The Barstool MBA, A Fascinating Audiobook That Weighs Working in a Bar Against Going to Grad School

Longtime Laughing Squid Friend Dan Maccarone of founder Charming Robot, investor in the bar Fool's Gold NYC and host of the "Story in a Bottle" podcast | Continue reading


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An Incredible Timelapse of the Lights Coming Back on After the Unexpected 2019 New York City Blackout

When the lights unexpectedly went out on the West Side of Manhattan for several hours on Saturday, July 13, 2019, surprisingly, very little chaos ensued, | Continue reading


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John Deere Collaborates With Golf Retailer PING to Build the Largest Golf Putter in the World

Engineers at John Deere collaborated with designers at golf retailer PING to create the largest golf putter in the world. This giant motorized | Continue reading


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New York Times Reporter Finds the Location of Over 1,200 Bob Ross Paintings While on a Quest to Buy One

New York Times reporter Aaron Byrd sought to buy one of the now-iconic paintings by the late, great Bob Ross (previously). Finding the task to be almost | Continue reading


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A Clever Print Reimagining the Lyrics of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb’ as a Vintage Pain Reliever Ad

Artist Todd Alcott (previously) has quite cleverly reimagined the heartfelt and profound lyrics of the classic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" as the | Continue reading


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A 1994 ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Pizza Hut British TV Commercial Spoken Completely in Klingon

In 1994, Pizza Hut UK aired the very first non-English advert on British television stations. The scene featured three Klingons who looked like Worf from | Continue reading


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A Brilliant Electric Guitar With a Clever Mechanical Neck That Symmetrically Folds to Fit Under an Airplane Seat

Musician Jonathan Spangler, who traveled a great deal in his previous life as a patent lawyer for a medical device company, found that there was truly a | Continue reading


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A Well-Dressed Pet Goose Shops for His Favorite Greens at a Walmart in Hayward, California

A well-dressed pet goose named George with a service dog vest on happily honked his way through a parking lot on his way into the Walmart store. Once | Continue reading


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Agile Little Guinea Pig Performs a Fun Array of Tricks

An agile guinea pig named Ace performed a wide array of fun little tricks in a wonderful compilation that incorporated what he's learned both in the past | Continue reading


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A Flamethrowing Electric Guitar Built From Car Scraps

Andy George of How To Make Everything put his industrial and musical skills to excellent use with his idea to build a playable Mad Max: Fury Road | Continue reading


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25 Year Old British Man Dresses as a 16th Century Regency Gentleman in Bespoke Clothing He Designs

25 year old Zack MacLeod Pinsent of Pinset Tailoring in Brighton, U.K. is a very dapper young man who dresses as if he were a Regency gentleman from the | Continue reading


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A Gregarious St. Bernard Became Best of Friends With the 95 Year Old Woman Who Lived Next Door

When a wonderfully gregarious St. Bernard named Brody was a puppy, he befriended Sally Reenhorn, the nice elderly lady who lived next door to his family | Continue reading


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The Who Joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in Toy Instrument Cover of the Iconic ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’

In May 15 2019, the great Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for a really amazing (and incredibly prescient) | Continue reading


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‘Mad Men’ as Sitcom Cold Open With Laugh Track

BuzzFeed writer Grace Spelman hilariously took a humorous scene from the rather serious period drama Mad Men and re-presented it as a sitcom cold open, | Continue reading


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Newly Naturalized United States Citizen Celebrates by Playing the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ on His New Guitar

Musician szaynoun celebrated his newly minted status as a naturalized United States citizen with a blazing rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on his | Continue reading


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Beautiful Footage of a Bright Pink Albino Katydid

Insect hunter Deri Saputa captured absolutely beautiful footage of a stunning bright pink katydid who sat calmly upon his fingers. This incredible | Continue reading


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Heartwarming Film About a Sick Street Cat Who Was Rescued and Given a Second Chance at a Good Life

