A Sparkling Stop-Motion Animation Showing How Guldies Sources His Beads for Making Jewelry

Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger, aka Guldies (previously), created a quick, sparkling stop-motion test that shows how he sources his beads | Continue reading


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Magnetic Pendulum Randomly Moves in a Chaotic Way

Vlogger markhacks (previously) created a magnetic pendulum that moves rather randomly and in a rather chaotic fashion due to reversed polarity magnets | Continue reading


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A Touching Film About How a Man With a Flat Tire on a Desert Highway Was Saved by Mexican Migrants

"Today You, Tomorrow Me" is a touching short film by Chris Neal about a man who was driving along a deserted highway when all of a sudden, one of his | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

‘The French Dispatch’, A Wes Anderson Film About a Weekly Magazine Loosely Based on ‘The New Yorker’

The French Dispatch, the 10th film by director Wes Anderson, is about a weekly magazine in 1968, loosely based on The New Yorker magazine. The film is | Continue reading


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The Pioneering Godmother of Rock Whose Sublime Guitar Skills Influenced Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry

Music essayist Noah LeFevre of Polyphonic takes a look at the music career of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a child prodigy who began performing in Gospel bands. | Continue reading


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A Novel Cellphone With a Rotary Dial

Engineer Justine Haupt of the Cosmology Instrumentation Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory has created an incredibly novel cellphone that uses a | Continue reading


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A Stop-Motion Animation That Neatly Displays All the Parts Inside of Discarded Household Electronics

Project tinkerer dina Amin has created "What's Inside", a stop-motion animation in which discarded household electronics are disassembled and then | Continue reading


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The Overwhelming Crush of the Daily Commute Out of NYC’s Penn Station Captured in a Short Video Essay

Filmmaker Scott Lazer has created "Commute", a thoroughly immersive video essay about the overwhelming daily crush of humanity anxiously waiting for their | Continue reading


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Actor Aaron Paul and His Wife Lauren Graciously Give a Tour of Their Serene Rustic Riverside Idaho Cabin

Actor Aaron Paul (previously) and his beautiful wife Lauren graciously opened the doors to Architectural Digest and invited them in to tour their | Continue reading


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Flying Spaghetti Monster Pasta Serving Spoons

We previously wrote about the whimsically designed Flying Spaghetti Monster Colander, inspired by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Since that time, Ototo | Continue reading


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Yard Full of Affectionate Calico Cats Compete To Sit On a Human’s Lap at the Same Time

Cat enthusiast kandounekodouga captured adorable footage of a yard full of calico cate, who upon seeing their beloved human, each made a beeline for his | Continue reading


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The World’s Largest Aerial Firework Lights Up the Sky

During the annual Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival in Colorado, the aptly named Steamboat Fireworks shattered the extremely difficult previous Guinness | Continue reading


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Woman’s Hair and Sunglasses Looks Like Alf

The combination of the hair and sunglasses of this woman looking down in this photo makes it appear that lovable cat eating alien Alf is in attendance at | Continue reading


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Caffeine-Deprived Christmas Island Red Crab Tries to Sneak Away With a Stolen Coffee Cup

Christmas Island resident Carla captured amusing footage of a wayward Christmas Island red crab who evidently needed a caffeine fix. The little | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Flowers and Insects Wander Around the Circle of Life in a Stunning 8K Music Video for ÆDAN’s ‘Evolution’

Color artist Thomas Blanchard (previously) created an absolutely stunning music video for the ÆDAN song "Evolution". This 8K video features beautifully | Continue reading


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Comparing the Speed and Gait of the World’s Fastest Dog With Those of the World’s Fastest Cat

Sam Hume and Simon Lewis of BBC Earth (previously) decided to document the speed and gait of the world's fastest dog, the greyhound. They wanted to see | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Why Outhouse Doors Have Crescent Moon Cutouts

In a lavatorial video essay, Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains the long-running trope about the crescent moon cutouts that adorn every | Continue reading


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Dogs Show Off Impressive Barkour Skills Running Up Tree and Jumping to Capture Ball Hanging From Branch

Showing off their impressive barkour skills, a pair of extremely nimble Malinois took turns quickly running up the side of a tree and then jumping to | Continue reading


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Dehydrated Snake Gratefully Drinks Water From the Hand of a Compassionate Hiker in Thailand Park

While hiking around Phanom Bencha National Park in the southern Thailand town of Krabi, photographer Drljaca Milena and her boyfriend Nenad Preradovic | Continue reading


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Irritated Tuxedo Cat Intensely Studies the Family Dog Before Giving Him a Good Whack on the Ear

A clearly irritated tuxedo cat named Ruta sat on the arm of the sofa studying Howie, the little family dog who was obliviously sitting upon the sofa | Continue reading


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Overexcited Dog Backflips Over the Couch and Completely Shatters a Glass Coffee Table

While playing outside with one of her beloved humans, an overexcited Doberman named Fallon came running into the house, launched herself over the couch in | Continue reading


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A Squishy Giant Edible Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Vat19 released a soft, squishy giant edible Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the hulking killer from the original Ghostbusters film. This innocent looking pudgy | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Finding Out How Many Corn Ears Are in a Can of Corn

Food investigator Curiosityandbeyond quite cleverly reverse-engineered canned corn to see how many ears were inside the can. They placed the kernels onto | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Finding Out How Many Corn Cobs Are in a Can of Corn

