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1960s folk band The Swingin' Six starred in a musical PSA that aired in September 1967 explaining the new zip code system.

Process Kwent inside a music shop to showcase the detailed process of constructing traditional Korean bamboo flutes.

Danielle Dufault of Animalogic talked about the Maned wolf, a gorgeous long-legged wild dog that looks like a cross between a fox and a deer.

Tom BlankofWeird Historyponders why bidets are so popular in many countries yet not at all in the United States.

Director Wes Anderson spoke to Kodak about how he created the distinctive desert town for his film "Asteroid City".

60 Second Docs spoke with Linda Miller Nicholson, a Seattle artist who makes wonderfully colorful plant-dyed pasta art.

Musician Bernth expertly shredded heavy metal licks on a sitar noting the incredible bendability of the instrument's strings.

Ethan Chlebowski demonstrated two ways to slice an onion, showing how each affects flavor, taste, texture, and aroma.

DJ of The Bear Essentials explained how to get back into a canoe after it tips you over and dumps you into the water during a solo trip.

Researchers are finding that certain sponges, such as the Venus Flower Basket can think and communicate using light.

Alasdair Beckett-King amusingly parodied films that use time travel as their central theme, noting their biggest problem.

The greatRick Astley performed an amazing cover of the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" while playing drums at Glastonbury 2023.

Irvin, a once shy but now sassy donkey at Solstice Sanctuary in Wisconsin enjoys chasing his humans and other animals around the farm.

Tom Scott traveled to San Diego to meet with Al Johnstone, the owner and designer of a unique hilltop rotating circular home.

Mallory CrustaofCats.comshared several intriguing facts about tabby cats, noting that tabbies are not necessarily of the same breed.

Dustin BallardofThere I Ruined Itcompiled an evocative song that features various musicians singing the word Hey".

BBC Earth spoke with Ben Buford of MBARI to learn more about how the deep sea Humboldt squid uses light to communicate.

Popular Mechanics visited Noriko Watanabe, a shokuhin sampuru artist to learn how she makes such delectable visual feasts with resin.

Levi Tillemann captured wonderful and rare footage of a lounging leopard seal who was singing aloud while lolling about on an iceberg.

Javier Gallego Ramirez captured heartwarming footage of a 99 year old man who draws faces in the dirt with his cane.

Sky Elements Drones created a truly incredible drone LED light show for the Fourth of July 2023 while setting a Guinness World Record.

Mac, a playful elephant at Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy, grabbed a hat from a woman's head with his trunk and pretended to eat it.

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Researchers at Florida Atlantic University developed a soft robotic glove to help piano players who had strokes regain hand mobility.

A May 1977 clip from the classic BBC series "Tomorrow's Word" explains how Denys Fisher developed the Spirograph drawing toy.

Two googly-eyed electric toothbrushes and three credit card machines from Device Orchestra performed the Haddaway dance hit "What Is Love".

Jamie Dupuis performed a haunting cover of the INXS song "Never Tear Us Apart" on his famous harp guitar with Emma McDaniel on vocals.

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs wrote "Cute Aggression", a hardcore heavy metal song for his beloved cat Pireta.

Mark Vins of Brave Wilderness traveled to Eastern Australia to seek out a venomous stonefish to learn just how painful its sting is.

Elora Explora became friends with a tiny octopus whom she met while diving at the Off The Wall Dive Center and Resort in Belize.

The ActionAdventureTwins discovered what it was like to explore a cave in darkness when their only headlamp suddenly goes out.

Devon Bowker of The Wild Life performed an accurate impression of a Keurig machine preparing a cup of coffee with a straight face.

Ryan Kerr from Townsends explains the origins of bourbon, why production is centered in Kentucky, and how it evolved from clear to caramel.

Dr. Of All Things Bizarre posted a surreal video of people effortlessly distorting their features by pressing on their heads and faces.

As part of their Keep it 100 series, Cut asked 100 people to scream as loud as possible with mixed reactions.

A beautiful chimpanzee named Vanilla tentatively walked outside to see the sky for the first time in her 28 years of life.

Deep Freedom joined the ActionAdventureTwins to throw a large rock down 600 feet into the deepest pit in the United States.

The person behind Tiny Cakes prepared a tiny American breakfast using tiny cooking utensils and real ingredients.

BBC Earth created a gorgeous journeyhat invites viewers to enjoy the the unique animals of the Atlantic Rainforest in South America.

Sofja Umarik describes being an introvert, further explaining how she navigates through a loud world that doesn't recognize quiet strength.

Savannah Geary of SciShow explains the science behind why some people really enjoy the specific smell of gasoline.

Robert E Fuller found and hand-raised an abandoned baby stoat he named Whisper and introduced her to a second female baby stoat named Stuart.

Mary Elizabeth Kelly did flawless one-word impressions of various celebrities that were chosen at random.

Scientists in Japan have discovered that octopuses dream, as observed by chromatophores that ripple across their skin during sleep.

Talking Heads performed an early version of their hit song "Psycho Killer" during a now-legendary 1975 show at CBGB in New York City.

1965 footage from British Pathe shows a man and woman riding on a scooter that turns into an amphibious water vehicle.

Sir David Attenborough speaks glowingly about the stunning luminosity that deep sea creatures use in the midnight zone.

Engineer Simone Giertz built a handy motorized exoskeleton for her beloved three-legged dog Scraps who had joint pain.

An Asian elephant named Samudra gleefully splashed around in a pool at the Oregon Zoo with his new favorite floating toy.

Bob Dorough performed a lively version of the iconic "Schoolhouse Rock" song "Three Is a Magic Number" with his band in 2017.