This rule 63 depiction of the Shy Guy enemy from the Super Mario franchise has spawned a number of notable fan arts, including a popular animated GIF by artist Minus8.

With wisps of nitrogen steaming out of its slender vents, this hoverboard looks so cool we barely even care if its real or not. Lexus claims it uses magnetic levitation technology to stay afloat, which would limit its range to metal-lined areas, but still: sign us up.

Thirty years ago, a group of shy lads at an all-boys boarding school started a Britpop band in Oxfordshire, UK, little knowing they were going to become one of the most universally acclaimed acts in the alt rock and indie music scenes of the late 20th century.

These two gents hurl themselves all over the local park in a human stop-motion karate battle that sends them careening not-so-dangerously around boulders, garbage cans, and other obstacles.