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John C. Worsley created a Star Trek themed cover of the classic Darlene Love song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".

Max MillerofTasting History prepared Victorian sugar plums, a candied confection that does not contain any plums whatsoever.

Erik Stix verbally mashed together the words of "The Night Before Christmas" with the melody of the classic Cake song "The Distance".

"The Badger, The Rabbit, and Billy" is an amusing animation by Birdbox Studio about a badger urging a young rabbit to go and find himself.

Two athletic Cornish Rex cats named Arya and Keiko adorably took turns leapfrogging over each other while running on an exercise wheel.

VocalistGeoff Castellucciperformed a low bass cover of the classic Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" in five-part harmony.

Great Big Story visited the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights and looked inside the homes of those who light up south Brooklyn every year.

PBS Nova spoke with physiology experts and competitors to find out what happens to the human body during speed eating competitions.

Julie Nashawaty of South End Pet Sitting shared the story of Luna, a Maine Coon cat who spent 12 years in a rabbit cage in a hoarder's house.

Mike MacCracken dressed up in a ghillie suit and blended into the bushes and trees to play extreme hide and seek with his dog Ellie.

Episodes of the influential MTV animation series "Liquid Television" are available to watch for free on YouTube and on the Internet Archive.

Liquid Death and Depends introduced the "Pit Diaper", a badass brief that lets users relieve themselves safely while in a mosh pit.

The Anvy Luna Store is selling a shiny open-mouthed human skull aerator that looks like it is vomiting wine into your glass when pouring.

Derrick Gee explained why there is a display of free Ricola cough drops at the Elbphilharmonie Symphony Hall in Hamburg, Germany.

Cameron Cortinas did amazing impressios of the Rankin/Bass characters Kris Kringle and Winter Warlock from "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.

Thomas Deininger creates gorgeous optical illusion sculptures of birds, many of which are endangered or extinct, out of discarded toys.

Arum Natzorkhang seamlessly pronounced the every iteration of English swear words as they evolved from 5000 BCE to 2024 CE.

Minion, the little dog who tried to kick a sleeping cat out of his bed, was given a custom umbrella to carry in his mouth on a rainy day.

While out shopping, a little boy named Auggie Rooney was told to follow his father's instructions to pick out a toy that fits in one hand.

A determined orange cat who tried to escape a Tennessee yard was bodychecked by a big black dog who didn't want him to leave.

The Confused Breakfast podcast discussed a fan theory that "Back to the Future" and "The Goonies" both took place on October 26, 1985.

Tharoth put together a humorous compilation that compares specific scenes from "Tom and Jerry" with real cats in similar situations.

John C. Worsley created a mashup of Star Trek characters singing the John Lennon holiday song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" word by word.

Deedy Das instructed OpenAI's Sora to generate videos of gymnastics floor routines, resulting in some very surreal outputs.

A tiny baby possum who was found inside Toni MK's couch fully adopted a gorgeous orange cat named Oliver as his "mother".

PopMojo put together a funny compilation of Saturday Night Live cast members doing celebrity impressions in front of the actual celebrity.

Shadow of Secrets shared hilarious compilations of cats drifting like cars into turns, scrabbling their feet to find traction on hard surface floors.

Jamie Dupuis performed a gorgeous fingerstyle cover of the classic Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" on a beautiful 26 string harp guitar.

Bernard Littman and Marjorie Fiterman set the Guinness World Record for the "Oldest couple to marry (aggregate age)".

David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely, recalled a heartfelt episode in 1998 when LeVar Burton came by to visit "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood".

The human belonging to Ellie the Tabby pretended that his beloved cat was an adorable set of bagpipes that he played with her tail.

After Skoolvividly illustrated the teachings of Marcus Aurelius, who wrote about the power of being indifferent to that which is out of control.

Different musicians transposed an aerial photo of cross-country skiers that look like notes on a musical staff into an actual song.

Sky Elements Drones and Uvify set a Guinness World Record for the largest aerial display of a gingerbread village image".

Veritasium spoke with Theo Jansen, the inventor of the Strandbeests, to learn more about the remarkable evolution of engineering behind them.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)has created a bird-inspired robotic drone that can walk, hop, and leap into the air.

A beautiful pit bull named Macey runs to the ice cream truck that comes around every Wednesday for her weekly sweet treat.

Dr. Gustavo Gosling, an otolaryngologist (ENT) in Rio de Janeiro, demonstrated the incredible ease of a portable, wearable exoskeleton chair that he had strapped on over his scrubs.

Mark Rober decided to test the intelligence of a clever crow named Cheryl with a challenging series of puzzles to solve.

There I Ruined Itcreated a merry mashup that features the lyrics of Lil Jon's "Get Low" sung to Burl Ives' "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas".

Tom BetGeorgeofMagical Light Shows shared his annual Christmas light show featuring three chatty Christmas trees that added a little spark.

The Jeff and Lauren Show shared a number of very helpful tips for packing items that could otherwise get lost or broken while traveling.

Ellen Moffat captured the adorable scene of her kitten Cricket, who was exploring the piano, jumping whenever a chord was played.

Luxury real estate agentErik Conover toured a 400 year old mansion in Gramercy Park that was built in Amsterdam and reassembled in NYC.

Zac Alsop tested the old adage "like a bull in a China Shop" in real life, getting a real bull to wander around a real China shop of his own design.

The inimitable 98 year old Dick Van Dyke danced barefoot on his patio for a Coldplay musical tribute with their song "All My Love".

A hilarious SCTV sketch from 1981 showed how busy singer Michael McDonald was while working as a session vocalist in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jordan Howlett cleverly turned a Mega Heat Ray Breath Godzilla into a humidifier for his plants using the toy's misting breath feature.

A police officer in Illinois used his own vehicle to save a pregnant woman from plunging into a nearby lake after she lost control of her car.

Internacional de Electronica shared footage of a Sharp VZ-1600 stereo with a linear tracking turntable that plays both sides of a record.