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James Quail of Dorothy designed an elegant metallic print that maps out the history of jazz as a circuit diagram of a 1950s phonograph.

Wired spoke with Josh Jacobs, a talented slinky expert who uses a vivid Hyperspring to perform a variety of masterful tricks.

Movie Insider explores the work of NAC Effects to learn more about how they create realistic moving vehicle scenes for TV and movies.

There I Ruined It reimagined the Lady Gaga song "Poker Face" as an upbeat Western Swing tune played by an old-timey string band.

A melodious cockatiel whistles songs to his human after hearing them only once. Included in this list is "September" by Earth Wind & Fire.

Jack Croft, head chef and owner of Fallow Restaurant wore a GoPro during a busy Friday afternoon lunch service to show what the job entails.

Sam Kench of Brickwall Pictures remarkably named one iconic film for each year of the 145 years since the birth of cinema.

Rhetty for History looked back on sodas discontinued over the last 60 years, some recognizable today and others that are lesser known.

Paul Goldstein captured beautiful footage of three tiny lion cubs bravely leaping across the Ntiakntiak River in Kenya.

Alternative Cuts Studios made a second mashup of "Breaking Bad" and "Hell's Kitchen", which was almost as potentially lethal as the first.

Humboldt penguins bravely crowd surf grumpy sea lions in a clip from the David Attenborough-narrated series "Seven Worlds, One Planet".

Burl of Burl's Art melted down 38 pounds of recycled cans (~1000 cans) to build a sleek and shiny all-aluminum guitar.

Compassionate Canadian oil worker Kendal Diwisch freed three kittens from the ice using lukewarm coffee from his truck.

Global Data created a celestial 3D animation comparing the scale size of astronomical objects in our known universe.

John Hakari trained his young border collie to retrieve her deaf older collie sister from outside upon command whenever needed.

Exploring Alternatives visited Stephanie and Joel, a determined couple in Canada who spent 14 years living in a completely off-grid house.

Percussionist El Estepario Siberiano performed a melodious cover of the System of a Down song "Toxicity" on a ringing handpan.

Weird History Food compiled an effervescent list of innovations in the food industry that can be originally attributed to beer.

Architect Michael Wyetzner explained to Architectural Digest the long and colorful history of the NYC subway in chronological order.

A rescued cat named Squid has a coat that is mostly white except for his gorgeous smoky eyes that look professionally applied.

During a 1988 interview, Björk took the back off of a Sony Trinitron (CRT) television set and spoke about what the inside looked like her.

Dutch musician Karsten Belt amusingly adds amazing saxophone solos to popular songs that don't have them and, per Belt, don't need them.

The KQED Deep Look series focuses on the hagfish, a blind eel-like creature that uses a naturally generated slime to suffocate prey.

Midnight Hobbies cleverly built an anthropomorphic mini Monster House using a tissue box, packaging cardboard, and popsicle sticks.

Woodworker Frank Howarth crafted beautiful, richly textured segmented spheres from two polyhedral dodecahedrons.

The Main Squeeze outdid themselves with a magnificent cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb".

A self-described "dog person" was having trouble bonding with his cat until he let down his guard and played fetch with her.

Macey Everett of the American Eagle Foundation spoke with GeoBeats about an elderly rescued African pied crow named Friar Tuck.

Filmmaker Paul E.T. explained the three specific components of a successful soundscape -- special effects, dialogue, and music.

Food History host Justin Dodd explains the history of Pad Thai, a tasty noodle recipe that was once considered the official dish of Thailand.

Edward Vega explained why television dialogue seems harder to understand and why younger people use closed captioning to watch television.

A handy Boston Dynamics Atlas robot showcased its workplace talent by bringing a forgotten toolbox to a worker on a scaffold above.

A diver captured gorgeous footage of a cuttlefish camouflaging to match the colors of the surrounding Indonesian underwater flora.

An adorable ginger kitten sitting on the lap of an Italian grandmother was mesmerized by the movement of her hands as she was talking.

MODelivery creates colorful printed circuit board coasters that keep drinks safely in place and hopefully away from actual circuit boards.

Jackson Galaxy shared an amusing definition of floof, specifically as it pertains to cats and how to take care of floofy cats.

Ace Underwater dropped a GoPro into the waters of Navarre Pier in Navarre Beach, Florida, to see what happens underwater when no one is looking.

Rhetty for History compiled a totally tubular list of popular fads from the 1980s, some of which are still available today.

A family in Tasmania adopted a beautiful greyhound they named Claude in 2016, who had never been indoors before.

Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire is known for singing with an incredible vocal range that spans over four octaves.

Rescued baby beavers named Finn and Sawyer busily turned a mud puddle on rescuer Dr. Holley Muraco's yard into a pond.

Brenda of AdoptaCreepyDoll skillfully rescues old and forgotten dolls and gives them new life as ghoulish huggable sculptures.

A boy in the Kings College Choir broke out a yellow balloon, inhaled deeply, and returned to the performance singing in a higher pitch.

Tom Blank of Weird History Food Food looks at the long, sometimes misunderstood, and often fervent history of absinthe.

The Action Lab explains the coefficient of restitution and why a ball can bounce higher than its dropping point is an exception.

Rhetty for History compiled an informative list of popular foods in the US during the 1970s, many of which have since been forgotten.

Little ginger kittens happily took turns playing mom to an adorable brood of baby ducklings, keeping them warm as they slept.

Drew on the Kit accompanied bassist Bret Crowe and Jordan Simons, who rapped the classic Dr. Seuss book "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut".

A beautiful long-haired calico cat named Akkodha has a sweet, trilling meow that makes it sound like she's saying "okay" all the time.

Burl of Burl's Art built a headlining Fender Jazzmaster-style electric guitar out of 700 pages of newspaper print plus a lot of epoxy.