One of the humans from the amazing Flatbush Cats (previously), a non-profit feral rescue program in Brooklyn shared the heartwarming story of a really | Continue reading


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A Funky Frankfurt Subway Station That Looks Like a Tram Car Submerged Into/Bursting From the Sidewalk

Along the Frankfurt, Germany U-Bahn subway line sits the Bockenheimert Warte, a tramway car that either looks like it's submerged into the sidewalk or | Continue reading


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Marvel Movies That Audiences Will Never Get to See

Looper (previously) takes a look at all of the Marvel movies that audience will never get to see. In doing so, they explain why films like Inhumans only | Continue reading


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A Two Hour Video Game Supercut That Functions Like a Clock When Watched in Synch With the Actual Time

As part of his "Hours Played" project, Freelance video editor Duncan Robson (previously) cleverly demonstrates how a video game in which someone or | Continue reading


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A Deepfake Jim Carrey Takes Over Jack Nicholson in the Dramatic ‘Concentration’ Scene From ‘The Shining’

Slovakian video editor Ctrl Shift Face who morphed Bill Hader's face into those of the stars he was impersonating using Deepfake technology, quite | Continue reading


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Traffic Circle Spins Like a Turntable From Overhead

Swiss filmmaker Dirk Koy has created "Attraction", a dizzying short film that captures the traffic on a Basel, Switzerland roundabout from overhead. The | Continue reading


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An Incredibly Realistic Brown Work Boot Cake

The Cake Blog shared an amazing, masterfully edited video in which an unseen pastry chef skillfully rolls out fondant for a brown work boot cake. The chef | Continue reading


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Wonderful Hand-Animated Paper Illustrations Featuring Levers That Make Eyes Roll and Tongues Loll

Artist E. Merlin Murray who describes himself as an "English-sounding Scotsman", creates absolutely wonderful hand-animated paper illustrations that are | Continue reading


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Scuba Shooters, A Community of Underwater Photographers Who Take Amazing Marine Life Photos

Scuba Shooters is a community of talented underwater photographers who capture absolutely amazing images of the numerous marine creatures who live beneath | Continue reading


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A Fresh-Baked French Bread Plush Pillow

Novelty company Gecter has created a wonderfully realistic plush pillow that looks like a loaf of | Continue reading


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Cat Butt and Dog Butt Irreverent Adult Coloring Books

Honey Badger Coloring has released "Catt Butt" and "Dog Butt", two wonderfully irreverent, "off-color" coloring books for adults that focus on most | Continue reading


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Don’t Let Traffic Change You, A Simple Yet Brilliant Brazilian Ad Campaign to Discourage Road Rage

Brazillian ad agency Executiva Propaganda has created, for Detran/RN (the Rio Grande do Norte Traffic Department), a simple yet brilliant visual campaign | Continue reading


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A Dark and Despairing Russian Art Film Interpretation of the Normally Cheerful Couch Gag From ‘The Simpsons’

Cartoonist Lenivko Kvadratjic of Lazy Square has interpreted the classic "Couch Gag" (previously) from the long-running animated series The Simpsons as a | Continue reading


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A Traditional Hand-Knitted Icelandic Lopapeysa Sweater With a Pac-Man Pattern Circling the Yoke

In 2017, Doctor Popular (previously) and partner Christine Clarke created a very traditional Icelandic Lopapeysa (or Peysa) with a wonderful Pac-Man | Continue reading


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‘Toy Story 4’ Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear Toys That Fall Down When Told That ‘Someone’s Coming’

With the worldwide release of Toy Story 4, the Canadian company Thinkway Toys has created an official Disney/Pixar line of interactive toys from the film. | Continue reading


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Incredible Insect and Spider Faces Captured in Disarmingly Close Up Macro Photography

German wildlife photographer and author Alexander Mett captures absolutely incredible (and somewhat disarming) close up photographs of insect and spider | Continue reading


