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Choreographer Yoann Bourgeois and a female dancer performed an emotive gravity-defying pas de deux upon a spinning platform.

Cats Maru, Hana, and their little sister Miri took turns acting as a goalkeeper to keep a yellow marble from rolling inside a cardboard box.

Hildegard von Blingin' performed a lilting instrumental cover of the Wham! holiday carol "Last Christmas" on Medieval style instruments.

Musician Soren Boedker Madsen performed a jolly fingerstyle cover of the classic J.S. Pierpont song "Jingle Bells" on acoustic guitar.

Rhetty for History compiled a list of the top Christmas toys that were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, many of which are still in play.

Archie McPhee, which is known for its adorable finger puppets, among other items, has introduced a new line of "Fantastic Finger Monsters".

Jamie Dupuis performed a funky cover of the iconic theme from "Mission Impossible" on a beautiful Vangoa 5 string banjo.

With the 2022 re-release of The Beatles album "Revolver", "Here, There, and Everywhere" was given a colorfully animated music video.

A very helpful and very clever border collie named Scruff collects discarded plastic bottles for recycling while walking with his humans.

Alternative Cuts Studios seamlessly integrated "Breaking Bad" characters into an explosive episode of Gordon Ramsay's "Hell's Kitchen".

Tree Buddees created a "Santa Frozen in Carbonite" Christmas tree ornament that parodies the scene in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back".

A tiny British shorthair kitten tiptoed up to a sleeping Samoyed and snuggled luxuriously against the dog's fluffy white fur.

Dorothy released "Stamp Sheets: Classic Video Games", a beautiful print that celebrates the 50 year history of video games.

An adorable baby perched upright with a four-string guitar on her lap and began strumming a chord like a rock star.

Jazz Sabbath plays jazz interpretations of Black Sabbath songs, although they claim to have written the songs themselves in 1968.

Weird History Food recounts the high-flying origins of frozen TV dinners, noting that its invention took place before others took credit for it.

A cheeky parrot sat on his human's shoulder as the man was eating a bowl of pasta and sneakily stole a single noodle to enjoy for himself.

Jackson Galaxy offers some very timely seasonal advice about avoiding possible cat-astrophes that can occur during the holidays.

A creative human in Florida takes adorable dollhouse photos of a grumpy-looking toad named Toby who lives on her porch.

Bronze is Bored created a clever mashup that reimagines Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" being sung to the tune of the Outkast song "Hey Ya!".

Process K went inside a South Korean steel factory to capture the entire process of turning giant blocks of steel into rebar tension rods.

Rhetty for History compiled an amusing array of less than memorable items from across the retail spectrum that were introduced in the 1990s.

CGP Grey explains the confusing logic behind the seemingly random codes that are used to identify airport locations throughout the world.

Naude Dreyer brought an injured pelican home, where he and his family cared for her in a kiddie pool until she could return to the wild.

Gary Katz showed how he uses high-voltage electricity to burn beautiful fractal patterns into wood using a custom-built Lichtenburg machine.

Andy, the Ice Cream Sandwich Guy, shared his experience of being diagnosed with ADHD in an amusing yet honest animation.

Nils Jacobi captured hilarious footage of his fuzzy orange cat Frederic squeezing his body into a long, narrow transparent tube on the bed.

Business Insider spoke with Alan Rosen of Junior's Cheesecake at the New Jersey facility where millions of cheesecakes are made.

Musician Eli Gilbert performed a beautiful folksy cover of The Beatles' song "Blackbird" on banjo giving the song a rustic feel.

Big WR turned his bicycle into a hands-free version by removing the front mechanics and attaching skateboard wheels to keep it upright.

Veritasium visited NSWC Carderock to learn how navigators are trained to handle any size wave in the world with an "indoor ocean".

Jimi Hendrix made his television debut while playing backup guitar for Buddy and Stacy during a 1965 performance of "Shotgun"

eli_handle_b.wav edited scenes from "The Witcher 3" and "Cyberpunk 2077" to feature Ace Ventura in incredibly unforgettable appearances.

Lazlo Buring brilliantly reimagined the iconic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" as played in the highly distinctive style of Dire Straits.

Danny MacAskill created "Postcard From San Francisco", a short film where he showcases his skills at some of the city's most iconic sites.

Noah Lefevre of Polyphonic looks at the dark history of popular nursery rhymes and why the subject of so many are so very creepy.

Steve Mould explained why a solid ball will go into a spiral rather than falling off a spinning turntable, specifically at a ratio of 7:2.

Jay Foreman looked at the legacy of the previously unrecognized Harry Beck and his designs of the London Tube.

Adele Dixon sang a warm welcome to the newly formed "high-definition" BBC Television Service that went on-air for the first time in 1936

BBC Earth has compiled wonderful footage of animals displaying their super-powered detecting skills through hearing, smell, and sight.

Charles Berthoud performed the newly revived Metallica song "Master of Puppets" as a truly funky slap bass solo.

The Brick Wall built an ingenious automated personal LEGO washing machine and external spinning dryer that washed and dried socks well.

A beautiful tortoiseshell cat named Flossie has set the Guinness World Record for the Oldest Living Cat just ahead of her 27th birthday.

The Q created a unique engineering mashup that combined a full-size Pirelli F1 tire used on Formula 1 racing cars with a monowheel board.

In honor of the 2022 National Dog Show, the amazing Steve Kornacki enthusiastically analyzed dog trends in the US on his famous "Big Board".

"Weird Al" Yankovic brought his accordion along to play a medley of different classic rock songs with David Wain's Middle-Aged Garage Jam.

Ray Parisi captured incredible footage of a robotic attendant parking a car in a garage under a NYC building where spots start at $300,000.

Kurzgesagt offers an informative animated lesson about the extreme danger of a supernova explosion and what would happen if it hit Earth.

Cameron Petitte of Level Headed has created a unique set of earrings featuring tiny dangling bubble levels.

Adam Bunch of Canadiana recounted the chilling history of a mysterious werewolf that alarmed Quebec City in the early 18th Century.