Laughing Squid

Alex Gomberg, afourth generation seltzer man, opened the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum dedicated to the history of the famous fizzy water.

Linguist Arika Okrent wrote a TED Ed lesson regarding complicated nature of the English language and its random inconsistency of spelling.

Weird History Foodexplains the long immigrant historyof bagels and donuts, primarily addressing why these unrelated baked goods both feature holes in the middle.

A wonderfully maternal golden retriever named Harlow watches over her little humans like a soft and furry nanny.

Multi-instrumentalist Tracy Newman explained the 5-string banjo and played the Appalachian folk song "Cripple Creek" on public TV in 1965.

A 1981 Japanese ad for the Honda City compact car and the Honda Motocompo Scooter features the English Ska band Madness.

A robotic spy octopus byJohn Downer inspired a real octopus to do an impression of a number of different sea creatures including the spy.

Joe Fowler and Tyler Swartz attempted to outrun the New York City subway by foot on the streets of Manhattan.

Patrick Santos adds drum tracks to various classical music pieces, making it seem as if percussion was part of the original compositions.

Merriam Webster explained Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome, where the last word of an acronym or abbreviation is added.

A little dog named Lilikoi who lives on Fakarava Island in French Polynesia with her human Emma, goes swimming with nurse sharks every day.

Inspired by the Strandbeest, Aat Dirks and Ad Lakerveld created the Pedaalbeest, a walker that is propelled forward by pedaling backwards.

Alice Cooper's fictional daughter tries to use the lyrics of "School's Out" against him in a 2004 Staples back-to-school commercial.

Crew member Frank Prentice recalled the harrowing moments just before the he realized the Titanic was sinking in a 1979 BBC interview.

Pygmallionaire cleverly designed a 3D printable king that collapses when checkmated during a game of chess.

A hungry husky named Kira adorably licked the screen of a television that was playing a scrumptious close-up video of bacon sizzling in a pan.

Rescue and Restore Shorts demonstrated how a cleverly designed automatic candle extinguisher from 1841 works to snuff out a candle.

Life With Pigs Sanctuary created a "cow carrot drive thru" using the kitchen window which is the perfect size and height for a peckish cow.

A Japanese chef showcased incredible knife skills by separately slicing five avocados into numerous lengthwise slices without stopping.

The Engineer Guy, deconstructed a piece of duct tape in toluene, to explain the history, the engineering, and the usefulness of the product.

Middle-Aged Garage Jam played an amazing cover of the Billy Joel's "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" with "Weird Al" Yankovic on accordion.

Steve Schirripa of "Blue Bloods" and "The Sopranos" offered a sneak peek into his well-dressed dachshund Willieboy's fashion closet.

Reed Timmercaptured high-resolution POV drone footage of a devastating multi-vortex tornadotaking down wind turbines in Greenfield, Iowa.

Gary Zammit of The Screech Owl Sanctuary dressed up like a ghost and used a stork puppet to feet a baby stork who had been abandoned.

Josh Harmon showcased his wonderful skills by recreating the sounds of classic cartoons using everyday objects and his drums.

CinemaStix explains how the music and editing in "Star Wars "is so powerful that the movies can be understood without the use of dialogue.

Multi-instrumentalistDenis Pauna imitated the rich vocals ofJim Morrisonto reimagine "Smoke on the Water" as a song by The Doors.

Edward Vega of Vox explained how the device screens disrupt the production of melatonin and disturb circadian rhythms of a good night sleep.

The Central Park Conservancy of New York City installed pizza box recycling bins in order to curb the activity of the city's rat population.

Junglekeepers found an ailing baby toucan in thePeruvian Amazon and immediately did everything in their power to save the little bird.

Bored whitewater kayakers amusingly paddled their boats down a small stream of water of a drainage ditch in Lions Bay, British Columbia.

Travel With Austin visited Old Car City USA, an outdoor abandoned car museum that sits out in on 35 acres of woods in White, Georgia.

Savannah Geary of SciShow explained how scientists determined the way animals dream, noting that some, like cats, dream like humans.

Postmodern Jukeboxteamed up withAshley Campbell to perform an outlaw country cover of "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths.

A short documentary about the Long Island Bombers, visually impaired athletes who play "Beep Baseball" using a sound driven baseball game.

Sony introduced the Microsurgery Assistance Robot with surgical instruments that can perform precise stitches on a single kernel of corn.

A compassionate couple rescued a wayward sloth who was stranded on the roadside and transported the helpless animal to a nearby tree.

Dermatologist Scott Walter explained a simple hack that lets a worried mind know that it's okay to fall asleep using cognitive shuffling.

Name Explain gave examples of words that have been shortened in the English language and the grammatical terms that govern it.

Niba of SciShow explained how many of the Periodic Table elements exist in the human body and how they work to keep the body healthy.

Incredible videos have been shared of a blue-green meteor seen streaking across the sky over Portugal and Spain on May 18th, 2024.

Hungarian violin and theremin player Katica Illenyi performed a wonderful cover of the original Star Trek theme on a theremin.

RanofKonel Bread made an amusing loaf in the shape of a tuna that when "butchered", the inside revealed the varying pink flesh of a tuna.

LEGOannounced the releaseof anscale model of Barad-dur from "The Lord of the Rings", a 5,471 piece kit to build Sauron's Dark Tower.

Po Powell captured stunning drone footage of the refurbished Battersea Power Station for the 2018 remix of the Pink Floyd album "Animals".

The elegant swans of The Bishop's Palace & Gardens have learned pull on a rope attached to a bell that when it rings, food is dropped.

Quinn Nelson shared his amazement when he discovered the new Apple Pencil casts a virtual shadow of the tool he selected from his iPad menu.

The Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre captured rare footage of a Dana octopus squid with giant bioluminescent "headlights" on its arms.

Aniol Serrasolses and his Red Bull team traveled to the Arctic Circle near Svalbard, to find a perfect waterfall to go over in his kayak.

Robyn Adele Andersonperformedthe classic Mighty Mighty Bosstones song "The Impression That I Get" as a lively swing cover.