Contortionist Shows How He Can Walk Forward With His Feet Turned Completely Backwards

Contortionist Moses Lanham aka Mr. Elastic Man, who set the Guinness World Record for "Fastest time to walk 20 meters with feet facing backwards" in 2011, | Continue reading


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Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn of ‘Better Call Saul’ Discuss Some Interesting Fan Interactions

Better Call Saul actors Jonathan Banks (Mike Ehrmantraut) and Rhea Seehorn (Kim Wexler) sat down with New York Magazine for an interview during which they | Continue reading


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Artist Christoph Niemann Humorously Explains How Images Can Transcend the Limits of Language

In a wonderfully personable TED Talk, renowned artist, New York Times columnist and author Christoph Niemann explains rather humorously how the language | Continue reading


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New York Public Library Offers Access to Classic Tales Through Instagram Stories With ‘Insta Novels’

The incredibly imaginative folks at The New York Public Library partnered with the independent creative company Mother New York to create and promote | Continue reading


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A Helpless Sheep Stuck in a Tire Swing Goes for an Unexpected Ride While Trying to Run Away

An helpless little sheep who became stuck inside a tire swing, tried in vain to run towards the rest of the flock. Unfortunately, there wasn't any | Continue reading


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An Adorably Confused Pet Crab Attempts To Figure Out How to Best Eat a Bowl of Noodles

An oddly adorable pet crab with a fondness for all sorts of human food, such as potato chips, watermelon and banana, became a bit confused when she was | Continue reading


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A Hilariously Irreverent Demon Skull Fireplace Log

Myad has created a hilariously irreverent fireproof demon skull gas log designed to be used in a gas fireplace or fire pit. Like the fireproof human skull | Continue reading


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Artist Completes Wildlife Portraits Using Live Ants

A post shared by Iantha Naicker (Deaf) (@ianthaartlife) on Aug 22, 2018 at 2:20am PDT Artist Iantha Naiker has taken the very unique step of incorporating | Continue reading


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DIY Crafter Introduces Each of His 1980s Action Figures by Name in a Fabulous Velvet Voice

DIY crafter TheCrafsMan of Steadycraftin gathered up his collection of 1980s action figures and introduced each and every one to the camera in a | Continue reading


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Musician Performs Beautiful Seaside Improvisation on a Yaybahar Instrument That He Designed

In 2015, we wrote about a original acoustic instrument called the Yaybahar, which can create a wonderful array of ethereally musical sounds. More | Continue reading


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How Bebop Musicians Used Chromatic and Chord Scales to Give Jazz a Whole New Sound

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone explains the origins of the Bebop scales and how they incorporated chromaticism and chord | Continue reading


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How Pete Campbell of ‘Mad Men’ Garnered Respect and Approval Only When He Stopped Expecting It

Everyone wants to be Don Draper, but the sad truth is we're all Pete Campbell. As part of their ongoing analysis of the well-defined, flawed characters of | Continue reading


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A Poetic Retracing of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Ill-Fated Steps in His Relentless Drive to Explore Antarctica

In the beautifully poetic short film "Letters of Fire", filmmaker Glen Milner visually retraces the ill-fated steps ofSir Ernest Shackleton along his | Continue reading


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Surprised Daughter Comes Home to Find Her Dogs Peeking Through Strategic Holes Cut in the Fence

My dad saw that viral video of the guy who cut holes in his fence for his nosey dog so he decided to test it out and the results did not disappoint | Continue reading


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Former Champion Speller Grows Up to Become the Official Word Pronouncer For Scripps Spelling Bee

In an interview somewhat reminiscent of the 73 Questions series, Great Big Story visited with Dr. Jacques Bailly, a foremost expert phonologist, and | Continue reading


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A Vocally Appreciative Rescued Bear Gets a Very Thorough Summer Brushing by Her Human Keeper

A very vocal rescued bear named Maddie at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York, was moaning in the summer sun, welcomed sight of Susan, her | Continue reading


