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A vociferous cockatoo named Max threw a loud tantrum when his human told him to go inside after a late night walk.
Street artist Neck created tapedeck.org, a wonderfully nostalgic gallery of analog cassette tapes to celebrate the playfulness behind their odd design.
Researchers built an incredible biohybrid tethered starfish-shaped soft robot that is powered by embedded king oyster mushrooms.
Brazilian hillbilly band Tião e os Bravos performs amazing bluegrass covers of grunge and classic rock songs.
https://laughingsquid.com/brazilian-hillbilly-bluegrass-covers/
Allen Pan replaced the gas-guzzling engine of his lawn mower and its dull blades with an electronic motor and lasers that could cut grass.
In an amusing clip from "Spy In the Ocean" narrated by David Tennant, a spy herring follows along with a rather flatulent shoal of herring.
Ewan Cunningham used animation to explain the ingenious design of the 1910 self-balancing Brennan Monorail, which leaned into turns.
https://laughingsquid.com/self-balancing-brennan-monorail-1910/
An orphaned opossum found on the forest floor became part of an extended family and loves to hide out in the hood of her human's hoodie.
https://laughingsquid.com/orphaned-baby-opossum-hides-in-hoodie/
This House explained how the Sears mail order home kits of the early 1900s evolved over time to eventually become the tiny house movement.
Giant Freakin Robot laid out nine specific rules that make every Star Trek episode or movie within the franchise consistently universally appealing.
"Dumpster Archeology" is a short documentary about Lew Blink, an artist and self-described "dumpster archeologist".
Brooklyn artist Danny Cortes made a remarkable miniature version of a NYC subway entrance and hung it on the railing of a subway station.
https://laughingsquid.com/danny-cortes-mini-nyc-subway-entrance/
GeoGlobeTales explained the Wallace Line, an invisible boundary in the South Pacific that animals, including birds and fish will not cross.
https://laughingsquid.com/wallace-line-inivisible-animal-border/
When photographer Gez Robinson discovered that a family of mice was living in his garden, he built an adorable village to accommodate them.
Lord Vinheteiro stared straight into the camera and performed the musical evolution of Ludwig van Beethoven from age 11 to age 55.
https://laughingsquid.com/beethoven-piano-evolution-11-to-55/
Adrian Smith of Ant Lab captured slow motion footage of globular springtails performing an amazing amount of backflips as they were airborne.
https://laughingsquid.com/globular-springtail-fastest-backflips/
Randall Munroe and Henry Reich of "What If" looked at what might happen if a human spent a quick nanosecond on the sun.
An incredibly touching animated short about Canelo, the devoted dog who waited for his human outside a hospital for 12 years.
In an equid TED-Ed lesson by Cella Wright, narrator Addison Anderson explains the extremely specific reason as to why zebras have stripes.
MinuteFood explained why the chemical composition of American cheese helps it melt better than that of natural cheeses.