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Context News visited Svalbard Craft Brewery, the world's northernmost brewery which operates out of the polar Norwegian town of Longyearbyen.

Great Big Story visited Sofi Mursidawati of Bogor Botanical Gardens, who is on a quest to understand how the worlds largest flower grows.

Map Menamusingly explained the history of early cable laying in the late 19th century, which directly led the way to the modern internet.

A couple adopted a tabby cat who they thought would be independent like most cats but he fell in love with dad and became very clingy.

Mapstertakes a nostalgic look at the world of Zork, particularly the user created maps made to navigate the classic text adventure game.

Sinead O'Connor joined Roger Waters and band on stage to perform a gorgeous rendition of the song "Mother" from "The Wall" in 1990.

Madison Elrick stuck her oar into the water and crunched through a bed of candle ice while canoeing in Moraine Lake at Banff National Park.

An episode of Deep Look focuses on the ladybug larva, a darker and more terrifying version of the creature's eventual identity as a ladybug.

NASSremastered footage of New York Cityin the 1940s, enhancing the color, sound, and general appearance.

Ryan Phillips of Life With Pigs Farm Sanctuary sat down next to a Sulcata tortoise named Sam and read to him an illustrated book.

MRIXRT compiled an incredible amount of information to present a complete history of video games over the course of a 12 hour video.

Nerdstalgic takes a look at the history of the the sitcom laugh track, noting how this once-ubiquitous effect was used so often for so long.

Voyageurs Wolf Project shared first-look footage of three adorable wolf pups, one of whom mischievously tried to take down a trail camera.

JP Bouvet and Thomas Lang sat behind their kits vocally made the sound of their respective drums according to their mimed movements.

The Overview Effect painstakingly plotted out the real star position data of locations featured in popular science fiction.

Tim Pink of the Pink Pup Social Club explained how he can walk up to 20 dogs of all breeds at one time by teaching them to behave as a pack.

A captivating TED-Ed lesson by zoology expert Antonio Machado-Allison explains the behavior of the sadly misunderstood piranha.

The Animal Sounds channel put together a naturally melodic compilation of ten of the most beautiful bird songs from species in North America.

In an amusing clip from "Spy In the Ocean", a robotic spy hermit crabfound itself stripped of its shell by a crab looking for a new home.

Nicole Russell of Pizza Wars met up with Adam Richman and Frank Pinello to tour three of the most iconic pizza places in Brooklyn.

Sir Nils Olav III, the regal knighted penguin who was promoted to Brigadier in 2016, received a promotion to Major General on August 21, 2023.

Tom BetGeorge of Magical Light Shows programmed the thousands of sound-responsive lights around his house to the Foo Fighters song "Everlong".

A prickly TED-Ed Lesson by Maria Elena De Obaldia explains why some people are more attractive to mosquitos than others.

A very outgoing golden retriever named Huxley likes to make friends while riding the train with his human who travels a lot for work.

Douggy Pledger and Osymyso hilariously reimagined the original Star Wars film as silent film from 1923 using Midjourney.

The Language Blondie seamlessly switched between ten different accents as her friend gave her the name of each country.

Auralnauts have cleverly reimagined the opening credits for "Ahsoka" in the style of the intro to the 1980s action series "The A-Team".

Nathan W. Pyle went on a mission to find the best songs to play on a Fisher-Price Piano that belongs to his 4 month old son.

"Goldie" is a short documentary that tells the story of Tim Goldrainer, a Cincinnati rocker who performs at local nursing homes.

A panda mom at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding lovingly cuddled her baby before and after the cub went for a checkup.

elpinko took the wacky characters from "Parks and Recreation" out of Pawnee and put them into the fantastic world of "Baldur's Gate 3".

Park ranger Felicia Jimenez and Dr. Michael Saxon spoke about how bears fatten up for hibernation and celebrating "Fat Bear Week".

Tom BetGeorge his home with thousands of sound-responsive lights and set the whole thing to the System of a Down song "Toxicity".

Todd in the Shadows compiled an amusing supercut of songs with music videos that literally stop on the word "stop" in the song.

A TED-Ed lesson by Carly Anne York, PhD explains how the female African clawed frog was once used to detect pregnancy in humans.

A very playful golden retriever named Finn repeatedly drops his toys, particularly balls, into his human Lucy's tub as she's taking a bath.

The Nerdwriterlooks at the 1537 portrait of Henry VIII, noting how large the King's codpiece was drawn despite his questionable virility.

Derek Cooper introduced the Moog synthesizer during a 1969 episode of theBBCscience show"Tomorrow's World".

A news clip from 1993 captures the varied reactions of Burger King customers being told that restaurant would be accepting credit cards.

The United States Postal Service released a beautiful commemorative "Forever" stamp that pays tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Mallory CrustaofCats.comshared colorful facts aboutcalico cats, noting their unique tricolor coat and why they are almost always female.

Brandon Birchak stood inside a tank of water and held his breath for 17 minutes while Derek Muller explained extreme breath holding.

A wobbly black cat named Willy Wonky, who lives a wonderful life with his humans in Kansas City, adopted a wobbly kitten to join the family.

Dutch artistTheo Jansen built "Animaris Rex" a connected unit that walks in step with the Strandbeest while following behind.

The ambassador animals ofthe Oregon Zooenjoyed a yummy seasonal carved pumpkin within their respective habitats.

Jonathan Petramala captured incredible footage of the flooding that invaded NYC metro area on September 29, 2023 due to record setting rainfall.

Cyriak Harris created a short animation of an oddly autophagous, multiplying goose that honks in time to a cheery electronic tune.

A pair of abandoned lambs who were taken in by the Saint Beans Animal Sanctuary for Lambs, thought their rescuer Brendan was their mother.

Dr. Micho Kaku explained the concept of string theory in simple terms using a pink rubber band as a visual cue in less than 60 seconds.

The Animal Sounds channel takes a look at the Hummingbird hawk-moth, a remarkable moth that looks and acts like a hummingbird.