Two Year Old Boy Reassures His Nervously Panting Bulldog During a Nasty Round of Thunderstorms

When a particularly scary block of thunderstorms hit the New York City metropolitan area on May 15, 2018, a two year old boy in the eastern Long Island town of Aquebogue sat under the table with the family's nervously panting bulldog and comforted the frightened animal. The boy c … | Continue reading


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Underwater Photographer Swims With Graceful Giant Manta Rays and the Fish Who Hopped Aboard

Colorado wildlife and underwater photographer William Drumm captured exquisite footage of enormous "mythical" manta rays in the waters of Isla Socorro. As he swam alongside the magnificent creatures, Drumm also captured sight of various fish as they got on and off the mantas, hit … | Continue reading


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‘Rage 2’ Gameplay Footage Shows a Post-Apocalyptic Open World Full of High Speed Carnage

Bethesda released carnage-filled gameplay footage for Rage 2, an upcoming post-apocalyptic open world first-person shooter developed by id Software and Avalanche Studios that is a sequel to the 2011 video game Rage. The game, which looks like a thrilling mix of Mad Max and Grand … | Continue reading


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Josh Brolin Tries Out Different Voices For His Avengers: Infinity War Character Thanos

Avengers: Infinity War star Josh Brolin sat down with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show to try out some different voices for his character Thanos and being mistaken for Josh Groban while in | Continue reading


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ALonGAphukenbrakE, A New Fake Prescription Drug Ad for Adults Still Suffering From PAR•ENT•ING

The Dad is back with ALonGAphukenbrakE, an amusing new fake drug commercial for adults who are still suffering from PAR•ENT•ING. Having friends or family to watch the kids is key. This is a clever follow up to their original made up drug for stressed parents, AphukenbrakE. Every … | Continue reading


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A Functioning Slingshot Version of Rey’s Blaster Pistol That Shoots Glow Sticks

German slingshot armorer Jörg Sprave, owner of The Slingshot Channel, created a functioning slingshot version of Rey's NN-14 blaster pistol that shoots glow | Continue reading


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Cartoonist Hilariously Animates the Conversation From a Beautiful Lasagne Dinner With Her Family

Cartoonist Lauren Lorenzo of the monthly series eLL cartoons, who previously animated a hilarious conversation between herself, her father, her grandmother and Amazon Alexa, invited her viewers to a beautiful family dinner, which also included Lorenzo's siblings and their mother. … | Continue reading


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Deadpool Crashed Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Monologue and Made Fun of Ryan Reynolds

To celebrate Deadpool 2 crashing into theaters this week, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) came out on The Late Show stage to interrupt Stephen Colbert's opening monologue. The Merc with a Mouth made sure to poke fun at Ryan Reynolds, Donald Trump, and the Marvel Universe. "You're absolu … | Continue reading


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A Sunny Acoustic Fingerstyle Cover of the Iconic Neil Diamond Song ‘Sweet Caroline’

Earlier this year, in honor of Neil Diamond's 77th birthday and retirement, the very talented multi-instrumentalist AcousticTrench performed a sunny fingerstyle cover of the Diamond's hit song "Sweet Caroline". As always, Trench's beautiful dog Maple rested adorably at his feet. … | Continue reading


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Rob Scallon Recreates Ten Different Sound Effects Without the Use of Modern Technology

Rob Scallon, a talented musician who is always looking for new ways to do things, attempted to recreate ten different sound effects without the use of modern technology. Instead, he created effects using reel-to-reel tape, with the help of Rob Ruccia at Uptown Recording. While so … | Continue reading


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The Purpose of the Perspiration Process

In a soporific Ted Ed lesson written by science teacher John Murnan and animated by Dogzilla Studios, narrator Addison Anderson explains the purpose of the perspiration process that takes place in the body during exercise. Also known as evaporative cooling, sweating is controlled … | Continue reading


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Tiny Newborn Javan Gibbon Clings Tightly to a Giant Pillow That Has a Blue Rabbit on the Cover

A teeny tiny newborn Javan gibbon named Billy Princess was snugly wrapped up against the elements and clung tightly to a colorful pillow that featured a cartoon blue rabbit that had a carrot in its mouth. Billy Princess was born at the Javan Gibbon Centre in Bogor, Indonesia in e … | Continue reading


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An Amazingly Realistic Handmade Cake That Looks Exactly Like a Slice of a Detroit-Style Pizza

Natalie and Dave Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes in Austin, Texas shared an an amusing and helpful timelapse showing how to make a small cake that looks just like a cheesy slice of Detroit-style pizza that they get from their favorite local place - 313 Pizza. As the video was rolling, … | Continue reading


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An Easy to Install, Self-Sanitizing, Warm Water, Pressure Controlled Bidet Attachment by BioBidet

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on the luxurious BioBidet BB-270 Duo Self-Cleaning Warm Water Bidet Attachment. While the product itself is self-explanatory, there are some very attractive features including easy installation, operates b … | Continue reading


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Ariana Grande Performs ‘No Tears Left to Cry’ With Nintendo Labo Instruments on The Tonight Show

Ariana Grande sat down with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform her song "No Tears Left to Cry" with Nintendo Labo instruments on The Tonight Show. Here is the original | Continue reading


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An Agile Cat Deftly Leaps Over Other Felines in an Alley to the Soundtrack of AWOLNATION’s ‘Run’

YouTuber Mitch Sterling very cleverly remixed footage of an agile cat deftly leaping off a wall in order avoid the other felines in an alley with the AWOLNATION song "Run". While the song sounds rather rather ominous, the timing hilariously matches the action taking place in that … | Continue reading


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An Honest Trailer for Black Panther That Finds Very Little to Critique

Screen Junkies had trouble finding very many faults in the epic Marvel film, Black Panther, for their latest amusing "Honest Trailer." After 17 movies the MCU brings us a superhero movie we've never seen before, one where the hero does not constantly quip - It's Black | Continue reading


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Vlogger Turns His Hallway Into a Giant Ball Pit for His Beloved Dog With 5,400 Pit Balls from Toys R Us

YouTuber penguinz0 decided to go out to his neighborhood Toys R Us in order to see what kind of deal he could get at their going out of business sale. As it turns out, he was able to purchase colorful pit balls at a really cheap price, so he bought 5,400 of them and transformed h … | Continue reading


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‘BlacKkKlansman’, Spike Lee Film Tells of the First Black Colorado Springs Cop Who Infiltrated the KKK

In 1972 Ron Stallworth became the first black police officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department. During his tenure, Stallworth very cleverly infiltrated a fledgling branch of the KKK by calling a number in a newspaper ad. He also recruited and convinced a reluctant Flip Zi … | Continue reading


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Ryan Reynolds Dresses as a Magical Unicorn and Sings ‘Tomorrow’ From Annie on Korean TV Show

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and the brilliant marketing team behind Deadpool 2 will stop at nothing to promote their upcoming superhero flick in the most creative ways possible. Earlier this week, Reynolds dressed as a magical unicorn and sang the song "Tomorrow" from Annie on the K … | Continue reading


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Tripp and Tyler Demonstrate Common Styles of Crying After They Run Out of Slim Jims

Comedy duo Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton of Tripp and Tyler have returned with a sequel to their comedy sketch, "Almost Every Type of Laughing," where they demonstrate common styles of crying. The hilarious waterworks began flowing after Stanton finished the last of the Slim | Continue reading


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Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin Exchange Superpowered Insults

Deadpool 2 stars Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Josh Brolin (Cable) sat down to exchange superpowered insults during a game of Playground Insults on the Scott Mills radio show on BBC Radio | Continue reading


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Harrison Ford Digitally Inserted Into ‘Solo’ Trailer

To celebrate Solo: A Star Wars Story landing in theaters next week, San Francisco graphic designer and amateur filmmaker Nick Acosta digitally inserted Harrison Ford into the latest trailer for the upcoming Star Wars origin movie. ‘True Solo’ utilizes clips of Harrison Ford befor … | Continue reading


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The Waves Along the San Diego Shoreline Break a Glowing Blue Due to a Bioluminescent Red Tide

