Genetic Portraits, Fascinating Photos That Fuse Two Family Members Side-by-Side Into a Single Image

Photographer Ulric Collette who lives and works in Quebec City, Canada, has created "Genetic Portraits" an absolutely fascinating photo series in which | Continue reading


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Classic Footage of an 8-Track Tape Swap Meet in 1991

In 1991, a dedicated group of 8-track tape fans gathered at Delilah's in Chicago to swap and trade in their favorite medium and an acquired taste. One | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju Engages With Fans While Riding an Electric Unicycle on Icy Oslo Sidewalk

In 2015, the very affable Kristofer Hivju (previously), who plays Tormund Giantsbane on Game of Thrones, humorously engaged with fans following him as he | Continue reading


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How to Construct a 20-Sided Modular Pecan Pie

In or around 2009, UC Irvine Computer Science Professor Charless F. Fowlkes decided that he really wanted to make a memorable, tech-forward dessert for | Continue reading


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An Examination of the Specific Ingredients That Make Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger Taste Like Meat

In 2018, we wrote about Food Labels Revealed, a fascinating podcast produced by chemistry educator and analytical chemist Mel Weinstein, who talks about | Continue reading


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Using a Copper Coil and Neodymium Magnets to Make Three Different AA Batteries Race Against Each Other

Czech vlogger Mr. Michal set up an amusing set of experiments in which he uses coiled copper wire and circular neodymium magnets to make AA batteries | Continue reading


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Heartwarming Portrait of the Two Elder Polish Musicians of the ‘Holocaust Survivor Band’ in South Florida

In 2015, filmmaker Joshua Z. Weinstein created a heartwarming documentary about two elder musicians named Saul Dreier and Reuwen (“Ruby”) Sosnowicz. The | Continue reading


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Westeros World, A Gorgeous Mashup of Title Sequences From ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Westworld’

Video editor and cinematographer Gilles Augustijnen seamlessly combined the title sequences of Game of Thrones with that of Westworld, resulting in a | Continue reading


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Women of Gilead Forge Unexpected Alliances in a Fight for Freedom in Third Season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

In the trailer for the third season of The Handmaid's Tale, the eerily prescient yet dystopian series about the subjugation of women in a male-dominated | Continue reading


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New York City Renames 63rd Street and Broadway as ‘Sesame Street’ in Honor of Show’s 50th Anniversary

New York City has renamed 63rd Street at Broadway as Sesame Street in honor of the show's 50th Anniversary providing an actual physical address for | Continue reading


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Musician Makes His Guitars Sound Like Different Instruments With a Variety of Creative Techniques

Musician Davidlap, who continuously makes very amusing use of his amazing string skills, made his various guitars sound like different instruments with a | Continue reading


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LEGO Partners With Sight Advocacy Groups to Introduce Braille Bricks for Visually Impaired Children

On April 24, 2019, the LEGO Group, in partnership with The LEGO Foundation and various sight advocacy groups, announced that they will be introducing | Continue reading


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Can You Identify This Mysterious Pink Z3d Pill?

Can someone please help this parent identify the mysterious pink Z3d pill they found in their son's room? via Miss Cellania | Continue reading


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A Chorus of Voices in a Psychedelic Animation Deduce Why a Man Kills Himself Over a Bowl of Albatross Soup

Let The Man Die - Let The Bird Fly In the short film "Albatross Soup" by Winnie Cheung, which features psychedelic animation by Fiona Smyth, 50 different | Continue reading


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Actress Gemma Whelan Talks With Graham Norton About Her Role as Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones

On an amusing 2017 episode of The Graham Norton Show, actress Gemma Whelan, who plays the fiercely confident Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones, talked about | Continue reading


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A Sleekly Sophisticated Shiny Silver Liquor Cabinet Made From an RAF MK1 Practice Cluster Bomb

The artisans of Plane Industries who craft incredible chairs made out of cowling from such retired planes as the Boeing 737 and the British Airways e146, | Continue reading


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The Incredible Dexterity of the Light Operator Who Works With Swedish Groove Metal Band Meshuggah

In 2012, photographer Marjorie Coulin captured brilliant footage of Edvard Hansson, the incredible light operator who works with the Swedish groove metal | Continue reading


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Tenements, Towers & Trash, An Amusing Illustrated History of New York City by Cartoonist Julia Wertz

In 2017, critically acclaimed author and cartoonist Julia Wertz (previously) released Tenements, Towers & Trash, a hilariously observant and amusingly | Continue reading


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Foldimate, A Home Robot That Folds Laundry

In 2016 we wrote about the Foldimate Family, a handy home robot that automatically folds, steams, and scents laundry. Since that time, the company has | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Coat Rack Made From an Upcycled Chess Board Positioned in the Classic Caro–Kann Defence

Craftsman Volker Rieck of Creative Holz in Blieskastel, Germany has created a beautiful chess board coat rack that's positioned in the classic Caro–Kann | Continue reading


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An Astronaut Wanders Otherworldly Terrain of Public Land in the American Southwest in ‘Space to Roam’

In the gorgeous short film "Space to Roam" by photographer Andrew Studer, an astronaut in an orange space suit wanders through and around the otherworldly | Continue reading


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A Brilliantly Illustrated Flipbook Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the 1979 Ridley Scott Film ‘Alien’

Artist Serene Teh created a brilliantly illustrated flipbook that compactly enacts the story of the 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien, in celebration of the | Continue reading


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Elvis Costello Joins Spinal Tap Onstage During Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate 35th Anniversary of the Film

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the classic rock parody film This Is Spinal Tap, the original members of the band, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher | Continue reading


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George Lucas Slave Leia Cosplay

Pinksith spotted this hilarious George Lucas Slave Leia cosplay at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. via Neatorama | Continue reading


