Margaret Hamilton Dons Her Wicked Witch of the West Costume to Show Mr. Rogers That She Was Just Acting

During a 1975 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, former kindergarten teacher and actress Margaret Hamilton, who convincingly portrayed the "Wicked | Continue reading


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Sculptor Carves an Incredible Portrait of a Man With a Long Flowing Beard Into a Wheel of Parmesan Cheese

The incredibly talented Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica who has created amazing carvings out of pumpkins and watermelons, went to work on a wheel of | Continue reading


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A Worthy Kickstarter Campaign to Fund a ‘Now I Know’ YouTube Channel Based Upon the Daily Newsletter

Dan Lewis, the masterful fact gathering storyteller behind the exceptoinal Now I Know daily email newsletter and two fascinating books of random facts | Continue reading


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Minimals, A Brilliant 3D Animation Utilizing Primary Shapes to Form Sculptural Animals in Constant Motion

Designer, visual artist and director Lucas Zanotto has created "Minimals", a brilliant 3D animation that employs the most basic of primary shapes to form | Continue reading


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Roy Clark Performs an Absolutely Incredible Flamenco Cover of ‘Malagueña on ‘The Odd Couple’ in 1975

While appearing on The Odd Couple in 1975, the now sadly departed legend Roy Clark of Hee Haw fame quite nicely shunned the musical requests of both Felix | Continue reading


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The World’s Fastest Talking Man Performs the Michael Jackson Song ‘Bad’ in 20 Seconds in a 1987 Interview

In a 1987 interview, John Moschitta Jr, actor and then Guinness World Record holder for World's Fastest Talker, opened up to reporter Marcus Jones about | Continue reading


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The Profound Emotional Difference Between Bruce Springsteen’s First Album and Second Albums

Music writer Polyphonic, who creates informative video essays on an ongoing basis takes a rather insightful look at the emotional difference between Bruce | Continue reading


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Native Dubbing That Seamlessly Translates Video Content Into Various Languages Through Generative AI

Synthesia, a company focused on using artificial intelligence for good, has created ENACT, a native dubbing feature that uses generative AI to seamlessly | Continue reading


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Amazing Remastered High Definition Footage of Fans Celebrating the Arrival of Queen in Budapest in 1986

In 1986, the members of Queen went to Budapest as part of the band's final tour with the late great Freddie Mercury as lead singer. The band was given a | Continue reading


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Busy Work, A Frantic Computer Game Challenging Players to Reply to Customers Despite Interruptions

Busy Work by Lisa and Matt Bethancourt is an absolutely hilarious multiplayer workplace, customer service-themed computer game that challenges players to | Continue reading


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How Harry Potter Brought the Sound of Magic to Film

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a spellbinding look at how the series of Harry Potter films effectively brought the | Continue reading


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Russian Fisherman Shares More Fascinating Photos of the Unusual Deep Sea Creatures He’s Found at Work

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? ???????? (@rfedortsov_official_account) on Dec 16, 2017 at 5:44am PST In 2016, we wrote about Roman | Continue reading


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Sir Elton John Travels Back Through Time to His Very First Piano in the 2018 John Lewis Christmas Advert

British department store John Lewis is known for their wonderfully creative and heartwarming annual holiday adverts and the 2018 version is certainly no | Continue reading


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P Is for Pterodactyl, A Hilarious Alphabet Book That Highlights the Bizarre Rules of the English Language

P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever is a hilarious alphabet instruction book written by Raj Haldar (rapper Lushlife) and Chris Carpenter | Continue reading


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Pastry Chef Creates a Delicious Gourmet Version of the Classic Coconut Covered Sno Balls Snack Cake

After a short break from her noble mission to convert commercial sweets into healthier versions, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Christmas Squid Wrapping Paper

Inqubate's brother asks: "Since when is there a Christmas | Continue reading


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A Realistic Still Life Painting of Fuzzy Fat Cheeked Cat

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hosico Cat (@hosico_cat) on Oct 21, 2018 at 2:46am PDT An absolutely adorable big eyed, short legged cat name | Continue reading


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An Instructive Five Minute Lesson Showing How to Safely Drive a Car With a Manual Transmission

Rally champion Wyatt Knox of Team O'Neil Rally School offers up an instructive five minute lesson showing how to safely drive a car with manual | Continue reading


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Why Certain Sections of the Manhattan Skyline Are Completely Void of Skyscrapers

In an altitudinous episode of the Cheddar video series "Cheddar Explains", the reasons why certain sections of the Manhattan skyline are completely void | Continue reading


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OSU Engineers Dress Their Bipedal Ostrich Inspired Robot as a Star Wars AT-ST for Halloween 2018

The researchers at the Dynamic Robotics Lab at Oregon State University (OSU) hilariously dressed up their incredible two-legged ostrich-inspired agility | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Comedian Michael Rapaport Insults a Frowning Big Eyed Persian Cat in a Profanity Laced Voice Over Video

When comedian Michael Rapaport came across this adorable video of Wilfred Warrior, a beloved big eyed, frowning chinchilla Persian, he provided a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Unique Kinetic Wall Clock That Gradually Expands and Contracts With Each Passing Hour of the Day

London design studio Animaro has created the Solstice, a beautifully unique kinetic wooden hanging wall clock that interacts with the environment. The | Continue reading


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What Fall Looks Like

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How John Coltrane Constructed Complex Key Changes in His Iconic ‘Giant Steps’ Using the Circle of Fifths

