Laughing Squid

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.

CGP Grey explains how the True South Flag of Antarctica came to be in 2020 after another design by EA became the de-facto flag in 1997.

Technology Connections looked at how vinyl records hold sound and how a single stylus can create two separate sound channels.

Jean-Yves Blondeau created an incredible wearable rollerblade suit that features wheels at strategic body points to allow for smooth riding.

"Me and Coolio Down by the Schoolyard" is a clever mashup by DJ Cummerbund that combines iconic songs by Paul Simon and Coolio.

A self-described dog person named Greg opened his mind to felines when a big-eyed, short-eared kitten named Mochi joined his family.

Rob Watts of RobWords looks at the origins of highly descriptive collective nouns within the English language.

Filmmaker Mikhail Parkhomenko wrote and filmed a one-take thriller inside a long tunnel shot entirely on an FPV drone.

Rhetty for History looked back on the candies and candy bars that have been discontinued over the last century.

A photographer captured absolutely stunning footage of the Aurora Borealis as it streamed over the skies of Coldfoot, Alaska.

A gregarious cat named Meatball (Beefy) adores accompanying his beloved human wherever she goes, especially when she goes shopping.

Professional street trials rider Danny MacAskill rode across to top of a tennis net on his bicycle while visiting San Francisco.

David Bowie performed his iconic anthems, "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes" while appearing on "The Tonight Show" in 1980.

Airrack (Eric Decker) partnered with Pizza Hut to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest pizza.

Ilia Savosin strapped on two office chair wheelbases and rode them as if they were a pair of roller skates.

Adorably nosy giraffes at the Giraffe Manor Hotel in Nairobi poked their heads into the breakfast room to see if there was any breakfast left.

An adorable lilac-point kitten and a gorgeous yellow-headed amazon parrot napped peacefully together inside a wooden birdhouse.

Dr. Erica Brozovsky, PhD of Otherwords, digs into the etymological origins of the names for traditional alcoholic drinks.

The Special Forces Challenge is an AR TikTok filter that challenges viewers to do a pushup plank as long as they can.

Epic Games debuted their updated MetaHuman Animator for Unreal Engine 5, with real-time facial model animation using an iPhone camera.

Cartoonist Nick Filippou shared beautiful footage of his beloved rescue cat Minnie meeting his newborn baby for the very first time.

Tom Blank of Weird History Food looks at some of the most creative innovations and ideas regarding pizza and pizza delivery.

A pair of blind rescued ginger kitten siblings named George and Hamilton use echolocation to find each other when separated.

Eric Carr and Tony G. of EMCproductions built a drum kit from empty Pringles and powdered Gatorade cans inspired by the 2021 Pringles ad.

Steve Mould explained how acoustic cameras see sounds with dynamic range, similar to how a traditional camera sees light.

Ronald C. Milburn found a baby squirrel in his driveway, named him Robert T. Squirrel, and set up a treehouse when Bobby was released.

Drew Binsky made a thoughtful documentary about the Hasidic Jewish community in the NYC neighborhood of South Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Casper Langbak of CLS Videos compiled a powerful montage of the closing shots from 120 different movies spanning multiple decades.

A cat who lives in the same neighborhood as the dog duo of Emmy and Gunny joins them on their daily walk almost every day.

Pet retailer Happy & Polly is selling an adorable and comfy-looking cat bed that's shaped like Cup Noodles instant ramen.

Joe Scott explores the history of deep-sea sound recordings, including "The Bloop", the loudest underwater sound ever recorded.

Evan and Katelyn created a giant candle with 1,000 wicks because they wanted to see what making a purposely incendiary candle was like.

Professional freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim took his newly purchased Penny Farthing to a rolling pump track to test it out.

Divers captured wonderfully heartwarming footage of a friendly bull shark who loves to have her nose rubbed by accommodating humans.

A hilarious compilation showing how cats keep themselves fit with exercise and how they sometimes fail at working out.

A man tries to learn ventriloquism in seven weeks, only to find that his so-called "dummy" was the one in charge the whole time.

The Slow Mo Guys shot high-speed 90,000 fps footage of a ball hitting Dan in the head and played it at 25 fps, turning a second into an hour.

Musician Damon Salinas of Boing Music plays realistically electronic techno music using a jaw harp.

A clever compilation shows the copious amount of cats adorably inserting themselves throughout Istanbul, Turkey.