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Stephen Orlando submitted aLEGO Ideasdesign for a fold-out recreation of Pee-wee's Playhouse, featuring all of Pee-wee's friends.

Laura Linney read a beautifully heartfelt letter that fellow actress Fay Wray wrote to her gargantuan co-star King Kong.

Dan Mancina built a fully adaptive skatepark for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, as well as those with physical disabilities.

Wes Anderson sat down with Vanity Fair to talk about every movie he has made and how his vision for each one came to colorful life.

Nerdstalgic explains the audition process for "Saturday Night Live" and why it was so nerve-wracking for performers.

Physicists at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England used nanolithography to create the world's smallest violin.

The Bell Brothers dramatically inserted Big Bird from "Sesame Street" into pivotal scenes from the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds".

NetbyMatt created WeatherSTAR 4000+, a retro local weather forecast that mimics those seen in the 1990s on The Weather Channel.

The Art of Storytelling analyzed "Darmok" from Star Trek: TNG" and how it dealt with communication among those speaking different languages.

"The Weird Number" is an amusing educational cartoon from 1971 that features personified numbers who learn about mysterious fractions.

Matt Beatlooked at the enigmatic duo of Daft Punk, noting how they broke boundaries while bringing electronic music to the forefront.

Artist qiaobiangugu creates gorgeous calligraphy using colored powders and a razor blade to shape the powder into letters.

Trust Me Bro explained rather graphically what the process of dying would look like on every planet and how quickly it would occur.

Bebe Buckskin and her band performed an incredible cover of the Led Zeppelin anthem "Immigrant Song" in her native Cree language.

The Talking Heads released the first official music video for their hit song "Psycho Killer", 48 years after the song's release in 1977.

Adam Savage visited with animatronics expert Mark Setrakian to learn more about "The Stalker", an incredibly sturdy five-legged robot.

Fabricio H. Franzoli performed the classic "Popeye" cartoon theme using custom sparking plasma speakers that he built.

Hyundai Motor Group shared an amusing video showing their car parking robots gracefully parking cars like dancers in a ballet.

Tom Blank of Weird History Food dove deep into the history of hamburgers in the United States and the popular brands associated with them.

Researchers at the Australian National University discovered that wild cockatoos learned to drink from water fountains designed for humans.

Weird History narrated an incredible four hour video that encompassed the entire history of notable events that occurred during the 1990s.

A TED-Ed lesson explains how dragon lore, which exists across multiple cultures, gives insight into the history of each region.

Designer Julie Khuu optimized Jerry Seinfeld's Upper West Side apartment utilizing her interior design expertise and Feng Shui principles.

Bill McClintock combined the Ray Charles song "Hit the Road Jack" with Van Halen's "Bottoms Up" and "I'm the One" for a very snappy mashup.

The 1942 Looney Tunes cartoon "A Tale of Two Kitties" is the first time that Tweety Bird ever uttered "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!"

Jamie Dupuisperformed a spellbinding cover of the classic Chris Isaak song "Wicked Game" on his signature 26 string harp guitar.

Composer Gustavo Santaolalla performed his theme from "The Last of Us" on multiple instruments, including a Guitarocko".

Rhetty for History explored some of the popular brands and products that started out under different names that didn't work out as well.

James Hoffmann explains how Starbucks' acquisition of Clover machines led to the popularity of V60 pour-over coffee.

Travis Bible created a clever video using Google Veo 3 about how deepfakes can deceive people we care about, such as parents and grandparents.

Lynyrd Skynyrd released the first official video for their classic 1973 song "Free Bird" more than half a century after the song's debut.

Puddles Pity Party performed a mournful cover of the Pee-wee's Playhouse theme song in memory of his friend Paul Reubens.

Ze Frank examines the incredible physiology of beetles in an amusing episode of his"True Facts"series.

Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory discovered that cuttlefish passed a delayed gratification test originally designed for children.

JK Brickworks created an amusing mechanical LEGO model of the meme of Homer Simpson emerging from and then backing into the bushes.

TheBell Brothers inserted a happily vacuuming Mrs. Doubtfire cleaning up around recognizable scenes from other movies and TV shows.

A 1975 episode of the BBC series "Horizon" examines the psychology of music, exploring how music of any type can evoke certain feelings.

Synthet looked at the "Orchestra Hit", a famous staccato sample that came from Igor Stravinsky's 1910 composition "The Firebird Suite".

The 1920s Channel looked at the colorful history behind Flappers, noting how the style was a rebellion to previous conservative eras.

demonflyingfox makes fun of influencers attempting "Impossible Challenges" with hilariously absurd AI generated videos created using Google Veo 3.

Hashem Al-Ghaili used Google's Veo 3 create a dystopian "documentary" about the incomplete lives of AI generated actors in between prompts.

Burl of Burl's Art revisited his amazing project of building a guitar using 1200 colored pencils with a gorgeous new geometric design.

Comedian Myles Toe took a look at the Lower East Side and the dichotomy between the historical working class and the visiting wealth.

A paralyzed rescued cat named HarPURR uses his custom wheelchair to zoom around inside and outside his home at Mojo's Hope in Anchorage.

Rob Wiethoff, who voices the role of John Marston in "Red Dead Redemption", finally played the original game 15 years after its release.

Xiaomanyc studied at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys to learn how to speak the language of dolphins and tested it out.

A demonstration of the incredible hand-eye coordination of sorting rice by color using only a pair of chopsticks.

NIBIO and the University of Southern Denmark developed Skyplanter, an ingenious, non-invasive drone-mounted seedling planting system.

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden explained the history of how codpieces were used in heavy metal in the 1989 documentary "Arena: Heavy Metal".

The What If?" series explained the impracticality of mounting a flamethrower to the front of a car to melt snow while driving.