‘1917’ Cinematographer Explains How They Made the Film Appear to Be a Long, Continuous Single Shot

Legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins sat down with Insider to explain how he and Sam Mendes made their World War I film 1917 seem as if it were filmed | Continue reading


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The United Kingdom’s Royal Mail Issues Postage Stamps Celebrating Classic British Video Games

The United Kingdom's Royal Mail has issued a series of official postage stamps that celebrate classic British video games. The stamps are available in a | Continue reading


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Adam Sandler Plays a Gold Painted Time Square Street Performer Who’s Harassed by Silver Painted Performer

In the brilliant short film "Goldman v Silverman" by Josh and Benny Safdie of Red Bucket Films and Elara Pictures, Ron Goldman (Adam Sandler) is a street | Continue reading


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Proud Dad Cleverly Edits His Baby Boy’s Noises Into a Cover the Classic AC/DC Song ‘Thunderstruck’

Proud dad Matt MacMillan very cleverly edited his the baby sounds that his infant son Ryan was making into an immediately recognizable cover of the | Continue reading


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Ben & Jerry’s ‘Netflix & Chilll’d’ Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream ( | Continue reading


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Striking Footage of a Fuzzy Leafhopper Nymph ‘Dancing’ Against a Shiny Black Background

Wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured incredibly striking footage of a fuzzy bright green leafhopper nymph "dancing" against a shiny | Continue reading


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Colorado Couple Transforms Their World War II Railroad Car Into an Amazing Tiny House

Bryce Langston, of the wonderful series Living Big in a Tiny House (previously), visited with Dan Huling and Annabel Reader of Colorado Shoe School to | Continue reading


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A Rescued Kangaroo Joey Vigorously Cleans the Ears of a Rescued Tabby Cat While Snuggling Together

A rescued baby kangaroo named Arthur used his adorably large nose to clean the ears of a sleeping tabby cat named Blue while the two were snuggling | Continue reading


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A Moving Illustrated Story of a Woodworker Who Carves Out the Love of His Life Only to Tragically Lose Her

Brooklyn artist Tom Booth has created an incredible, digitally animated series that tells the moving story of a lonely woodworker who skillfully carves | Continue reading


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Orphaned Baby Chimps Become the Best of Friends With Rescued Dogs and Puppies at Liberian Sanctuary

Now that they've learned to climb with a little help, the orphaned chimps, who live with their human caretakers Jenny and Jim Desmond of Liberia | Continue reading


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Cleverly Designed Wolverine Claws Corn Cob Holders

When thinking about Wolverine and his deadly claws, corn-on-the-cob doesn't usually come to mind. Despite this non-sequitur, Gamestop has created a very | Continue reading


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The Guide to Baby Sleep Positions

We wrote about a rather amusing graphic panel by How To Be A Dad that showed the various baby sleep positions that were actually more about the way in | Continue reading


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Drowsy Cat Napping Inside Her Human’s Brass Horn Gets a Rude Awakening When He Starts to Play

A very drowsy cat who found a comfortable place to nap inside her human Kazuhiro Tsukimura's bright, shiny brass euphonium was rudely awakened when said | Continue reading


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Australian Park Service Air Drops Tons of Food for Wallabies Who Lost Natural Source Due to the Fires

In the wake of the raging and tragic Australian brush fires that have spread across New South Wales and other provinces, the NSW Park Service has taken to | Continue reading


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Elaborately Detailed Miniature Worlds Made for Snails

Artists, filmmakers photographers Aleia Murawski and Samuel Copeland create elaborately detailed miniature worlds for their pet snails. The dioramic | Continue reading


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Cozy Fleece Scarf That Looks Like a Giant CVS Receipt

The hilariously long receipts from CVS Pharmacy have been used in a variety of amusing ways. In one case, a man dressed up as a 12 foot CVS receipt for | Continue reading


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KnifeTank: The Shüffling, A Tabletop Card Game About Outmaneuvering Opponents Using Tanks With Knives

KnifeTank: The Shüffling is an illustrated tabletop card game by artist and friend of Laughing Squid Doctor Popular (previously) that challenges players | Continue reading


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White Claw Claw Machine, A Crane Game Filled Cans of White Claw Hard Seltzer

Gambal’s Social Club in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri worked with Central States Beverage Co. to install a unique claw machine that's | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Interactive Exploration of the Microscopic World That Lives Under the Ice of Antarctica

Space and science author Ariel Waldman led a five-week expedition to Antarctica to learn about the microscopic flora and fauna that lives under the ice in | Continue reading


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Street Artist Creates Incredible Baby Yoda Mural in NYC

Street artist Will Power has created an absolutely incredible mural of the universally beloved character "Baby Yoda" from The Mandalorian on the wall of | Continue reading


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Plush Koala Bears Hang on Poles Around NYC With a QR Code to Help Animals Injured in the Australia Fires

Koalas of NYC is a wonderfully compassionate organization that is working to raise funds to help the millions of koalas and other native wildlife that | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Rise of David Bowie and the Fall of Ziggy Stardust Chronicled in a Wonderfully Illustrated Graphic Novel

The highly anticipated graphic novel BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton and Laura Allred is a brilliantly | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Generous African Grey Parrot Shares Food Tokens With Another Parrot So They Can Both ‘Buy’ Walnut Treats

A fascinating study conducted by animal physiologist Désirée Brucks and zoologist Auguste von Bayern involves a pair of African grey parrots who had been | Continue reading


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A Curious Octopus and a Lively Cuttlefish Use Their Camouflage Skills to Play Hide-and-Seek Together

