VSauce2 Channel Page -- http://www.youtube.com/vsauce2
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ONE YOYO CHAMP
World YoYo Champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dqtfmIs2I
TWO ARTIFICIAL COMPANIONS
Funkionide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eihD7GC9uRQ
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/10/05/funktionide-by-stefan-ulrich/
Wheatley Puppet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzG94ct2d5k
http://furincosplay.blogspot.com/2011/07/wheatley.html
THREE NEW WORLD RECORDS
Tightest Parallel Parking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFNunnYiKY
Most Knives Thrown Alternatively At Human Target In One Minute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfRxNjae6y8
Highest Shallow Dive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FW4hWQb70M
FOUR CARTOON INSPIRATIONS
Shrek and Maurice Tillet
http://slices-of-life.com/2008/02/26/meet-maurice-tillet-the-real-world-shrek/
Beavis And Butthead Based On David Kleinfeld and James Branson?
http://www.beavisandbutthead.net/about.html
Joker Inspired by The Man Who Laughs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Man_Who_Laughs
Doctor Eggman Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt With an Egg-Shape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Eggman#Concept_and_inspiration
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