16 Cats Wearing Cameras Reveal How Felines Interact With One Another Outside the Presence of Humans

Curious about what her cat Treacle was doing when she brought home a bird bigger than herself, Dr. Maren Huck, an ecologist at the University of Derby, | Continue reading


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A Bizarre Cheer Laundry Detergent Commercial From 1969 That Tried to Tap Into the Popularity of ‘Star Trek’

In 1969, Cheer laundry detergent aired a bizarre, space-themed commercial that tapped into immense popularity of Star Trek at the time. The scene features | Continue reading


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Musicians Flawlessly Play Their Instruments While Performing an Amusing Series of Tap Dance Routines

During a live show in 2017, the very talented musicians of MozArt Group (previously) flawlessly played their instruments while comedically performing an | Continue reading


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Restaurant Recreates Leonardo Da Vinci’s Self Portrait Using Italian Foods to Mark 500 Years Since His Death

The British restaurant chain Bella Italia wanted to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of artist/inventor Leonardo Da Vinci with a strong statement | Continue reading


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British Polyglot Plays a Medieval Anglo-Saxon Who Casually Speaks Old English During a Faux Interview

Simon Roper, a polyglot vlogger with a wonderful fascination for English historical languages, created a faux documentary for which he played a | Continue reading


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Bill Hader Giddily Meets His Idol Keith Morrison of ‘Dateline’ After Doing Impressions of Him for Years

During the Sunday edition of TODAY, host Willie Geist talked to Bill Hader about his impressions Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison that started in a | Continue reading


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For All Mankind, An Apple TV+ Alternate Timeline Series About an Ongoing Space Race With the USSR

During the WWDC 2019 keynote on June 3rd, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared the trailer of an original alternate timeline series entitled For All Mankind, which | Continue reading


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Humorous Art Project Features Tempting Food That Can Only Be Accessed ‘In Case of Emergency’

Freelance digital designer Ben Fearnley has created a rather humorous art project featuring tempting treats that can only be accessed "in case of | Continue reading


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Lucas the Spider’s Colorful Easter Easter Egg Hatches and Flies Away on a Pair of Magnificent Wings

On Easter Day, Lucas the Spider and his good friend the fly happily gathered up colorful eggs that they collected from all around the yard during their | Continue reading


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How to Make Godzilla Really Angry, A Brilliant Stop-Motion Etiquette Bumper for Alamo Drafthouse

Before every screening of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the Alamo Draft House shows a brilliant stop-motion "etiquette" bumper that features a couple of | Continue reading


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A Scrappy Golden Retriever Figures Out How to Extract a Chew Toy Ring From a Tall Vertical Maze

Delta the golden retriever, a young assistant to Dog Scientist Albert, quite methodically figured out how to extract a chew toy ring from a vertical maze | Continue reading


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SyFy Host Explains the Difference Between Multiverse and Parallel Universe to Two Other Versions of Herself

SyFy Wire host Jackie Jennings invited two other versions of herself to help explain the difference between a multiverse and a parallel universe. When | Continue reading


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A Tiny Baby Raccoon Hugs a Fluffy Plush Version of Himself After Being Rescued From the Side of the Road

While out driving one day a compassionate human named Eric found a baby raccoon on the side of the road. The tiny procyonid was left all alone after his | Continue reading


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Stunning FPV Drone Footage Over the Jagged Black Mountains and Rocky Shores of Lofoten, Norway

FPV drone pilot Benoit "Fincky" Finck traveled from his home in Paris to the gorgeous town of Lofoten in Nordland, Norway where he captured absolutely | Continue reading


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How to Speak New York, A Handy Audio Guide for Proper Pronunciation of Locations In and Around NYC

The Data News Team at WNYC has compiled a wonderful audio guide entitled "How to Speak New York", which offers the proper pronunciations of specific | Continue reading