Food investigator Curiosityandbeyond quite cleverly reverse-engineered canned corn to see how many ears were inside the can. They placed the kernels onto | Continue reading


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A Bouncy Line of Rubber Band Clothing

Japanese art student Rie Sakamoto has created an incredible line of clothing made out of rubber bands that are knitted together. Sakamoto presented this | Continue reading


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A Colorfully Animated Music Video for a 3 Year Old Girl’s Heartbreaking Song About Dinosaurs in Love

Fenn Rosenthal, the almost four year old daughter of musician Tom Rosenthal, wrote an original song entitled "Dinosaurs In Love". Her father was so proud | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Ongoing Controversy Over Calculating Spires Into the Height of the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers

Architectural blog The B1M explores the very controversial subject of height amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the world. More and more, building height | Continue reading


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They Might Be Giants Perform ‘Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love’ Entirely Backwards During a Live Show

During a live performance at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, Connecticut, the prolifically creative band They Might Be Giants (previously) | Continue reading


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Clever Doormats For People Who Live With Dogs

Doormats Direct has created a very clever line of outdoor doormats for people who live with dogs, particularly those who like to bark at anything that | Continue reading


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12 Year Old Boy Builds an Ingenious LEGO Wheelchair for a Growing Puppy Who Was Born Without Front Legs

A tiny abandoned puppy named Gracie, who landed at Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue in Kennesaw, Georgia was so covered in maggots that the volunteers didn't | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

An Exquisite Paper Cut-Out Inspired by ‘The Great Wave Off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai

Artist Héloïse Bossard of AuDetourDuPapier has created an absolutely stunning paper cut-out that was inspired by the famous woodblock print "The Great | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

A Baseball Bat Whiskey Decanter

MLB Opening Day is on March 26, 2020 and what better way to celebrate this (or any other) occasion with a cleverly-designed glass whiskey decanter shaped | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

How to Recycle Old Crayons Into New Ones

Crafter emmymade shared a very handy tip for leftover crayons and nubs. She skillfully sliced the crayons and put them into oiled muffin tins. She then | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

JBJ Soul Kitchen, Jon Bon Jovi’s Non-Profit Restaurants That Welcome Those Able to Pay and Those Who Can’t

Frontman Jon Bon Jovi of the eponymous rock band Bon Jovi is a loyal son of New Jersey. As such, he and his JBJ Soul Foundation have built the JBJ Soul | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Incredible Sculptures Made of Found Driftwood

Land artist Kanya Tamas creates wonderfully realistic sculptures of humans and animals with driftwood he finds along the coast of the Danube River in his | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Snidewalk, Amusing 8-Bit Game That Challenges Players to Virtually Walk NYC Without Hitting Anything

Copywriter Graham Davis designed "The Snidewalk", a very clever 8-bit style game that challenges players to navigate the often frustrating streets of New | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

How Pre-Packaged Sandwiches Are Really Made

Vlogger Andrew W of Huggbees TV explains, in his best narrator voice, how pre-packaged convenience store sandwiches are made. The documentary starts out | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Acrobatic Man Breaks His Own Guinness World Record by Climbing an Amazing 36 Metal Steps With His Head

Incredibly acrobatic Chinese athlete Li Longlong broke his own Guinness World Record for the most consecutive stairs climbed with his head. The previous | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Chewbacca Actor Shows How to Sound Like a Wookiee

Actor Joonas Suotamo, who took up the role Chewbacca after the death of Peter Mayhew in the Star Wars films, quite humorously demonstrated how to make | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Eggshell, A Jittery Stop-Motion Animation About Anxiety

Filmmaker Case Jernigan has created "eggshell", a jittery stop-motion animation made out of paper cut-outs and cereal boxes, that tells the story of one | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Continuous Lifecycle of Flowers Explained in a Lushly Illustrated Botanical Animation for Children

"The Story of Flowers" is a beautiful botanical animation made for children about the continuous lifecycle of flowers, how these seemingly delicate things | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Miniature Planets Made of Paint, Oil, Ink and Soap Hypnotically Revolve Around a Color-Changing Sun

Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist has created a bright universe of miniature planets that hypnotically revolved around a constantly | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Artist Paints Ultrasound Onto Friend’s Pregnant Belly

Artist Valentina Šagovac gave her expecting friend Dušica a really unique baby present by painting the 33rd week ultrasound onto Dušica's big, pregnant | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Clever Octopus Conquers an Escape Room Challenge

A very playful octopus named Rudy at the Octolab (previously) was given the challenge finding the method egress in specially designed, increasingly | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

A Giant Composite Photo Mural by JR That Captures the Beautiful Diversity of NYC’s Five Boroughs

Award-winning artist/photographer JR (previously) partnered with the Brooklyn Museum to create "The Chronicles of New York City", an absolutely gorgeous | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Yummy Mochi Buns Shaped Like Little Corgi Butts

Japanese bake shop Uchiha Penya in Minami-Ku, Sapporo, Japan makes wonderfully amusing baked goods that feature both the front side and the backside of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

A Young Paul Simon Deconstructs the Song ‘Mrs. Robinson’ From ‘The Graduate’ for Dick Cavett in 1970

In April 1970, a very young Paul Simon sat down with legendary television host Dick Cavett to talk about his latest work with and without Art Garfunkel. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

An Upscaled High Definition AI Remaster of the 1895 Lumière Brothers Film ‘Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat’

Video editor Denis Shiryaev has remastered the iconic 1895 Lumière Brothers film "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat" into a 4K high definition | Continue reading


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