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Man Fondly Examines a Vintage Music Box From His Father’s Well-Used 1967 Ford Ice Cream Truck

In 2017, Don Williams took apart and examined a vintage music box from a 1967 Ford ice cream truck that belonged to his father. As he was looking at the | Continue reading


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A Funky Remix of ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’

In his ongoing series of Marvel remixes, DJ Jonny Wilson of Eclectic Method remixed the excellent animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse into a | Continue reading


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Sewer Cover Cleverly Transformed Into Pac-Man

French street artist Oakoak (previously) very cleverly transformed a simple sewer cover in the town of Liévin, France into a level from Pac-Man. Other | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Film Showcasing the 11 Different Chemical Elements That Make Up 99.9% of the Human Body

"The Elements of Life" is a short film by Envisioning Chemistry (previously) creator Yan Liang that showcases the beauty of eleven different elements that | Continue reading


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The Classic Lou Bega Song ‘Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of)’ Recreated With Character Lines From 156 Movies

Movie and video game reviewer Ross John Fearnley aka The Unusual Suspect has created a masterful mashup in which characters from 156 movies sing the | Continue reading


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An Intricate Set of Reconfigurable Paper Origami Cubes That Are Connected Without the Use of Glue or Tape

Paper artist Jo Nakamisha creates wonderfully intricate origami cubes that are made from a single sheet of paper and connected without the use of glue, | Continue reading


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The Cat Rescuers, A Film About Compassionate Volunteers Who Help Stray Cats in Brooklyn

The award-winning documentary The Cat Rescuers takes a look at the compassionate and dedicated people who provide sustenance and veterinary care to the | Continue reading


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Cronut Inventor Dominique Ansel Creates New York City Themed Pastries for His 15th Anniversary in NYC

The inventor of the Cronut, pastry chef Dominique Ansel, created a wonderful line of yummy pastries, each of which sport a fun New York City theme. These | Continue reading


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Lucas the Spider and His Good Buddy the Fly Giddily Ride Around the House on a Slippery Ice Cube

While searching the kitchen for something to eat, Lucas the Spider and his buddy the Fly discovered a cold, wet cube that slipped away with a simple | Continue reading


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Gorgeous Cover of the Simon and Garfunkel Song ‘The Sound of Silence’ Played on Pan Flute and Quenacho

Brothers Luis and Fabian Salazar of the Ecuadorian world music band Wuauquikuna performed an absolutely gorgeous cover of the iconic Simon and Garfunkel | Continue reading


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Well Meaning Cat Desperately Tries to Revive a Dead Bird With Disastrous Results in Short Film ‘Catastrophe’

In morbidly funny animated short "Catastrophe" by Dutch filmmaker Jamille van Wijngaarden, a blameless cat rushes into action when the pet bird he'd | Continue reading


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Little Gray Kitten Goes Into Fierce Battle Mode After Seeing His Reflection in the Mirror For the First Time

A little gray Maine coon/Savannah kitten named Opie who, upon seeing his reflection in the mirror for the very first time, positioned himself to fiercely | Continue reading


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Every Question Luke Skywalker Asks in Star Wars Films

The wonderful Star Wars Kids channel (previously) kept count of every questions asked by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) throughout the entire Star Wars | Continue reading


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Thirsty Boxer Hilariously Tries to Drink From Garden Hose Spray While Sitting Behind a Glass Window

A goofy boxer named Zara who was sitting in the window watching her human work in the garden. Every time the garden hose spray was directed at the window | Continue reading


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The Overlooked Built-In Feature That Keeps the French’s Mustard Lid Out of the Way When In Use

Chris Notap shared a really handy little known and often overlooked secret regarding French's yellow mustard. The design of the snap-open lid is | Continue reading


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David Harbour Digs Into His Father’s Theatrical History in ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein’

In the Netflix mockumentary Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein written by John Levenstein (Arrested Development), actor David Harbour | Continue reading


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