An Eerie Mashup of ‘Happier’ Scenes from ‘Sharp Objects’ Set to the ‘Full House’ Theme Song

The enigmatic HBO series Sharp Objects is anything but light and fluffy, yet the folks at Doing OK edited together some of the "happier scenes" of the | Continue reading


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How Sound Designers of ‘A Quiet Place’ Created Sonic Points of View to Connect Characters With the Audience

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay had an opportunity to speak with legendary sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn about | Continue reading


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‘Parts Unknown’ Director of Photography Fondly Remembers Anthony Bourdain’s Generosity of Spirit

Morgan Fallon, the Director of Photography for Parts Unknown, sat down with Variety to talk with them about the tragic, unexpected loss of his friend and | Continue reading


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A Really Funny John Krasinski Mashup of ‘The Office’ With the Amazon Series ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’

Funny or Die has created an funny, perfectly-timed mashup using scenes from the American version of The Office with those from the Amazon Prime series Tom | Continue reading


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Hoodied Musician Rocks a Mean Boogie Woogie on a Public Piano in London for Kids Who Never Heard of It

When hoodied musician Dr K (Brendan Kavanaugh) of Badass Boogie encountered a couple of teenagers who had never heard of Boogie Woogie, he sat down at the | Continue reading


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Fusion, A Wearable Robotic Backpack With Remote Controlled Arms for Collaborative ‘Hands On’ Projects

Engineers at Embodied Media have created Fusion, a truly remarkable wearable robotic backpack that sports an convenient pair of arms that can be | Continue reading


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Brand New Roman, A Hilarious Font Made Up Entirely of Highly Recognizable, Popular Corporate Logos

The very creative design shop Hello Velocity has created Brand New Roman, a ingeniously hilarious font that is made up entirely of highly recognizable, | Continue reading


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Claire Wineland (1997-2018), An Inspiring YouTube Star With Cystic Fibrosis Who Motivated Others to Action

Claire Wineland, the wonderfully brave, outspoken, inspiring and insightful young woman who had been sharing her first hand experience dealing with cystic | Continue reading


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When You Forget Your Headphones Are Plugged In

Gus Johnson demonstrates what might happen when you forget that your headphones are plugged | Continue reading


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Marty McFly Look Alike Surprises Christopher Lloyd of ‘Back to the Future’ at 2014 DeLorean Car Show

While walking around the 2014 DeLorean Car Show in Dayton, Ohio, actor Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future appeared to be taken off guard when spot-on | Continue reading


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Graceful Cheetahs Happily Retrieve Balls Launched Into Their Enclosure by a Custom Made Catapult

The keepers at the Oregon Zoo use a custom made catapult known as the "Cheetahpult" to launch balls far into the enclosure of the resident cheetah | Continue reading


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TINK, A Wonderful CGI Animated Short Featuring a Fabulously Noisy Rube Goldberg Style Machine

"TINK" is an absolutely wonderful CGI animated short by UK based digital production team Mr. Kaplin that features a Rube Goldberg-esque machine with all | Continue reading


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Timelapse of Man Growing a Massive Beard While He and His Wife Travel 911 Days Around the World

A Russian man named Jon decided that he would stop shaving while he and his wife Eva traveled around the world for an amazing 911 days. When the couple | Continue reading


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An App-Integrated Modular Kit For Building Spinning 3D Zoetropes With Variable Light Frames

In November 2017 we wrote about toy maker Kevin Holmes and his amazing handmade 3D zoetrope that features fish with giant teeth endlessly eating other | Continue reading


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The Exquisite Beauty of a Common Butterfly as Viewed Through a Scanning Electron Microscope

In the first episode of their video series Microworld Unseen, educational channel The Beauty of Science takes an incredible look at the Pseudozizeeria | Continue reading


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Stunning Footage of Winter in the Italian Dolomites

French travelers Eloise & Luc have captured absolutely stunning footage of the mineral rich peaks of the Italian Dolomites during winter. This beautiful | Continue reading


