Laughing Squid

Captain Pikant dove deep into the percussive history of Kraftwerk, noting how their minimalism influenced Hip-Hop and Techno.

Moyun, a talented Hong Kong musician played a gorgeous cover of the iconic Eagles song "Hotel California" on traditional Chinese guzheng.

omozoc created a stop motion animation about a childhood goal and a little blue toy car that helps propel a sleeping man to get out of bed.

The all-robotic One Hacker Band covered the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" with a green robotic head singing the lyrics.

Max Cooper played a clever mashup of The Jackson 5 song "I Want You Back" and the Super Mario Bros. theme on piano, per request.

Global Data created a 3D animation that compares the scale size of different flying creatures, both living and extinct.

Brett Goldstein played an amusing yet unbeknownst game of "Hide and Seek" with Elmo and Grover on Sesame Street for the letter G.

A pair of gentle giraffes at the Oregon Zoo used their long black tongues to accept carrots and leaves from their handler's hand.

40 Fingers played an incredibly vibrant, multi-layered cover of the iconic Earth Wind and Fire song "September" on four acoustic guitars.

Phil Edwards, who works as a senior video producer for Vox, looked into why AI art has so much trouble accurately reproducing hands.

Boogiehead created a massive video compilation of the most popular songs from each month between the years 1980 and 2022.

Researchers at The University of Western Australia filmed a previously unseen snailfish, the deepest fish ever captured on video.

Skier Frances Zuber dug out a snowboarder who was buried upside down in the snow after he crashed into a tree.

Shropshire Cat Rescue gave an adorably informative tour of their wonderful cottage-filled retirement village for senior rescued cats.

Klangphonics, a German electronic trio that creates techno music with acoustic instruments, used a power washer as an instrument.

WTD created an adorable 3D animation comparing the size of purebred dogs from smallest to largest (in height).

Phil Collins sat down with Dan Rather in 2016 to discuss, among other things, his iconic drum fill on the hit song "In the Air Tonight".

Classic footage shows Dave Grohl at the age of sixteen playing drums in his then DC area punk band Mission Impossible in 1985

An incredibly attentive dog keeps a watchful eye on an active baby to make sure that she doesn't crawl away and into something that could hurt her.

Kate Yoshida of Minute Food looked at why a number of bitter foods taste good to us when bitterness was once a warning of danger.

Everything Is Hacked cleverly used an obscure hand-signal flag semaphore system to turn himself into a human keyboard.

Rhetty for History looked back on items, inventions, and machines that were ubiquitous in past years but harder to find now.

A supergroup performed a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd during the 2023 CMT Awards with a medley of "Simple Man" and "Sweet Home Alabama".

A compassionate man jumped fully clothed into the Grand Union Canal in Market Harborough, England, to save a baby fox from certain drowning.

Dance teacher Gracie Holloway gracefully ballet danced with her new baby in a front-facing carrier on her chest.

Simon Whistler of "Today I Found Out" looked back at how a buzzy broken guitar amplifier on the record "Rocket 88" changed musical history.

Weird History Food looks at the history of macaroni and cheese, noting how it was served in Europe before coming to the US via James Hemmings.

In a TED-Ed lesson written by Malachy McHugh and directed by Sofia Pashaei, narrator Addison Anderson explains the physiology of stretching.

CGP Grey humorously graded the state flags of the United States noting how several of th flags violated the basic tenets of design.

A loyal Australian shepherd watches over his human, jumping on her to get her to sit down when she's about to faint.

A playful young deer happily splashed around a rain puddle with the Harris family, who was doing the same.

An animation by Dean Soups features two disinterested foley artists in the studio tom make subject-appropriate sounds for an upcoming film.

Dire Straits made their TV debut on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in 1978, where they played their yet-to-be-released song "Sultans of Swing".

Chris Gillette of Florida's Wildest visited the Everglades Outpost and calmly hand-fed the numerous rescued resident alligators by name.

While the Oakdale Veterinary Group was constructing a new clinic, the staff walked the resident dog across the wet cement of the new walkway.

Erika Michelle captured footage of her grandmother calling to the deer in the woods near her home like Snow White.

A beautiful tiger named Susu, who spent her entire life in chains, took her first steps as a free feline at the Wildlife Friends Foundation sanctuary

A rescued pig at Little Woods Animal Sanctuary in Mecosta, Michigan has a specific routine for when her humans tuck her in at night.

Great Big Story spoke with British artist Willard Wigan about his amazingly detailed yet lilliputian sculptures that fit into the eye of a needle.

Joanna Fang explained how she makes realistic sound effects for video games such as "God of War: Ragnarök" by painting with sound.

Hamill provided his distinctive voice to the Jedi-themed, English version of the Ukraine Air Alert mobile app that warns users of emergencies.

Daniel Le edited himself into "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and screened it at a movie theater in order to propose to his girlfriend.

Hannah Helsel celebrated her chocolate Lab's birthday with a clever doggie piñata that was released with the pull of a dangling tennis ball.

Mockingbird Farm Sanctuary rescued an elder goat and an elder steer who remain best friends, providing comfort to each other.

Adam Savage visited the legendary Jim Henson's Creature Shop in Burbank, California, to learn how talented puppeteers bring puppets to life.

Boylei Hobby Time turned the Statue of Liberty into a torch-wielding defender against an attacking T. Rex in a clever model mashup.

John Frances Daly, Martin Starr, and Samm Levine from "Freaks and Geeks" play D&D in a promo for the new Dungeons & Dragons movie.

Ian Haggerty dove down 12 meters (39.4 feet) to discover what happens when an egg is cracked underwater.

Global Data created a marvelous 3D animation comparing the size of Marvel superheroes and villains from smallest to largest.

"Asteroid City" is a retro-futuristic Wes Anderson film that takes place during the "Junior Stargazer" convention in a fictional desert town.