Laughing Squid
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An Elated Pig and Her Six Piglets Rescued From Slaughter Gleefully Romp Around Their New Home
A sow named Hope Apple Blossom and her six piglets who were destined for slaughter when a pig farm went out of business, instead found…
A City Planner Explains Four Steps to Make Cities More Walkable
City planner Jeff Speck explains four steps to make cities more walkable in a 2013 TEDx talk given in Washington D.C. Freedom from cars, freedom…
A Cantankerous Basset Hound Continuously Whines For More Attention From His Human
In October 2015, an adorably cantankerous basset hound whined and moaned until he got the attention he so desperately craved and then whined and moaned…
A Powerful Magnet Appears to Defy Gravity as It Falls Through a Thick Copper Pipe
A powerful magnet appears to defy gravity when dropped through a thick copper pipe by video blogger Oleksandr Hech.
Talented Carpenter Demonstrates How He Turns a Beech Wood Log Into a Polished Bowl
In their Canadian artisan series Oú Se Trouve, the filmmakers of Stereokroma spent time with carpenter Pat Laperrière of Le PicBois where he demonstrated his…
How the Unique Wriggling Motion of Snakes Once Made Them the Most Effective Predator of All
In a creepy-crawly episode of Minute Earth, host Kate Yoshida explains how a snake uses its unique way of moving to capture oblivious prey and…
How to Practice Just About Anything More Effectively
A TED-Ed lesson by Annie Bosler and Don Greene gives tips for how to practice just about anything more effectively. The lesson focuses on how…
Lifestyle Guru JP Sears Demonstrates How to Be Offended by Everything
Lifestyle guru JP Sears demonstrates how to be offended by everything in an episode of his series Ultra Spiritual Life. Sears offers more helpful advice…
Nala the Long-Haired Cat Gets Bonked On the Nose During a Snowball Fight With Her Beloved Human
Nala, the beautiful long-haired Norwegian Forest Cat/Maine Coon mix who prefers to be outside in the Norwegian winter snow than inside keeping warm, adorably batted…
Bicyclist Takes an Adorable Selfie With a Friendly Little Quokka That Came Out to Say Hello
A post shared by Campbell Jones (@cambojones2020) on Jan 23, 2017 at 4:15am PST While riding through Rottnest Island in Western Australia, bicyclist Campbell Jones…