Guinness Clear, A Cleverly Subtle Message From the Legendary Irish Brewery to Drink in Moderation

In a very clever and subtle message about drinking in moderation during events like the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championships, the legendary Irish | Continue reading


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What We Do in the Shadows, A Vampire Comedy Series on FX Based Upon the Beloved Cult Film

In 2015 Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi released What We Do in the Shadows, a wonderfully dark humored pseudo-documentary about vampires. Over the past | Continue reading


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Purl, A Disney Pixar Animated Short About an Earnest Pink Ball of Yarn Working at a Male Dominated Startup

In an amusing Disney/Pixar animated short by SparkShorts, an earnest bright pink ball of yarn named Purl does her best to be successful at a male | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Better Way to Board an Airplane

A seemingly frustrated CGP Grey explains why the current method of boarding airplanes in the United States is not working and proposes a better, faster | Continue reading


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How Pink Floyd Used Odd Metering, Organic Loops and Travelling Bass Line to Create the Iconic Song ‘Money’

In a follow-up to his analysis of the Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb", the fast talking doodler 12Tone takes on "Money", an equally interesting song by | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Beautiful Footage of an Iridescent Jellyfish-Like Deep Sea Creature Nicknamed the ‘Psychedelic Medusa

While exploring the waters off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the NOAA scientists aboard the Okeanos Explorer caught sight of a glittery | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Immensely Strong Hafthór Björnsson Carries Strangers Around in a Front Facing Baby Carrier

The immensely strong and wonderfully kind Hafthór “Thor” Björnsson aka The Mountain from Game of Thrones quite humorously offered to carry strangers | Continue reading


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Freediver Petr Kapoun Swims Directly Under the Ice of a Frozen Lake Milada in the Czech Republic

Freediver Petr Kapoun quite bravely swam directly under the ice of a frozen Lake Milada in the Liberac region of the Czech Republic. Kapun tackled this | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Intuitive Paper Poster Printed With Smart Ink That Connects to a Tiny Computer to Update the Weather

Oliver Woods and the team Typified, have created an intuitive paper poster that is printed with "smart ink". This ink connects and responds to a tiny | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Working For a Day at a Japanese Snow Monkey Park

Video producer John Daub of the series Only in Japan spent a day working at a Snow Monkey Park, specifically the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

François Clemmons Recalls the Day Mister Rogers Invited Him to Soak His Feet in a Kiddie Pool Together

In a neighborly interview with StoryCorps, performer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, recalls with great | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Hypnotizing Slow Motion Footage of Magnetite Sand Gathering Around a Powerful Magnet

The quite aptly named Magnetic Games (previously) shows how a magnetic field works with an attractive demonstration of collected magnetite sand as it | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How High Atmospheric Pressure Over a Siberian Town Makes It Earth’s Coldest Permanently Inhabited Place

Sam from Half as Interesting, who is a big fan of winter sports, explains the conditions that make Oymyakon, Siberia the coldest permanently inhabited | Continue reading


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Bad Lip Reading of the NFL 2018-2019 Football Season

Just in time for Super Bowl LIII, Bad Lip Reading is back with a hilarious bad lip reading of football games that took place during the 2018-2019 NFL | Continue reading


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Star Wars Sound Effects Replicated on a Guitar

Musician Davidlap, who previously soloed with his hands on fire and performed an almost literal "walking bassline" while wearing toe socks, hilariously | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Rapper Murs Breaks Down Why He Believes That the Beastie Boys is the Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time

In a call back explainer video on HipHopDX, rapper MURS breaks down exactly why he considers The Beastie Boys to be the greatest hip hop group of all | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Band Behind the Album That Made Everyone Believe That the Beatles Had Gotten Back Together

In 1976, a really beautiful psychedelic album called 3:47 EST seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and carried such a familiar sound that it lead a number | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Dinosaur Invades a Wooden Mannequin’s Home in a Stop Motion Short That Pays Tribute to ‘Jurassic Park’

In the short stop-motion animated short film "Indomation" by Mason Drumm, a wooden mannequin comes home, orders some pizza, settles in on the sofa and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Hypnotic Footage of Icy Methane Bubbles Floating Up to the Surface of a Frozen Lake in Alberta, Canada

German photographer Lennart Pagel captured beautifully hypnotic footage of icy methane bubbles just under the surface of a frozen lake in Alberta, Canada. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Sea of 168,000 Used Plastic Straws Is Parted in Unique Art Installation With a Strong Environmental Message

Photographer and artist Benjamin Von Wong (previously) worked with Zero Waste Saigon and Starbucks Vietnam to gather 168,000 used plastic straw for his | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Forbidden Popcorn Became an Unexpected Financial Windfall That Kept Movie Theaters Alive

An informative episode of Cheddar Explains talks about the dichotomous history of popcorn at the movie theaters. When silent films came out, the theater | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Graceful Robot Learns to Play a Mean Game of Jenga

Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT along with a team from the MIT MCube Lab developed a very precisely moving robot | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Young Gamers Share How the Xbox Adaptive Controller Helps Them Play Their Best in Microsoft Super Bowl Ad

In a really heartwarming Super Bowl ad for the Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller, a group of inspiring kids with underdeveloped or missing limbs talk | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Talented Yarn Artist Crochets, Knits and Embroiders a Life-Size Sculpture of a Local Woman Walking Her Dog