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Japanese Ukiyo-e Style Illustrations of The Avengers

Illustrator Takumi Toxin has quite beautifully drawn the characters of The Avengers: Engame in the traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e style. The artist told | Continue reading


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James Corden’s Parents React to Game of Thrones Final Season Premiere Without Ever Seeing the Show

Late Late Show host James Corden recruited his lovely parents, Malc and Marge, who live in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England to give their reactions | Continue reading


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A Marvelous Hand-Cranked Conveyor Belt That Uses Marbles in Groups of Eight to Create a Steady Beat

In 2016, we wrote about an amazing hand-cranked instrument that uses 2,000 marbles to make music, which was created by Martin Molin of the band | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Incredibly Realistic Long-Limbed Indoor Cat Tree

Robert Rogalski, a talented artist who enjoys hand crafting whimsical miniature items and characters, created a highly-realistic long-limbed indoor cat | Continue reading


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How ‘The Wire’ Realistically Addressed the Systematic Breakdown of Institutions All Throughout Baltimore

In the first part of an informative series focused upon the iconic HBO series The Wire, vlogger Thomas Flight examines how the show addressed the | Continue reading


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Melbourne Architect Turns Small City Apartment Into Tranquil and Highly Functional Urban Micro-Studio

In an urban episode of Living Big in A Tiny House, host Bryce Langsyton visited the Melbourne apartment of Douglas Wan to see how this talented architect | Continue reading


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Lookout, An Angled Smartphone Camera That Instantly Streams Steps Ahead So You Can Keep Looking Down

Alex Cornell, an interface designer, filmmaker, and musician, has created "Lookout", a hilarious parody product promo that addresses the annoyingly | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones Actors Work a Contractually Required Call Center for Confused Fans in ‘Game of Phones’

In a hilarious sketch for Jimmy Kimmel Live, several members of the Game of Thrones cast answer viewer questions in a call center setting, as required by | Continue reading


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Insightful Animation Showing How Depression Feels

In an incredibly insightful animation by BBC Three, a young man named Prasanna Sellathurai shares how the pressure of going to university exacerbated his | Continue reading


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The Swimming Pool, A Brilliant Optical Illusion Art Installation Where People Can Socialize Under Water

Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich is celebrating the 20th anniversary of "The Swimming Pool", his brilliant site-specific optical illusion art | Continue reading


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Helpful Husky Hilariously Howls Like a Squeaky Toy

A very helpful service husky named Banner who was wanting some attention, hilariously howled in a high pitched voice similar to one of her squeaky toys. | Continue reading


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Miniature Eiffel Tower Hypnotically Built From Magnets

The very talented aptly named Magnetic Games (previously) hypnotically built a miniature replica of the Eiffel Tower using magnetic balls and bars, making | Continue reading


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Artist Noah Scalin Uses Hundreds of Shoes to Create a Pig’s Head Mural for Richmond, Virginia Barbecue Joint

Artist Noah Scalin who is known for his amazing site-specific installations made with discarded and recycled items (and a skull or two), created an | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Revised Paperback Edition of ‘Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society’ Available For Pre-Order

Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society, the wonderfully strange but true chronicle of the underground group's historic run -- compiled and edited by | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Cut in Half, A Hardcover Photo Book of Common Household Items Split in Two With a Waterjet Cutter

Cut in Half is a hardcover book that shows the very creative Mike Warren (previously) cutting common household items in two with a waterjet cutter just to | Continue reading


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Why Treatment for Chemo Brain Is So Incredibly Elusive

Hank Green of SciShow explains why the foggy forgetfulness of chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment aka Chemo Brain is so very difficult to identify | Continue reading


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Woman Spends 56 Years With a Beloved Tortoise Who Was Given to Her on Her Tenth Birthday in 1962

In 1962, a little girl named Jeanna was given a baby gopher tortoise during her tenth birthday party at the Milwaukee County Zoo. From that day on Jeana | Continue reading


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Sigourney Weaver Surprises High School Students After Encore Performance of Their Stage Adaptation of ‘Alien’

We previously wrote about the incredibly talented students of the North Bergen High School Drama Club who adapted the classic Ridley Scott film Alien into | Continue reading


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George R. R. Martin Talks About Killing Characters, TV Collaboration and How The Avengers Inspired Him

During this final season of Game of Thrones, author George R. R. Martin sat down with Fast Company and opened up about how the sorrow he feels about | Continue reading


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Frank Warren of PostSecret Opens Up About His Incredible Postcard Project on CBS Sunday Morning

In 2004, Frank Warren started a community art project where he asked people to anonymously mail him a postcard with one of their secrets on it. In 2005 he | Continue reading


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A Quietly Poignant Acoustic Cover of the Pink Floyd Song ‘Goodbye Blue Sky’ on Played on Harp Guitar

The musically gifted Jamie Dupuis played a quietly poignant acoustic harp guitar arrangement of the classic Pink Floyd song "Goodbye Blue Sky" from their | Continue reading


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Writers of ‘The Office’ Liken the Show to a Tiny Flower Peeking Up Through a Crack in Parking Lot Pavement

In an enlightening episode of the series Behind the Curtain, host N.T. Jordan created compilation of interviews with writers of The Office, who explain | Continue reading


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Why the Statue of Liberty is Bluish-Green in Color

In a quick but informative video, Geobeats explains how the Statue of Liberty was at first a beautifully rich and shiny copper color reflective of the | Continue reading


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Recycled Tricycle-Powered Beetle Shaped Children’s Library That Expands Its Wings to Reveal Books Inside

Concerned about the pollution from abandoned bike-share bicycles and other industrial waste, Chinese artists Luo Yujie and Lu Zhuojian of Luo Studio | Continue reading


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