A post shared by David Jodye (@davidjodye) on May 9, 2018 at 9:13pm PDT In May 2018, the waves along 18 miles of the San Diego coast began breaking upon the shore with a beautiful vivid blue color that seemed to come out of nowhere. As it turns out, this neon color is created by … | Continue reading


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A Concerned Dog Heroically Jumps Into the Pool to Rescue His Canine Friend Who Couldn’t Get Out

In late April 2018, a pair of dogs named Smokey and Remus, were playing around in their Mesa, Arizona backyard, right next to the pool. Though not pictured, it appears that Smokey fell in and was unable to get himself out. A very concerned Remus nervously paced back and forth, tr … | Continue reading


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Anatomy of a Conflict, A Halved View of a Found Assault Rifle Painted to Look Like an Anatomy Model

Nemo Gould, the rather prolific found object artist has created a sculpture he calls "Anatomy of a Conflict". This kinetic piece features two lengthwise halves of a recycled assault rifle that were separated, painted to look like they had their own anatomy, like medical models, a … | Continue reading


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Doctor Strange Hilariously Edited Into a Waterpark

I took every shot from behind-the-scenes featurettes where Dr. Strange is in front of a greenscreen, and edited him into a waterpark. pic.twitter.com/kiD8JTZLgH— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) May 15, 2018 Internet humorist Jesse McLaren used green screen footage of Benedict Cumberbatc … | Continue reading


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A Short History of Stradivarius Violins That Explains Why They Are Considered to Be So Valuable

In a symphonious report for Vox, producer Dean Peterson posits the very valid question as to why Stradivarius violins are worth millions. He proceeds to get his question answered through a series of interviews with musicians, luthiers and historians. What he found was that the St … | Continue reading


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A Chatty Parrot Tries to Have a Conversation With Alexa After Telling Her to Turn Off the Lights

An African grey parrot who was perched right next to an Amazon Echo (and a Google Home), very nicely told virtual assistant Alexa to turn off all the lights. Alexa did as told. When the chatty parrot called out to Alexa again, Alexa responded but was unable to understand the bird … | Continue reading


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A Terrifying LEGO Beholder Monster and a Humanoid Elf From Dungeons & Dragons

Hong Kong LEGO builder Alan Cheung (a.k.a "Alanboar") used his skills to create his favorite terrifying fictional monster from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, the beholder. He also built an Elf, the humanoid character type that Cheung often plays during his D&D adventures. via T … | Continue reading


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Look at Me Only, A Stop-Motion Animated Film About a Man and His Guinea Pig Finding Love

Look at Me Only is a short stop-motion animated graduation film that Tomoki Misato made at the Musashino Art University in Japan. Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of fl … | Continue reading


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Rami Malek Captures the Creative Vitality of Freddie Mercury in the Trailer for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

As previewed in September 2017, the trailer for the highly anticipated biopic Bohemian Rhapsody features actor Rami Malek who fully captures and embodies the vital, remarkable and creative spirit of Freddie Mercury whose voice in concert with the incredible talent of the other me … | Continue reading


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Piggyback Rider, A Standing Child Carrier System Featuring a Foot Bar and Safety Handles

The Piggyback Rider is a clever standing child carrier system created by Full Sail International. It features a harness worn by the adult and a harness, with an aluminum foot bar and safety handles, for the young one to wear. It is available to purchase from Amazon. A post shared … | Continue reading


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Chinese Man Spends Thousands of Dollars to Keep His Afghan Hound’s Long Locks Perfectly Coiffed

An absolutely stunning Afghan Hound named AJ Nirvana Battle lives in Beijing, China with his doting human Kevin Chan, who spend thousands of dollars a year on professional bathing products and a great deal of his spare time to keep Battle's flowing locks in perfectly coiffed cond … | Continue reading


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Black Panther’s Costume Designer Breaks Down T’Challa’s Wakanda Entrance Scene

On a powerful episode of the Vanity Fair series Notes on a Scene, Black Panther's costume designer Ruth E. Carter broke down a scene from the amazing film where T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) made his entrance into | Continue reading


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Fret Zealot For Bass, A Music Learning System That Uses LED Lights to Properly Guide a Player’s Fingers

