Adorably Short-Legged Basset Hounds Hilariously Race Each Other Down a Professional Horse Track

On August 18, 2018, the Canterbury Park, a professional horse racing track and casino in Shakopee Minnesota, held adorable qualifying heats for racing | Continue reading


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Snoring Fox Emits Adorable Trilling Sounds While Sleeping Upside Down on a Cabinet Shelf

A beloved rescued pet fox named Juniper, who is the "Happiest Fox", emits the most adorable trilling sound while sleeping upside down inside the bottom | Continue reading


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A Mischievous Dog Brings a Running Garden Hose Inside the House Through the Patio Door

In July 2018, we wrote about an overheated puppy named Baloo in Texas who dragged the sprinkler through the doggy door and into the house. Since that time | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Peter Dinklage Plays Hervé Villechaize During His Final Days in the HBO Film ‘My Dinner with Hervé’

In 1993, Hervé Villechaize, the diminutive star of Fantasy Island granted his last interview just days before his tragic suicide in 1993. The interviewer, | Continue reading


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How a Specific Combination of Repetition and Variety Works to Make Pop Songs So Catchy

Derek Thompson, author of Hitmakers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction and senior editor at The Atlantic, explains how a specific combination of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Expert Dance Moves Transferred to an Amateur Using AI Re-Targeted Source Motion Mapping

Researchers at UC Berkeley have ingeniously discovered a way to transfer expert dance moves to an amateur on video, essentially giving them the talent of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Wonderfully Touching Video Tribute to the Life of Legendary Playwright Neil Simon (1927-2018)

With the sad news about the death of legendary playwright Neil Simon at the age of 91, The New York Times posted a wonderfully touching video tribute that | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Aging Investigator Tries to Recall the Details of His Biggest Case in ‘True Detective’ Season 3 Teaser

In the decade spanning teaser trailer for the third season of the HBO series True Detective, an aging Arkansas investigator named Wayne Hays (Mahershala | Continue reading


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Determined Little Tortoise Adorably Follows a Feline Friend Inside the House Through the Cat Door

A little tortoise sitting outside on a straw mat watched closely as a feline friend easily entered into the house through a flap in the door and decided | Continue reading


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An Incredible Compilation of the Most Popular Song in the U.S.A. Each Year From 1940 Through 2017

Video editor Sutherland has put together an incredible compilation of the most popular song each year in the United States, beginning with the year 1940 | Continue reading


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Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. Explain the Meaning of Their Iconic Song ‘Losing My Religion’

In December 2017, some members of R.E.M. sat down with the Dutch NTR station Top 2000 a gogo to discuss the meaning behind one of the bands most iconic | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How ‘No Country For Old Men’ Uses Behavior Rather Than Dialogue to Establish Character and Plot

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay took a look at the sublime now-classic Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men, specifically | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Amazing Array of Cleverly Animated, Endlessly Looping Colorful Virtual Contraptions

Swedish designer and motion graphics artist Andreas Wannerstedt has filled his Instagram feed with an amazing array of very clever, continuously looping, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Three Transgender People Share Their Stories Against a Beautifully Rotoscoped ‘Flash Flood’

In the beautifully rotoscoped animation entitled "Flash Flood", filmmaker Alli Mackay interviews three transgender people who share their stories about | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Ancient Scotland, A Stunning Aerial Film Taken Over the Older, More Remote Parts of the Country

In the third installment of his beautiful aerial films shot over Scotland, filmmaker John Duncan flew his DJI Inspire 2 over 21 different locations in the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Holographic Directed Light Can Work With Human Translucency to See Deep Inside the Body

Pioneering engineer, inventor, philanthropist, former Facebook/Google executive and MIT professor Mary Lou Jepsen gave a truly enlightening TED talk in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Marvelous Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Visual Effects Used in Avengers: Infinity War

Framestore, the British production house that created the visual effects for the Marvel MCU film Avengers: Infinity War, provided a marvelous | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Stunning Dry Forest in Madagascar Made Entirely of Jagged Peaked Limestone Towers

Great Big Story traveled to the western coast of Madagascar to visit the incredible Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, a stunning 230 mile dry | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Simon’s Cat Wages War on Feline Bully Next Door

While Simon's Cat is in the yard playing with his ball, it rolls over the "borderline that separates the yard next door from his". As he's attempting to | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Mysterious Bottle of Wendy’s Meat Soda (With a Hint of Ketchup) Is Found in a Grocery Drink Cooler

A post shared by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) on Aug 17, 2018 at 10:47am PDT Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant is back with another store prank - | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Baker Inspired by the Anthropomorphic Human Face Pot Pies Makes a Creepy Edible Version of His Own

A post shared by Andrew Fuller (@guymeetscake) on Aug 7, 2018 at 3:05pm PDT Earlier this month we wrote about Ashley Newman's pot pies which featured | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Gorgeous Deep Sea Photography of Luminous Plankton Floating Through Dark Japanese Waters

A post shared by Ryo Minemizu (@seacam1970) on Aug 4, 2017 at 6:42pm PDT Deep sea photographer Ryo Minemizu has captured absolutely gorgeous shots of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Animated Explanation of the Medical and Pharmacological Causes of Hallucinations

In a chimeric Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Nerdo, narrator Susan Zimmerman explains what causes hallucinations, what | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson Challenges Chaser the Border Collie to Retrieve a Doll She’d Never Seen Before

On an adorable 2012 episode of the PBS series NOVAScience, popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson challenged Chaser, the amazing border collie who | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Contortionist Shows How He Can Walk Forward With His Feet Turned Completely Backwards

