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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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An Incredible Highly Percussive, Passionate Piano Cover of the Classic Michael Jackson Song ‘Beat It’

The very talented Peter Bence, who previously performed a barefoot piano cover | Continue reading


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A Mesmerizing Timelapse Showing How to Draw a 3D Hole Optical Illusion on a Piece of Paper

Artist Tom McPherson of Circle Line Art School creates a wonderful variety of video tutorials every Saturday on the subject of drawing - perspective | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Brilliant Immersive Virtual Reality Demonstration of What Storm Surges Look Like at Different Heights

Dave Malkoff of The Weather Channel explains the concept of storm surge with the brilliant use of a virtual reality camera. Immersed in the center of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Stunning Live Stream of the Approaching Path of Hurricane Florence Near Cape Fear, North Carolina

The environmental channel Explore has put a number of live streaming cameras in various spots around the world including one on the Frying Pan Tower near | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Clever DIY Electric Skateboard for a Cat That’s Driven by Strategically Placed Treats in the Throttle Lever

The very creative engineer and filmmaker Kim Pimmel shows how to create a DIY, treat driven, electric skateboard for cats of his own design. To show how | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Experience Tube, A Stretchy Analog Device That Uses Instant Facial Recognition For Conversational Privacy

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Sep 9, 2018 at 2:37pm PDT The arts and entertainment group Meow Wolf has created | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Sir Paul McCartney Shares the Wonderful Stories Behind Some of The Beatles’ Most Iconic Songs

While promoting his new album Egypt Station, the indomitable Sir Paul McCartney shared with GQ a number of wonderful stories about writing some of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

‘Wakey Wakey’, An Enigmatic Teaser Trailer for a Mysterious New ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ Project

Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling of BeckyandJoes, the brilliant minds behind the wonderfully surreal video series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, have teased out a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An AI Deep Learning System That Smoothly Removes Visual Noise From Digital Images by Sight

Two Minute Papers took a comprehensive look at an amazing collaborative project between NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT that solves the problem of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Amusing Parody About Apple’s Announcement of the iPhone XS and the More ‘Affordable’ iPhone XR

As he's previously done with other Apple releases, comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created an amusing parody based on Apple's September 12, 2018 | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Clever Inflatable ‘Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite’ Adult Size Costume With a Battery Powered Fan Inside

Just in time for Halloween, wholesaler Rubies Costume Company has created an inflatable "Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite" costume. This clever adult size | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Creepy Scenes From the Horror Film ‘Heredity’ Reimagined as a Jingly 1990s Sitcom Title Sequence

The rather prolific and talented video editor Robert Jones has reimagined incredibly creepy scenes from the horror film Heredity as the title sequence for | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Unique Online Museum Dedicated to Early Website Design Between the Years of 1995 and 2005

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Web Design Museum (@webdesignmuseum) on Sep 3, 2018 at 11:58pm PDT Engineers Petr Kovár and Ondrej Letocha | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

BMW Builds the World’s First Completely Autonomous Self-Propelled Motorcycle to Study Safety Technology

The legendary motorcycle creator BMW Motorrad announced that they converted a prototype of their gorgeous R 1200 GS dual sport into a self-proppeled | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Darkly Comedic Western Anthology by the Coen Brothers on Netflix

The Ballad of Buster James, is an anthology of six separate fantastic stories that take place in the newly discovered American frontier over the course of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Ingenious Ceramic Flasks and Mugs Made to Look Like Rusty Old Cans That Once Held Toxic Liquid

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mitchell Spain (@mitchellspainceramics) on Jun 27, 2017 at 7:50am PDT Iowan artist Mitchell Spain has created | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Amazing Non-Melting Ice Pops That Incorporate a Fully Edible Fruit Version of the Composite Material Pykrete

The London food design agency Bombas and Parr have ingeniously incorporated the principles of the sturdy frozen composite material pykrete into a unique | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How the Term ‘OK’ Became Such a Ubiquitous Part of the Common Universal Lexicon

In a really interesting video essay, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes explains the history of the term "OK",. Lowndes notes its confusing etymological | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Stunning Astrolapse Showcasing the Hypnotic Beauty of the Milky Way in the Colorful Norwegian Night Sky

In the third film of his Galaxies Series, astrophotographer Adrien Mauduit has created a stunning hypnotic astrolapse that captures the beauty of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

French Designer Makes Friends With an Affectionate Octopus While Diving Near Naxos Island, Greece

While diving in the waters of Naxos Island, Greece during December 2016, French graphic designer Kevin Filoni became friends with a tiny, affectionate | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Social Media Announcement

Social Media Announcement by xkcd "Why I'm Moving Most of My Social Activity to Slack, Then Creating a Second Slack to Avoid the People in the First | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Former Felon Shares a Recipe For Pizza He Made In Prison Using Only the Ingredients Available at the Time

You come to my pantry, you're gonna see a lot of prison materials. Former felon Josh of Lockdown 23and1 shares his ingenious recipe for "Prison Pizza" | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Frustrated Woman Acts Out Her Entire Life While Waiting Forever For a Red Light to Turn Green

In the beautifully simple short film "Red Light" by filmmaker Sam Benenati, a lone woman named Ruth (Jen Tullock) finds herself waiting an inordinate | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Short Mesmerizing Film Featuring Burning Strands of Steel Wool That Mimic the Tragic Beauty of Wildfires

Filmmaker Kim Pimmel has created the gorgeous short macro film "Wildfire" in which he set strands of standard steel wool on fire in a controlled | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Ten Day Build of a 3D Printed Millennium Falcon Compressed Into a Hypnotic Three Minute Timelapse

Printing enthusiast Steve Ouklama created an amazing 3D printed "Fillenium Malcon", a replica of a famous ship piloted by a guy who never has a good | Continue reading


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