Amazing 3D Optical Illusions Created Using Makeup

Professional makeup artist Luca Luce creates amazing 3D optical illusions in a variety of styles using makeup. His most striking, however are the sharp | Continue reading


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MIB: Men In Blues, An Original Film Made From a Mashup of ‘The Blues Brothers’ With ‘Men in Black’

French filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu who's known for creating brilliant mashups with clever wordplay titles, has combined The Blues Brothers with Men in Black | Continue reading


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Singer Hides Lyrics to a Song Within 20 Different Videos

British musician Dodie very cleverly and somewhat inconspicuously sang different lyrics from an original song over the course of 20 videos, thus hiding it | Continue reading


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Stubborn Husky Whines About Sitting in Back of the Car

Zeus, the wonderfully stubborn husky who whined about getting out of bed, who begged his human to run his bath and who to give up the front seat of the | Continue reading


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Epoch, A Dizzying Visual Representation of Life on Earth Created Entirely From Images on Google Earth

Filmmaker and visual artist Kevin McGloughlin created "Epoch", a seamlessly dizzying visual representation of the various forms of life on earth, from | Continue reading


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Precariously Placed Balloons Refuse to Buckle Under the Weight of the World in a Whimsical Photo Series

In a whimsical, yet somewhat symbolic photo series entitled "Air", French photographer Daniel Forero positioned party balloons in precarious positions and | Continue reading


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A Colorfully Animated Explanation of Time Dilation

After Skool (previously) explains the concept of time dilation through colorful whiteboard animation. Citing Albert Einstein's Theory of Special | Continue reading


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Surreal Clay Creatures Interact in Brilliant Stop Motion Animation ‘Distortion’ Created Using 2500 Still Pictures

Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger (aka Guldies) has created "Distortion", a brilliant stop motion animation made from 2500 still pictures of | Continue reading


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Pastry Chef Successfully Recreates the Crunch, Shape, Texture and Taste of Pringles Potato Chips

In her amusing quest to make healthy versions of popular junk foods, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet | Continue reading


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A Lush Version of the ‘Frasier’ Theme Song ‘Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs’ Performed by The National

https://twitter.com/mysweetlord/status/1086703540029001728 Cincinnati indie band The National performed a lush, somewhat ethereal version of the song | Continue reading


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How Wealthy Nobles Dined In the British Medieval Era

As part of his series about Medieval food, Jason Kingsley OBE of Modern History TV and food historian Chris Carr explain and prepare meals that would be | Continue reading


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The Northern Icelandic Tradition of Herding Horses in Autumn After Letting Them Roam Free in Summer

A short National Geographic film documents the annual Northern Icelandic tradition of Göngur, the herding of native horses in autumn. During summer, the | Continue reading


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Mac Sabbath Hilariously Parodies the Black Sabbath Song ‘Sweet Leaf’ With Their Song ‘Sweet Beef’

Mac Sabbath, the fast food-themed Black Sabbath tribute band who performed for Ozzy Osbourne, hilariously parodied the classic song "Sweet Leaf" with | Continue reading


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A Young Jordan Peele Advocates Against Smoking in Unaired 1995 PSA for ‘Smoke Free Class of 2000’

In 1995, actor and director Jordan Peele took part in a nationwide consortium of student advocates who were seeking to make the United States a smoke-free | Continue reading


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Custom Slippers Created From Photos of Beloved Pets

Cuddle Clones in Lexington, Kentucky creates original plush toys in the image of beloved pets, also creates adorable plush slippers. Each pair is | Continue reading


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Cleverly Animated Pull Out Illustrations

Artist Ben Avlis creates very clever illustrations that pull out to show another side. When animated, these illustrations open and close mouths, explode | Continue reading


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A Stunning 4K Timelapse Tour Around Oman

Filmmaker Falaah Nasser has created an absolutely stunning timelapse that tours around Oman. In making this, Nasser stated that wanted to share with | Continue reading


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Creating the Illusion of Movement by ‘Primitive Means’

In 2016, we wrote about "Toki", an amazing 3D printed zoetrope by Japanese artist Akinori Goto. Since that time Goto has further explored how light | Continue reading


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A Gorgeous Photo Series Featuring Agile Dogs Leaping Through Pillowy Clouds of Colored Powder

Canadian animal photographer Jess Bell has created a gorgeous photo series that features the playful side of agile dogs as they gleefully leap through | Continue reading


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Preparing a Typical Peasant Meal From Medieval Times

In March 2018, Jason Kingsley OBE of Modern History TV invited food historian Chris Carr in the preparation of what would a typical meal prepared by | Continue reading


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Diver Ocean Ramsey Swims With an Enormous Pregnant Great White Shark She Had Met Before

Diver, conservationist and marine biologist Ocean Ramsey who seems to have quite an amazing way with sharks, whales and other large sea dwelling | Continue reading


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The Important Role Kneecaps Play in Active Mobility

Dr. Justin Lin of Rehab and Revive Physical Therapy in Tustin, California addressed the importance of kneecaps with a very basic model. Using two planks | Continue reading


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A Gorgeous Performance of the Traditional Turkish Folk Song ‘Dertli Dolap’ Played on a Cura

While a cat and chickens ran around behind him, musician Ösgur Baba performed a quietly gorgeous rendition of the classic Turkish folk song "Dertli Dolap" | Continue reading


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Roadies Describe How to Put on KISS Show in 1979

