A Clever Penguin Egg Holder to Help With Boiling Eggs

Lead designer Lilach Greenblatt and his team at the Peleg Design has created Egguins, a very clever set of plastic penguin egg holders. This little colony | Continue reading


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Two Determined Cats Attempt to Pass Through Increasingly Smaller Cardboard Holes in the Doorway

The dedicated human of infamous cats Maru (previously) and Hana (previously), who recently conducted an amusing experiment to see just how flat each cat | Continue reading


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‘Bang Your Head (It’s a Celebration)’, A Brilliant Mashup of Kool and the Gang With Quiet Riot

Video editor Bill McClintock, who previously created a wonderful mashup combining the classic Queen song "We Will Rock You" with a wide range of musical | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

‘Mindhunter’ Actor Cameron Britton Talks About How He Transforms Into Serial Killer Ed Kemper

Mindhunter actor Cameron Britton quite eloquently shares how he prepares to embody the personality of serial killer Ed Kemper while getting dressed for | Continue reading


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How the Tabletop ‘Lazy Susan’ Turntable Was Invented

Filmmakers Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey of Terri Timely have created the short film "Lazy Susan", an amusing history about the origins of the convenient | Continue reading


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Ethereal Floral Art Created With String Dipped in Paint

Artist Paint.Mom creates absolutely beautiful art using pieces of string strategically dipped in latex paint. Each piece features an ethereal floral image | Continue reading


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Beautiful Custom Cutting Boards Shaped Like Guitars

Craftsman Dave Stencil of Cutting Boredom elevates the simple kitchen cutting board into a higher art. Among his wonderful (and punderful) creations are | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Death of a Tree Snail Results in Species Extinction

In a powerful video essay by The Atlantic, scientist Dave Sischo of the Snail Extinction Prevention Program somberly talks about George, a 14 year old | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Surprising Grace of a Pigeon in Slow Motion Flight

A lofty clip from the BBC Earth series Secrets of Bones shows in slow motion, how a pigeon named Smudge takes powerful flight vertically. Smudge and | Continue reading


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The Small Minnesota Town That Sits Inside Canada

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Lee Cowan travelled to Northwest Angle, a small Minnesota town that sits above the northern 49th parallel. While this | Continue reading


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Amazing 3D Animations That Brilliantly Appear to Break the ‘Fourth Wall’ of Instagram Posts

Freelance motion artist Tim Gray creates absolutely amazing 3D animations that appear to jump out and break the "fourth wall" of individual Instagram | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Culinary Difference Between the Larger Crystals of Kosher Salt Versus the Finer Texture of Table Salt

In a brackish video essay from 2016, Chef John Mitzewich of Food Wishes quite succinctly explains the culinary difference between table salt and Kosher | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Zombies Changed From Being Obedient Soulless Reanimations to Terrifying Flesh-Eating Undead Killers

Vlogger Evan Puschak, aka The Nerdwriter, takes an animated look at the history of zombies. He first examines zombism's Haitian Voodoo origins, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Security Robot Patrolling a Sidewalk in San Francisco

Within 24 hours of our arrival in San Francisco, we encountered a Knightscope K5 autonomous security robot patrolling the corner 3rd and Townsend in SOMA. | Continue reading


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Clever Wraps That Turn Instant Pots Into R2-D2 or BB-8

The aptly named Instant Wraps creates very cleverly designed, whimsical magnetic coverings for those who may find the stainless steel facade of their | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

David Gilmour Spontaneously Hires Venice Street Musician to Create Music With Wine Glasses on Stage

In August 2006, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was walking along the streets of Venice, Italy when he encountered a talented street artist Igor | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Dog Will Only Walk Backwards Through Doors

A big, beautiful black Labrador retriever named Max, who lives in a very loving home, has developed the strange habit of only walking backwards when going | Continue reading


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Perpetual Motion, A Minimalist Music Video Visualizing the Diametrically Opposed Ideas of Stillness and Flow

Filmmaker Nick Cobby partnered with musician Max Cooper (previously) to create "Perpetual Motion", a minimalist music video that visualizes the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Musician Simultaneously Performs ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ on One Acoustic Guitar

Musician Matt Kessel quite masterfully performed harmonic covers of both "Amazing Grace" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the same time on the same | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Stunning High Definition Timelapse Capturing the Earth’s Rotation Relative to the Milky Way

In 2017, photographer Aryeh Nirenberg created a stunning timelapse of the Milky Way as it hung brightly in the dark sky while the Earth rotated beneath | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Adorable Little Beagle Demonstrates the Wide Array of Beagle Demonstrates For Which His Breed Is Known

A really cute beagle puppy named Oliver Percival Beagle quite informingly demonstrated the wide array of vocal capabilities for which his breed is very | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Foo Fighters Invite an Adorable Five Year Old Boy Onstage to Dance With Them During a Show in Belfast

The amazing moment the @foofighters invite 5 year old Belfast fan Taylor up on stage, his first ever concert, and he absolutely killed it!!!! ????? | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Lively Visual Classical Music Mashup Featuring 70 Different Songs From Wide Range of Composers

Musician and producer Grant Woolard who composed a brilliant classical music mashup in 2016 that featured 57 Popular Songs by 33 Composers. Woolard then | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Glow-In-The-Dark TV Pins by Josh Ellingson With Interchangeable Stickers That ‘Change the Channel’

The very talented Josh Ellingson, an artist and good friend of Laughing Squid who very cleverly connected his Roku digital media player to an old | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Fascinating Process Detailing a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL That Hasn’t Been Washed in 37 Years

Larry Kosilla of AMMO Auto Care in New York City travelled out to New Jersey to help his client David surprise his father in an effort to convince him to | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Upcoming R-Rated DC Universe Animated Series ‘Harley Quinn’

IGN went backstage to get a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the R-rated animated series Harley Quinn ahead of its October 2019 premiere on the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Flying In a Plane That Shoots Fireworks From Its Wings

The ever-adventurous Tom Scott (previously) somewhat nervously reported from the passenger side of a motor glider plane that amazingly shoots fireworks | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Very First Time and Very Last Time Mister Rogers Sang ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’ on His TV Show

Mister Rogers Neighborhood Collection quite nostalgically compiled the very first time the late, greatly missed Fred Rogers sang "Won't You Be My | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Huskies Howl In Tune to ‘Take Five’ Saxophone Cover

A pair of lounging huskies decided to sing along as their human's son played a respectable cover of the classic Dave Brubeck jazz song "Take Five" on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Maru and Hana Hilariously Show How Flat a Cat Can Get In Order to Squeeze Through a Narrow Opening

The wonderful human belonging to the infamous Maru (previously) and his equally amazing sister Hana (previously) wanted to find out just how flat his cats | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Jolly Englishman Names the Farm Animals as They Leave the Barn During the Tuesday Morning Rush Hour

On a typical Tuesday at the Caenhill Countryside Centre in Wiltshire, England, a black-and-white kitten looked on as a variety of different farm animals | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Films About Boston Perpetuated Certain Stereotypes About People Who Live There

In a wicked episode of one of his insightful video essays, host Jack Nugent of the series Now You See It talks about specific Boston stereotypes that have | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Step-by-Step Process of Making Zildjian Cymbals

The Zildjian Company compiled a number of posts from their #MadeInZUSA series on Instagram to create a wonderful step-by-step video showing how they make | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Nostalgic Romance of U.S. Route 66

In an arterial episode of Vox Almanac, correspondent Phil Edwards explains the history of the infamous U.S. highway Route 66 (previously), how it was | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Illuminated River, Bay Lights Artist Plans to Light 15 Bridges in Central London Along the River Thames

Leo Villareal, the artist who created The Bay Lights (previously), a large-scale LED installation on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, has taken this | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

John Law ‘Signman’ Closing Reception Featuring a Conversation With Laughing Squid Founder Scott Beale

Signman is a retrospective spanning 42 years of events and projects by legendary San Francisco underground artist, prankster, Laughing Squid partner, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Drummer Flawlessly Performs the Rush Song ‘YYZ’ in Perfect Time With the Recording While Blindfolded

Australian musician Mitch Bruzzese flawlessly executed the complex drum track on the classic Rush song "YYZ" while blindfolded. Despite his lack of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Measuring Exactly How Much Male Falsetto Has Been Used in Popular Modern Music Throughout the Decades

Video producer Estelle Caswell of the Vox series "Earworm" traces the history of the male falsetto, working with Matt Daniels of The Pudding to figure how | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Service Dogs In Training Attend a Private Performance of ‘Billy Elliot’ to Learn Proper Theater Behavior

An adorable, well-mannered group of pups in Meaford, Ontario, Canada who are training to become part of the team at K-9 Country Inn Service Dogs attended | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Live Footage Timeline of Pink Floyd Transitioning From Syd Barrett to David Gilmour From 1967 Through 1972

Pink Floyd Beginnings 1968-1972 is an hour-long musical timeline that uses live footage from Pink Floyd performances 1967 through 1972. These years | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Squishy Glowering Cthulhu Stress Toy

Pop culture toy and collectables company Entertainment Earth has released a bright green, wonderfully squishy, glowering Cthulhu stress toy to hold tight | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Amusing Compilation of Awkward News and Weather Report Bloopers From the 1970s

News Be Funny has put together a 12-minute video featuring an amusing compilation of awkward news and weather report bloopers from around the United | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Look at How Taylor Makes Their Incredible Guitars

Video producer Caroline Aghajanian of Insider visited Taylor Guitars in El Cajon, California and in Tecate, Mexico in order to get an idea of how they | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Scientific Explanation of the Tragic Sequence of Events That Caused the Chernobyl Disaster

With the sublime HBO series Chernobyl bringing the catastrophic nuclear disaster of 1986 back into the forefront, ACS Reactions crafted a wonderful | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Incredible Double Bass Quintet Cover of the Classic ‘Pink Panther Theme’ by Henry Mancini

Croatian musician Božo Paradžik and four of his talented students performed a wonderfully smooth cover of the "Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini while | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Robotic Neck Brace to Help Patients With ALS or Other Neurological Conditions Keep Their Head Upright

Researchers of the ROAR Lab within Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science at Columbia University have build a truly agile and necessary | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Johnny Marr Invites a Devoted Fan Onstage at a Live Show to Play Guitar on the Song ‘This Charming Man’

While playing Live at Lemon Grove in Exeter, England, the legendary Johnny Marr invited a devoted fan onto the stage to accompany him on guitar for The | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Russian Folk Orchestra Performs a Beautiful Balalaika Cover of the Led Zeppelin Song ‘Stairway to Heaven’

A sextet of balalaika players from the N.P. Osipov National Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra of Russia performed a beautifully tranquil cover of the | Continue reading


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