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Kind Woman Rescues a Mouse and Frog That Were Stuck Next to Each Other in Her Swimming Pool Trap

While cleaning out the trap in her backyard pool, a kind woman noticed a tiny mouse and a tiny frog sitting on the very top of the trap handle, waiting | Continue reading


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Filmmaker Creates Surreal Animation of Son’s Brain Scan Slices With a Soundtrack of Original Music

In 2016, Stuart Hilton's son Stanley had his brain scanned in slices for some scientific reason. Being the creative filmmaker he is, Hilton animated | Continue reading


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A Fabricated Robotic Creature Searches a Gorgeous Mechanical World to Find Its Own Sense of Self

In the absolutely brilliant stop-motion animation "Fabricated" which took filmmaker Brett Foxwell ten years to create, features a gorgeous mechanical | Continue reading


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An Adorably Impatient Cat Loudly Honks at His Human to Open the Dryer Door for Him

An absolutely adorable, long-legged, big-eared Oriental Shorthair cat named Teddy quite generously employed his unique honking meow in order alert his | Continue reading


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Beautiful Desserts Decorated With Realistic Buttercream Plants, Flowers and Succulents

A post shared by Leslie Vigil (@_leslie_vigil_) on Aug 17, 2018 at 10:52am PDT The very talented Leslie Vigil of Tasteful Cakes in Corona, California, | Continue reading


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Amusing Brass Statue of Man in a Hard Hat Poking His Head Out of a Sewer in Bratislava, Slovakia

Back in May 2016 while visiting Vienna, Scott and I took the Twin City Liner down the Danube to Bratislava, Slovakia. While exploring the city we came | Continue reading


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A Stunning NASA Visualization of the Sun Crossing Over the Moon Set to Debussy’s ‘Clair de Lune’

The Scientific Visual Studio at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has gorgeously combined the quiet, moving lull of Debussy's "Clair de Lune" with | Continue reading


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SEER, An Emotionally Expressive Robot With Big Eyes and Functioning Eyebrows

Japanese artist Takayuki Todo has created SEER (Simulative Emotional Expression Robot), a wonderfully expressive robot that can simulate emotion with | Continue reading


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Photographer Intentionally Puts His Head Inside a Biting Pelican’s Beak During a Selfie

While on holiday with his family at Walvis Bay Lagoon in Namibia, 18 year old wildlife photographer Juan van den Heever intentionally put his head inside | Continue reading


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The Rolling Stones Age Together From 1962-2018 to a Soundtrack of Their Songs in a Brilliant Timelapse

Video artist Angel Nene, who created a really wonderful video series in which photos of celebrities are seamlessly morphed into live 3D timelapses and | Continue reading


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An Agoraphobic Boy Without a Body Tries to Comfort People Literally Melting Down From Stress

In a brilliant student animation by Amy J. Xu entitled "Melt Down", an agoraphobic boy who lacks a body, is sent out to the store to buy more paint after | Continue reading


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Body Modification Expert Lives a Key-Free Life With the NFC and RFID Chips Implanted in His Hands

Body modification expert and self-described cyborg Russ Foxx who has had an NFC (Near-field communication) implanted into his left wrist and an RFID | Continue reading


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How Aretha Franklin Fully Incorporated Her Gospel Roots Into a Distinctive Sound of Her Own

With the sad news of the great Aretha Franklin's death on August 16, 2018 at the age of 76, Vox put together a beautiful tribute showing how her | Continue reading


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A Flock of Peacefully Feeding Flamingos Take Quick Flight to Avoid a Herd of Stampeding Wild Stallions

An enormous flock of pink flamingos decided take a much needed rest after flying for so long and landed along the banks of a salty lagoon. While the birds | Continue reading


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Newborn Panda Twins Are Switched Out With Each Other to Make Their Mother Believe There’s Only One

When a panda gives birth to more than one cub in the wild, she will usually only attend to one and leave the remaining cubs to perish. So when a giant | Continue reading


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A Wonderful Compilation Animals in Slow Motion

