Cool Things on YouTube and More! DONG #19

Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Do you remember that Italian researcher I met in an airplane a couple of months ago? Well, I had to learn more, and so we're gonna meet tomorrow here in Rome, Italy. In the meantime, here's some cool things on the internet that are awesome like you.

Let's begin simply. Andrew recommended Dodge the Dot, where you dodge dots. Step it up a notch with LINK0702 in "Klikwerk," a game you win by mousing over and clicking on stuff. It's like the website version of Bop It. If you'd rather just lose and avoid all the gameplay, try Trollface The Game; let me know how far you get.

Mightyfigter mentioned Enough Plumbers, a creative game where collecting coins clones you. Your clones move like you and can be sacrificed or positioned in strategic ways. TheMatia84 sent me Zombotron, which looks really pretty, but it lacks something important - cute bunnies and puppies. Luckily, Ferryhalim has such things.

Mabimanta introduced me to this guy's great collection of simple little games. In this one, you have to get video footage of UFOs to sell. 4rvinder reminded me of the useful YouTube channel "All Time 10s." These guys release simple videos containing facts about pretty much anything, organized into top 10 lists.

Now, speaking of YouTube, let's stick around and try out YouTube.com/disco. I briefly mentioned this before. Just type in a band name and let YouTube do the work making you a playlist. Then, beef up your knowledge with YouTube.com/EDU, a place where educational videos are arranged by topic, but the coolest thing is the search bar. Whatever you search here will only return related approved educational stuff, so if I search "Italian," I don't find The Jersey Shore; I find how to speak Italian.

Get even smarter with Newton, a fun site I found filled with scientific questions answered by volunteer scientists. It's so full of info it can be tough to navigate, but you'll be surprised what you learn—questions you never knew you wanted the answers to so badly.

Now back on YouTube, if you're not sure what topic to search, YouTube.com/topics covers the hottest topics of the moment and videos in that topic. You can also search, for instance, "what sounds animals make?" Now, if you wanna see the hottest individual videos, YouTube.com/trends is an awesome place. Using fancy robotic calculations, Trends surfaces what's rising in popularity often before it gets too popular.

On Twitter yesterday, I shouted out photo2text.com, which Adam e-mailed to me. You can upload any picture you want and get back a bunch of characters that look like the picture. Too many DONGs for one lifetime? Well, get a second with Alterego, a text-based game where you make decisions that affect your personality and relationships starting all the way back to your birth. Too heavy? Well, alvin37337 recommends Nyan Cat Snake. Collect the cherries, avoid your own tail. And as always, thanks for watching.