Laughing Squid

Researcher sent a baited lander camera 3300 meters into the Tonga Trench where it caught the rare and remarkable sight of a Bigfin squid.

A stray dog named Chloe who was limping around the streets of Bali with backward legs, learned to walk with confidence after being rescued.

A gentle golden retriever named Clara became a caring nursemaid to a sick kitten named Cow who was brought home by her humans.

Max MillerofTasting History explained the romantic astrological origins of Goldfish Crackers by a baking manager in Switzerland.

Theo Jansen connected four of his Strandbeests together, making it look like they were holding onto each other across a windy beach.

Nerdstalgiclooked at the origins of The Joker, noting how the character has been reinvented a number of times over the years.

The Nerdwriter looked at how artist Henri Matisse utilized color to rebel against conventional norms, and balked at visual expectations.

Nerdstalgic looked Bryan Cranston's incredible career, noting he began with small parts before three defining series, yet he was never typecast.

School music teacher Chris Hannah adopted a deaf pit bull puppy, whom he named Cole and trained him and his sisters to be therapy dogs.

The ambassador animals of the Oregon Zoo smashed pumpkins to enjoy the fleshy interior, using various techniques unique to each species.

A newborn mouse who was rescued from a snake by a caring stranger was delivered to vet Shannon James by a considerate Uber driver.

1440explained how Oktoberfest originated in Bavaria with the celebration for the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese in 1810.

Lord Vinheteiroattached one side of strings to piano keys and the other side to two typewriters and played a jaunty song by typing.

Ze Frankamusingly explains the physiology of jellyfish, particularly how they develop and use their poisonous sting to hunt prey.

The Tim Traveler attended the 2024 European Tram Driver Championships in Frankfurt, Germany where 52 drivers from 26 countries competed.

Cinevore created a beautiful tribute to the late, great Dame Maggie Smith, showcasing her incredible multi-faceted talent.

Animal advocate Joe Kay shared wonderfully heartwarming footage of dogs in shelters being told that they've been adopted.

ArtistRudy Willingham created real-life memes using cutouts and stickers that became fully realized within the context of the environment.

Tori Calamito of "The Oz Vlog" explained why Dorothy seemed closer to the Scarecrow than the other characters she met along the way.

Joan Jett and The Black Hearts played an electrifying cover of "Love Is All Around" from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on "Letterman" in 1996.

The Gaze made up a clever song about the career of French artist Jean Baptiste Verany and his iconic chromolithographs of cephalopods.

The Historian took a look back at groundbreaking series of early television, each genre transformed the media into a powerful platform.

Kel Felts creates wonderfully whimsical realistic needle felted mice (and other animals) that wear custom outfits that are also made by hand.

A deep diving TED-Edlesson written by Anna Rothschild explained how the long search to find the elusive giant squid came to an end in 2012.

PBS Nova explained how the Pakicetus, a small, furry prehistoric four-legged carnivore, was a direct ancestor to whales and dolphins.

Heavy Metal Hamsters is an AI generated band of pint sized rodents that play original hardcore songs and classic covers.

Weird History Food looks at the origins of pasta noting that various forms were being "invented" around the world at the same time.

A bearded dragon named Chuck has cleverly developed a system of head bobs and slaps to communicate what he wants to his human Brittany.

DAMODA Intelligent Control Technology set a new Guinness World Record for the largest drone display which was created using 7,598 drones.

Costco partnered with LEGO to offer an official LEGO Carry-on and Backpack Luggage Set with bags that look like giant LEGO bricks.

1440 explained how Wall Street in New York City became synonymous with securities trading, banking, and finance.

12Tone took a look at the classic Pink Floyd song "Have a Cigar" and how it expressed their frustration with the music industry.

ArtistNoah Scalin created beautiful collages of extinct birds of the United States using commercially produced stickers.

Kristin Thuv from Norway won the World Jigsaw Championship by completing a 500 piece puzzle in just under 38 minutes.

Artist Rudy Willingham amusingly suggested how to cleverly decorate a car by using custom-printed stickers to create clever illusions.

An eye-opening TED-Ed lesson explains the incredibly misogynistic origins and history of "hysteria" and how it was applied to women.

Architectural Digest toured a unique 6,000 square foot townhouse in Brooklyn that was completely built using 18 shipping containers.

A clever black cat named Cezanne will stand on human Thiago's head whenever he is showering so he can drink from the shower head.

Cameron Duke explains the safety mechanisms that exist in venomous and toxic animals so that they don't accidentally poison themselves.

Randall MunroeandHenry Reich of "What If" explain what would happen if a water glass was literally made half-empty due to vacuum pressure.

Kim & Aliya created an amusing parody about a determined woman named Landra Fontaine who works as a photographer creating CAPTCHA images.

1440 shone a light on the long history around the use of solar energy and posits why it still remains an untapped resource.

Mark's Middle-Aged Metal performed an amusing heavy metal song about mowing his suburban lawn during the summer.

"Pillow Flight" is a charming short film byfilmmakerFernando Livschitzthat reimagines NYC bridges, traffic and buildings as pillows.

Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips listened and reacted to the Willie Nelson cover of their song "Do You Realize??".

Ice-T and Body Count partnered with David Gilmour in a powerful updated hip hop version of the iconic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb".

James Earl Jones read a response letter by Kurt Vonnegut to Xavier High School students who contacted him as part of a 2006 school project.

warmbru curiosity explored why, after centuries of wearing hats, the trend fell out of favor in the middle of the 20th century.

Coleman Lowndes of Vox explained how Kodak took the expensive and complex hobby of photography and put it into the hands of the general public.

Czech musician Jakub Machulda sweetly serenaded his baby daughter with gentle acoustic songs as she rested in the curve of his guitar.