Yarn artist Liisa Hietanen has embarked on a really ambitious project of knitting and crocheting sculptures of her fellow Kyläläiset (villagers) in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Talented Yarn Artist Crochets, Knits and Embroiders a Life Size Sculpture of a Woman Walking With Her Dog

Yarn artist Liisa Hietanen has embarked on a really ambitious project of knitting and crocheting sculptures of her fellow Kyläläiset (villagers) in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Why The Joker’s Origin Story Doesn’t Need to Be Told

In an insightful video essay about the upcoming film Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix, host Jared Bauer of Wisecrack opines on the need for The Joker, a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Vintage Celebrity Portraits With Droopy Eyes and Frowning Mouths Representing Social Media Fatigue

Japanese artist Teiji Hayama who lives and works in Switzerland, creates original oil paintings that are inspired by vintage celebrity photos. In these | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Stunning Drone Footage That Reveals the Luminous Colors of Utah’s Great Salt Lake From Overhead

Justin McFarland, a licensed drone operator in Utah has captured absolutely stunning footage that reveals the luminous colors of the Great Salt Lake from | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Look at the Extensive Career of Actor Warwick Davis

In his new series for The Back Focus, host Brandon Hardesty (previously) takes a look at Warwick Davis, an actor who was born with spondyloepiphyseal | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Long Career of Dwarf Actor Warwick Davis

In his new series for The Back Focus, host Brandon Hardesty (previously) takes a look at Warwick Davis, an actor who was born with spondyloepiphyseal | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Celebrities Freaking Out Over Meeting Other Celebrities

The Smile Network has put together an amusing compilation of famous celebrities becoming absolutely starstruck upon meeting or interacting with other | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The World’s First Genetically Domesticated Foxes

In a canid report for Verge Science from September 2018, writer/producer William Poor talks about a 60 year old experiment by Dmitri Belyayev, a Russian | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Series of Mesmerizing Timelapses Showing Cargo Ships Moving In and Out of Ports Around the World

SeaTube is a wonderful YouTube channel that showcases mesmerizing timelapse videos set to calming music that show giant cargo ships as they arrive into | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Furthest You Can Travel Without a Passport

As part of his ongoing series about geographical trivia, Sam from Half as Interesting takes a look at the furthest distance a "regular person" can travel | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Colonel Sanders and His Three Droogs

via Clitdickler Atyorcervix | Continue reading


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The Political Alignments of Mario Kart Characters

Art House Politics breaks down the political alignments of Mario Kart characters and then follows-up with the political alignments of Super Smash Bros | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Tiny Kitten Grows Into a Beautiful Long Haired Cat In a 26 Second Timelapse Taken Over 10 Months

A photographer from Warren Photographic Ltd documented the growth of their silver tabby Maine Coon kitten named Freya over the course of 10 months. The | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Illustrated Alphabet Told Through the Distinctly Eccentric Characters From Wes Anderson Films

Las Vegas artist Abbie Paulhus has created a wonderfully alphabet illustrated with the distinctly eccentric and unique characters from the films of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Clever Cylindrical Doctor Who TARDIS French Press

ThinkGeek has created a French press that looks like a cylindrical version TARDIS belonging to Doctor Who. While the Doctor would probably prefer tea over | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Woman Ingeniously Turns Her AirPods Into Earrings In Order to Keep From Losing Them

Artist Gabrielle Reilly aka deadanimemom quite ingeniously to created a pair of attractive and utilitarian dangling earrings out of her Apple AirPods so | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Saturday Night Live’s Long History With Cue Cards

In the wonderful behind-the-scenes series Creating Saturday Night Live, crew member Wally Feresten speaks first hand to the show's long history with cue | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Beautiful Footage of Plane Making Smooth Landing in Greenland Taken From Inside the Flight Cabin

In 2016, traf captured beautiful footage of a plane making very smooth landing on a snowy landing strip in Maniitsoq, Greenland. The footage was taken | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Closeness Lines Over Time

"Closeness Lines Over Time" by Olivia de Recat via FlowingData | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Literal Interpretation of the Lyrics to Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Told Through Internet Memes

Musician Luke Maynard, who is a dedicated fan of the band Queen, collected and created a series of Internet memes that literally interpret the lyrics to | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Brilliant Animated Video Celebrating 41 Years of the Iconic Electric Light Orchestra Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’

On January 28, 1978, the Electric Light Orchestra released their iconic A-Side song "Mr. Blue Sky" from their seventh album Out of the Blue. 41 years | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Jennifer Lawrence Answers Questions While Wearing Steve Buscemi’s Face in a Creepy Deepfake Video

A really creepy video by VillianGuy shows the lovely Jennifer Lawrence, clad in a long red dress and diamond collar, giving a post Golden Globe Awards | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The iRobot Terra, A Roomba That Mows the Lawn

iRobot has announced the release of the Terra, an outdoor version of their Roomba vacuum cleaner. This hands-free connected robot mows the lawn using the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Mischievous Gray Cat Pulls Individual Hand Towels Off the Shelf Just to Toss Them on the Floor One at a Time

An adorably mischievous gray tabby cat sat on the side of the sink and repeatedly reached into an open cabinet for the easily accessible hand towels on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago