An Eager Dog Repeatedly Tries to Get His Long Stick Through a Narrow Passageway Without Success

A shepherd dog named Jack happily trotted up the path with a long stick in his mouth. Surprisingly, Jack couldn't figure out how to fit that stick through | Continue reading


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Classic Rock and New Wave Songs Brilliantly Reimagined as Vintage Pulp Fiction Paperbacks

Graphic artist Todd Alcott has brilliantly reimagined classic rock and new wave songs as vintage pulp-fiction paperback books. Included in the songs he | Continue reading


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Why Animators First Study the Mechanics of Walking Before Illustrating a Character’s Identifying Gait

Filmmaker Andy M. Saladino of the Royal Ocean Film Society takes a look how illustrators animate unusual movement by first understanding the mechanics of | Continue reading


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Stunning Drone Footage of the Picturesque Landscape Within the Canyons of Moab, Utah

Award-winning FPV (first person view) drone filmmaker Airblastr has captured absolutely stunning drone footage of the picturesque landscape within the | Continue reading


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How Technology Helps Paleontologists to Accurately Fill in Missing Bones When Reconstructing Dinosaurs

In a fascinating essay for Vox, host Kimberly Mas explains the history of dinosaur reconstruction, the different processes that sometimes resulted in | Continue reading


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TossingBot, A Robotic Arm That Can Teach Itself to Grasp, Toss and Catch Random Items

Andy Zheng and a team of Princeton University engineers, in partnership with Google Brain Robotics have created the TossingBot, a pair of robotic arms | Continue reading


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A Clever Map That Phonetically Spells Out the Names of European Capital Cities for Easy Pronunciation

Czech linguist, data scientist, graphic designer, and musician Jakub Marian has created an amusingly informative map of Europe that phonetically spells | Continue reading


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Adorable Toddler Cleverly Explains Dinosaur Extinction

An adorable three year old in a colorful dinosaur shirt quite knowledgeably explained to his mom the reason why these prehistoric creatures went extinct. | Continue reading


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Sound Designer Ben Burtt Deconstructs the Audio Effects Used in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope’

A fascinating video from Indepth Sound Design features legendary Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt deconstructing many of the classic audio effects that | Continue reading


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The Book of Weirdo, A Hardcover Retrospective of the Alternative Comics Scene During the 1980s and 1990s

Last Gasp has published The Book of Weirdo, an almost 300 page hardcover retrospective by Jon B. Cooke about the alternative comics scene in the United | Continue reading


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Elton John Walks Through a New Song That He and Bernie Taupin Wrote in 1970 Called ‘Tiny Dancer’

In 1970, the great Elton John sat behind his piano and explained the structure of a new song he was working on with his musical partner Bernie Taupin. The | Continue reading


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Surprising Similarities Between Depression and Anxiety

SciShow Psych host Brit Garner explains the surprising similarities between depression and anxiety despite the fact that they feel vastly different from | Continue reading


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Dave Navarro Solos on a Melted Cherry Red Fender Stratocaster Guitar by Street Artist Plastic Jesus

Los Angeles street artist Plastic Jesus created "The Art of Noise", a gorgeous cherry red Fender Stratocaster that has been partially melted into a | Continue reading


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Miniaturist Explains Why She Prefers to Create Ordinary Real Life Items Over Historical Museum Pieces

Kath Holden of Delph Miniatures in Bradford, Yorkshire is a very talented miniaturist who pulls no punches when talking about her preference for making | Continue reading


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Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly Spot Approaching White Joggers While Working the Night’s Watch at the Wall

Robot Chicken has jumped into the building anticipation over the premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones with a hilarious animated | Continue reading


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Street Artist JR Uses 2,000 Sheets of Paper to Turn The Louvre Pyramid Into an Incredible Optical Illusion

Three years after he made the Louvre disappear into the facade of the Paris Museum, the remarkable award-winning French street artist and photographer JR | Continue reading


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Scottish Man Biking Around the World Adopts a Stray Kitten Found Along the Way to Accompany Him

In September 2018, Dean Nicholson began a long bicycle journey, riding from his home in Dunbar, Scotland to as far as he could go around the world. As he | Continue reading


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A Bullied Clown Turns His Frown Upside Down to Become a Grinning Criminal Mastermind in ‘Joker’

In the upcoming psychological thriller Joker, directed by Todd Phillips, actor Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a struggling comedian who is driven | Continue reading


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A Giant Amazon Mothership Deploying Delivery Drones Is Spotted Sailing Across the Skies on April Fool’s Day

On April 1, 2019, a giant mothership blimp with an Amazon logo emblazoned on the side was spotted sailing across the skies and deploying tiny delivery | Continue reading


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Classic Disney Films About Avoiding the Common Cold

In 1951, Walt Disney made a film entitled "How to Catch a Cold" in which an animated "common man" falls prey to the common cold, while a little version of | Continue reading


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Shiny Brass Sticks That Give Support to Growing Plants

The online home store Poketo is selling a handy three-pack of curved brass sticks that help provide structure and support to nascent growing plants while | Continue reading


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Dutch Flowers Take Flight in a Buoyant Photo Series

Every Spring, Dutch farmers turn over their blooming flowers in order to strengthen the bulbs. This tradition happily provided photographer Claire | Continue reading


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A Tired Humanoid Finds Out That Things Can Always Get Worse in the Stark Digitally Animated Short ‘Freight’

Serbian filmmaker Sava Zivkovic has created "Freight", a starkly beautiful digital animation about a gorgeously modeled humanoid who lives inside a | Continue reading


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An Animated History of Domesticated Dogs

In an affable Ted Ed Lesson written by archeologist David Ian Howe and animated by Cabong Studios, narrator Addison Anderson explains the turbulent | Continue reading


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Hypnotic High Definition Footage of 100 Minutes on the A Train From Uptown Manhattan to a Queens Beach

Filmmaker Dj Hammers (previously) who enjoys capturing the subway trains in and around New York City captured hypnotic, high-definition footage of a 100 | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Beautiful Stop-Motion Music Video for an Incredible String Quartet Cover of the Björk Song ‘Venus as a Boy’

In promotion of their soon-to-be-released Björk tribute album, the Vitamin String Quartet performed an incredible string interpretation of the Icelandic | Continue reading


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Digital Illustrations of Famous Fictional Characters Posed With Their Alter Egos or Their Favorite Pets

Russian freelance artist Aleksei Vinogradov has created a wonderful digitally illustrated series of famous fictional characters posed with their equally | Continue reading


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A Strangely Adorable Timelapse of Three Hungry Snails Gobbling Down a Yummy Meal as Fast as They Can

A trio of strangely adorable snails heartily enjoyed a meal of all sorts of yummy goodness that was put upon a plate for their convenience. This footage | Continue reading


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AbleChair, A Versatile Power Wheelchair That Easily Adjusts From Sitting to Standing Using an App

The AbleChair is an incredibly versatile wheelchair that can be adjusted into a number of positions between sitting and standing with a sliding touch on a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

French Musician FKJ Performs Live on Salar de Uyuni, The World’s Largest Salt Flat in Southwest Bolivia

French musician FKJ performed a beautiful live set upon the stunning Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia, the largest salt flat in the world. The event, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Scrumptious Bite-Sized Chocolate Bar Mini-Puzzle

Areaware has released an adorable, bite-sized mini-puzzle that looks just like a scrumptious chocolate bar that can be taken apart and put back together | Continue reading


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Amazing Digital Paper Cut Illustrations That Focus On Editorial Issues of the Day

Artist Eiko Ojala (previously) creates amazing digital illustrations that look like they were constructed out of paper. Because Ojala works are featured | Continue reading


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An Animated Guide to Making a Basic Cup of Coffee

In 2016, gaming vlogger Old Game Box put together a very handy animated guide to making a basic but good cup of coffee. He first starts off with the type | Continue reading


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Entrepreneur Lillian Vernon Visits the Homes Her Family Left Escaping the Nazis in a 2003 Neistat Brothers Film

The day after the 2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, vlogger Casey Neistat posted a really beautiful and inspiring documentary that he and his | Continue reading


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A Tantalizing Stop-Motion Animation That Reveals the Hidden Patterns Inside Various Fruits and Vegetables

Filmmaker Kevin B. Parry has created a series of tantalizing stop-motion animations that reveal the hidden mosaics that live inside fruits and vegetables. | Continue reading


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Food Expert Shares 59 Distinct Ways of Cooking Eggs

Amiel Stanek, an assistant food editor at Bon Appétit, takes a look at the incredible, edible egg and demonstrates how flexible this viscous protein can | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Intricate Rube Goldberg Machine That Takes Over Four Minutes to Pass the Salt Across the Table

Brooklyn kinetic artist Joseph Herscher (previously) of Joseph's Machines invited fellow machine maker Sprice Machines of San Diego to dine with him at a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Machiavelli May Have Been Issuing a Warning About Tyranny Rather Than Embracing Its Philosophy

In an astute animated Ted Ed video essay written by Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler, narrator Addison Anderson explains the origins of the word | Continue reading


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North Bergen New Jersey High School Drama Club Performs a Fantastic Stage Adaptation of ‘Alien’

The talented students of the North Bergen High School Drama Club took on a really ambitious project of adapting the classic Ridley Scott film Alien into a | Continue reading


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Traditional 18th Century Naval Portrait of Cap’n Crunch

Artist and illustrator BoosterPang decided to portray the smiling, animated cereal mascot Cap'n Crunch as a fully realized human being posing in a | Continue reading


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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Discuss the Breakup of The Beatles and Other Subjects With Dick Cavett in 1971

In September 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show where they talked with the host about the breakup of The Beatles, | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Vintage Film From 1910 That Showcases the Strength and Agility of Common Houseflies

In 1910, British naturalist and filmmaker F Percy Smith created "The Acrobatic Fly", a fascinating film that demonstrated the remarkable strength, | Continue reading


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A Collection of Reader Submitted ‘Deep Dark Fears’ Translated Into Comic Form by Illustrator Fran Krause

Los Angeles professor, animator, and comic artist Fran Krause (previously) has released The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection, a wonderful compilation | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Super Mario Bros. Theme Music Performed on a Violin at Four Increasing Experience Levels

Award-winning musician Rob Landes quite skillfully and lightheartedly performed the Super Mario Bros. theme music on a violin at four increasing | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Under, An Underwater Restaurant on the Southern Tip of Norway Featuring Wonderful Views of Marine Life

Europe's first underwater restaurant, aptly named Under, has just opened in Lindesnes on the southern tip of Norway. While the entryway of the restaurant | Continue reading


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1986 Calendar Featuring Morris the Cat Making Snide Remarks on How Technology Is Changing the World

Beginning in 1968, a wisecracking orange tabby cat named Morris peppered daytime television with commercials about his being "the world's most finicky | Continue reading


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How an Iconic Photo of a Picturesque Austrian Town Encouraged a Travel Vlogger to Want to See More

Travel vlogger Johnny Harris waxed poetically about an iconic, ubiquitous image of Hallstatt, a village that sits below the Austrian Alps. Harris | Continue reading


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Chef With Fried Chicken Hidden on Map of USA

Did you know that there is a chef proudly presenting his friend chicken hidden on the map of the USA? Well, there is and that's the easiest way to find | Continue reading


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