In a snappy episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer Estelle Caswell takes a look at the iconic John Coltrane jazz instrumental "Giant Steps". In | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Early Prototype of Apple Pay

Early prototype of Apple Pay. pic.twitter.com/zlLK6AL7WZ— Per Buer (@perbu) November 8, 2018 Per Buer shows off an early prototype of Apple Pay. via | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Oddly Beautiful Results of a Colorful Blob of Jello Struck by a Tennis Racket Shown in Super Slow Motion

In 2015, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of the Slo Mo Guys, filmed themselves in super slow motion hitting blobs of jelly (jello) with a tennis racket. The | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Comedian Mark Malkoff Stays Awake For 48 Hours Straight While Volunteering for a Very Good Cause

From October 23 through October 25, 2018, comedian and The Carson Podcast host Mark Malkoff stayed awake for an amazing 48 hours straight while offering | Continue reading


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Grandma Caterpillar Putting on Lipstick

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Game of Thrones Characters Realize What They’ve Been Fighting For in Teaser For the Series Final Season

In a deliciously provocative teaser trailer for the highly anticipated 8th and final season of the Game of Thrones series, a rather vengeful Cercei | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Employees of Marvel and Disney Pay Tribute to the Larger Than Life Legacy of the Late, Great Stan Lee

There will never be a world without Stan Lee. He's the heart of the Marvel Universe. On Monday, November 12, the great Stan Lee took his last breaths and | Continue reading


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Why Films Are Perceived to Have Certain Subtexts Even Though the Director Didn’t Intend it That Way

In a nuanced episode of one of his insightful video essays, from the series Now You See It, host Jack Nugent explains through the use of interviews with | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Exquisite Wooden Kinetic Sculpture That Mimics the Graceful Movements of a Swimming Sea Turtle

Motion artist Derek Hugger, who created the breathtaking hummingbird kinetic sculpture "Colibri", has followed up with another exquisite kinetic sculpture | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Discovers a New Species of Deep Water Sea Squirts

While on a deep sea mission within the Monterey Bay, researchers from MBARI discovered a brand new species of deep water sea squirts (tunicate) that | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Abandoned and Eroding Victorian Mansions of the Gilded Age Came to Symbolize Impending Doom

In a portentous video essay for Vox, producer Coleman Lowndes explains why the highly decorated, overly trimmed Victorian mansions (McMansions of their | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Bizarre Story of Sir Alfred, The Stateless Man Who Lived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for 18 Years

Half as Interesting shares the bizarre story of Sir Alfred Mehran, an Iranian national who was rendered stateless due to his participation in protests | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Improv Everywhere Transforms a Pair of Unused NYC Pay Phone Booths Into Outdoor Co-Working Spaces

Director Charlie Todd and the NYC comedy collective Improv Everywhere hilariously took a disgusting pair of unusable pay phone booths at 24th Street and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Why New Yorkers Preferred a Less Attractive But Properly Scaled Subway Map Over a Modern Redesign

In August 1972, renowned Italian designer Massimo Vignelli created a beautifully modern streamlined map of the New York city subway that matched the | Continue reading


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Stan Lee Thanks His Fans

Speaking of Stan Lee's | Continue reading


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An Enormous Ocean Sunfish Gets a Full Body Cleaning Using Fish That Happily Nibble Parasites Off Its Skin

In a fascinating BBC Earth video, nature host Liz Bonnin joined a team that traveled down deep into the waters of the Galápagos Islands and captured the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Evolution of Stan Lee

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Victor (@jeffvictorart) on Nov 12, 2018 at 11:17am PST The Evolution of Stan Lee by Jeff Victor | Continue reading


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Stan Lee Opens Up About the Voracious Childhood Reading Habits That Led to His Marvel Storytelling

The late, great legendary comic creator Stan Lee sat down with the New York Times in 2017 and opened up about his early inspirations (including a bottle | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Absolutely Stunning Classical Guitar Cover of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed in Its Entirety

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar who has performed amazing acoustic covers of songs from television and film performed a stunning classical | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Wonderfully Whimsical Faces Made Out of Bread

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sabine Timm (@virgin_honey) on Nov 1, 2018 at 6:12am PDT Artist Sabine Timm has created a wonderfully | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The New York Times Digitizes Over a Century’s Worth of Archival Photographs Into High Resolution Images

After a flood in 2015 that put a great deal of their archive at risk, The New York Times decided to digitize over a century's worth of photographs which | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Taki Zaru (2004-2018), Beloved Laughing Squid Co-Worker Known For His Good Looks and Shy Nature

It is with great sadness we share the heartbreaking news that Taki Zaru, the beloved feline co-worker of Laughing Squid passed away on Friday, November 9, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Illustrator Matt Furie Talks About the Origins of Pepe the Frog Which Didn’t Include Becoming a Symbol of Hate

During the 2018 XOXO Festival in Portland, OR, illustrator Matt Furie took to the stage to talk about his most iconic character, Pepe the Frog. Furie | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Pilobolus Dance Theater Creates Illusory Images From the Strategic Positioning of Dancers in Shadow

In a penumbral episode of Wired Masterminds, artistic directors Matt Kent and Renee Jaworski of Pilobolus Dance Theater share how they used shadow and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Montage of Tenacious New Yorkers Attempting to Cross the Street During the 2018 NYC Marathon

Jeff Seal, a comedian, filmmaker, urban explorer and self-described idiot partnered with the Libbey Brothers, to create a hilarious montage of tenacious | Continue reading


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