Contortionist Moses Lanham aka Mr. Elastic Man, who set the Guinness World Record for "Fastest time to walk 20 meters with feet facing backwards" in 2011, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn of ‘Better Call Saul’ Discuss Some Interesting Fan Interactions

Better Call Saul actors Jonathan Banks (Mike Ehrmantraut) and Rhea Seehorn (Kim Wexler) sat down with New York Magazine for an interview during which they | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Artist Christoph Niemann Humorously Explains How Images Can Transcend the Limits of Language

In a wonderfully personable TED Talk, renowned artist, New York Times columnist and author Christoph Niemann explains rather humorously how the language | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

New York Public Library Offers Access to Classic Tales Through Instagram Stories With ‘Insta Novels’

The incredibly imaginative folks at The New York Public Library partnered with the independent creative company Mother New York to create and promote | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Helpless Sheep Stuck in a Tire Swing Goes for an Unexpected Ride While Trying to Run Away

An helpless little sheep who became stuck inside a tire swing, tried in vain to run towards the rest of the flock. Unfortunately, there wasn't any | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorably Confused Pet Crab Attempts To Figure Out How to Best Eat a Bowl of Noodles

An oddly adorable pet crab with a fondness for all sorts of human food, such as potato chips, watermelon and banana, became a bit confused when she was | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Hilariously Irreverent Demon Skull Fireplace Log

Myad has created a hilariously irreverent fireproof demon skull gas log designed to be used in a gas fireplace or fire pit. Like the fireproof human skull | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Artist Completes Wildlife Portraits Using Live Ants

A post shared by Iantha Naicker (Deaf) (@ianthaartlife) on Aug 22, 2018 at 2:20am PDT Artist Iantha Naiker has taken the very unique step of incorporating | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

DIY Crafter Introduces Each of His 1980s Action Figures by Name in a Fabulous Velvet Voice

DIY crafter TheCrafsMan of Steadycraftin gathered up his collection of 1980s action figures and introduced each and every one to the camera in a | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Musician Performs Beautiful Seaside Improvisation on a Yaybahar Instrument That He Designed

In 2015, we wrote about a original acoustic instrument called the Yaybahar, which can create a wonderful array of ethereally musical sounds. More | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Bebop Musicians Used Chromatic and Chord Scales to Give Jazz a Whole New Sound

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone explains the origins of the Bebop scales and how they incorporated chromaticism and chord | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How Pete Campbell of ‘Mad Men’ Garnered Respect and Approval Only When He Stopped Expecting It

Everyone wants to be Don Draper, but the sad truth is we're all Pete Campbell. As part of their ongoing analysis of the well-defined, flawed characters of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Poetic Retracing of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Ill-Fated Steps in His Relentless Drive to Explore Antarctica

In the beautifully poetic short film "Letters of Fire", filmmaker Glen Milner visually retraces the ill-fated steps ofSir Ernest Shackleton along his | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Surprised Daughter Comes Home to Find Her Dogs Peeking Through Strategic Holes Cut in the Fence

My dad saw that viral video of the guy who cut holes in his fence for his nosey dog so he decided to test it out and the results did not disappoint | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Former Champion Speller Grows Up to Become the Official Word Pronouncer For Scripps Spelling Bee

In an interview somewhat reminiscent of the 73 Questions series, Great Big Story visited with Dr. Jacques Bailly, a foremost expert phonologist, and | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Vocally Appreciative Rescued Bear Gets a Very Thorough Summer Brushing by Her Human Keeper

A very vocal rescued bear named Maddie at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York, was moaning in the summer sun, welcomed sight of Susan, her | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Kind Woman Rescues a Mouse and Frog That Were Stuck Next to Each Other in Her Swimming Pool Trap

While cleaning out the trap in her backyard pool, a kind woman noticed a tiny mouse and a tiny frog sitting on the very top of the trap handle, waiting | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Filmmaker Creates Surreal Animation of Son’s Brain Scan Slices With a Soundtrack of Original Music

In 2016, Stuart Hilton's son Stanley had his brain scanned in slices for some scientific reason. Being the creative filmmaker he is, Hilton animated | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Fabricated Robotic Creature Searches a Gorgeous Mechanical World to Find Its Own Sense of Self

In the absolutely brilliant stop-motion animation "Fabricated" which took filmmaker Brett Foxwell ten years to create, features a gorgeous mechanical | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Adorably Impatient Cat Loudly Honks at His Human to Open the Dryer Door for Him

An absolutely adorable, long-legged, big-eared Oriental Shorthair cat named Teddy quite generously employed his unique honking meow in order alert his | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Beautiful Desserts Decorated With Realistic Buttercream Plants, Flowers and Succulents

A post shared by Leslie Vigil (@_leslie_vigil_) on Aug 17, 2018 at 10:52am PDT The very talented Leslie Vigil of Tasteful Cakes in Corona, California, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Amusing Brass Statue of Man in a Hard Hat Poking His Head Out of a Sewer in Bratislava, Slovakia

Back in May 2016 while visiting Vienna, Scott and I took the Twin City Liner down the Danube to Bratislava, Slovakia. While exploring the city we came | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Stunning NASA Visualization of the Sun Crossing Over the Moon Set to Debussy’s ‘Clair de Lune’

The Scientific Visual Studio at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has gorgeously combined the quiet, moving lull of Debussy's "Clair de Lune" with | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

SEER, An Emotionally Expressive Robot With Big Eyes and Functioning Eyebrows

Japanese artist Takayuki Todo has created SEER (Simulative Emotional Expression Robot), a wonderfully expressive robot that can simulate emotion with | Continue reading


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