Laughing Squid

Maurice Ivor Birch spent 54 years drawing his hometown of Aldridge in the West Midlands of England on a 100 meter roll of paper.

A little blue lovebird named Ku-chan played a cute game of catch with her human from inside a rolled paper tube where she likes to hide.

The non-profit APOPO fitted their brave HeroRATs (African giant pouched rats) with tiny smart backpacks to train them in search and rescue.

Alyssa cleverly edited footage of her chicken Bette to make it seem like she was clucking along to "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads.

Exploring With Wade and Mike the Urban Explorer visited the abandoned yet perfectly preserved Canadian town of Kitsault, British Columbia.

Rock and Metal mashup musician Denis Pauna imagines what it would be like if Motorhead performed the Depeche Mode classic "Personal Jesus".

Florida musician Rokko Ca$h performed the classic Nirvana song "Lithium" in the style of other bands, artists, and characters.

A black-spotted bulldog named Lola seemingly believed that she's a cow because the spots on her coat matched theirs.

Peter Dinklage read a powerful essay by Spalding Gray that served as a love letter to New York City after the tragic events of 9/11.

PercussionistJoe Porterperformed the classic Windows XP shutdown soundon a variety of percussion instruments from around the world.

A pet raven with an ear for music sang along to the sound of his human playing a lively Tarantella on a wooden flute.

Polyphonic examines the seemingly nonsensical song "I Am the Walrus" by The Beatles noting that it is far more complex than it seems.

Francis Ford Coppola shared original footage of Al Pacino auditioning for the role of Michael Corleone in the 1972 film "The Godfather".

ThePiano Music Bros. charted the evolution of classical music from 1680 through 1928 in a colorful and informative manner.

A pair of dogs named Arrow and Cappy brought home a young deer who came into their Ohio home through the doggie door.

Actor Zen Gesner, son of architect Harry Gesner, spoke with Architectural Digest about the Stebel House, an enchanting LA home built in 1961.

MinuteFood consulted with appliance experts Dr. Rainer Stamminger and Renae DuHaime to determine the best way to load a dishwasher.

A rescued beaver named Tulip loves fruit so much that she threw an adorable tantrum when the banana she was eating was all gone.

Musician AHEE noticed that whales sound like birds when sped up by three octaves and birds sound like whales when slowed down by the same.

A woman named Katja amusingly used sound effects and a handle to pretend that one of her three chocolate Labs was a vacuum cleaner.

Chet Phillips created "The Cats Meow", a set of purr-fect playing cards that features 58 illustrated portraits of cats with very punny names.

A determinedlovebirdwas granted a free pass into the forbidden kitchen cupboard that held glasses despite having been banned entry before.

Dani Clodetested out her innovative Third Thumb with members of the public who were attending the 2022 Royal Society Summer Exhibition.

Abram Engle amusingly traded places with his orange tabby to see what it's like to live as his cat for a day and for his cat to live as him.

Jamie Dupuisperformed a melodious cover of "Riders on the Storm" on harp guitar, capturing the sound of The Doors on a single instrument.

Electric vehicle enthusiast MicahToll created the PodRide, a four-wheeled, all-weather enclosed electric bike that looks like a small car.

A clever magpie repeatedly pulled money out of a pile of similarly shaped papers, a wallet, and a phone case and tried to run off with it.

Leonard Solomon performeda honking cover of the Skrillex song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" on his original Squijeeblion.

A thirsty giant anteater at the North Florida Wildlife Center whipped his long tongue back and forth to drink from a sprinkler.

Emily the Harp Lady tried out the Meowdulator, a feline-themed guitar pedal that meows like a cat when strings are played or plucked.

A stray hairless dog who was rescued by Reto of the Furry Luck Bali in Indonesia, turned out to have a beautiful coat of fluffy blonde fur.

Native Icelander Sanxyra read off seven of the most difficult road names for visitors in Iceland to pronounce.

Argentinian tattoo artist Pablo Ezequiel Frias, a resident artist in NYC, creates hyperrealistic tattoos featuring pop culture icons.

Musician Louis Cardozo performed his original song "Fly" on a paragliding piano flying over a very green valley in the English countryside.

Alex Schmidt explained how early New York City origins of the unlikely act of slipping on a banana peel made it a classic comedy trope.

RuggyBagyStudio created a moving parts rug that opens like a pizza box to reveal a SpongeBob pizza with semi-detachable slices.

Luthier Mark Erlewine shared his experience tuning up and repairing Trigger, the iconic Martin nylon string guitar belonging to Willie Nelson.

A little red-cheeked cockatiel named Tacchan tapped out a rhythmic song on a metal storage bin on the wall with his beak.

Jack Nicholson hilariously accepted the BAFTA Best Actor award from the set of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975.

Ze Frankoffers an amusinglook at the lifecycle of opossum, noting that playing dead is an involuntary defense that fools predators.

The premiere episode of the Howtown features a fascinating discussion about the types of colors dogs can and cannot see.

David Scott ofThe Kiffness created a beautiful musical tribute to the vocal "I Go Meow" cat after learning that she had passed away.

A little cat named Ninja hilariously attempted to go to the second level of the house by climbing the underside of the open riser stairs.

OtherwordshostDr. Erica Brozovsky, PhD explained why certain baby names that were once popular, just sound old to modern ears.

DJ Cummerbundseamlessly stitched together the Alanis Morissette song "You Oughta Know" with Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

In a brief but tastyTED-Edlesson, author Vivian Jiang explains the ancient origins of ice cream and how it became so popular in modern times.

dudettewithsign shared a creative, yet passive-aggressive way to respond to upstairs neighbors who stomp around too much.

Dylan Sheridan attached a MIDI controller to the handle of a paint roller so that it would play sampled sounds as the roller moved.

A cute little snake watched what was happening on television while curled up in a blanket on her human's lap.

Fhonda Hatmaker shared an amusing video of her husband singing "Phone, Keys, Wallet" to the Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust".