Riding the World’s Longest Rideable Model Train

Mike of Downie Live visited the Train Mountain Railroad Museum in Chiloquin, Oregon, to ride the longest seated model train in the world. | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Butterfly That Disguises Itself as a Dead Leaf

The Indian Oakleaf is a butterfly that reveals vivid colors when its wings are outspread looks like a dead leaf with closed wings. | Continue reading


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Cuttlefish Change Color to Hypnotize Dangerous Prey

David Attenborough elegantly explains how the cuttlefish hypnotizes dangerous prey with a natural bioluminescent light show. | Continue reading


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A Folk Band Explains the New US Zip Codes in 1967

1960s folk band The Swingin' Six starred in a musical PSA that aired in September 1967 explaining the new zip code system. | Continue reading


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The Process of Making Korean Bamboo Flutes

Process K went inside a music shop to showcase the detailed process of constructing traditional Korean bamboo flutes. | Continue reading


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A Stunning Wild Dog With a Fox Face and Deer Legs

Danielle Dufault of Animalogic talked about the Maned wolf, a gorgeous long-legged wild dog that looks like a cross between a fox and a deer. | Continue reading


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Why Bidets Aren’t Popular in the United States

Tom Blank of Weird History ponders why bidets are so popular in many countries yet not at all in the United States. | Continue reading


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Wes Anderson Explains How He Built ‘Asteroid City’

Director Wes Anderson spoke to Kodak about how he created the distinctive desert town for his film "Asteroid City". | Continue reading


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Wonderfully Colorful Plant Dyed Pasta Art

60 Second Docs spoke with Linda Miller Nicholson, a Seattle artist who makes wonderfully colorful plant-dyed pasta art. | Continue reading


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Guitarist Shreds Heavy Metal Riffs on a Traditional Sitar

Musician Bernth expertly shredded heavy metal licks on a sitar noting the incredible bendability of the instrument's strings. | Continue reading


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How to Cut an Onion For More Flavor and Less Aroma

Ethan Chlebowski demonstrated two ways to slice an onion, showing how each affects flavor, taste, texture, and aroma. | Continue reading


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How To Safely Get Back Into a Capsized Canoe

DJ of The Bear Essentials explained how to get back into a canoe after it tips you over and dumps you into the water during a solo trip. | Continue reading


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How Sponges Use Light to ‘Think’

Researchers are finding that certain sponges, such as the Venus Flower Basket can think and communicate using light. | Continue reading


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An Amusing Parody of Time Travel Movies

Alasdair Beckett-King amusingly parodied films that use time travel as their central theme, noting their biggest problem. | Continue reading


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Rick Astley Covers AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ at Glastonbury 2023

The great Rick Astley performed an amazing cover of the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" while playing drums at Glastonbury 2023. | Continue reading


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Shy Hobbled Donkey Turns Sassy After Rescue

Irvin, a once shy but now sassy donkey at Solstice Sanctuary in Wisconsin enjoys chasing his humans and other animals around the farm. | Continue reading


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A Unique Circular Rotating Hilltop House in San Diego

Tom Scott traveled to San Diego to meet with Al Johnstone, the owner and designer of a unique hilltop rotating circular home. | Continue reading


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Intriguing Facts About Tabby Cats

Mallory Crusta of Cats.com shared several intriguing facts about tabby cats, noting that tabbies are not necessarily of the same breed. | Continue reading


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An Evocative Song Made Up of Musicians Singing ‘Hey’

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It compiled an evocative song that features various musicians singing the word “Hey”. | Continue reading


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How Deep Sea Humboldt Squid Communicate With Light

BBC Earth spoke with Ben Buford of MBARI to learn more about how the deep sea Humboldt squid uses light to communicate. | Continue reading


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The Japanese Art of Food Replication

Popular Mechanics visited Noriko Watanabe, a shokuhin sampuru artist to learn how she makes such delectable visual feasts with resin. | Continue reading


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Rare Footage of a Leopard Seal Singing on an Iceberg

Levi Tillemann captured wonderful and rare footage of a lounging leopard seal who was singing aloud while lolling about on an iceberg. | Continue reading


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99 Year Old Man Draws Faces in Dirt With His Cane

Javier Gallego Ramirez captured heartwarming footage of a 99 year old man who draws faces in the dirt with his cane. | Continue reading


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A Magnificent 4th of July Light Show Featuring 1,002 Drones Sets Guinness World Record

Sky Elements Drones created a truly incredible drone LED light show for the Fourth of July 2023 while setting a Guinness World Record. | Continue reading


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Playful Elephant Pretends to Eat Woman’s Hat

