Viral videos with 5by: Best freestyle dunks, and dad pranks
Watch some breath-taking basketball dunks, and a terrifying dad prank
In this week's collection of videos curated by The Week's video partner 5by, marvel as a baby hears for the first time, enjoy the moment a cat realises it is a cat, and listen to one song interpreted 20 different ways.
Seven-week-old baby hears for the first time
It would take a stone-cold heart not to be moved by this baby's smile.
That moment you realise you're a cat
Have you checked your reflection recently? With any luck, you won't be in for a surprise like this.
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Linkin Park's In The End - in 20 different styles
Many of these versions of In The End may actually have been better than the original.
Dad pranks son with shower scare
This man is definitely not going to win Father of the Year.
World's best basketball freestyle dunks
Slam dunking a basketball has come a long way. A long way.
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