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Oddly hypnotic.

The Gregory Brothers show us how the game is really played.

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Gene Wilder should have rapped on the side.

Eduard Khil, or "Mr. Trololo" as he was known to millions on the internet, died today of complications following a stroke. He was 77.

Khil enjoyed popularity as a singer in Soviet Russia during the '60s and '70s before stepping down from the public stage in the early '90s. Then, in 2010, Khil achieved the dubious honor of Internet fame after a video of a 1976 televised performance went viral.

Khin replaced the lyrics of the song, titled "I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home," with alternating "lololols" and "lalalalas" because he was afraid the Soviet government would censor the original lyrics. Which proves that in Soviet Russia, memes make you.

Ukranian folk-rock cover band Selo i Ludy perform Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" with traditional instruments in a traditional Eastern-European folk style. I'm starting to like it more than the original.

A little amplification, a little distortion, and boom -- cellos for the win.

Want more cello? Here's another duo with "Smooth Criminals."

An expert mashup of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Daft Punk's "Da Funk." Yes, they had to change Freddie's voice to match the key, BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE AND IT WAS WORTH IT IN THE END.