Disney has long wanted to develop autonomous robot actors to wow visitors at the park. Now, "Project Kiwi" sees a new breakthrough with Groot, which can walk, smile and steal the hearts of anyone who looks at it. He's not yet ready to walk around the park, though. See him in action!

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The Air Force treats flight safety with deadly seriousness, but some of its tests are pretty out-of-the-box. It may sound strange, but since thousands of birds fly into airplanes every year, the Air Force does what it calls “bird strikes.” “Chicken guns” launch dead birds into the airplanes. You have to see this.

A historic film, one of the first of its kind, showed a train pulling up to a station and passengers boarding. Nothing crazy, right? Well, when it premiered, viewers ran out of the way to avoid being hit by the train. All these years later, a talented filmmaker has taken that short and worked his magic to create a 4K, 60FPS video that makes it look almost modern.

YouTube has grown into one of the most popular websites on the internet. But in 2008, Pakistan decided to block the website for political reasons. That led to the entire service being shut down globally. You won't believe why this happened.

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