Laughing Squid

Celebreabird shared the story of how a man named Sam Gamgee wrote J.R.R. Tolkien in 1956 after he found out that his name was used in LOTR.

Posha is a small kitchen robot that sits on a countertop and automatically cooks programmed recipes with fresh ingredients.

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs covered Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" in the style of David Bowie' "Let's Dance".

Leigh Lahav and Oren Mendez created "Severance for Introverts" for those like to spend time indoors while their outie faces the real world.

Artist Brooke Connor explained how people created "emojis" on typewriters during the mid-20th century by typing combinations of characters.

In a quenching TED-Ed Lesson, Manish Kumar explains what happens to the human body when saltwater from the ocean is ingested.

Half-Asleep Chris built ten different cat forts, each of different materials, inside his house to see how his kittieswould react to them.

The Harp Twins joined with the Volfgang Twins to perform a Nordic inspired drum and harp cover of the classic Black Sabbath song "Paranoid".

GingerofOz was so inspired the illustration "Playstacean" that he built a real-life version with a PSOne and 3D-printed orange plastic.

Kurzgesagtexplains how the human brain edits time and space on a completely different plane, constructing a predictive reality.

JunkboxAI turned the unique characters of "Severance" and co-creator Ben Stiller into babies using a combination of art and AI.

Nahre Sol spoke about 19th century Czech composer Leo Janacek who used the melodies and rhythms of speech in his distinctive compositions.

German champion bread sommelier Axel Schmitt has perfected the art of sourdough bread by playing heavy metal music to speed up fermentation.

Tattoo Cartoo animated the four bars of a Black Flag tattoo making them sing a song about the tattoo owner's son thinking they are iPhones.

A little munchkin cat named Ringo adorably "jumped" into perfectly shaped white outlines and then froze in sync with the beat of the music.

Dr. Erica Brozovskyof Otherwords explained the evolution of the universally understood term "OK" and its alliterative form "okay".

Bloxsyperformed a nostalgic medley of 18 iconic guitar riffs from the 1950s, expertly playing some of the most famous sounds of the decade.

Artist HOXXOH put a subwoofer on a track, attached a hose and used the beat coming out of it to paint distinctive patterns on the wall.

"Shopping for Superman" is a powerful documentary that tells origin story of independent comic book shops across the United States.

A stubborn parrot named Nelson was not pleased when his human brought home a puppy but the bird eventually came to love the dog.

Musician Sam Griffin noted the innie and outie variations within the "Severance" theme and played the song beautifully on classical guitar.

It's History traveled to Sweden todive into the history of Vasa, a 17th century warship that sunk within minutes of setting sail.

Busted" is an amusing animated short in which a husband comes home early for work and finds a naked man hiding around his house.

Brian David Gilbert created a delightful 1990s style computer animation featuring an enthusiastic frog playing the trumpet.

Map historian Daniel Steiner talked about how Spanish Conquistadors in the late 18th laid out the map for the city of Los Angeles.

Adrian Smith of Ant Lab captured slow motion video of 23 species of insects to compare how each species takes flight.

A pit bull named Ginger channels her beautiful maternal instincts to the many foster kittens and cats who come through her rescuer's home.

Jack Coyne of Public Opinion went on an incredible tour of the landmark Steinway & Sons piano factory in Astoria, Queens.

"Bill's Records" by Chuck Przybyl is a short documentary about Bill Wisener, the owner of Bill's Records and Tapes in Dallas.

The "Back to the Future" Blu-Ray included a series of auditions that took place in 1984 for roles in the first movie of the franchise.

A cool cat named Fitz who lives in Canada, loves to get all bundled up in a warm coat and his oversized "bat-eared" hat to go for sled rides.

Reel Knewz captured footage of the infamous "Atherstone Ball Game", an annual town-wide football game that started in the year 1199.

Hormuz Island in Iran has a beach with incredible red sand that when it rains, looks like the land is bleeding into the sea.

Liquid Death partnered with Kylie Kelce of "Not Gonna Lie" to introduce "Kegs for Pregs", a limited edition pony keg of natural spring water.

Visual artist Peter Quinn paid tribute to John Cleese with a hilarious video that features the comedian falling prey to "Monty Python" jokes.

The determined stick figure fromAlan Beckers animated series"Animator vs." helped out a friend who was stuck in the throes of addiction.

Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal uses bats to provide to protect their priceless books from insect damage.

A baby rhino in Nepal followed their momma and mimicked everything she did, while momma did everything she could to keep her baby safe.

Charles Cornelltook a look at the opening theme for "Severance", noting how dissonance and consonance act like innies and outies.

A disgruntled Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) complained to Paul Shaffer about the original "Spinal Tap" movie, saying it was a hatchet job.

GPTARS used an AI program with a Big Mouth Billy Bass to give the fish an Austrian accent to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger to inspire workouts.

Animal rescuer Alex Blumberg tossed aside her claustrophobia and crawled inside a sewer pipe to rescue puppies who were stuck inside.

While appearing on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" in 1994, late great David Johansen casually talked about punk rock and The Catskills.

Tom Morello and the band Grandson performed "One Last Dance" from the movie "Venom: The Last Dance" with Morello's teenage son Roman.

Joe Porter played a lick from the classic Weezer song "Buddy Holly" on a variety of different and unusual instruments.

Andy Huggins is a septuagenarian comedian from Houston who tells jokes that make fun of his old age and elder stereotypes.

Magnify explained how President John F. Kennedy's favorite James Bond film "Dr. No" inspired men to start wearing blue shirts to work.

Name Explainlooked at why the Philippines is spelled with a "Ph" while its residents are called Filipinos, which starts with an "F".

Dr. Emily ZarkaofMonstrum looks at the phenomenon of seeing a shadowy man in a wide brim hat appearing during episodes of sleep paralysis.

The Southern California band Airbase Parkway performed an incredible bluesy cover of the distinctive intro theme for Severance.