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A young woman talked about her beloved dog, explaining how his adorably goofy looks surprised the whole family as he grew.

Stunt driver Paul Swift shared a compilation showreel of his most amazing precision driving choreography from commercial, TV, and records.

The David Rumsey Map Collection online database contains an incredible array of over 120,000 historical maps, charts, and diagrams.

Artist Anneli Kirby creates incredibly adorable 3D dog portraits made from felted wool from her Richmond, Virginia studio.

Lizzie Campbell of Clay Disarray, who paints with polymer clay, has created an updated series of figures and posters inspired by horror films.

Red Side created a 3D animation that compares the size of fictional Starships and other galactic bodies from "Star Wars".

A limber woman lay on the ground and amazingly juggled both a large vase and a table with her feet, easily keeping them both aloft.

The cat technicians of Wayside Waifs created a clever video that matched traits with shelter cats and got almost all the cats adopted.

A neglected cockatoo named Edgar had a rough start in life when a couple found him and gave him the loving home he deserved.

Food stylist Janice Poon, who created the most disturbing meals for "Hannibal" talked to Great Big Story about her creative process.

Chad Smith visited Brandon Toews of Drumeo to take a deep dive into Smith's legendary career with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Jeanne Simmons spoke to 60 Second Docs about her photo series that weaves the land with female bodies using natural garments and styles.

Great Big Story visited Terry “Turbo” Burrows, the man who set the Guinness World Record as the fastest window cleaner.

Tom Blank of Weird History explains the ancient mythological origins of common modern English words.

Bardcore musician Algal the Bard performed a lush, pitch-perfect cover of the R.E.M. song "Losing My Religion" on medieval Instruments.

Artist Anna Chojnicka, the Banana Bruiser, creates detailed art portraits by strategically bruising bananas with a blunt instrument.

After racing through the streets, a frantic man, who couldn't catch the ice cream vendor, decided to make a batch of homemade ice cream.

Weird History Food takes an amusing look at the respective origin stories of some of the most famous classic cocktails ever.

Metallica performed a truly badass live cover of the classic Bob Seger song "Turn the Page" while appearing on The Howard Stern Show.

Auralnauts have created a danceable count of the number of times any "Mandalorian" character uttered the phrase "This is the Way".

Kentucky hairdresser Melondy shared a simple but clever kitchen scissor hack for creating built-in ties for frozen food bags.

Laszlo Buring brilliantly covered the guitar solo from the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall" in the style of Dire Straits.

Prime Orchestra performed a gorgeously mesmerizing cover of "Enjoy the Silence" and other iconic Depeche Mode songs.

A mini-dachshund named Wilson may be tiny in stature but has a giant personality to make up for it.

Geddy Lee welcomed Dan Rather into his home in 2017 to talk about his transformation from a quiet kid into the bassist for Rush.

Red Side created a galactic 3D animation comparing the speed of the fastest vehicles that appear in Star Wars films.

Makeup artist Kerrie Smart shared a helpful hack for successfully securing a bracelet on one's wrist using only a bobby pin.

Process X went inside the Tomoi company factory in Japan to see how they turn natural shells into shiny buttons.

The Morander Brothers performed an accordion cover of the iconic Metallica song "Master of Puppets" as marionettes suspended by strings.

Moonic Productions performed the Oasis song "Wonderwall" as if it were produced as a song from the 1991 Nirvana album "Nevermind".

While appearing on The Howard Stern Show, legendary Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich explained his distinctive "heel up" drumming style.

WTD created an anthropoid 3D animation comparing the size of different primates and their extinct ancestors.

Ramp loader Dj Sugue captures intriguing behind-the-scenes timelapse footage showing how luggage is loaded and unloaded from planes.

A compassionate Los Angeles man named Derrick Downey Jr. built a fully-furnished micro apartment for his adopted squirrels.

The Beat Goes On gave a brief history of Rickrolling, the infamous meme that uses the Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

The School of Life explains why some people regress to childish behavior when triggered by specific interactions.

Musician Andre Antunes added a heavy metal guitar soundtrack to a 2018 video of Indian percussive singing.

Lauri of Beyond the Press and Janne Käpylehto built a motorized spinning ice carousel with a racetrack entirely from scratch.

An attentive gorilla dad watching his young sons wrestle stepped in to separate the boys when their playing got too rough.

Researchers discovered that octopuses have evolved to detect taste through touch using chemotactile receptors on the suckers on their arms.

In the animation "Five Cents", a consumer finds himself making a string of small purchases until he runs out of money to save himself.

Jens Heidler of Another Perspective captured oddly adorable extreme macro footage of a snail munching on a strawberry in slow motion.

Bob Strachan quite amusingly reimagined "Gangsta's Paradise" in the distinctive talking country style of the legendary Johnny Cash.

Derek Muller paid an adherent visit to Nevada Ready Mix to get buried in wet concrete while explaining the history of the compound.

An adorable mini-sheepadoodle named Bayley has a white face, a black nose, and black ears that make him look just like Snoopy.

Daniel McKee created "Password123", a short film that uses AI to visualize thousands of passwords leaked on the Dark Web.

Sam Denby explains why soda cans in Hawaii have a larger circumference and extra ridges, unlike cans in the rest of the US.

Professional cat engineers Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard explained how cats were the inspiration for all sorts of old and new technology.

Howard Lee strategically painted the middle section of a tree along the Brooklyn waterfront to blend into the NYC Financial District.

An Asian elephant named Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo taught herself to peel an overripe banana after watching her caretaking humans do so.