My Name Is Idaho Montoya, You Peeled My Father

Skyaboo spotted this hilarious chalkboard drawing outside their local coffee shop based on the famous phase by Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride. The | Continue reading


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International Quartet of Talented Guitarists Perform an Incredible Acoustic Cover of AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’

For International Guitar Night 2018, a quartet of incredibly talented musicians from different countries came together to perform an incredible acoustic | Continue reading


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A Unique Heat Sensitive Edition of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ That Can Only Be Read by Applying Fire to the Pages

In October 2017, we wrote about the upcoming heat sensitive editions of the iconic Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451, which can only be only be made | Continue reading


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Clever Mashups of Dance Scenes From Classic Television Shows Set to the Music of the Grateful Dead

Artist and Deadhead Knut Masco has very cleverly mashed together different dance scenes from classic U.S. television series such as The Honeymooners, The | Continue reading


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Why Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ Is Really a Love Song Despite Its Obsession With Death

In a detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a look at the classic Blue Öyster Cult song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". He | Continue reading


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Sun Seeking Emu Takes a Nice Refreshing Sit Upon the Backyard Sprinkler on a Warm South Australian Day

Eemie (aka Gollop) the cheeky Emu who stole a bag of popcorn while helping her humans unload groceries from the car, enjoyed a refreshing sit upon the | Continue reading


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Astronauts From the Apollo 8 Mission Share Their Vivid Impressions of Seeing the Earth in Color From Space

In the gorgeous short film "Earthrise" by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, the three astronauts from the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and | Continue reading


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An Adorably Spooky ‘Big Eared’ Dumbo Octopus Puts on a Fearsome Show for the ROV Hercules Camera

While exploring off the Davidson Seamount in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the ROV Hercules, launched from the E/V Nautilus captured the | Continue reading


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Tiny Drones Work Together to Open a Heavy Door

Researchers Matthew Estrada, David L. Christensen, Mark R. Cutkosky from Stanford University and Stefano Mintchev and Dario Floreano from the Ecole | Continue reading


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A Grateful Grandson Learns a Great Deal About His Grandfather After Finding His Long Kept Memory Book

In a wonderfully illustrated animation, artist and filmmaker Colin Levy shared the story of finding his grandfather's long kept memory book. Byron Levy, | Continue reading


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Smiling Kindergarteners Sing Happy Birthday in Sign Language to the School’s Beloved Deaf Custodian

A class of smiling kindergartners at Hickerson Elementary School in Tullahoma, Tennessee sang the traditional birthday song while also communicating the | Continue reading


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Sale!

Chris Cultrera shot footage of a flailing inflatable tube man with the word "Sale" vertically printed on it and seamlessly matched it up with the | Continue reading


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A Star Wars Fan in Columbus, Ohio Builds a 17 Foot AT-AT Imperial Walker in His Front Yard For Halloween

In 2017, William Plessinger, an enthusiastic Star Wars fan, constructed a 17 foot All-Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) Imperial Walker that he placed the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Wonderful Collection of Dungeons and Dragons Art That Provides a Visual History of the Iconic Game

Writers Michael Witwer and Kyle Newman have authored Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History, a wonderful collection of the art associated | Continue reading


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An Affable German Shepherd Gently Watches Over a Bevy of Baby Quails Crawling Around on a Shag Rug

A noble German Shepherd named Thorin very gently sniffed out a bevy of baby quails who were chirping away while crawling around on a comfy shag rug. After | Continue reading


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Artist Creates Wonderfully Elaborate Imaginative Scenes Using a Giant Library of Colorful Books

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elizardbirth (@elizabeth_sagan) on Aug 31, 2018 at 9:19am PDT Artist Elizabeth Sagan has found a unique niche | Continue reading


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Chorale Members Create a Thunderstorm With Their Fingertips As Prelude to a Beautiful Cover of ‘Africa’

During a 2013 performance, members of the very talented Angel City Chorale amazingly created the sound of a thunderstorm with their fingertips as prelude | Continue reading


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A Psychedelic Video That Reacts to the Changing Beat of the Music From Max Cooper’s Song ‘Platonic’

Filmmaker Páraic McGloughlin has created a psychedelic music video using for the Max Cooper song "Platonic" in which a timelapse of a freeway runs freely | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Vector, A Friendly Little Robot That’s Specifically Coded to Use Its Wonderfully Helpful Powers For Good Not Evil

Vector by Anki Home Robotics is a friendly little robot that can do a great many things. Vector can give a fist bump, act as a timer, give the weather, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Old Irish Script Based Upon Carved Stone Notches and Spaces That Presented a Big Unicode Problem

In a lexemic episode of "Things You Might Not Know" taken on location at the British Museum, host Tom Scott explains how the medieval Irish language of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Researchers for NASA’s ‘Operation IceBridge’ Discover Rare Rectangular Shaped Icebergs in Antarctica

The researchers of the NASA program "Operation IceBridge", the longest running aerial surveyor of polar ice, captured absolutely stunning photos of two | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Taking the 6 Line Into the Secret NYC City Hall Loop Subway Station That Was Closed in December 1945

In a subterranean episode of the Fast Company series You Have to See This, host Mark Wilson rides the the number 6 subway line several times to catch a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Hilarious Play-by-Play Commentary On a Fictional Fight Between Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees

The Auralnauts, who are very funny and quite prodigious video makers, got into the Halloween spirit with ongoing, play-by-play commentary for a fictional | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Whimsical LEGO Vortex Halloween Candy Launcher

The very talented LEGO designer Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks built a Vortex LEGO Candy Launcher. This brilliant machine, like his previous Halloween | Continue reading


