Two-hundred and thirty-four years ago, the American colonies gave the biggest, yet most eloquent, middle finger in history to the British Empire. Somehow now America and Britain are buddy-buddy, but on this day, we should remember how we got here. Some of the greatest statesmen of all-time came together to create an awesome, timeless document that most Americans barely even know anymore. Instead of setting off fireworks and eating the charcoal-burned flesh of dead animals, we should all take some time to read the Declaration of Independence.

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Bahaha. Fuck reading, just watch this instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgaPSAGDd0k

TODAY, WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY

People love Planet Earth. Why can’t someone just make Planet Earth Destroyed, where instead of clips of a shark jumping out of the ocean to totally wreck some seal’s life, we get to watch skyscrapers collapse, asteroids rain down, and California fall into the ocean? This would all be scored by Clint Mansell. Because he’s awesome.

If you care to watch the destruction in HD, here are the direct links:

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