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A smiling Tom Morello of Rage Against Machine joined the great Jackson Browne on stage to play "Take It Easy" and other songs.

Great Big Story spoke with three musicians about their passion for recycling trash, turning it into instruments of their own design.

PBS Nova took a look at how the new LaGuardia Airport handles 6,000 checked bags per hour, noting how the system sniffs out bombs and other dangerous items.

Connor Creates fashioned a pair of shoes made out of flame retardant pineapple skin so he could walk through fire.

While out in the yard, a tabby cat caught sight of a caterpillar rolling around on the ground and began imitating the insect.

Nirvana reunited during FireAid in Los Angeles, playing four songs with St. Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Violet Grohl singing lead.

The loving human to an adorable goldendoodle named Murphy, replaced the dog's missing eye with a stick-on googly eye.

Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan recreated their iconic "When Harry Met Sally" scene at Katz's Deli in NYC for a Hellmann's Super Bowl commercial.

Dr. Erica Brozovskyof Otherwords explained the Latin-Germanic origins of body part names and how they turned into the words we use today.

The Slow Mo Guys, who previously captured super slow motion footage two paintballs colliding in mid-air, added a third paintball into the mix.

"Ada" is a five episode animated series about a graduate who explores various scenarios about the ever-evolving use of technology.

Dodford compiled a number of interviews with Quentin Tarantino that explain how he came to the realization of wanting to be a filmmaker.

Dr. Erica Brozovskyof Otherwords dressed up in her best 1980s fashion to recall some of the best slang terms from that era.

SciShow explained why humans have wisdom teeth, an evolutionary trait from a time when humans had larger mouths and smaller brains.

Photographer Brad Gillette put together an adorable compilation of sleep raccoons inside the garage of his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Oz Rodriguez and Questlove directed a special that features hundreds of musical guests on "Saturday Night Live" during the 50 years on-air.

CGP Grey explains how zip codes are assigned in the US and around the world using analog number geolocating patterns.

Andrew of Hypno Motion created a delectable stop motion animation showing a LEGO double cheeseburger being made.

Steve Birnbaum of The Band Was Here cleverly matches album covers and artist photos with the original locations where they were photographed.

Wesley Grubbs created InflataCart, a handy app that lets users track the cost of grocery items based on inflation levels.

Zak Miskry built two kinetic sculptures, a dragonfly and a firefly with a working light, using scrap metal and recycled electronics.

Niall Harbison and his Happy Doggo team feed over 1000 street dogs in Thailand with nutritious and hearty meals every day.

Stuart Smillie of Great Big Story traveled from London to Edinburgh, Scotland to learn how to play the bagpipes in an hour.

The auto enthusiasts of Garage 54 built a working car engine for an old Lada sedan using 50 cordless drills.

Canmaster Smash cleverly placed a massage gun against a metal shed to add a cool reverberating sound while playing drums.

Ozzy Man provided voices for a pair of perplexed golden retrievers who wanted to retrieve a yellow tennis ball at the bottom of the pool.

BRUTALMENACE created long twisty high speed Hot Wheels track that runs through the house, out the back door, and into a park.

A man who was was upset by a car that cut him off, angrily brushed off the snow from their back window in a case of "Canadian Road Rage".

Bob Weir spoke about The Grateful Dead's taper ticketing, putting Deadheads recording shows into a specific area of the concert venue.

A compassionate man named Prohor captured adorable footage of a hungry hedgehog who queued up for a turn at a yummy free meal.

Hittesh Patel performs finger and toe tutting routines that are so intricate and precise that his limbs appear to be robotic.

Soupy Garbage Juice composed an entertaining song about feeding his picky female cats at 6:00 PM (18:00) sharp.

Steve Welsh musicallyreimagined the poignant Nine Inch Nails song "Hurt" as a gravelly Alice in Chains grunge song.

Jonathan Vigliotti of CBS News broke into a house and rescued three dogs trapped inside during the tragic Palisade Fire in Los Angeles.

Cree Ossner (Creezy) built a remarkable outdoor 70 step Rube Goldberg style chain reaction basketball trick shot.

A 33 year old one-eyed flying fox who spent most of his life in a cage, enjoyed his sunset years at the Bat World Sanctuary in Texas.

Adam Savage was given a new Pez dispenser with a duck, like the one in "Silo", with the assignment to weather it appropriately for Comic-Con.

11 year old Paisley Gardner, who is an unlikely fan of singer Michael McDonald, was given a chance to meet her musical idol.

A sneaky squirrel stole a cupcake from a set of four that were delivered to Casey Bard's doorstep for his twins' birthday.

The Zeus the Pomsky YouTube channel explained the real difference between cats and dogs in terms of human age.

Les Fo'Plafonds performed an amazing cover of the Depeche Mode song "Just Can't Get Enough" on a variety of household items.

Burl ofBurl's Art and his buddy Packard built two gorgeous hand crafted electric guitars that were made with translucent stone.

An incredibly clever octopus named Marty quite adeptly figured out how to open a tightly sealed jar on the first try.

A husky named Belle used her nose to open the door to the rabbit cage and fit her entire body inside so she could say hello to the bunnies.

A Ted-Ed Lesson written by Hei Man Chan explains how cholesterol forms in the body and the difference between good and bad cholesterol.

Shinichi Furuya and his team at Sony CSL found that a therapeutic robotic hand exoskeleton also increases the dexterity of expert pianists.

DJ Keebz turned the Pac-Man theme into an impromptu beat flip while performing at the Lo-Fi Festival in Portland, Oregon.

Adam Aleksic, a self-described etymology nerd, explained linguistic misconceptions of the "gay accent" or "gay voice".

Experienced outdoorsman Steve Wallis shared what it was like to camp inside a long abandoned water pipe.

Composer Angelo Badalamentiquite eloquently explained how he wrote "Laura Palmer's Theme" with David Lynch for the series "Twin Peaks".