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Incredibly Intricate Portraits Carved Into Pumpkins

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maniac Pumpkin Carvers ??? (@maniacpumpkins) on Oct 9, 2018 at 12:23pm PDT The very aptly named Maniac | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Photographer Creates a Unique Temporary Camera Lens Out of Glacial Ice From Iceland’s Diamond Beach

French filmmaker Mathieu Stern, whose incredible work we've previously posted, shares how he created a unique but very temporary camera lens out of 10,000 | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Incredible Technology Behind the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission That Took the First Astronauts to the Moon

In a nostalgic video essay, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes revisits the awesome technology of the Saturn V rocket and Apollo 11 spacecraft, which took the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Why the Symmetry of Beauty Makes Humans So Happy

In a equipoised animation, Munich design house Kurzgesagt explains, in their consistently highly informative manner, the concept of beauty and what makes | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

An Extremely Elaborate Home Halloween Light Show Synchronized to a Medley of Michael Jackson Songs

Tracy, California music teacher Tom BetGeorge and the team at Magical Light Shows decorated BetGeorg's house with tens of thousands LED lights to put on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Beautiful Waterfall Flows Upwards in Reverse Due to High Winds in the Amboli Valley of Maharashtra, India

Photographer and waterfall enthusiast Abhinandan Kavale captured intense footage of a gorgeous cascade at the geothermal Kavalshet Point in Amboli, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Gorgeous Timelapse of a Powerful Glacier Flowing Downhill Like a River Through a Frozen Valley

Dr. Gabrielle Walker of BBC Earth Lab captured a gorgeous timelapse footage of a glacier as it moved downhill, flowing like a river through a frozen | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Former CIA Chief of Disguise Shares How the Agency Protects Its Agents With Various Levels of Disguise

In the premiere episode of Wired Masterminds, the former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez sat down with the publication to talk about how the agency | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Cosplaying Father Builds a Brilliant MechWarrior Costume That Requires an Adult and Child to Operate

A very creative father (and uncle) who goes by the name Griddlock Cosplay built an absolutely brilliant Mechwarrior costume that requires both a child and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Lively Video Map of New York City Showing Exactly Where Each Marvel Cinematic Universe Event Occurred

Vanity Fair has put together a really fun, well-researched video map of New York City that shows exactly where each event occurred within the Marvel | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Brilliant Spaghetti Western Style Guitar Cover of the Iconic Ozzy Osbourne Song ‘Crazy Train’

A fully costumed Steve Onotera, aka Samurai Guitarist, performed a brilliant cover of the Ozzy Osbourne song "Crazy Train" in style of a classic Spaghetti | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Friendly Donkey Sweetly Serenades Humans Who Pass By In a Gorgeous Operatic Soprano Voice

While out one day in the Irish countryside, Martin Stanton captured footage of his favourite donkey, who's name is Harriet, as she sweetly serenaded the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Leonard Solomon Plays a Jovial Cover of the Classic Looking Glass Song ‘Brandy’ on His Bellowphone

A nostalgic Leonard Solomon, the incredibly creative instrument builder and musician, performed a wonderfully jovial cover of the classic Looking Glass | Continue reading


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Marie Curie Is Looking Radiant

She's practically glowing! via Miss | Continue reading


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Hybrids, A Powerful Animation About Marine Life Incorporating Ocean Pollution Into Their Bodies

Five talented graduate students at the French animation school Ecole MoPA created a short powerful entitled "Hybrids" for their final project. This film | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How to Make the Infamous Banksy Shredding Frame

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dave Buchanan (@davebuchanan90) on Oct 17, 2018 at 9:50am PDT On October 5, 2018, Sotheby's in London sold an | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Enchanted Objects in Disney Films Offer Hope, Limit Evil and Reveal Truths That Cannot Be Seen

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism take an animated look at how the enchantment of banal, everyday, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

The Elephants at the Oregon Zoo Gleefully Squish Giant Pumpkins to Celebrate the Arrival of Autumn

As they've done for the past few years, the elephants of the Oregon Zoo celebrated the arrival of the autumn season by squishing an assortment of giant | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Oddly Beautiful X-Ray Images of Animals Taken During Their Annual Checkups at the Oregon Zoo

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oregon Zoo (@oregonzoo) on Oct 18, 2018 at 12:15pm PDT During the annual checkups of their resident animals, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Anthropomorphic Marionettes Powerfully Narrate the Music Video for ‘Asleep on the Train’ by Tom Rosenthal

Filmmaker Catherine Crowse has created a powerful music video that brilliantly uses colorful sets and anthropomorphic marionettes to narrate the lyrics of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Seemingly Giant Spider Appears to Cross a Street Towards a Texas Police Officer During a Traffic Stop

In an amusing unintentional optical illusion, a seemingly giant spider appeared to cross a street towards the Fulshear, Texas police officer who was | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

MTA Partners With NYPD Transit to Give NYC Subway Riders an Elaborate Haunted Halloween Experience

The folks at the Metropolitan Transit Authority partnered up with the Transit Unit of the NYPD to turn the Union Square subway station on the 4 line into | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Shot-by-Shot Recreation of Thumper’s ‘Twitterpated’ Scene From ‘Bambi’ Performed Faithfully by Humans

Filmmaker Austin Green of HydrogenGreen and a female friend created a very faithful shot-by-shot recreation of Thumper's famous "Twitterpated" scene from | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Gorgeous Acoustic Versions of Classic Rock Songs Performed on a Beautiful Harp Guitar

Jamie Dupuis is a remarkably talented musician who performs absolutely gorgeous cover versions of classic rock songs such as "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" | Continue reading


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