literally) takes the beat with him everywhere he goes.

3 months ago

VIDEO All Saint's Day in Sweden

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All Saint's Day in Woodland Cemetery in Sweden.

3 months ago

VIDEO "The Bicycle City" trailer

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Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades. Here are stories of change brought by the bicycles.

3 months ago

VIDEO Balloon Fiesta

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Annual Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, NM. (I can only imagine the hella good view of the New Mexico dessert from a hot air balloon.)

3 months ago

VIDEO Mr. Happy Man

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Rain or shine, 88-year-old Bermudian Johnny Barnes devotes six hours a day to an endearing traffic ritual.

3 months ago

VIDEO Rocksmith Guitar Baby

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This boy in rainbow jammies is rocking the Rocksmith like a boss. (*holds up iPhone lighter app*) Freeeebiiiiiiiiir...

3 months ago

VIDEO Born Into Coal

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A look at lives in a town supported by coal mining.

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VIDEO The Trolley Man / 2009

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Everyone has their passion, and this man's passion is for shopping carts. It's better that you see for yourself.

3 months ago

VIDEO My Favourite Things

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A life's most favorite artifacts, collected in a special little box...

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VIDEO Human Slingshot

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Who says humans shouldn't be launched into the air and come hurling down? Here's the right way to do it.

3 months ago

VIDEO Unleash Your Fingers

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Know what "tutting" is? No? JayFunk us about to school you.

3 months ago

VIDEO Playing with Fire, BTS Von Wong Photography

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Montreal photographer Benjamin Von Wong wanted to capture the image of a man on fire, so he did the logical thing: He set a man on fire. Duh.

3 months ago

VIDEO One Plastic Beach

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Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang collect discarded plastic from beaches and make it into art to promote awareness with their project: Plastic Forever.

3 months ago

Jellyfish Lake in Palau: Ages ago, these creatures became trapped in a natural basin on the island when the ocean receded. Over time, they evolved into a new species that lost their stinging ability. ...

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VIDEO "Two Laps"

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Val and Pete have been swimming together every morning for the past seventeen years. Once a year they have a race, two laps up and back.

3 months ago

VIDEO School Portrait

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One unshakably smiley little girl, refusing to be anything but. Go with your bad little self.

3 months ago

VIDEO Inventor Portrait: Ralph Baer

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The inventor of video games, at 90, discusses his life's work and motivation.

3 months ago

VIDEO Pickin' & Trimmin'

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A glimpse into lives in a small North Carolina barber shop with music and friendship at its center.

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VIDEO Marshmallows

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Caught on hidden camera: Tiny children positively tormented by forbidden marshmallows.

3 months ago

VIDEO Mega slip n' slide

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Filmmaker Devin "Supertramp" Graham's Slip n' Slide video. Quite possibly the most theatrical and artistic treatment of a Slip n' Slide ever.

3 months ago

VIDEO Drum line

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While touring, Keith Urban had local drum corps take the stage with him. In tour stops sans drum corps, he played this.

3 months ago

VIDEO Steam Powered by Waste Vegetable Oil

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Grand Canyon Railway is powering its classic steam engine with waste vegetable oil collected from restaurants at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

3 months ago

VIDEO Stinson Beach Bubbles

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New rule for life: when people are bein' jerks, dispatch giant bubbles at them.

3 months ago

VIDEO Ray: A Life Underwater

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75-year-old Ray Ives scours the seabed for treasures. In a 1900s diving suit. This short is a portrait of his diving career, told through his collection of marine artifacts.

3 months ago

VIDEO Directed by Tony Kelly for American Apparel

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Yeah, I don't get it either, but the breakdancin' kid in this American Apparel ad is badass.

3 months ago

VIDEO "The Sword Maker"

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One of Japan's last remaining swordsmiths, Korehira Watanabe honed his craft 40 years while trying to recreate the mythical Koto sword.

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