BBC Earth Unplugged has put together a fascinatingly detailed slow motion compilation of mammal, birds, reptiles and insects going about their respective | Continue reading


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Ze Frank Hilariously Provides Interesting True Facts About the Unique Habits of Sand Striking Seaworms

In a Eunice episode from his hilarious land and sea-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank shares the unique habits of a wide variety of | Continue reading


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How to Build Super Mario Bros. Style Maze for a Rat

The Q shows how to build an awesome Super Mario Bros. style maze for a rat using cardboard and paint. He then tested it out with an adorable rat named | Continue reading


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A Pensive Frank Zappa Jams Onstage With Pink Floyd at a Belgian Music Festival in 1969

During the 1969 Festival Actuel in Mont-de-l'Enclus, Belgium, a very pensive, straight-faced Frank Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to perform a loose, | Continue reading


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Homer Simpson in Real Life

A post shared by Miguel Vasquez (@marvelous_mikee) on Aug 17, 2018 at 8:44am PDT 3D artist Miguel Vasquez has created a fantastic 3D rendering that | Continue reading


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Determined Team of Archeologists Reconstruct the Face of a Soldier Who Died in Ancient Pompeii

A fascinating 2016 video by the Science Channel tells of a compassionate team of archeologists who were able to reconstruct the face of a soldier of | Continue reading


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A Rapid Timelapse Tutorial Showing How to Create a 3D Drawing of a Hyper-Realistic Fried Egg

Italian artist Marcello Barenghi, whose amazing work we've previously posted, has created a really wonderful rapid timelapse tutorial showing how to | Continue reading


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Woman With a Prosthetic Leg Hilariously Rides Her Horse Through a Starbucks Drive-Thru on Dare

A woman named named Vicki who is a patient at Optimus Prosthetics in Columbus, Ohio and wears a prosthetic leg by Ottobock North America, hilariously rode | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Demonstration of the Delicate Craft of Restoring Damaged Fine Art to Its Former Beauty

In March 2018, Jack Brandtman of Chicago Aussie shadowed second generation fine art conservator Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in | Continue reading


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An Adorably Quirky, Big Bellied, Polydactyl Cat Who Stands Upright When He’s Hungry Needs a Home

An absolutely adorable, round-bellied, polydactyl rescued homeless Russian blue cat named Bruno, who stands on his back legs when he's hungry, is as of | Continue reading


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A Gorgeous Computer Generated Visualization of the Sun’s Magnetic Field on August 10, 2018

Scientists at the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) used daily scientific data to create an absolutely gorgeous computer generated visualization | Continue reading


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How the Car Sharing Service Uber Might Have Worked in the Pre-Smartphone Era of the 1980s

As part of his ongoing series that imagines how current technologies and services would look if they had been created in previous decades, Jo Luijten of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

50 Different Ways to Stand in 50 Different Situations

Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings), who has previously demonstrated numerous ways one can sit on a chair, | Continue reading


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How to Reconstitute Leftover Pizza to Its Former Glory With a Simple French Toast Batter

A really talented cook with a great sense of humor named Internet Shaquille figured out how to reconstitute leftover pizza to its original glory with a | Continue reading


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A Bouncy Less Angry Jazz Remix of the Rage Against the Machine Anthem ‘Killing In the Name’

In 2012, musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt, whose brilliant work we've previously posted, created a phenomenal jazz remix of the anthemic Rage Against | Continue reading


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Thousands of Army Ants Build an Impressive Bridge With Their Bodies In Order to Swarm a Wasp Nest

Thousands of army ants in Costa Rica amazingly worked together to build an impressive ropy bridge using their own bodies in order to swarm a highly placed | Continue reading


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Legendary Musician Pete Drake Plays His ‘Talking Steel Guitar’ on ‘The Jimmy Dean Show’ in 1964

In 1964, musician Pete Drake appeared on The Jimmy Dean Show and played his "talking steel guitar" for a really appreciative audience. The song he chose | Continue reading


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