An incredibly curious octopus named Rudy at Octolab was introduced to a lively cuttlefish named Mory to play a game of hide-and-seek with each other. This | Continue reading


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Fabulously Surreal Oil Paintings Featuring People With Animal Heads Riding the New York City Subway

Since 2014, artist Matthew Grabelsky has been creating surreal oil paintings featuring people with animal heads riding the New York City subway as part of | Continue reading


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Nimble Cat Hilariously Tries to Catch a Racing Slot Car

A determined cat named Athena drove herself a little crazy as she hilariously attempted to catch a remote-controlled slot car that was repeatedly racing | Continue reading


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Visual Timeline of the Most Popular Memes (2011-2020)

Our friends at Know Your Meme have put together a colorfully animated visual timeline that charts the most popular memes between the years of 2011 and | Continue reading


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Photographer Noah Kalina Takes a Photo of Himself Every Day for an Incredible Twenty Years of His Life

For the past 20 years, photographer Noah Kalina (previously) has taken a single photo of himself every single day of his life as documented in his his | Continue reading


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Man Animates Himself and His Girlfriend into Custom Version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for a Romantic Proposal

Boston filmmaker Lee Loechler worked with animators Kayla Coombs and Maggie Jung to create a fully custom, alternate endings to the classic Disney | Continue reading


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French Fries Alignment Chart

Robert James Russell "spent way too much time making" this awesome french fries alignment chart. | Continue reading


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A Heartfelt Tribute to David Bowie at a Subway Station Near His NYC Home on 4th Anniversary of His Death

On this fourth anniversary of the sad and untimely death of the late, greatly missed David Bowie, a New York City street artist paid a heartfelt tribute | Continue reading


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Microbodyssey, A Wonderfully Surreal Puppet Show About the Invisible Organisms in Our World

"Microbodyssey", by the British performance group Tatwood Puppets, is a wonderfully surreal show that shines a light on the world of invisible organisms | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Painstaking Process That Goes Into Building a Spit Baked 23 Layer Tree Ring Butter Cake

Vlogger FoodyTrip posted an absolutely fascinating video showing the painstaking process that goes into building an incredible traditional 23 layer butter | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Man Eats an Entire Slice of Pizza in One Big Bite

Los Angeles voice actor Paul Hikari quite impressively managed to eat an entire slice of topping-filled pizza in one bite. Hikari first folded the slice | Continue reading


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‘The Witcher’ Reimagined as a 1990s Television Drama

Video editor Jason Alan Dewey amusingly reimagined the popular Netflix series The Witcher as a 1990s style television drama complete with a long title | Continue reading


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Researchers Put Fancy 3D Glasses on Cuttlefish to See If They Use Depth of Vision When Hunting Prey

Dr. Trevor Wardill and a team of researchers at the Wardill Lab at the University of Minnesota decided that they would test how cuttlefish utilize field | Continue reading


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Drummers Play Eight Green Snare Drums in the Round

In the aptly named OKTOPUSSI segment of the greenbeats percussion show, three female percussionists stand in the middle of a vertical circle play the | Continue reading


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Drummers Play Eight Green Drums in the Round

In the aptly named OKTOPUSSI segment of the greenbeats percussion show, three female percussionists stand in the middle of a vertical circle play the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Modified Jogging Suits That Use Negative Space to Fit Into or Onto Specific Public Structures in Los Angeles

Artist Sarah Ross created "Archisuits", a cleverly modified set of four powder-blue leisure jogging suits with inserts that created the proper amount of | Continue reading


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The Sounds of Popular Emojis Recreated on Guitar

Musician Davidlap, who makes incredibly creative use of his amazing string instrument skills, recreated the sounds of popular emojis with his guitar and | Continue reading


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Sharon’s Rescue of Ozzy From Alcoholic Excess in 1979 Recreated for ‘Under the Graveyard’ Music Video

In the music video for the Ozzy Osbourne song "Under the Graveyard", actors Jessica Bardem and Jack Kilmer respectively play the roles of then Sharon Levy | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Orphaned Baby Chimpanzees Learn to Climb With Help From Their Human Caretakers

In an adorable clip from the BBC series Baby Chimp Rescue, a boisterous bunch of 21 orphaned chimpanzees learns to climb with the help of their human | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Converting a Fiat Into a Unique 8 Wheeled Vehicle

The auto enthusiasts at Garage 54 (previously) determined that their damaged Fiat didn't have quite enough wheels to their liking. The team then set about | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Elated Little Fennec Fox Laughs During a Coffee Break

When the humans belonging to Djinn the Fennec Fox went outside for a coffee break on the terrace, they decided to have their beloved vulpine companion | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

The Endearing Pittsburgh Tradition Using a Chair to Save a Parking Space in Front of a Home

Filmmaker Dean Bog has created a wonderful weekly video series that focuses on the uniqueness on his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One episode speaks | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Replacing the Instruments on the Michael Jackson Song ‘Billy Jean’ With Sounds From a Spring Door Stopper

Musician Beeble quite humorously and cleverly replaced most of the instruments in the Michael Jackson song "Billy Jean" with several different variants of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Mercedes-Benz VISION AVTR, A Futuristic Biometric Concept Vehicle Inspired by the ‘Avatar’ Film Series

During CES, German car manufactureer Mercedes-Benz unveiled the VISION AVTR, an incredibly futuristic concept car inspired by the creatures from the James | Continue reading


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Australian Zoo Keeper Takes Animals in the Zoo Home With Him to Keep Them Safe From Raging Bushfires

With the horrific bushfires heading straight towards the Mogo Zoo in New South Wales, Australia, director Chad Staples and several other of his dedicated | Continue reading


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