Laughing Squid

Several hours before going onstage at Woodstock in 1969, Carlos Santana was given a hit of LSD by none other than Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead.

Gordon Ramsay sat down with Josh Scherer to share what food he wanted for his last meal, noting that he was too busy to think about death.

Mandy Naglich explained why certain pint glasses have a curved bulge at the top, making them less likely to break and easier to stack.

Phil Edwards examined the history of plastic interlocking building bricks to discover why LEGO became synonymous with these bricks.

While appearing on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" in 1977, Andy Kaufman broke out into a perfect impression of Elvis Presley.

DirkMcGirk very cleverly designed a mechanical keyboard with keys that look like separate pieces of a coordinated cheese board.

Captain Pikant recreated the surprisingly complex drum pattern of the Michael Sembello song "Maniac" from the 1983 movie "Flashdance".

A fiery Ted-Ed lesson explains how the NASA Parker Solar Probe is designed to travel closer to the sun than any previous mission.

Puddles Pity Party performed a breezy cover of the classic Blondie song "Dreaming" while playing his coordinating cardboard guitar.

Architectural Digest visited the NPR offices to get a wonderful first-hand tour of the Tiny Desk office, where countless artists have performed.