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We love a good water balloon to the face. However, we've never seen a water balloon to the face that looked quite so exquisitely gorgeous. Watch this and more things is beautiful slow motion.

Rollerblading is tough. It's good exercise, sure, but who didn't fall the first time they put on the blades? You? Yeah, right. So give these folks a break already.

It sure is fun to ride a big wheel; any 5-year-old can tell you that. But when a grownup tries to do it? Well ...

Veruca Salt. Augustus Gloop. The names alone conjure up crystal-clear images for anyone who loves the 1971 classic 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'

In honor of the polar vortex currently wrapping its ice-cold hands around the country's throat, we thought it would be fun to take a trip to a summertime favorite: the amusement park.

Get ready to have your emotions played like a flute.

Babies can have trouble staying focused.

We humans love our boats. Animals also think they're pretty darn great.

It's time to put the year 2013 in the books. Let's do it with some photos.

These people seem to really like to sweat, just not with all that running-around nonsense.

A duckling needs to do one thing above all others: follow his mother. But sometimes, that's a bit harder than it sounds.

Hedgehogs sometimes curl up into a little ball of irresistible fur. It's quite photogenic.