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Using Forced Perspective on a Smartphone to Make Superhero Action Figures Appear Larger Than Life

A post shared by Wire Hon (@wirehon) on Aug 29, 2018 at 8:37am PDT Amateur photographer Wire Hon has created a wonderfully fun illusory series in which he | Continue reading


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How Evolving Communication Technology Changed the Context of ‘LOL’ Within the Common Lexicon

In a fascinating clip from his 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival talk, esteemed author, Atlantic contributor and Columbia University Linguistics professor John | Continue reading


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Lucas the Spider Shows Off His Musical Skills by Playing Every Instrument In a Multi-Track Song

Lucas the Spider, the animated arachnid by Joshua Slice, who has proved himself to be quite a talented musician on several instruments, showcased his | Continue reading


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Intense Fingernail Art That Looks Like Tiny Feet

A post shared by Nail Sunny (@nail_sunny) on Aug 20, 2018 at 10:08am PDT Nail Sunny, a well-known salon in Moscow, Russia creates some really fascinating | Continue reading


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John Turturro Teaches a Kid About the World Wide Web in a 1999 ‘Beginners Guide to the Internet’

In 1999, actor John Turturro (Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, The Night Of) partnered with search engine Lycos to provide "Beginner's Guide to the | Continue reading


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Japanese Warriors Crafted Out of Instant Noodles

A post shared by ??????? (@arimurataishi) on Aug 24, 2018 at 1:27am PDT Graphic designer Taishi Arimura has created a brilliantly fun series of Japanese | Continue reading


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Wonderfully Realistic Handmade Miniature Fender Electric Guitar Models Made From Popsicle Sticks

DIY miniaturist Cath of The Square to Spare offers up a really concise and helpful tutorial on making tiny Fender Stratocasters with simple crafting | Continue reading


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Clever Racoon Uses Problem Solving Skills to Open a Series of Gates That Lead to an Awaiting Treat

In an adorable clip from the BBC One series Animals Unexpected, a clever racoon named Rascal demonstrates her problem solving skills in real time. | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Hand Cut Paper Zoetrope That Shows the Full Metamorphosis of a Caterpillar to Butterfly

Dutch artists Veerle Coppoolse is crafting an absolutely beautiful hand cut 3D paper zoetrope that shows the multi-step metamorphosis of a caterpillar | Continue reading


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An Amazing Drivable 1:1 Life Size Bugatti Chiron Replica Made Entirely From LEGO Technology

LEGO and Bugatti have achieved what was thought to be impossible. Using their LEGO Bugatti Chiron kit as a guide, the engineers at LEGO Technic created an | Continue reading


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How to Write Lyrics That Convey Desired Emotional Resonance With the Use of Rhymes and Accents

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone stepped away from the scale in order to explain how best to use various forms of rhymes (end | Continue reading


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A Disconcerting Installation Featuring 20 Blinking Kinetic Eyeballs That Track People Around a Room

San Francisco artist Chris Eckert, who wanted to make a point of increasing surveillance and decreasing privacy of the population, has created "Blink", an | Continue reading


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Ryan Gosling Plays Astronaut Neil Armstrong as He Prepares to Be the ‘First Man’ to Walk on the Moon

The Damien Chazelle directed film First Man, adapted from the James R. Hansen biography of the same name, tells the story of Apollo 11, the first manned | Continue reading


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An Astute Dog Figures Out How to Use the Backyard Trampoline to Play a Game of Fetch With Himself

A rather astute dog named Bear noticed that when his ball landed on the backyard trampoline, he was able to run underneath and bounce it along the jumping | Continue reading


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Cranky Iceberg-Dwelling Witch Gives Her Frozen Heart to a Lonely Merman Who Wants to Be Friends

In the spectacular award-winning animated film short "Fishwitch" by stop motion artist Adrienne Dowling, a rather cranky witch who lives alone on an | Continue reading


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Horse Becomes Infatuated With a Plastic Statue That Looks Just Like a Smaller Version of Him

While out walking with his young human, an elegant black horse caught the sight of a plastic statue that looked exactly like him, but on a much smaller | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Pennsylvania Pretzel Maker Creates Incredibly Detailed Custom 3D Art Out of Salted Dough

A post shared by Pretzel Factory Langhorne (@ppflanghorne) on Oct 25, 2017 at 9:11am PDT Brothers Brian Kean and Shaun Kean, who own the Langhorne, | Continue reading


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How the Insecurity of Imposter Syndrome Makes Incredibly Successful People Feel Inferior to Others

In a delphic Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Christina Greer talks about "Imposter Syndrome", a | Continue reading


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A Clever Hammer That Auto-Dispenses Its Own Nails

Freelance automotive and product designer Michael David Young has spent the past six years perfecting the design of his incredibly clever "Hammer with | Continue reading


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How the Words Used For Numbers in Languages Around the World Often Have Anatomical Roots

In a numenary episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O'Neill verbally and | Continue reading


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Bookstore and Library Customers Around the World Pose to Visually Complete Book Cover Images

A post shared by The New York Public Library (@nypl) on Aug 24, 2018 at 10:23am PDT Taking inspiration from the wonderful Librairie Mollat photo series | Continue reading


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A Giant Swarm of Overheated Honey Bees Descend Upon a Times Square Hot Dog Cart Umbrella

An incredible heat wave hitting New York City during this last week of August has caused most sentient beings in the area searching for cooler air | Continue reading


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A Deliciously Terrifying Cthulhu Expertly Carved From a Watermelon

The very talented Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica expertly carved a watermelon into a deliciously terrifying replica of the famously facially tentacled | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

World Record Holder Limbos Under an Airport Seat While Waiting For Her Flight Home

In January 2018, while waiting at Philadelphia International Airport for a flight back to her home in Buffalo, New York, two-time limbo Guinness World | Continue reading


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Restored 1934 Footage of a Gathering of 375 Victorian Couples Married for 50 or More Years

Guy Jones, about whom we've written previously, skillfully restored vintage 1934 Movietone footage of a Long Beach, California gathering of 375 couples | Continue reading


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How Burning Man Nurtures the Kind of Interactive Primal Artwork Created Solely For the Sake of Art

Nora Atkinson, the craft curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, gave an insightful TED talk to a Vancouver audience about the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Cat Camp, Petite Indoor/Outdoor Tents for Felines

A pair of Australian entrepreneurs have created Cat Camp, a wonderful line of adorably petite, feline sized beds that look just like human tents. These | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Beautifully Edited Re-Imagination of ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ as a Chill-Hop Video

Musician John D. Boswell, who's also known as "Melodysheep", has brilliantly re-imagined the soundtrack from the iconic 1971 film Willy Wonka & the | Continue reading


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Remote Controlled Bronco Trucks That Appear Life Sized Expertly Navigate a Rocky Northwest Beach

Pacific Northwest based remote control hobbyists Another RC Channel posted absolutely amazing slow motion footage of RC Broncos Trucks that appear | Continue reading


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A Tenacious Stretch Armstrong Resists Mightily Against the Incoming Blades of a Hydraulic Dicer

A particularly tenacious Stretch Armstrong action figure resists mightily against the incoming blades of Lauri Vuohensilta's "Cubinator" 150 Ton hydraulic | Continue reading


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Carnivores Rhett and Link Review Eight Different Veggie Burgers In Time for Labor Day Weekend

In an end-of-summer Labor Day-themed Good Mythical Morning, the carnivorous comedy duo Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link sample a variety of | Continue reading


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The Space Song, A Catchy Animated Educational Song About the Planets of the Solar System

Clare Julia and Si Bennett of Planet Custard and Egg Cup Creative, the team behind videos for such bands as Muse, The Charlatans and Guns N Roses, have | Continue reading


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