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A very lively cat enjoys playing hide and seek and other games with her favorite young pajamaed human on a daily basis.

Wildlife rescuer Joe Rocco of The Broken Antler came to the rescue a young fawn who deliberately was shot with a practice arrow.

Matthieu Livingston created "Wet Paint", a documentary about Robert Pammen, the last painter of the iconic red telephone boxes in London.

Shirin Abedinirad created "Reflective Journey", a VR installation featuring doors and mirrors salvaged from the 2023 Turkish earthquake.

A lovebird named Ku-chan made his jealous feelings perfectly clear when his human Bettyco was petting a tiny rubber ducky instead of him.

A sneaky dog moved his nose next to the Cheeto that an unsuspecting hamster was eating and stole the cheese puff for himself.

A Colombian musician picked up his pan flute and performed a catchy duet with a noisy washing machine that provided a decent beat.

Percussionist Jeremie Carrier played fifteen different notes on a marimba, each at a cascading interval difference of two beats per minute.

A colorful 84 year old blind Amazon parrot named Koko, who was born in 1940, finally found a permanent loving home after years of abuse.

Rene Carbajal, the senior aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, showed what it's like to take care of their resident giant Pacific octopuses.

Former airline employee Darby Maloney shared a very helpful hack to keeping track of any airline flight with an iPhone.

Great Big Story visited Vlad Kreimer at SOMA Laboratory in Warsaw, Poland where he builds incredible experimental electronic instruments.

"Help I'm On Fire" traveled to Forks, Washington, to meet John Anderson, an extreme beachcomber who opened a museum for all his finds.

A pack of adorable Corgi puppies joined a yoga class at Sirdies Joga in Vilnius, Lithuania, causing disruption everywhere they went.

Pianist Loren DiGiorgi musically reimagined famous classical composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Brahms as lounge pianists.

WordTips compiled an interesting set of data that plots the literal meaning of US states and cities on maps of each quadrant of the country.

A pair of guinea pigs named Wilbur and Milo engaged in an adorable parsley eating contest while sitting in lovely blue an white floral bowls.

Polish puppeteer Lukasz Puczko and his realistic dog marionette Burek, hilariously interacted with an audience member's lookalike pet dog.

A big beautiful Newfoundland dog named Cocoa absolutely insists upon using the kitchen counter as her bed over anything else in the house.

Max MillerofTasting History prepared a waffle recipe from 1714 while talking about the history of waffles.

The Paint Explainergave detailed examples of evert famous optical illusion over the course of eight dizzying minutes.

SUCK UK created a bitchin' cardboard cat scratchpad that looks a lot like a Moog analog synthesizer from the 1980s.

Artist Mong Sweets prepared a mouth-watering, four-course fine dining meal model made completely out of Play-Doh.

Men in Almaty, Kazakhstan used a ladder to rescue a black cat who had gotten stranded on a very narrow ledge on the side of a river canal.

The BBC series Tonight visited a group of men in Rochdale, England who conducted bullfights with bikes instead of bulls.

A little boy bravely approached a giant excavator that filled his bright yellow toy dump truck with dirt from the construction site.

LinguistRob WattsofRobWordslooks at the etymological origins behind the names of all 50 states within the United States.

"I Did Not Know That" took a nostalgic look at the game show "The Dating Game", noting how many celebrities appeared before they were famous.

A sweet golden retriever named Aldo works for Parque Dental in Quito, Ecuador providing comfort to children who are afraid of the dentist.

A bale of turtles in a pond worked together to come to the rescue of a desperately flapping turtle who was upside down.

"Listening In" looks at the origin of the poignant W.H. Auden poem "Stop All the Clocks" which was recited in "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

Olly Richards offered very colorful descriptions of each letter in the English alphabet, noting the imagery and origins of each sound.

Gavin HeffernanandHarun Mehmedinoviccaptured stunning timelapse of Joshua Tree National Park going from day to night

BenjaminBar performed a meditative cover of the traditional Middle-Eastern song "Misirlou" on Mulatar, a bespoke string instrument.

A pair of magnetic toy cars cleverly transform into a beautiful unicorn when they crash into each other in just the right way.

Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Swisher performed a musical medley encompassing ten different styles of punk music.

Felix Hell traveled to Atlantic City to play a tribute to JS Bach on the world's largest pipe organ at the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium.

Frozen Planet II shows how how hibernating painted turtles in the Arctic slowly defrost back to life when Spring comes to melt the ice.

Percussionist Ralph Alexander performed a furious cover of the Aphex Twin song Come to Daddy" on drums, which was no easy task.

MoviesBestBits put together a hilarious compilation of bloopers with Robin Williams from the 1998semi-biographical film "Patch Adams".

A devoted kitten named Ruby was rescued off the streets of Cyprus by Rico, a compassionate man who had never had animals before.

Seb Skellyperformed a smoothly arrangedcover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" on five different brass horns.

There I Ruined It reimagined the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sound of Silence" with lyrics from Sir Mix-A-Lot'sBaby Got Back."

Oxford Sparks explained why walking backward with your hand in a claw grip over a coffee mug will reduce sloshing and accidental spills.

An eclectus parrot who was sitting on a man's shoulder was so startled by the new doorbell that he tried to take off while still attached.

Thetalentedtrio ofFoggy Mountain Spaceshipperformed a folksy banjo cover of The Police song "Walking on the Moon".

Glenn Fleishman is raising funds through Kickstarter to publish his book "How Comics Were Made: a Visual History of Printing Cartoons".

A robotic spy pig byJohn Downernavigated the warm waters of The Bahamas, swimming with the famous swimming pigs of the Exumas.

Doc Pop spoke with Laughing Squid partner John Law about his unique office in the upper annex of the seminal Oakland Tribune Tower.

LetThemTalkTVexplains whyEnglish became the global common language despite the fact that it almost died in the 12th Century.