In footage from a seemingly unreleased documentary recorded at the Taylor County Coliseum in Abilene, Texas, the roadies on the 1979 KISS Dynasty Tour | Continue reading


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A 1967 Animated Luden’s Cough Drops Television Ad Featuring a Unique Soundtrack Created by Frank Zappa

Artist Ed Seeman posted the award-winning 1967 television ad for Luden's Cough Drops, which featured his own brilliant animation and a unique soundtrack | Continue reading


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Multi-Instrumental Covers of the Theme From Original ‘Magnum P.I.’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Multi-instrumentalist Ollie Longz aka Banjo Guy Ollie (previously) performed a couple of amazing television covers. The first was the original, iconic | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Incredibly Realistic Hand Gesture Candles

The aptly named CandleHand creates candles in the shape of incredibly realistic looking hands making a variety of recognizable gestures. The candles are | Continue reading


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A Rescued Retired Racehorse Finds a Creative Second Career as a Highly Successful World Famous Artist

The short film "My Paintbrush Bites" by Joel Pincosy and Joe Egender tells the story about a horse named Metro Meteor, a retired rescued racehorse that | Continue reading


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How Pixar Creates Emotional Obstacles That Lead to Pivotal Moments of Character Self-Realization

In a nostalgic video essay, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take offer insight into the "Pixar Moment" that makes everyone cry. This technique | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Why Spoilers May Not Actually Spoil a Story

Video essayist Thomas Flight talks about spoilers, specifically whether or not these unexpected revelations actually ruin the story in film, television | Continue reading


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An Impossible Screw That Will Only Turn Clockwise

The machinist behind Latherman's Crazy Machines shares a really perplexing screw he made that only turns clockwise within its turret. When he removes the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Geek vs Nerd vs Dork

Chuck and Beans explain the difference between a geek, nerd and dork on Shoebox. via Miss Cellania | Continue reading


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Dog Receives a Massage From a Pair of Boxing Robots

A curled up dog, who's part dingo, was given a very comforting massage from the pair of boxing robots that the children had received for Christmas in at | Continue reading


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Countries Represented in the Form of People Play a Hilarious Game of Risk Using Real World War Tactics

In 2017, the Irish comedy trio Foil Arms and Hog put together a hilarious scenario in which countries from all over the world, represented in the form of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Myth of Pandora’s Box Told Through Animation

In the TED-Ed lesson "The Myth of Pandora’s Box", animated by Jorge Moyano and Mauricio Piraquive, educator Iseult Gillespie shares the story behind the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Defensive Waves Ripple Through Honey Bee Colony

While building a comb off the branch of a tree, a colony of honey bees in Vietnam engaged in a defensive wave, a process that sends murmuring ripples down | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Musician Performs on a Beautiful Five-Key Basset Clarinet With a Rich Sound Perfect for Mozart

In The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's wonderful ongoing series about unusual and classic instruments, musician Antony Pay performs a bit on a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Steve Carell Reunites With ‘The Office’ Co-Creators for ‘Space Force’ Workplace Comedy Series on Netflix

Actor Steve Carell, showrunner Greg Daniels and producer Howard Klein, all of whom are co-creators of the US version of The Office, have reunited for | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Beautifully Animated Journey Inside a Redwood Leaf

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco have created a really beautiful animation that travels down into the molecular layer of a leaf from a | Continue reading


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The In Utero Chaos That Makes Fingerprints So Unique

David Goldenberg of MinuteEarth explains how fingerprints are formed. These singular identifiers first start out as volar pads that form in utero. These | Continue reading


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Directions to Johnny B. Goode’s Place

"Directions to Johnny B. Goode's Place" by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands via Naked Music Score, Duck Soup, Nag on the Lake | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Interactive Simulator That Reconstructs Movement of a Prehistoric Reptile Using Reverse Engineering

In a fascinating study, researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have reverse engineered the movement of the Orobates pabsti, an extinct | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Serial Killer Ted Bundy Opens Up About His Heinous Crimes in the Netflix Series ‘Conversations With a Killer’

The Netflix documentary series Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, offers a peek into the twisted mind of the serial "Campus Killer" Ted | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Two Hamsters Run a Very Clever Maze Created by Their Human With Five Different Levels To Conquer

In November 2018, the human behind the YouTube channel The Secret Life of My Hamster built a very clever maze with five different levels to conquer. In | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Haunting Beauty of Siouxsie Sioux’s Voice Captured in Isolated Vocal Tracks For ‘The Killing Jar’

Music mixer Joh Ph posted an amazing clip highlighting the exquisitely haunting beauty of Siouxsie Sioux's voice as captured in isolated vocal tracks from | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

British Children in 1966 Voice Their Concerns Predicting What the World Might Look Like in the Year 2000

In an eerily predictive BBC clip from December 28, 1966, British school children offered their wisdom about what the year 2000 looks like to them. Most | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Gorgeous 4K Drone Footage of a Perfect Rotating Circle of Ice That Appeared in a Westport, Maine River

Todd McKee, founder of Bulldog Aerials, former associate director at ABC News and licensed drone operator captured gorgeous, high definition overhead | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Adopted Woman Tries to Uncover Her Hidden History in the Netflix Series ‘Black Earth Rising’

In the Netflix series Black Earth Rising, a young woman named Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel) who works for lawyer Michael Ennis (John Goodman) approaches her | Continue reading


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