Musician Frank Aumann expertly played an emergency siren sound on his accordion while riding hands-free on his bicycle. Aumann explained the effects he used to create this distinctive sound and cautioned others not to try this at home.

Accordion tuned to 442 Hz, with a slight tremolo. This video is uncut. No sound edits. Original tempo. No AI. Filmed and recorded with an ordinary smartphone. SAFETY FIRST – DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME

Other Hands-Free Bicycle Accordion Videos

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Boston comedian Matt Lyons quite hilariously poked gentle fun at the obsessive knowledge of birds that many people develop after installing a bird feeder in their yard. Lyons also addresses their need to share said knowledge while standing next to said feeder.

All about that symbiotomy in the phylum

Other ‘Every Person’ Rants

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Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It cleverly remixed the sound of four thrashing washing machines to play the classic Rage Against the Machine anthem “Killing in the Name”. In other words, “rage against the washing machine”.

Cleaning in the Name

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Urban explorer Paul Stout explained the concept of “desire paths”, the shortest path that can be taken on foot, often evidenced by worn patches in the ground.

Those paths you see made by people walking have a name, they are called desire paths. But they ask a question of what counts as design. …They tell us a lot about human psychology and the wayplaces get designed. 

Stout further examined how Ohio State University designed its campus around desire paths, how Broadway in New York City followed a pre-colonial Lenape footpath, and how a sunken lane in France was formed by people walking on it. Design by utility.

People creating a pathway by walking it is design. Places often get designed from this top- down view, and sometimes you can miss the ways people actually use a space. Desire paths remind us that people have their own ideas about the best path to walk.

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Musician Lucas Brar performed The White Stripes‘ song “Seven Nation Army” as a classical fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach on acoustic guitar. Like his cover of “The Imperial March”, this song also has a time signature of four beats per measure (4/4), making it blend perfectly with Bach’s original baroque style.

An original Baroque-inspired fugue fantasy on the iconic Seven Nation Army theme.

The Imperial March as Bach Fugue

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The “Babies” episode of the National Geographic Kids series America’s National Parks is a playful 40-minute compilation showcasing adorable baby animals in national parks across the United States, cavorting in the wild, on land, in the air, and in the sea.

Meet the cutest newcomers in America’s national parks! With upbeat music and colorful scenes, baby animals take their first steps, hops and splashes. From tiny birds to playful bear cubs, every moment is full of giggles, surprises and big adventures as they explore their amazing world.

The locations include Yosemite National Park, Channel Islands National Park, the Grand Tetons, Biscayne National Park, Badlands National Park, Big Bend National Park, and the Grand Canyon.

A Shorter Compilation of Babies in the Wild

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Korean musician Ten K remixes viral animal videos, providing expressive piano soundtracks that interact perfectly with the subjects.

One example of Ten K’s work is a video by Keith Ramos of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of a bobbing woodcock, grooving to Michael Jackson‘s “Billie Jean”. Other examples include a custom soundtrack to accompany a tug-of-war between two dogs and a jumpy cat examining a metronome.

The Original Videos

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Laurence Brown of Lost in the Pond examined the distinct linguistic landscape of Canada by comparing vocabulary, spelling conventions, and pronunciation with those in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Growing up in England, I used to think Americans and Canadians basically sounded the same. I was wrong. Not only do they pronounce certain words differently, but have competing vocabularies and spellings. In this video, I’ll take you through them.

He further noted how Canada historically aligned linguistically with Great Britain during the Great Vowel Shift. Centuries later, Canadian English maintains its unique identity, blending influences from both countries on either side of the Atlantic.

The reality is that there is no singular way to speak English in the United States, as every region has its own colloquial lexicon.

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The Punch Brothers played a cover of “The Imperial March” from Star Wars as a twangy bluegrass song. Videographer Bill Hutt captured this incredible performance at Archer Music Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in May 2026.

Punch Brothers Live – The Imperial March – Archer Music Hall Allentown, PA 5/15/2026

The band also played this cover at DelFest 2026 in Cumberland, Maryland.

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Musician Brendan Goh quite cleverly spoke to his cat with the dulcet sound of his cello, instantly mimicking the chatty feline’s voice at every step.

I play cat

Goh Also Plays Dog on the Cello

Guitarist Mimics Cat

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Cameron Duke of MinuteEarth shared the story of a high-flying Rüppell’s griffon vulture who was hit by a plane at 11,000 meters (36,089 feet) in 1973 to illustrate how high certain birds can fly and how long they can stay aloft.

There are two things that limit how high a bird can fly. Its ability to stay aloft as the air pressure decreases. And on a much more basic level, its ability to stay alive as the temperature and amount of oxygen decreases.

Larger birds are better able to fly higher without running out of oxygen than small birds, and their larger wings allow for greater soaring ability as measured by Lift Coefficient and the Square-Cube Law.

Lift Coefficient: A dimensionless number that represents how effectively a wing generates lift based on its shape and angle. The higher the coefficient, the more lift produced.

Square Cube Law: A principle stating that as an object increases in size, its volume grows much faster than its surface area. This affects heat loss/gain and strength, impacting flight feasibility

These factors, plus the benefit of thermal columns, make the Rüppell’s griffon vulture the world’s highest flying bird

A bird we know for a fact can fly higher than 11,000 m. Our math suggests that it is lift-limited a lot lower than that, about 8,200 m. But this is where theoretical calculations fall short without some additional real-world knowledge. See, the Ruples Griffin like to soar on thermals, warm columns of rising air that can help birds exceed their mathematical lift limit, sometimes even thousands of extra meters up into the air. 

