Science Series Host Ponders How Best to Rob the Earth of Its Energy Through Various Sources of Light

In the fourth episode of the humorous Funny or Die faux Carl Sagan style documentary series Our Fascinating Planet, host Ted Rimmarniet (Demetri Martin) | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Brilliant Comparison of Queen’s 1985 ‘Live Aid’ Show With the Staged Remake in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

Is this the real life or is this fantasy? Hong Kong video editor This Game Is Easy brilliantly juxtaposed the video footage of Queen's 1985 Live Aid | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Filmmakers Detail the Immense Care They Took Capturing Free Solo Climb Up El Capitan in Yosemite

In 2017, champion free climber Alex Honnold scaled El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, a 3,000 foot cliff from base to summit, without the benefits of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Giant Mechanical Minotaur and Enormous Spider Invade the Streets of Toulouse, France for Three Days

La Machine, the machine art group based in Nantes, France, have built a giant kinetic Minotaur named "Le Gardien du Temple" (The Guardian of the Temple). | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorable Pet Otter Luxuriates in a Blue Tub With a Homemade Water Bottle Shower Flowing From Above

An absolutely adorable pet otter named Bingo loves taking a bath, especially when he can luxuriate in the water while his human keeps the shower flowing | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Ze Frank Hilariously Narrates the Voraciously Full Lifecycle of the Insatiable Damselfly and Dragonfly

In a rapacious episode from his land and sea animal focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank examines the insatiable appetite of the predatory | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Edward Gorey Opens Up About His Love for His Disruptive Cats in a Previously Unpublished Interview

In the third episode of the wonderful Goreytelling series by photographer/filmmaker Christopher Seufert, famed artist Edward Gorey opened up in a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Beautiful Whiteboard Illustration of Jim Carrey Telling 2014 Graduates to Shun Acceptance In Favor of Self

In yet another brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool, an earnest Jim Carrey tells the 2014 graduating class of Maharishi University of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Cuttlefish Use What They See to Activate Camouflaging Pigment Cells to Hide in Plain Sight

Neuroscientist Gilles Laurent who works at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research explains to the International Journal of Science site Nature what | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorably Fat Tabby Cat Figures Out How to Escape a Closet by Squeezing Out From Under the Door

In 2014, an adorably fat tabby cat who got trapped in a closet, was able to figure out how to escape by squeezing through the small crack at the bottom of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorable Compilation of Parents Telling Their Children That They Ate All of Their Halloween Candy

Host Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! presented an adorable compilation of the parents who participated in the Eighth Annual "Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told My | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Walking Dead’s Special Effects Expert Greg Nicotero Opens Up About What Scares Him the Most

Greg Nicotero, the special effects expert and executive producer of The Walking Dead, opened up during an interview with Topic, about his love of scary | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Guillermo del Toro’s Metamorphosing Monsters Create Necessary Drama Within Their Own Stories

Filmmaker Kristian Williams, who is also known as "kaptainkristian", takes a look the iconic metamorphosing monsters featured in a number of films by | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How the Zombie Comedy ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Builds a Contextual World Around the Protagonist of the Story

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay very astutely studies the Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright subtle zombie comedy film Shaun of the Dead, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Creative Father Transforms His Young Son’s Bicycle Into a Fantastic ‘Imperial March’ Playing Star Destroyer

For Halloween 2018, really creative dad Andrew Guy labored for several months in order to transform his young son Aiden's bicycle into a fantastic silver | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Morrissey Covers the Classic Pretenders Song ‘Back On the Chain Gang’ in a 1960s Style Showcase Video

The enigmatic yet quite subdued Morrissey (formerly of The Smiths) covered the classic Pretenders song "Back on the Chain Gang" (with only a bit of word | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Sorrowful Beauty of ‘Innuendo’, the Lesser Known Musically Complex Operatic Anthem by Queen

With the upcoming release of the Freddie Mercury biopic on November 2, 2018, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic makes a beautiful introduction to | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Amazing 3D Printed Ghost Rider Mask Complete With Blinking LED Eyes and Working Smoke Effects

For Halloween 2018, craftsman Mike Warren a.k.a. "mikeasaurus" created a truly badass Ghost Rider mask complete with blinking LED eyes and working smoke | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Short Film About the Playful Movement of Hands

In the short animated film "Hands", filmmaker Jesper Lindborg has captured the tactile satisfaction that a pair of hands represent in various ASMR | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Even More Covers, A Short Film That Animates the Colorful Geometric Cover Art of 66 Vintage Books

In 2015, we wrote about the short film "Covers" by German visual artist Henning M. Lederer who animated the geometric patterns of 55 vintage book covers. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Jamie Foxx Performs a Spot On Impression of Quentin Tarantino Chastising Him For Not Doing His Job Well

While appearing on the Howard Stern Show in May 2017, actor and comedian Jamie Foxx spoke about Quentin Tarantino's work ethic. Foxx took the opportunity | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Fascinating Study of How Stick Insects Walk

In a phasmid episode of The New York Times series ScienceTake from 2016, host James Gorman explains the fascinating mechanics behind the movement of stick | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Animated Mercator Projection That Reveals the Actual Size of Countries Around the World

Climate data scientist and interactive mapmaker Neil Kaye has brilliantly animated the difference between the size of countries represented on the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Brilliant Recreation of the Iconic Face Melting Scene From ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark’

The very talented special effects artist Steve Richter created a brilliant replication of the villianous Toht, of the 1981 film Indiana Jones and the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Man Who Lost the Use of His Legs Regains the Ability to Walk Due to Electrodes Implanted Into His Spine