In January 2017, we wrote about Fret Zealot (formerly Fret Zeppelin), a unique guitar learning system that used LED Lights to guide a player's fingers to the right place and its helpful accompanying app. This fundraising effort was extremely successful and the Fret Zealot is avai … | Continue reading


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Flight Enthusiast Turns an IKEA Chair Into a Remote Control Plane

The flight enthusiasts at Flight Test returned with a new project where Stefan was challenged with turning an IKEA chair into a flying machine in less than six hours. He was able to crush the challenge by turning the chair into a remote control plane. His entire build process is … | Continue reading


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How Learning to Play an Instrument at Any Age Can Help a Person Become Healthier and Smarter

In a dulcet episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi who voices the animated Blocko explained how and why playing a musical instrument can be very beneficial to health. Essentially, playing an instrument of any kind helps to improve coordination, memory, problem solving, imm … | Continue reading


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Camera Shy Penguins Repeatedly Try to Dislodge Photographer’s Strategically Scattered GoPros

Anthony Powell, a talented wildlife photographer who works out of Scott Base, Antarctica, captured absolutely hilarious footage of a variety of penguins repeatedly attempting to dislodge, destroy and/or steal several of the many GoPro cameras that he scattered around the colony t … | Continue reading


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Tony Hawk Celebrates His 50th Birthday by Performing 50 of His Original Tricks

Legendary pro skater Tony Hawk celebrated his 50th birthday by pulling off 50 of his awesome original tricks while the RIDE Channel documented the entire awesome performance. I never imagined being able to skate into my adult life, or that anyone would still care if I did. To cel … | Continue reading


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Robert Downey Jr. Suiting up as Iron Man in Marvel Movies From 2008 to 2017

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A Funny Fake Movie Trailer for Fortnite Battle Royale

Filmmaker Ryan Higa teamed up with Epic Games and a group of his friends to create a funny fake movie trailer for the popular video game, Fortnite Battle Royale. Higa stars as a gung-ho gamer who drives his fellow teammates bonkers by constantly being AFK, talking a lot of game a … | Continue reading


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A Lilting Cover of the Classic Elvis Presley Song ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ as Played on a Kalimba

While hanging out in his backyard with his beloved dog Maple in October 2017, the very talented multi-instrumentalist AcousticTrench played a beautifully lilting cover of the classic Elvis Presley song "Can't Help Falling in Love" on a 17-key kalimba (also known as a mbira or thu … | Continue reading


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How Betty Draper’s Inability to Change With the Times Led to Her Ultimate Demise on ‘Mad Men’

As part of their ongoing analysis of the well-defined characters of Mad Men, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism took a look at the very beautiful but desperately unhappy Betty Draper of Mad Men, to whom looks were everything. Yet, while Betty was concerned with o … | Continue reading


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A Wonderful Compilation of an Affectionate Group of Lions Greeting Their Beloved Longtime Human

Kevin Richardson of the Lion Whisperer posted a really wonderful video compilation that showed how an affectionate group of lions, many of whom he's known for over 20 years, greeted him upon his arrival at the sanctuary where they live. Richardson noted that sometimes these big c … | Continue reading


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Spot on Impressions of Characters From the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Cardiff voice actor and writer Scheiffer Bates performs spot on impressions of characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Deadpool, Iron Man, and Groot were only a few of the many hilarious character impressions requested by Bates' | Continue reading


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A Caring Humpback Whale Physically Protects a Vulnerable Diver From an Incoming Tiger Shark

While snorkeling out in the open ocean, renowned marine biologist Nan Hauser was caught by surprise when a giant humpback whale moved in closely towards her and tucked her safely underneath his pectoral fin in order to protect her from an incoming tiger shark who more than likely … | Continue reading


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How Deadly Bacteriophage Can Conquer Even the Most Anti-Biotic Resistant Strains of Bacteria

In a highly informative but slightly ominous animated essay, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains the rampant existence of profoundly deadly bacteriophage (phage) and why these creatures are so beneficial to protecting life on earth. Phages are very very specia … | Continue reading


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