Laughing Squid

Tom Blank of Weird History Food explains how a cute little chihuahua named Gidget became an unlikely spokesdog for Taco Bell in the 1990s.

New York Nico attended the 34th Annual Tompkins Square Dog Parade in New York City, where he captured adorable footage of costumed pups and their humans.

Musician Fernando Ufret plays hilarious guitar covers of rock and pop songs while singing like Eric Cartman from "South Park".

You Can't Unhear This looked at "Here Comes the Sun", George Harrison's seminal song that was so perfect and unusual in so many ways.

Tablets and Temples explained the ancient origins behind the shoulder angels trope, an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other.

Soren Madsen played a poignant fingerstyle cover of the classic Procol Harum song "Whiter Shade of Pale" on classical guitar.

Doctor Jeffrey Laitman talked to Wired about every vestigial structure within the human body made useless through evolution.

Fabricio H. Franzoli programmed his Tesla Coilsto play a dynamic cover of the classic Halloween song "Spooky Scary Skeletons".

An amusingly prescient Saturday Night Live sketch from 2012 addressed important questions that undecided voters had.

Cabel Sasser of Panic talked about going down a rabbit hole to find the artist behind an incredible mural he found on a road trip.

Peter Dinklage elegantly consumed progressively hot wings while answering questions posed by Sean Evans of Hot Ones.

While driving across the Southern California desert in 2021, vanlifer Sam found a tiny gray kitten who was sick and blind and took her home.

Squid shared a candid 1950s audio letter from a teenager to her parents found inside a Webster Chicago wire recorder from a garage sale.

Theresa Smith adorably dressed her infant as a real life Charlie Brown for Halloween, even drawing a little curl on the baby's forehead.

Spanish cover band Broken Peach very cleverly mashed together the Blondie song "Call Me" with the KISS Song "I Was Made for Lovin' You".

Rachel Baldwin made a video compilation of individual tattoos that recreate the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place",

A Cappella singer Jared Halley performed a punchy multitrack cover of the "Ghostbusters Theme" with his kids.

Nathan the Cat Lady captured footage of attendees at the CFA International Cat Show and Expo participating in "Cat-Aoke".

The black rhinoceroses of the Oregon Zoo including little Tamu, had a glorious time goring and squishing bright orange Halloween pumpkins.

40 Fingers performed a flamenco acoustic guitar cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" while seated outside on a beautiful day.

Lord Vinheteirolooked into the camera and played all of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano sonatas in order over the course of six minutes.

David Gilmour employed the artistic talent of Julia Soboleva and Levan Kvanchakhadze to create a music video for "Dark and Velvet Nights".

Pud (Philip Kaplan), the founder of DistroKid, is now making super creative, small batch headphones that address specific sound issues.

As part of What If?"series, Randall Munroe and Henry Reich explain what would happen Earth grew its radius by one centimeter every second.

A beautiful elephant named Mare Noi took her first steps of freedom at Boon Lotts Elephant Sanctuary after 41 years in chains.

Rudy Mitchell of Bonk set the new Guinness World Record for "most dogs walked simultaneously by an individual" with 38 rescued dogs.

Olly Richards explained the top ten endangered accents in the United States, explaining why and how they are disappearing.

RealLifeLore explained how Albania proposed a new microstate smaller than Vatican City for the Bektashi Order within its capital city Tirana.

Prankster Pablo Rochat used a giant remote control to make it look like he was flying Blue Angels jets during an airshow in San Francisco.

Life Noggin explained the chilling history behind lobotomies, noting when they were invented, how they were performed and who received them.

A keyboardist in a New York City subway station played the theme from the movie 'Halloween' while dressed as the iconic killer Michael Myers.

The Voyageurs Wolf Project captured absolutely stunning footage of gorgeous lynx wandering around during the fall and winter of 2023/4.

A ten year old boy named Samuel Henderson wowed the audience at a school talent show when he performed incredibly accurate bird calls.

Comedians Jay Forman and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men played an amusingly riveting game of GeoGuessr against each other.

Joseph's Machines partnered with Caseify to make an extreme Rube Goldberg Ultimate Snooze Machine 2.0 that showed the case's durability.

While hosting Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande sang a nostalgic song about the smell of her best friend's house.

An adorable rescued raccoon named Biscuits is a wonderfully curious animal who loves to dig inside the drawers in the house and go to sleep.

The Coexistence Collective created 100 elephants that are migrating around the United States to raise awareness about biodiversity.

There I Ruined It used AI to recreate the voice of Leonard Cohen singing the lyrics of "Baby Got Back" to the music of "Hallelujah".

The 1993 AT&T "You Will" ads directed by David Fincher and voiced by Tom Selleck, proved accurate at predicting future technology.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty visited the Paternoster lifts of Prague to see if they are really the "elevators of death" that some claim.

ScottyBondo shared a video of several clever yet terrifying pumpkins that were carved with flashing car dashboard warning lights.

Retailer Fredis selling their amusing "Spilt Milk" cereal bowl, an unbreakable silicon cereal bowl that looks like a splash of spilt milk.

Artist Rudy Willingham recreated Michael Jackson's iconic dance in the "Thriller" video using 80 individually carved pumpkins.

Belgian artist Vincent Bal explained to Newser how he creatively uses shadows from random items to complete the vision he has for an image.

Maria Dawson challenged her father to act just like she does and he didn't hold back one bit, hilariously capturing her mannerisms perfectly.

A blind calf born to a beef cow who were surrendered to an animal sanctuary experienced freedom for the first time together.

Red Hot Chili Peppers performed an amazing cover of the Looking Glass song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" at the 2004 Rock Am Ring Festival.

Sir Michael Palin read a thoughtful letter from George Bernard Shaw to author St. John Ervine, consoling him on the loss of his leg.

A beautiful golden retriever named Henry adorably held the leash of his support rubber ducky in his mouth during a hydrotherapy session.