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Elijah Wood and Sean Astin, both of the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, joined Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke to play Baldur's Gate 3.

The Adams County SPCA in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania celebrated the emptying of their dog shelter for the first time in 47 years.

The Nerdwriter looks at how the same story can be filmed at different times and in different ways while conveying the very same premise.

A clever capybara named Pumpkin is happy to do various tricks for her humans at Dark Wings Wildlife in Bunnell, Florida.

Petr of Veritasiumvisited NEID in Tsukuba, Japan where he was given a tour of E-Defense, the world's largest earthquake simulator.

Just Rolled Input together a second compilation of of cars making the sounds of animals along with other odd characters.

Cats Teddie and Casper and their human donated a basket of their extra fur so that visiting birds could take some to build a cozy nest.

Sky Elements Dronesset two new Guinness World Records for their epic Christmas 2023 Drone Show featuring "The Nutcracker".

Angela Youngand her two children performed an exact reenactment of the Beastie Boys music video for their 1994 hit song "Sabotage".

FPV pilot Chris sent his drone over the German countryside with a cleverly attached Superman action figure flying alongside.

Dr. Emily Zarka explains Mari Lwyd, a Welsh tradition featuring a horse's skull affixed on a wooden pole that goes wassailing with others.

Edward Vega of Vox spoke with film composer Russ Howard III to explain how certain Christmas songs can be used for free.

Magical Light Shows shared the entirety of their 2023 Christmas light show featuring three smiling Christmas trees that sang modern carols.

Sammy Hagar jammed and talked with Bob Weir at Sweetwater in Mill Valley and blew a fuse with Mickey Hart at his Sebastopol home.

Pablo Rochat conquered the ubiquitous problem of losing the Apple TV remote by building a giant version that houses the tiny original.

Max MillerofTasting History made a "Hot Dr Pepper" using a 1960s recipe, which essentially contains heated Dr Pepper soda and a lemon.

Great Big Story celebrated Christmas 2023 with a humorous look at the history of how Santa Claus came to be.

Comedian Steve Martin shared his deepest wishes for the holiday season in a In a classic "Saturday Night Live" clip from 1986.

A giant iguana named Rocket in Houston, Texas seems to act more like a dog, although sometimes he also acts like a cat.

The History Guylooked back at the start of "Command Performance", the live Christmas Eve radio shows performed for World War II troops.

Daniel D'Addario, the Chief TV Correspondent for Variety, listed what is arguably the "Top Ten TV Shows of All Time".

In an adorable test of their Deep Space Optical Communications, NASA streamed an Ultra HD video of an orange cat chasing a laser.

Denzell Morrison has a wonderful business where he drives dogs from all over Calgary, Alberta to the park in a custom school bus.

Laszlo Buring played the David Gilmour solo from the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" in the distinctively inventive style of Jimi Hendrix.

The United States Army Band played selections from "The Nutcracker" as ballet dancers performed with the corresponding music.

Weird History Foodlooks at the long, sometimes misunderstood etymological origins of eggnog and how it became an ongoing holiday tradition.

A menacing Liam Neeson hilariously auditioned for a role as a mall Santa Claus during a 2016 episode of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert".

Fabrice Mathieu created a holiday mashup featuring a montage of movie scenes with televisions playing the "Mariah Carey Christmas Special".

Mattias Krantz built a bluetooth enabled guitar/bass combo with a neck that spins a full 360 that shreds both solos and a bit of cheese.

A little orange cat who somehow wound up at a shopping mall in Thailand adorably attempted to walk up an escalator that was going down.

Tom BetGeorgeofMagical Light Shows programmed smiling Christmas trees to sing Taylor Swift songs for his annualChristmas Light Show.

Video editor Sleepy Skunk released his annual movie trailer mashup for 2023, which connects together the seminal films from the year.

CGP Grey reviewed the three finalists for Minnesota's new state flag, noting that the state's flag was ranked last in his previous review.

Kurzgesagtput together a colorfully humbling size comparison between the smallest and the largest things in the universe.

A blind calico cat named Momo in West Carrollton, Ohio, carefully navigated herself down from a climbing pole using her other senses.

Giant Bossman muppets flanked Herb Alpert onstage while playing "Spanish Flea" during 1974's "Herb Alpert & the TijuanaBrass Variety Show"./

Tom BlankofWeird Historylooks back at the historic inspiration behind the classic J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy "The Lord of the Rings".

Ze Franktakes a humorous look at mustelids including ferrets, badgers, weasels, and otters, although he refers to them as "kitten snakes".

Joseph's Machines created an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine that gets him out of bed, and acts as human car wash with wash, rinse, and dry.

A creative human in Fishtown, Philadelphia decorated a fence hole with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" outfit for their dog to peek through.

During a July 2002 episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", the titular host came face to face with Dana Emberland, his doppelganger.

The Exit 8 is an enigmatic video game that puts the player into a seemingly endless subway passageway in search of the exit to the outside.

Talking Heads performed an amazing live show at the New York City performance space The Kitchen in 1976.

MinuteEarth explains why the underwater creatures of the Antarctic are biologically different from their northern counterparts.

Kevin Kosshared his unique recipe for "Banananog", which is an eggnog made with bananas (and peels), cacao liqueur, and rum.

"This House" explains how a one house can exist in the United States and Canada at the same time by harking back to the early 20th Century.

Learn Something New looks at the complex and often sticky history of peanut butter, despite various patents taken out over the years.

Erin Amadon found an abandoned newly hatched duckling who was unable to move forward due to a splayed leg and taught him to walk.

Real Scienceexamined the elegant biology of the giant manta ray, s surprisingly gentle and highly intelligent cartilaginous fish.

MathematicianKatie Stecklesexplains how to perfectly wrap a present using a simple mathematical shortcut.