Laughing Squid

A compassionate Los Angeles man named Derrick Downey Jr. built a fully-furnished micro apartment for his adopted squirrels.

The Beat Goes On gave a brief history of Rickrolling, the infamous meme that uses the Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

The School of Life explains why some people regress to childish behavior when triggered by specific interactions.

Musician Andre Antunes added a heavy metal guitar soundtrack to a 2018 video of Indian percussive singing.

Lauri of Beyond the Press and Janne Käpylehto built a motorized spinning ice carousel with a racetrack entirely from scratch.

An attentive gorilla dad watching his young sons wrestle stepped in to separate the boys when their playing got too rough.

Researchers discovered that octopuses have evolved to detect taste through touch using chemotactile receptors on the suckers on their arms.

In the animation "Five Cents", a consumer finds himself making a string of small purchases until he runs out of money to save himself.

Jens Heidler of Another Perspective captured oddly adorable extreme macro footage of a snail munching on a strawberry in slow motion.

Bob Strachan quite amusingly reimagined "Gangsta's Paradise" in the distinctive talking country style of the legendary Johnny Cash.

Derek Muller paid an adherent visit to Nevada Ready Mix to get buried in wet concrete while explaining the history of the compound.

An adorable mini-sheepadoodle named Bayley has a white face, a black nose, and black ears that make him look just like Snoopy.

Daniel McKee created "Password123", a short film that uses AI to visualize thousands of passwords leaked on the Dark Web.

Sam Denby explains why soda cans in Hawaii have a larger circumference and extra ridges, unlike cans in the rest of the US.

Professional cat engineers Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard explained how cats were the inspiration for all sorts of old and new technology.

Howard Lee strategically painted the middle section of a tree along the Brooklyn waterfront to blend into the NYC Financial District.

An Asian elephant named Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo taught herself to peel an overripe banana after watching her caretaking humans do so.

A busy excavator operator took some time to fill a tiny toy dump truck with dirt from the construction site where he was working.

A golden retriever and her human were being watched from above by another doggie in the window, then they met and a third dog joined.

Dutch guitarist Laszlo Buring reimagined the iconic Randy Rhoads guitar solo from the Ozzy Osbourne song "Crazy Train" as Dire Straits.

Turkish fashion designer Musab Kaya folds the jeans in his Istanbul store with an amazingly efficient single snapping motion.

WTD created a fascinating 3D animation comparing the size of existing animals and their extinct ancestors.

Lowes employee Dave Urban built a parallel bar walking structure out of PVC pipes in-store for a family with a son in a wheelchair.

A smiling skydiver jumped out of an aircraft and free-floated across the sky, keeping her body fixed in a singular position as best she could.

Justin Dodd of Food History explains how the bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich became the quintessential urban American breakfast.

Charles Berthoud played a beautifully harmonic instrumental cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a sleek six-string fretless bass.

Adam Savage learned about full-body puppeteering from Fraggle Rock's Peter Brooke and Morgana Ignis at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

Algal the Bard performed the classic Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up", the iconic fodder for Rickrolling, on medieval instruments.

After Skool animated a prescient clip from the 1990 "George Carlin: Doin’ It Again" special where the comedian complained about euphemisms.

Photographer Emmie Sperando rescued an orphaned baby bison whom she named Lucy and has given her a loving place by her side ever since.

PBS Eons looked back at the Dodo bird, a now-extinct flightless fowl thought dumb but actually perfectly suited to their environment.

Musician Max Cooper combined the musically similar Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'" with the iconic theme from The Office on piano.

Weird History Food looks at the twisty history of the Oreo cookie, noting how it was actually a knockoff of a competitor's Hydrox cookie.

Sam Malloy rescued a helpless baby hummingbird, nursed her to full health, taught her how to fly, and released her back into the wild.

Jenniabs shared a very helpful hint about peeling potatoes while explaining why the blade swivels back and forth.

"The Future of Rock and Roll" by Robin James tells the story of 97X/WOXY, the legendary independent radio station in Oxford, Ohio.

Imitative Photography explains how to capture the Wes Anderson aesthetic in photos using a variety of specific techniques.

Howard Lee showed how to make a cabinet disappear into a wall using strategically placed paint that matches its surroundings perfectly.

Animator WTD created a graceful 3D animation that compares the size of domestic and wild cats, both living and extinct.

woodsboundoutdoors showed how a paper cup is incredibly useful for boiling water over an open flame, despite its high flammability factor.

Rollo and Sadie, a pair of canine best friends, adorably talked to each other using FaceTime when they were apart from one another.

Engineer Sergii Gordieiev of The Q decided to see if and how square wheels would work to propel him forward on his bicycle.

A rescued parrot in Brazil found three tiny abandoned kittens she adopted as her own inside a hollow fence post.

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.