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Billy McBee showed how to turn the receiver from a rotary phone into a working low fidelity microphone, which is useful for sound effects.

Musician Julio Ortega played a marching 7/8 beat on his snare drum to accompany the sound of a cat lapping loudly from a bathtub.

Kuronushi creates amazing shadow art portraits using strips of cardboard that are glued together and positioned on top of a cardboard box.

Frej Wedlund tucked a metal whisk between the lowest strings on his guitar and a higher string, creating a cheap but effective delay effect.

Rainn Wilson reunited with former castmate Creed Bratton of "The Office" on a Soul Boom Wisdom Dump livestream Q&A.

"Viewfinder" by Nate Milton is a short nostalgic animation that captures the feeling of being a kid growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Sophia Smith Galer looked into the origins of the word for blue in English and how it vastly differs from those in other languages.

This Date in History shared an amazing act of generosity given from Redd Foxx to Pat Morita, and then paid forward to Robin Williams.

The Zookeeper Guy captured magnificent footage of giraffes gracefully exiting from their stalls and walking over his camera.

"The Receipt" by filmmaker Sam Gainsborough is a clever ad for Co-Op UK that promotes small business through a story told on receipts.

Dr. Erica Brozovsky, PhDof Otherwordsgot aboard to explain the long list of English expressions that originated with sailor jargon.

David Friedman created Gisnep!, an AI-designed daily word puzzle that reveals a drop quote and its source when solved.

Geddy Lee talked to Dan Rather about the incredible friendship between him and his fellow Rush band members Neal Peart and Alex Lifeson.

Show Bits created an animated series of vignettes that portray rock stars using their lyrics literally in random situations.

Koda the Toy Aussie's human put a piece of cheese on the back of a phone to film the dog chasing after the yummy treat.

Alex Shore of The Shore Sanctuary rescued a tiny disabled gosling with numerous genetic defects who grew up to be a lovable silly goose.

Musician Jamie Dupuis played a beautifully poignant fingerstyle cover of the classic Pearl Jam song "Black" on his harp guitar.

Patrick FooteofName Explainlooked at the history and etymology of the seemingly nonsensical term "soap opera".

The rock star robots ofThe Cybertronic Spree played a Transformers heavy metal cover of the Mortal Kombat song "Techno Syndrome".

The School of Lifeoffers comforting advice for the recovering avoidant, in how to find a healthy relationship despite fear of commitment.

Andy Ross of OK Go addressed the infamous Van Halen tour rider rumor regarding the exclusion of green M&Ms in their dressing room.

A super shy, formerly feral calico cat named Butter gained so much confidence know that she tells her human she's ready for dinner.

Reader's Digest analyzed the word "run", one of the shortest yet most complex words in the English language due to its hundreds of meanings.

Today's Homeowner shared a helpful tip about using a fork to easily hang pictures that have a hanging wire in the back.

Julio Ortega humorously added his own drum track to a video of an orange tabby cat meowing in time to the intro of BlursSong 2".

Jon Townsend prepared an 18th century recipe for Salamagundy, a grand salad with a vast array of colorful ingredients arranged just so.

Arthur Dubois conducts sound experiments by combining his snare drum with random items, creating some unique sounds.

In theirWhat If?"series,Randall Munroeand Henry Reichexplained what might happen ifa Magnitude 15 earthquake took place.

The Action Lab conducted an interesting experiment to see if a flying drone would move forward or backwards inside an accelerating truck.

Deanna Director and Billy Hiller created "Eleven Madison Bark", a playful "pup up" to celebrate the 11th birthday of their dog Vincent.

Linguist Rob Watts of RobWords looked back into the ancient past to trace exactly when punctuation was put into regular use.

Linkedin Lyrics hilariously recreates popular songs using names found on the career-oriented social media site LinkedIn.

A golden retriever named Hudson B. Mason played an adorably lazy game of fetch with his human as they faced each other on the floor.

The experienced guides of Scenic Bear Viewing in Homer, Alaska explain why you should never run from a charging bear.

The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina Model BMusic Cabinet is a vintage music cabinet that features three self-playing violins and a piano.

Materials artist "Curly Jo" Hobbs creates highly realistic dogs, donkeys, and other animals out of needle felted wool.

Glissonic Instruments introduced the Glissotar, a unique wind instrument that has a haptic magnetic strip instead of tone holes.

Andrea Chiarini taped a fishing reel to his guitar and spooled it with his left hand as his right hand played an Italian folk song.

Simon Roper read from the 1586 book "Familiar Dialogues" by Jacques Bellot examining the sentence structure of each phrase.

Drummer Tom Mueller amusingly used a noisy yet rhythmic fan to accompany him as a backup heavy metal band.

Hank GreenofSciShow analyzed the ongoing debate between those who feel that analog music is far superior than digital music and vice versa.

Wondrous Walk explained the incredible diversity in the way different animals literally see the world, focusing on their pupils.

Ulysses Owens Jr. and his band Generation Y were challenged to play a jazz version of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" on the spot.

The comedy team of Austin & Colin composed and performed a catchy little tune about picking up random sticks in the woods.

Realtor Steven Cohen stood on a gorgeous New York City stoop to explain the real reason for these beautiful architectural features.

A newly hatched bird who was incubated by A Chick Called Albert, revealed her beautiful beak featuring what looks like blue "gems".

The History Guy explains the history behind apple pie and how it ended up becoming a patriotic symbol of the United States.

New York City tour guide Jeffrey Harnish explained how anyone can take photos of themselves using traffic light cameras in the city.

ATED-Edlesson written by Max G. Levy explains the history of Kevlar fabric and its amazing ability to stop bullets.

San Francisco artist and prankster Pablo Rochat ingeniously recreated the bouncing DVD logo with imprinted butter in a hot pan.