Laughing Squid

Chef Amaury Guichonof thePastry Academysculpted a terrifying giant red-eyed, long-legged spider completely out of chocolate.

A sweet little Maine Coon kitten named Theo who was adopted during COVID fell in love with a tuxedo cat plushie.

A West Highland White Terrier named Bradford sat on his human Kara Mehrmann's lap as she performed her original jazz song "Rebirth" on piano.

The Kiffnesscollaborated" with a talking cat to create a humorous yet reassuring song about going through the world together.

Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin transitioned from hard-hitting drums to delicate piano and back again during "March of the Pigs".

In the PBS series Human Footprint, biologist Shane Campbell-Staton examined how and why rats have become so prevalent in New York City.

A brave little rescued cat named HarPURR whose back legs are paralyzed, races around the yard and the house in his custom wheelchair.

eli_handle_b.wav cleverly edited scenes from "Red Dead Redemption 2" to include a rather innocent Woody from "Toy Story".

It's Winter Productions performed a a folky medieval cover of the original"Halloween"themein honor of the October holiday.

Christopher Guest recalled his inspiration for "Spinal Tap" character Nigel Tufnel while appearing at The Modern School of Film in 2017.

Musician Mark Korven and luthier Tony Duggan-Smith talked to Great Big Story about how the "Apprehension Engine" came to be.

A wide-eyed black cat leaves the safety of home to wander through the real world in the music video for SAER's "I Walk the Line".

A sassy cockatoo names Snowee said hello into a tiny pink microphone before grabbing it from her human and then dropping it onto the floor.

A baby patas monkey who was brought to Greenfingers Wildlife Sanctuary found companionship with a baby deer close to his own age.

Postmodern Jukeboxpartnered with UK singerEmma Smith to perform a very sultry, 1940s Big Band cover of "Lovesong" by The Cure.

Matt Klingensmith of Boston Dynamics explained how they turned their Spot quadruped robots into talking tour guides using ChatGPT.

The members of Talking Heads recalled how they started out as a cover band at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Neal.fun created an online museum of Internet Artifacts that documents the pivotal years of the development of the world wide web.

Japhy Riddle cleverly added wheels to his mom's old paper shredder and fed it a very long ream of computer paper.

Michael Lindsey looks at the unique linguistics of the the famous Sopranos of New Jersey, particularly noting their Italian roots.

A joyous rescued greyhound named Frankie gleefully ran around in circles the very first time she was let off-leash on the beach.

Karol Antoniewicz of Colorscream compiled 100 amusing examples of Pareidolia, the natural human tendency to see faces in random objects.

Patrick FooteofName Explaincompiled an amusing list of different animals that have very misleading, if not completely confusing names.

Ringo Starr sat down with Dan Rather, reflecting upon his early years of music and how he came to be the drummer for The Beatles.

Explanation Avenue visually examined the intricate anatomy of spiders using a 3D animation of a black widow spider.

A spy mudskipper attempted to woo a mate using by waving its electronic fin and its leaping capabilities in a clip from "Spy in the Ocean'

A TED-Ed lesson explains how humans can learn from failure despite the paralyzing demoralization that comes with not achieving a goal.

A little toddler adorably followed the family's one-eyed tabby cat around the house and copied every move that the feline made.

Pablo Rocha built an amusing contraption that begins with a hot dog on wheels that evenutally makes a flying leap onto a barbecue grill.

Blackdot is an innovative robotic tattoo machine that applies intricate skin designs while minimizing the pain that often goes with the art.

Weird History tells the story of Giulia Tofana, who was responsible for the death of 600 men using her poisonous makeup in 17th century Italy.

Adam Culbertson lost his drone to a wild eagle, who snatched it out of the air as he was flying it through the mountains of Utah.

Rob Watts of RobWords explored the origins behind the naming of dinosaurs and what those names actually mean.

Mallory Crustashared interesting facts about Maine Coon cats, noting their long history and their distinctively American origins.

Noah LefevreofPolyphonic looked at the history of the electric guitar and the legendary solos that subsequently followed.

60 Second Docs profiled Alexa Meade, an artist who transforms people into 2D portraits by painting their bodies.

PBS' Otherwords digs into the vibrant etymological origins of toponyms (place names) behind different locations around the world.

Name Explain explained how each borough of New York City was named using simple, but clever animation to illustrate this colorful history.

A parakeet named Kiw uttered the phrase "Hey Siri" while sitting on his human's iPhone and talked about parakeets and chickens.

Jared Halley performed a multi-track cover of "Monster Mash" with his costumed 10 year old son Noah singing background and dancing.

A compassionate man in Istanbul came across 17 very hungry abandoned kittens and brought them home to live with him.

Sir Patrick Stewart recited the "Star Trek" opening soliloquy "Space...The Final Frontier" in a French accent on the "Graham Norton Show".

John Mayer skillfully worked Grateful Dead songs into his own material during an acoustic solo show in Chicago in October 2023.

How Ridley Scott's films capture hopeful order in a sea of elegant chaos over far swaths of time in the far ahead future and the distant past.

Great Big Story visited Kanyaboyina Sudhakar, a hobbyist in India who builds the most creative art cars imaginable.

CCTV caught the amazing sight of a white cat leaping across the room to rescue a black puppy who was being bullied by an aggressive corgi.

Adult Swim released a "Rick and Morty" mini-episode that tries to reconcile the timelines that were introduced over the past six seasons.

Insider Food visited the Filipino family who keeps up the tradition of making asin tibuok, a rare salt known as "The Dinosaur Egg".

Great Big Story visited with Jason Arday who, despite not reading/writing until the age of 18, became a professor at Cambridge University.

The Slow Mo Guys added explosives to a hand-cranked Chinese popcorn popper and captured the reaction in super slow motion.