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Army Ranger Hits Target 1000 Yards Away With .50 Caliber Rifle Standing Up

Jun 032013

There’s a reason most fire the famous Barrett M82 .50 cal sniper rifle using the set of attached legs. It weighs 30 lbs and spans over 50 inches.

Of course, Former Army Ranger sniper Ryan Cleckner has no need for assistance. After being badgered all day at the range by the Texas Triggers crew, he finally showed off his skills by hitting a target at 1,000 yards away. On his first try. Standing up.

Since debuting over the weekend, the new video has been seen over half a million times.

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Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps 2012 Performance

Mar 062013

The Top Secret Drum Corps is a Swiss music group like no other. Based in Basel, Switzerland, the crew of 25 drummers specialize in precise, military-style drumming.

They are so perfect, they became one of the first non-military, non-British Commonwealth acts to perform on the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle.

Now, this video from their 2012 performance at the Edinburgh Castle has gone viral, amassing over 100,000 hits so far. It is also featured on Neatorama, LaughingSquid, Military, DailyPicks, and TheAwesomer.

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Bird Snatches Mouse After Released By Cadet

Jan 132013

Before the weekend, Marcel Tasch published this unreal nature video and already it has garnered over 1.1 million views.

A cadet at military academy captured a mouse in his dorm, and decided to do the right thing and free the little guy in the wild. But after just moments of breathing the air of freedom, a hawk swooped down and snatched the mouse.

Naturally, after the last fake bird video, many viewers are slow to believe the video in fear it is another fake.

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Elderly Man Plays Taps On His Trumpet Every Evening On The Porch

Jan 032013

Every evening, for two years now, Don Brittain walks out onto his porch with his trusty trumpet and plays the famous 24 notes for Taps.

Now, it has become a nightly ritual for his entire neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington to stop, listen, and meditate, if only for a few moments, whenever they hear him play. Read more on CBSNews.

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LS3 Walking Cargo Horse Robot

Dec 272012

The genius robotic specialist nerds at Boston Dynamics and DARPA never quit. For years they have been working on four-legged autonomous walking robots.

Their latest development is the horse-like LS3 robot. With just a few verbal commands, the bot starts up and follows the human leader through an natural obstacle course successfully.

The video is only a week old, and is already nearing one million views. It is further covered on Atlantic, CNet, and Awesomer.