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A border collie named Milo (“King of Fetch”), who lives in the British seaside town of Staithes in North Yorkshire, England, is quite well known in the area (and on social media) for successfully completing any search-and-fetch challenges his devoted human proposes.

Milo, the Undisputed King of Fetch. From his kingdom in Staithes to feeds all around the world. 

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Craven Moorhaus and Zak Koonce, the prolific team behind Auralnauts, who previously portrayed the stand-alone Star Wars series Andor as an opening sequence for a faux 1975 television movie, reimagined the same series with an extended 1982 television intro.

The long awaited Season 2 followup to Andor 1975.

Andor 1975

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CRABS Historical Fencing in Nova Scotia cleverly combines fencing with roller derby, resulting in lunging swordplay on wheels. An exciting yet dangerous duel that is certainly not for beginners.

At CRABS we are always looking for new and exciting ways to plunge steel into our friends!

via Neatorama

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Andreas Schellenberg and Suryansh Agnivanshi of Everything Explainer compiled a rather chilling list of effective propaganda tricks used to keep people in line and quell resistance. Included in this sadly familiar list are fear, dehumanization, scapegoating, whataboutism, name-calling, emotional appeal, and glittering generalities.

Glittering generalities are words that carry enormous emotional weight but communicate almost no specific content. You cannot oppose freedom. You cannot disagree with values. The moment these words attach to a cause, the warmth transfers automatically. Every political system uses this constantly. Most people never notice.

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A peeking pigeon named Mango turned into various dinosaurs while sitting above the computer screen, which was controlled by her human, Fabian Hummer. Hummer simply found a series of headless dinosaur images that perfectly fit the visage of his dear Mango.

DINOSAUR ! RAWR !

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Global Data created an informative animation that compares whale sizes from smallest to largest, with a human diver traversing the sea alongside them for scale.

We dive deep into the ocean to look at every major whale species side-by-side with a human diver for scale!

The smallest depicted is the Dwarf Sperm Whale at 2.7 meters (8.9 feet), and the largest is the Blue Whale at a massive 30-33 meters (98-108 feet). Also included in the comparison were such rare specimens as Sato’s Beaked Whale, Ramari’s Beaked Whale, and Spade-toothed Beaked Whale.

From the tiny Dwarf Sperm Whale to the mind-bogglingly massive Blue Whale, watch how these marine mammals stack up against each other in real-time animation. We’ve included incredibly rare species like Sato’s Beaked Whale, Ramari’s Beaked Whale, and the elusive Spade-toothed

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A tiny silvereye named Pickle, who was brought back to health by veterinary nurse CeeJay Donovan after being attacked by a cat, recovered enough to be released. Despite this newfound freedom during the day, Pickle decided she’d much rather spend her nights at home, being pampered with grapes and warm baths. Donovan said that Pickle is very much like a teenager.

She’s like a teenager. She comes in, she gets her feed, I do her laundry, she goes away again. If she hasn’t come home by 5:30, I’ll sometimes head outside and start calling her and then she’ll come home realizing that it’s time to come home.

Pickle has come quite a long way since her initial injuries, and Donovan expected her to be gone for good, but Pickle didn’t agree.

Using my nursing skills, I was able to nurse her back to health. After about a month of recovery, I decided to release her, and she stopped coming for about 2 weeks. So I thought, “Okay, great. She’s gone now. She can be a wild bird.” And then one day, 2 weeks later, she was just at the door, like squealing at the door to be led in. And I was like, “Oh my god, it’s Pickle.” So I opened the door, and she flew in to where her cage used to be inside.

Silvereyes are native to New Zealand, where Donovan lives, so she wanted to ensure that she was doing right by Pickle.

I called the wildlife center because she is a native bird, and I thought they would want to take her, but they were totally overwhelmed at the time, and they were like, ” Please, can you just take her?”

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Simon Pegg read a poignant, thought-provoking letter written by Tony Cross in 2004 that apologizes for common misconceptions about penguins, from their perceived fashion sense to the stereotypical soundtracks used in nature documentaries. Cross also expressed regret about their shrinking habitat.

One final note: we are sorry about the ice. We know it is melting. And while we do want to preserve your habitat so we can forever watch your amusing escapades, we have decided instead to slowly cook our world for self-serving purposes. We are truly sorry, penguins. The day will come when we will miss you dearly.

This reading was done at the Letters Live event on Earth Day 2026

At Letters Live on Earth Day 2026, in support of Greenpeace, Simon Pegg joined us to read this funny and poignant letter.

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An in-home caregiver named Tegan Strickland, who was working with a memory care patient, met an adorable yet massively overfed dachshund named Daisy, who was living there as well. Concerned for the dog’s welfare, Tegan offered to take Daisy back home with her to help Daisy slim down, and Miss Daisy’s human agreed.

I became a caretaker for elderly people. And I ended up with this little lady who lives with this little dog that they warned me ahead of time has a little bit of a weight issue. ….Overweight was an understatement. Big time. Unfortunately, the owner of Daisy has dementia, and her memory made it almost impossible to change the deep set habits that had been at play for years with Miss Daisy.

When Daisy first arrived at Tegan’s house, she weighed a whopping 55 pounds, and her health was suffering greatly. Since then, Daisy has lost enough weight to play with her Corgi siblings and enjoy going for walks.

She couldn’t move. She struggled to breathe at times. And it was a hard sight to look at. Daisy has come such a long ways in such a short amount of time. …Her relationship with my dogs has been magical for her. She’s got a specific buddy named Goldie and those two are pretty much inseparable.

Tegan said that Miss Daisy’s attitude, which had always been good, really improved in her new environment.

I think that the mental stimulation of that alone was tremendous for her. The world was so small, and then it opened up to socialization. It opened her up to activities.

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