Mac, a playful elephant at Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy, grabbed a hat from a woman's head with his trunk and pretended to eat it. | Continue reading


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Laughing Squid on Threads

Last week Meta launched Threads, their answer to Twitter. Laughing Squid is on Threads, you can follow us there. | Continue reading


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A Soft Robotic Glove That Helps Piano Players Regain Hand Mobility After Having a Stroke

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University developed a soft robotic glove to help piano players who had strokes regain hand mobility. | Continue reading


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1977 BBC Profile of Spirograph Inventor Denys Fisher

A May 1977 clip from the classic BBC series "Tomorrow's Word" explains how Denys Fisher developed the Spirograph drawing toy. | Continue reading


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Googly-Eyed Wireless Devices Play ‘What Is Love’

Two googly-eyed electric toothbrushes and three credit card machines from Device Orchestra performed the Haddaway dance hit "What Is Love". | Continue reading


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Haunting Cover of ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ on Harp Guitar

Jamie Dupuis performed a haunting cover of the INXS song "Never Tear Us Apart" on his famous harp guitar with Emma McDaniel on vocals. | Continue reading


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Cute Aggression, A Heavy Metal Song for a Beloved Cat

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs wrote "Cute Aggression", a hardcore heavy metal song for his beloved cat Pireta. | Continue reading


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Man Gets Purposely Stung by a Highly Toxic Stone Fish

Mark Vins of Brave Wilderness traveled to Eastern Australia to seek out a venomous stonefish to learn just how painful its sting is. | Continue reading


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Tiny Octopus Becomes Friends With Gift-Giving Diver

Elora Explora became friends with a tiny octopus whom she met while diving at the Off The Wall Dive Center and Resort in Belize. | Continue reading


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Spelunking When Your Only Headlamp Goes Out

The ActionAdventureTwins discovered what it was like to explore a cave in darkness when their only headlamp suddenly goes out. | Continue reading


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An Accurate Impression of a Keurig Coffee Maker

Devon Bowker of The Wild Life performed an accurate impression of a Keurig machine preparing a cup of coffee with a straight face. | Continue reading


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The Origins and Evolution of Kentucky Bourbon

Ryan Kerr from Townsends explains the origins of bourbon, why production is centered in Kentucky, and how it evolved from clear to caramel. | Continue reading


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People Effortlessly Distort Their Face in a Surreal Video

Dr. Of All Things Bizarre posted a surreal video of people effortlessly distorting their features by pressing on their heads and faces. | Continue reading


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Asking 100 People to Scream As Loud as Possible

As part of their Keep it 100 series, Cut asked 100 people to scream as loud as possible with mixed reactions. | Continue reading


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Chimpanzee Rescued From a Biomedical Research Lab Sees the Sky for the First Time in Her 28 Year Life

A beautiful chimpanzee named Vanilla tentatively walked outside to see the sky for the first time in her 28 years of life. | Continue reading


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Dropping a Big Rock Down a Massive 600 Foot Deep Pit

Deep Freedom joined the ActionAdventureTwins to throw a large rock down 600 feet into the deepest pit in the United States. | Continue reading


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A Miniature American Breakfast Prepared With Tiny Cooking Utensils

The person behind Tiny Cakes prepared a tiny American breakfast using tiny cooking utensils and real ingredients. | Continue reading


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A Calming Journey Inside a South American Rainforest

BBC Earth created a gorgeous journeyhat invites viewers to enjoy the the unique animals of the Atlantic Rainforest in South America. | Continue reading


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An Insightful Look Into How an Introvert Sees the World

Sofja Umarik describes being an introvert, further explaining how she navigates through a loud world that doesn't recognize quiet strength. | Continue reading


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Why Some People Like the Smell of Gasoline

Savannah Geary of SciShow explains the science behind why some people really enjoy the specific smell of gasoline. | Continue reading


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Two Tiny Baby Stoats Meet For the First Time

Robert E Fuller found and hand-raised an abandoned baby stoat he named Whisper and introduced her to a second female baby stoat named Stuart. | Continue reading


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One Word Impressions of Celebrities Chosen at Random

Mary Elizabeth Kelly did flawless one-word impressions of various celebrities that were chosen at random. | Continue reading


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Scientists Discover That Octopuses Dream Like Humans

Scientists in Japan have discovered that octopuses dream, as observed by chromatophores that ripple across their skin during sleep. | Continue reading


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Talking Heads Perform an Early Version of ‘Psycho Killer’ Live at CBGB in 1975

Talking Heads performed an early version of their hit song "Psycho Killer" during a now-legendary 1975 show at CBGB in New York City. | Continue reading


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