A young man named David Mzee who lost the use of his legs due to injury, was given the chance to walk again with the amazing use of electrodes implanted | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The San Francisco Salesforce Tower Turns Into the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Eye of Sauron on Halloween

On Halloween night 2018, the LED screen at the top of the rather distinctive Salesforce Tower in San Francisco turned a bright orange before revealing a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Two Adorable Goldendoodle Dogs Dress Up as Matching Ghosts to Go Trick or Treating for Halloween

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fabulous Duo of Doodles (@fabulous_doodle) on Oct 26, 2018 at 3:25am PDT Fabbe and Nisse are two absolutely | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Art Students Cleverly Dress Up as Famous Paintings For the Annual Halloween Parade in Kawasaki, Japan

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amazing JIRO (@amazing_jiro) on Oct 28, 2018 at 3:28am PDT Participants in the annual Halloween parade that | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Notoriously Difficult ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ Impressively Performed Lightning Fast on Bass Guitar

Davie504, the incredible bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, responded to a viewer's question about the notoriously | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Betty Boop Busily Prepares Her Home For a Halloween Party With the Help of a Well Dressed Scarecrow

In a spooktacular 1933 Halloween episode of the classic animated series Betty Boop, a chilly scarecrow gets an invitation to a Halloween party at Ms. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Monsoon V, The Stunning Beauty of the American West Summer Skies Captured in a Gorgeous Timelapse

In the fifth installment of his ongoing "Monsoon" series, photographer Mike Olbinski again employed his sharpened storm-chasing skills across the American | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Amusing Timelapse Showing How Two House Plants Occupy Themselves Over the Course of a Single Day

Darryl Cheng of The House Plant Journal (HPJ), posted a really amusing timelapse that shows exactly how what two very different, but equally beautiful | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Intricate History of How Cemetaries Came To Be

In a funerary lesson for Ted-Ed written by educator Keith Eggener and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Adrian Dannatt quite elegantly explains how | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Amazing Drone Footage of a Competitive Kayaker Successfully Riding Down a 110 Foot Waterfall

German competitive kayaker Adrian Mattern impressively took a ride down a 110 foot waterfall at Alexandra Falls in the Northwest Territories of Canada. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Makeup Artist Transforms a Cheerful UCLA Student Into the Steely Blue Eyed Night King From Game of Thrones

Talented makeup artist Meaghan Ashley transforms a UCLA neuroscience student named Matthew Quigley into the fearsome, steely blue eyed Night King from the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

One Legged Paralympian Josh Sundquist Dresses as ‘Genie of the Lamp’ From ‘Aladdin’ for Halloween 2018

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Josh Sundquist (@joshsundquist) on Oct 26, 2018 at 7:44am PDT Josh Sundquist, a Paralympian, motivational | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Surplus of Silly Skeletons Dance Their Little Hearts Out in an Oddly Cheerful Halloween Video by Cyriak

Cyriak Harris, the clever mind behind many creative films has created "RIP", an oddly cheerful Halloween themed animaed video that features a surplus of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

New Orleans’ Hot 8 Brass Band Performs a Badass Cover of the Joy Division Song ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’

Hot 8 Brass Band from New Orleans recorded a truly badass version of the classic Joy Division song "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in that particular way that | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Chris Cornell Tells Howard Stern How He Wrote ‘Black Hole Sun’ Before Performing the Song Live in Studio

In 2007, the now tragically late singer Chris Cornell appeared on The Howard Stern Show and performed a haunting acoustic version of his iconic | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Brilliant Whiteboard Illustration of a 1992 Bill Hicks Commentary About Choosing Love Over Fear

A brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool features the very timely words of comedian Bill Hicks from his "It's Just a Ride" routine. Hicks compares | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorable Little Girl Creepily Carries Her Own Head on a Plate While Trick or Treating for Halloween

An absolutely adorable little girl in a pretty flowered dress named Maya went trick-or-treating around her neighborhood for Halloween in a fabulously | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

94 Year Old Former LIFE Magazine Photographer Fred Lyon Shares His Incredible Photos of San Francisco

On October 8, 2018, Fred Lyon, the legendary former LIFE Magazine photographer and author of San Francisco, Portrait of a City: 1940-1960 and San | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Thoughtful Designer Creates a Line of Cooking Tools for the Blind to Safely Prepare Food With Dignity

Kevin Chiam, a talented, thoughtful and problem solving designer in Singapore has created Folks Kitchenware, a really wonderful line of cooking tools for | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Ongoing Battle Between New York and New Jersey Over Who Rightfully Owns the Statue of Liberty

In a long awaited video, the very insightful CGP Grey provides an animated explanation about the ongoing battle between neighboring states New York and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Tom Scott Explains Why the Manholes of London Explode by Creating a Big Explosion of His Own

In a conflagrant episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains exactly why fairly regular explosions occur underneath the manhole covers | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Heartwarming Netflix Docuseries About the Special Bond That Exists Between Humans and Their Dogs

The aptly-titled Netflix documentary series Dogs takes a heartwarming look at the special bond that exists between humans and their beloved canines. Each | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Creative Cosplayer Builds Incredible Star Wars AT-AT Costume for His Wonderfully Tolerant Horse

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike's Tiny Shop (@mikestinyshop) on Oct 21, 2018 at 11:28am PDT Cosplayer Mike Corrie of Mike's Tiny | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Denver Airport Fully Embraces Every Conspiracy Theory About Them While Undergoing Renovation

Since its inception in 1995, the Denver Airport has had a reputation for being a bit supernatural due to the due to their unusual (and somewhat spooky) | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago