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Alt Shift X explores how the extraordinary life of Dune author Frank Herbert provided a great deal of inspiration for his iconic books.

Studio Hock recreated the iconic scene from "King Kong" where the giant ape climbed the Empire State Building with lightweight drones.

Aimee Lou Wood of "The White Lotus" took part in the LADbible series "Snack Wars", comparing British snacks vs those from the United States.

Chris of Critter Creek Farm in Florida traveled to California to rescue a baby water buffalo named Artie who now thinks of him as his mom.

BBC Global spoke with expert Elizabeth Toomarian to find out why the human brain has difficulty processing very large numbers.

The History Guytalked about the origins of bubble wrap, noting that it was originally invented in the 1950s to be a tactile wallpaper.

South Korean beatboxer Hiss performed a perfect recreation of the Thomas the Tank Engine theme from the children's show "Thomas & Friends".

Hank Green of SciShow energetically explained the glowing physics behind the natural phenomenon of fluorescence.

Danny's Music Playlists shared the original 1977 mashup of Gilligan's Island and "Stairway to Heaven" by Little Roger & The Goosebumps.

Supervoid Cinema took a look at the 1991 Oliver Stone movie "The Doors", noting how Val Kilmer fully embodied the spirit of Jim Morrison.

Andre Antunesadded aheavy metal guitarsoundtrack to a beautiful Bulgarian choir performance of "Bre Petrunko" that took place in 2020.

BBC Earth Explore spoke with bus driver Glorioso who drives an incredibly treacherous route across the rough terrain of the Peruvian Andes.

AfterSkool visually narrates a powerful 1993 lecture given by Rick Roderick about how postmodern hyper-reality eclipses real life

Randall MunroeofxkcdandHenry ReichofMinutePhysics explained what would happen if the Earth rotated 90.

Ministry released a music video for the updated version of their Goth anthem "Everyday is Halloween", 40 years after the song first came out.

While appearing on "The Tonight Show", Britt Lower (Helena Eagan/Hellie R.) played the "Severance" intro theme song on trumpet.

After her human touched Stella the yellow Lab's nose, she turned into a vacuum cleaner and started sucking up the treats on the floor.

MayTreecombined beatboxing and vocals to performa resoundingly accurate rendition of "The Imperial March", with a playful addition.

Laurence BrownofLost in the Pond took a look at the unique stretches of land that are know as panhandles in the United States.

An amusing SNL animated short features two 17th century New World explorers planning modern day Manhattan Island to the very last detail.

Noah LefevreofPolyphoniclooked at the long history of the music video, from its early predecessors through to modern day.

Kooky Science boiled down the basics of biology and chemistry in a entertaining manner so that each can be learned in 22 minutes.

The Salaryman Eraser by Ishikawa Kazuya features a middle management supervisor who loses his hair with every use.

Candace Hicks crafts incredibly realistic composition notebooks using canvas, needle, and thread with "written" pages within.

Nahre Sole visited the Czech Museum of Music in Prague to play an incredible and extremely rare microtonal grand piano.

Beatbox champion Wing performs "Dopamine", a hypnotizing song where he uses only sounds entirely generated from his mouth and throat.

Harrison Ford gently urges us to listen to the quiet around us and celebrate a planet rich in biodiversity in a beautiful video essay.

Apple released a short documentary showing the thoughtfulness behind the editing of the sublime "Severance" season two finale.

Steve Coogan played four separate roles in the stage adaptation of the legendary Stanley Kubrick film "Dr. Strangelove".

Fabricio H. Franzoli programmed his quartet of handcraftedTesla Coilsto perform a galvanic cover of the classic Toto song "Hold the Line".

Theincredibly talentedguitarists of40 Fingersplayed a beautifully multilayered cover of the Nirvana anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period is known as the Middle Ages because it sits between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.

A golden retriever named Finley Molloy set the Guinness World Record for "Most Tennis Balls Held in the Mouth by a Dog".

Too Many Zooz performed Theodore Shapiros brilliant intro theme for"Severance" in their signature funky "brass house" style.

"Pangolin: Kulu's Journey" is a Netflix documentary by Pippa Ehrlich that focuses on a man who raises a rescued endangered baby pangolin.

A fluffy Maine Coon named Mr. Pugsley Addams broke the Guinness World Record for "longest tail on a domestic cat (living)" at 1.5 feet.

Architectural historian Tony W. Robins took an in-depth look look the Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building, and the Empire State Building.

BBC Earth's "The Wonderful World of Puppies" explains how dogs communicate using a rescue puppy named Boomer as an example.

Artist Joshua Vides very cleverly wrapped a number of cars so that they looked they belonged in monochrome Pop Art comics.

After a little orange tabby kitten was brought home to a big German shepherd, the kitten started copying everything the dog does.

Celebreabird shared the story of how a man named Sam Gamgee wrote J.R.R. Tolkien in 1956 after he found out that his name was used in LOTR.

Posha is a small kitchen robot that sits on a countertop and automatically cooks programmed recipes with fresh ingredients.

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs covered Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" in the style of David Bowie' "Let's Dance".

Leigh Lahav and Oren Mendez created "Severance for Introverts" for those like to spend time indoors while their outie faces the real world.

Artist Brooke Connor explained how people created "emojis" on typewriters during the mid-20th century by typing combinations of characters.

In a quenching TED-Ed Lesson, Manish Kumar explains what happens to the human body when saltwater from the ocean is ingested.

Half-Asleep Chris built ten different cat forts, each of different materials, inside his house to see how his kittieswould react to them.

The Harp Twins joined with the Volfgang Twins to perform a Nordic inspired drum and harp cover of the classic Black Sabbath song "Paranoid".

GingerofOz was so inspired the illustration "Playstacean" that he built a real-life version with a PSOne and 3D-printed orange plastic.

Kurzgesagtexplains how the human brain edits time and space on a completely different plane, constructing a predictive reality.