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Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock and Mike D Discuss Their Epic 1994 Album in ‘Still Ill: 25 Years of Ill Communication’

In the short Amazon documentary "Still Ill: 25 Years of Ill Communication", the legendary Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) and Mike D (Mike Diamond) fondly recall | Continue reading


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Creative Balloon Destruction as Performance Art

Norwegian visual artist Jan Hakon Erichsen has embarked upon a unique challenge of finding the many different ways that balloons can be destroyed. Aptly | Continue reading


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Motion Designer Collaborates With Artists and Illustrators to Animate Their 36 Days of Type Projects

Albert Oriol, a motion designer from Barcelona contacted 36 artists and illustrators during 36 Days of Type and offered to animate their work for the | Continue reading


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Children From Around the World Recreate the Lyrics to ‘Lean on Me’ Using Their Names in Clever Clothing Ad

In honor of International Children's Day on June 9, 2019, Portuguese children's clothing retailer Zippy created a clever ad campaign entitled "One Big | Continue reading


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The Significant Design Flaws of the Human Foot

Cheddar explains, through an ontogenic video essay, why the human foot features some significant design flaws. Early humans had feet similar to those of | Continue reading


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Muppet Vikings Invade a Foreign Land While Singing a Rousing Cover of the Village People’s ‘In the Navy’

In a skit from the 524th episode of The Muppet Show in 1980, a determined boatful of Muppet Viking pigs announces their intentions to invade a foreign | Continue reading


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Whatever

Spotted on the bathroom door at Berg'n in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. | Continue reading


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Mac Sabbath Announces the ‘American Cheese Tour 2019’ Across the US With Special Guest Okilly Dokilly

Mac Sabbath, the fast-food themed Black Sabbath heavy metal tribute band announced the "American Cheese Tour 2019" accross the United States. The tour | Continue reading


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A Mind-Bending Compilation of Clever Optical Illusions

Visual artist Kevin Lustgarten created a fascinating compilation of his astounding optical illusions. While these mind-bending performances are created | Continue reading


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A Lonely Older Man Becomes Obsessed With Building a Machine to Relive a Past Moment in ‘The Last Dance’

"The Last Dance" by Chris Keller (previously) is a starkly beautiful, powerful short film that tells the visceral story of an older man named Hugo | Continue reading


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A Clever T-Shirt That Features the ‘Lorem Ipsum’ Placeholder Text as the Iconic Star Wars Opening Crawl

Teespring is selling a very clever T-Shirt that features the text of the placeholding "Lorem Ipsum" paragraph as the iconic opening crawl seen in almost | Continue reading


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A Whimsical Google Home Mini Charging Stand That Looks Like a Retro Bell-Ringing Alarm Clock

Wassers has created an old school charging stand that transforms the simple Google Home Mini into a retro-style alarm clock. The stand comes in white or | Continue reading


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Kayaker Vertically Plunges Down a 113 Foot Waterfall

Champion kayaker Dane Jackson quite skillfully sent himself safely down the near vertical drop of the Toketee Falls in Douglas County, Oregon. Jackson was | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Beautiful CGI Animated Film About an Unlikely Friendship Between a Lonely Fox and a Hunted Mouse

In the beautifully GGI animated short film "The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse" by students at École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques (ESMA) in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Cure Performs the Entire ‘Disintegration’ Album at Sydney Opera House on 30th Anniversary of Release

To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their 1989 seminal album Disintegration, The Cure performed the album in its entirety at the iconic Sydney | Continue reading


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A Magical Calico Cat Reaches Through the Television Screen to Knock a Motorcycle Racer Off His Bike

French racing fan William Besserve captured very funny footage of an evidently magical calico cat as she reached through the television screen to knock a | Continue reading


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IKEA Recreates Rooms From ‘Friends’, ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Stranger Things’ With Their Own Furniture

In an ingenious ad campaign for IKEA United Emirates entitled "Real Life Series", the iconic living rooms from Friends, Stranger Things and The Simpsons | Continue reading


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The Pros and Cons of Treating Dogs as Fellow Humans

The New Yorker spoke with a number of humans who either live or work with dogs to find out why some treat their canines as fellow humans, while others | Continue reading


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Ex-FBI Agent Explains the Basics of Body Language

Former FBI agent and best-selling author Joe Navarro sat down with Wired to talk about the basics of reading body language. Using real-life examples, | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones’ Long-Awaited Cleganebowl Gets Upgraded as Swords Are Replaced With Lightsabers

In a very clever mashup from Immersion VFX, the long-awaited Cleganebowl from Game of Thrones is given a weapons upgrade. Rather than swords, brothers | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Beautiful Translucent Electric Guitar Made Out of Multi-Colored Epoxy Resin With a Purple Wooden Neck

Burl, the incredibly creative luthier of Burl's Art built for himself a colorful translucent guitar made completely out of epoxy resin. Having used this | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Incredible Visualization of the Explosive Growth on the Island of Manhattan Over the Course of 400 Years

Content expert Danny Ashton of NeoMam Studios created an incredible visualization for client Angie's List that shows the explosive growth on the island of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

374 Rolling 1965 Ford Mustang Hot Wheels Play a Tinkly Tune on Xylophone Keys Hung on the Tracks

The aptly named 5MadMovieMakers, who create wonderful videos featuring the creative use of childhood toys, very cleverly hung black-and-white xylophone | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Artists Around the World Will Be Hiding Mushroom Art Around Their Cities in Attaboy’s ‘Game of Shrooms’

Attaboy, the talented artist, author, co-founder of Hi-Fructose Magazine and friend of Laughing Squid, has announced "Game of Shrooms" a wonderful project | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Manivald, a 33 Year Old Heartbroken Fox, Realizes He Needs to Grow Up and Move Out of His Mother’s House

"Manivald" by Chintis Lundgren is a brilliant, short animated film that tells the story of an anthropomorphic fox in his thirties who lives with his | Continue reading


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How ‘Breaking Bad’ Used Swimming Pools to Wash Away Any Character’s Chance of Attaining Happiness

In an extremely insightful video essay, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of | Continue reading


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Darth Vader Approaches Power With Uncharacteristic Logic in Reimagined Key Scenes From Star Wars

Auralnauts have very cleverly reimagined several key scenes from the original Star Wars IV: A New Hope, giving Darth Vader (voiced by Vader impressionist | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Astronaut Simultaneously Drops Hammer and Feather on Moon to Test Galileo’s Theory About Falling Objects

In 1971, David Scott, a NASA astronaut and subsequent author, tested out Galileo Galilei's proven theory about objects falling at the same speed by | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Creating and Erasing Colorful Spirals in Corn Syrup Using the Principles of Laminar Flow Fluid Mechanics

Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day excitedly performed an experiment using the principles of the Taylor–Couette flow, which describes the steady | Continue reading


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A Custom Built Life-Sized Human Foosball Arena

The proprietors of Velocity Karts in Christchurch, New Zealand have installed a custom-built life-sized human Foosball arena that is available to rent on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Handy Public Punching Bags Located Around Manhattan That Let New Yorkers Vent Their Frustrations

donttakethisthewrongway, a design studio based out of Savannah, Georgia, installed a series of "Public Punching Bags" around Manhattan during their visit | Continue reading


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HGTV Invites ‘Brady Bunch’ Cast Members to Restore Real Life Brady Home Interior to the Original Set Design

When the real-life version of the iconic home that provided the exterior shots for the long-running series The Brady Bunch went on the market in August | Continue reading


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Home Depot Employees Build an Orange PVC Pipe Walker for Little Boy With a Muscle Weakness Condition

When employees at the Home Depot store in Cedartown, Georgia learned that the Moore family was in the midst of buying supplies to build a walker for their | Continue reading


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