Highly Detailed Realistic Insects Crafted Out of Bamboo

Japanese artist Noriyuki Saitoh creates absolutely gorgeous, highly detailed insects of all kinds that are completely crafted out of bamboo. Each model | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Amazing Footage of Wild Alpine Ibex (Goats) Climbing a Near Vertical Wall of an Italian Dam for Nutritious Salt

In 2015, nature photographer Andrea Battisti of Hybrid Wildlife captured remarkable footage of wild Alpine Ibex (mountain goats) as they climbed up the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Barnaby Dixon Introduces Adam Savage to His Brilliant Puppets While Visiting The Cave in San Francisco

British puppeteer Barnaby Dixon traveled all the way to San Francisco in order to introduce his amazing finger operated puppets to big fan Adam Savage. As | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Frustrating Montage of People Who Brazenly Block NYC Subway Doors When Others Need to Get On/Off

Jeff Seal and Jen Carlson of Gothamist have created a frustrating slow motion montage that shows those incredibly self-absorbed people who intentionally | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

CBS Announces a 2019 Reboot of ‘The Twilight Zone’ With Jordan Peele in Rod Serling’s Former Role

CBS announced a 2019 reboot of Rod Serling's iconic series The Twilight Zone, with the formidable Jordan Peele in the late Serling's former role as | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Comedian Fred Armisen Demonstrates the Funny Things Musicians Do With Their Instruments

While appearing on Conan, the very talented Fred Armisen talked about his new Netflix special "Standup for Drummers" and demonstrated some of the funny | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Times Newer Roman, A Wider Version of the Font to Help Students Fulfill Pages Requirements Faster

The wonderfully creative interactive design shop mscf has made it easier for students to meet arbitrary page length requirements while still using a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Centrifugal Force of a Powerful Wildfire Tornado Pulls a Fire Hose 200 Feet Straight Up Into the Air

While on the job in Vanderhoof, firefighter M. C. Schidlowsky of the British Columbia Wildfire Service captured terrifying footage of a powerful wildfire | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Distinct Soundtrack of Films Made in the 1980s

In a nostalgic video essay, Julian Palmer of The Discarded Image took a look at the rather distinctive film soundtracks of the 1980s, how they were used | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Director Jon M. Chu Shoots Beautiful Short Film Using Only an iPhone XS Max

Somewhere, someone is practicing. To test out the camera functionality brand new iPhone XS Max, the folks at Wired gave one to director Jon M. Chu of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Roger Sterling’s Sense of Entitlement Held Him Back While Other ‘Mad Men’ Characters Moved On

As part of their ongoing analysis of the well-defined, flawed characters of Mad Men, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism take a look at | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Breeds, Personalities, Temperaments and Physical Traits of the Beloved Pet Dogs of Ancient Rome

In a tail-wagging video essay, Julien Blarel of Invicta History takes a look at an often ignored facet of daily ancient Roman life - their pet dogs. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How External Sensory Expectations Give Context to How the Brain Predictively Perceives Information

In a thought-provoking animation by Lazy Chief for FOST (Future of Storytelling), neuroscientist Anil Seth explains how the brain engages with the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How the Distinctly Syncopated Clave Rhythm Pattern of Afro-Cuban Music Took Hold in Modern Music

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone visually and verbally explains the syncopation, the theory behind numerous variations of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Iceland’s Copious Supply of Geothermal Energy Fuels the Perfect Conditions for Greenhouse Produce

In a sulphurous episode of BBC Earth Lab, presenter Greg Foot happily treats himself to the hot tub-like waters of Iceland's unique geology that makes | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Two Vastly Different Chefs Share a Common Love of Combining Flour, Eggs and Water to Make Fresh Pasta

In an doughy episode of the BuzzFeed culinary series Tasty, host Vaughn Vreeland visited two vastly different restaurants, Borgatti's Ravioli and Chef | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Pastry Chef Claire Saffitz Tries to Replicate the Ropy Chewiness in a Healthier Gourmet Version of Twizzlers

In her noble mission to convert commercial sweets into healthier versions, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Homeowner Gets Locked Out When the Nest Doorbell Mistakenly Identifies Him as the Batman on His T-Shirt

When homeowner B.J. May stepped out of his Georgia home wearing a vivid purple Batman shirt, he was surprised when his Nest doorbell wouldn't let him back | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Brilliantly Illustrated Timelines Showing the Evolution of Various Pop Culture Icons Over the Years

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Victor (@jeffvictorart) on Aug 24, 2018 at 8:01am PDT Evolution of Michael Jackson Artist and cartoonist | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Visually Satisfying Footage of Beautiful Geometric Magnetic Sculptures Being Destroyed in Reverse

The YouTube channel Magnetic Games, who previously created a mesmerizing slow motion video showing small magnets being completely engulfed a larger | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Cheeky Little Baby Rhino Adorably Attempts to Coax His Sleeping Mother to Keep Playing With Him

A very energetic and rather cheeky little greater one-horned rhino calf named Akeno at the Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England was having a wonderful time, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Fatty Arbuckle Caper

This blog post was originally published September 18, 2018 on John Law's personal blog. These photos were a re-creation of the final shoot out on an | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Retro Animated Intros For Modern Internet Companies

Future Punk created a wonderful series of 1970s-1990s retro style animated intros for modern internet companies, "inspired by great work of Sullivan & | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Lonely, Powerless Isolation Can Lead Online Bullies to Exert Control Through Mean Comments

A rather forthright, but very insightful animation by The School of Life attempts to make sense of the increasing amount of vitriolic comments that show | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How the Cardboard and Plastic Ouija Board Came to Be Trusted as an Effective Conduit to the Spiritual World

