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John Hakari trained his young border collie to retrieve her deaf older collie sister from outside upon command whenever needed.

Exploring Alternatives visited Stephanie and Joel, a determined couple in Canada who spent 14 years living in a completely off-grid house.

Percussionist El Estepario Siberiano performed a melodious cover of the System of a Down song "Toxicity" on a ringing handpan.

Weird History Food compiled an effervescent list of innovations in the food industry that can be originally attributed to beer.

Architect Michael Wyetzner explained to Architectural Digest the long and colorful history of the NYC subway in chronological order.

A rescued cat named Squid has a coat that is mostly white except for his gorgeous smoky eyes that look professionally applied.

During a 1988 interview, Björk took the back off of a Sony Trinitron (CRT) television set and spoke about what the inside looked like her.

Dutch musician Karsten Belt amusingly adds amazing saxophone solos to popular songs that don't have them and, per Belt, don't need them.

The KQED Deep Look series focuses on the hagfish, a blind eel-like creature that uses a naturally generated slime to suffocate prey.

Midnight Hobbies cleverly built an anthropomorphic mini Monster House using a tissue box, packaging cardboard, and popsicle sticks.

Woodworker Frank Howarth crafted beautiful, richly textured segmented spheres from two polyhedral dodecahedrons.

The Main Squeeze outdid themselves with a magnificent cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb".

A self-described "dog person" was having trouble bonding with his cat until he let down his guard and played fetch with her.

Macey Everett of the American Eagle Foundation spoke with GeoBeats about an elderly rescued African pied crow named Friar Tuck.

Filmmaker Paul E.T. explained the three specific components of a successful soundscape -- special effects, dialogue, and music.

Food History host Justin Dodd explains the history of Pad Thai, a tasty noodle recipe that was once considered the official dish of Thailand.

Edward Vega explained why television dialogue seems harder to understand and why younger people use closed captioning to watch television.

A handy Boston Dynamics Atlas robot showcased its workplace talent by bringing a forgotten toolbox to a worker on a scaffold above.

A diver captured gorgeous footage of a cuttlefish camouflaging to match the colors of the surrounding Indonesian underwater flora.

An adorable ginger kitten sitting on the lap of an Italian grandmother was mesmerized by the movement of her hands as she was talking.

MODelivery creates colorful printed circuit board coasters that keep drinks safely in place and hopefully away from actual circuit boards.

Jackson Galaxy shared an amusing definition of floof, specifically as it pertains to cats and how to take care of floofy cats.

Ace Underwater dropped a GoPro into the waters of Navarre Pier in Navarre Beach, Florida, to see what happens underwater when no one is looking.

Rhetty for History compiled a totally tubular list of popular fads from the 1980s, some of which are still available today.

A family in Tasmania adopted a beautiful greyhound they named Claude in 2016, who had never been indoors before.

Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire is known for singing with an incredible vocal range that spans over four octaves.

Rescued baby beavers named Finn and Sawyer busily turned a mud puddle on rescuer Dr. Holley Muraco's yard into a pond.

Brenda of AdoptaCreepyDoll skillfully rescues old and forgotten dolls and gives them new life as ghoulish huggable sculptures.

A boy in the Kings College Choir broke out a yellow balloon, inhaled deeply, and returned to the performance singing in a higher pitch.

Tom Blank of Weird History Food Food looks at the long, sometimes misunderstood, and often fervent history of absinthe.

The Action Lab explains the coefficient of restitution and why a ball can bounce higher than its dropping point is an exception.

Rhetty for History compiled an informative list of popular foods in the US during the 1970s, many of which have since been forgotten.

Little ginger kittens happily took turns playing mom to an adorable brood of baby ducklings, keeping them warm as they slept.

Drew on the Kit accompanied bassist Bret Crowe and Jordan Simons, who rapped the classic Dr. Seuss book "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut".

A beautiful long-haired calico cat named Akkodha has a sweet, trilling meow that makes it sound like she's saying "okay" all the time.

Burl of Burl's Art built a headlining Fender Jazzmaster-style electric guitar out of 700 pages of newspaper print plus a lot of epoxy.

Ross McSweeney built a hand-cranked automaton that portrays the tragic Sisyphus forever pushing his boulder up a hill for all eternity.

Eva Auner performed the Metallica power ballad "Nothing Else Matters" on kalimba, making it sound like a song inside a music box.

Stuart Grant, a retired woodworker in Tomich, Scotland, lives off-the-grid in an amazing Hobbit House he built for himself in 1984.

Musician Emily Hopkins composed an original song using a talk box for vocals while plucking the strings of her harp.

Weird History looked at the odd and rigid etiquette rules that governed the people of England during the Elizabethan era.

The Osmose by Expressive E is a unique synthesizer that uses intuitive gestures and natural rhythms to generate highly expressive sounds.

Shawn Redner and his wife Hilary Siegel-Redner, turned their Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin home into Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum.

Lucas Dul of Typewriter Chicago expertly repaired and restored a 1930s Royal portable typewriter while explaining the process to Insider.

60 Second Docs spoke with lawyer turned pet psychic Nikki Vasconez about how she communicates with animals and what they need to say.

The talented members of The United States Army Band "Pershing’s Own" performed a beautiful medley of Foo Fighters songs.

James Hobson of The Hacksmith attempted to build a giant mechanical spider called "the world's largest rideable hexapod".

Cass Perchoux found a spicy feral kitten underneath a trash bin, taught him to trust humans, and found him a forever home.

Strong Bad of Homestar Runner shared a the previously unreleased game "Peasant's Quest" in honor of Trogdor the Burninator's 20th birthday.

Self-taught artist Tomasz Biernat showcases his incredible skill with demonstrations of his hand lettering, calligraphy, and logo design.