In a bewitching video essay for the Vox series Overrated, host Phil Edwards wonders aloud as to how the Ouija Board, a marketed game that is made up of a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Michigan High School Encourages Seniors to Dress Up as Their Favorite Characters For School ID Photos

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leslie Pardo (@lkpardo) on Sep 13, 2018 at 8:12pm PDT As they did in 2017, the senior students North | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Japanese Art Collector Named As the First Private Passenger to Fly Around the Moon on the SpaceX BFR

Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Japanese billionare art collector Yusaku Maezawa have planned an incredible collaborative future lunar project called "Dear | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Carol Danvers Crashes Back to Earth With Questions About Her Past in the First Trailer for ‘Captain Marvel’

In the trailer for the long awaited Marvel film Captain Marvel, a disoriented and DNA-enhanced former Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) literally crashes back | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Ingenious Black Ink Tattoos That Use the Hidden Places Around Knees and Elbows to Create a Different Context

French artist Veks Van Hillik creates absolutely gorgeous black ink tattoos that are strategically placed in the hidden places behind knees and elbows so | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Amazing Handcrafted Sweaters Featuring Photorealistic Knit Portraits of Iconic Music Legends

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amimono Horinouchi (@amimono_horinouchi) on Jul 3, 2018 at 10:42pm PDT Japanese yarn artist Amimono | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Opening Title Sequence From ‘Rick and Morty’ Brilliantly Reimagined as a Gorgeous Anime Short

Cartoonist Malec of the French video company Turbo Interactive, has brilliantly re-imagined the opening title sequence from the sublime animated series | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Teeny Tiny Baby Sugar Glider Possum Spreads Arms Out Wide for Some Great Big Belly Rubs

An adorably teeny tiny baby sugar glider in Khon Kaen, Thailand lay back with arms open wide as a beloved human offered up some great big belly rubs. I | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Homecoming, A Psychological Thriller Series From Sam Esmail Based Upon a Podcast of the Same Name

With the last season of Mr. Robot coming fast upon us, fans of director Sam Esmail like myself will be happy to know that he's not going away. His next | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Wonderfully Circuitous Rube Goldberg Machine That Traverses Through the Whole House to Pour Lemonade

Steve Price and the puzzle building team behind Sprice Machines built an amazing, wonderfully circuitous Rube Goldberg machine. Over the course of almost | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Visually Satisfying Process of Forming Flexible Aluminum Ribbons Into Decorative Cookie Cutters

Cookiecutter.com in Pleasant Valley, Missouri, creates and stocks a wealth of tools for shaping dough into desired designs. Each cutter is made onsite | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Sly Magician Convinces Man That He’s Invisible in an Amusing Segment From ‘Magic For Humans’ on Netflix

In the amusing segment from the Netflix series Magic for Humans, conjurer Justin Willman gathered together a group of people willing to help him convince | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Inside Look at the Historic Company That Maintains the Magnificent Pipe Organs of England

Great Big Story visited with David Wilde, the managing director of the historic organ company Henry Willis & Sons, which has been in business since 1845. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Two Rescued Tortie Kittens Join the Growing Feline Family of the Lovable Cat Duo Cole and Marmalade

The amazingly lovable feline duo of Cole and Marmalade has doubled in size with the addition of Jugg and Zig Zag, two tiny tortie kittens rescued | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

‘Lord of the Rings’ Superfan Spends Six Years Constructing an Energy Efficient Hobbit House

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jim (@hobbithollowjim) on May 11, 2018 at 1:12am PDT Jim Castigan, a construction professional and superfan | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Inspiration for the Iconic Bossa Nova Tune ‘Girl From Ipanema’ Talks About Being Immortalized In Song

Helo Pinheiro, the young woman who was the inspiration in 1962 for the bossa nova song "Girl From Ipanema", sat down with Today host Hoda Kotb to talk | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How The Grateful Dead’s Brilliant ‘Wall of Sound’ Changed the Quality of Live Shows From That Point On

Music writer Polyphonic, who makes incredibly informative video essays on an ongoing basis, explained how The Grateful Dead's short-lived, but brilliant | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Bill Murray Stories, A Candid Film About How the Legendary Actor Randomly Drops In on Regular Life

In the documentary The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man, director Tommy Avallone takes a candid look at the legendary actor | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Talented Family Behind the Brightly Colored, Highly Imaginative Papier-Mâché Monsters of Mexico City

Great Big Story went to Mexico City to talk to the very talented Linares family of cartoneros, creators of wonderful alebrijes - great big, imaginative, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Fake Neighborhoods and Mistaken Borders on Google Maps Lead to Real Life Consequences

Half as Interesting explains how fake neighborhoods and mistaken border designations as they appear on Google Maps can have real life consequences. In one | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Giving Voice Chorus, A Wonderful Music Program For People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Caregivers

The Giving Voice Chorus is a wonderful program that welcomes patients of Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other similar conditions, who live outside a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Conan O’Brien Gets Ready for Work on His First Day as David Letterman’s Replacement on ‘Late Night’ in 1993

On September 13 1993, a very young Conan O'Brien made his debut as the replacement for the departing David Letterman on the NBC Late Night franchise. This | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Lady Gaga Offers Sage Words of Wisdom to Her Young Female Fans While Answering 73 Random Questions

While promoting her new film, the fourth reprise of the classic A Star Is Born, actress, singer and fashionista Lady Gaga invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots Join Aerosmith in a Rousing School Instrument Cover of ‘Walk This Way’

While appearing on The Tonight Show, members of Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford) joined musical forces | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago