Photographer Intentionally Puts His Head Inside a Biting Pelican’s Beak During a Selfie

While on holiday with his family at Walvis Bay Lagoon in Namibia, 18 year old wildlife photographer Juan van den Heever intentionally put his head inside | Continue reading


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The Rolling Stones Age Together From 1962-2018 to a Soundtrack of Their Songs in a Brilliant Timelapse

Video artist Angel Nene, who created a really wonderful video series in which photos of celebrities are seamlessly morphed into live 3D timelapses and | Continue reading


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An Agoraphobic Boy Without a Body Tries to Comfort People Literally Melting Down From Stress

In a brilliant student animation by Amy J. Xu entitled "Melt Down", an agoraphobic boy who lacks a body, is sent out to the store to buy more paint after | Continue reading


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Body Modification Expert Lives a Key-Free Life With the NFC and RFID Chips Implanted in His Hands

Body modification expert and self-described cyborg Russ Foxx who has had an NFC (Near-field communication) implanted into his left wrist and an RFID | Continue reading


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How Aretha Franklin Fully Incorporated Her Gospel Roots Into a Distinctive Sound of Her Own

With the sad news of the great Aretha Franklin's death on August 16, 2018 at the age of 76, Vox put together a beautiful tribute showing how her | Continue reading


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A Flock of Peacefully Feeding Flamingos Take Quick Flight to Avoid a Herd of Stampeding Wild Stallions

An enormous flock of pink flamingos decided take a much needed rest after flying for so long and landed along the banks of a salty lagoon. While the birds | Continue reading


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Newborn Panda Twins Are Switched Out With Each Other to Make Their Mother Believe There’s Only One

When a panda gives birth to more than one cub in the wild, she will usually only attend to one and leave the remaining cubs to perish. So when a giant | Continue reading


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A Wonderful Compilation Animals in Slow Motion

BBC Earth Unplugged has put together a fascinatingly detailed slow motion compilation of mammal, birds, reptiles and insects going about their respective | Continue reading


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Ze Frank Hilariously Provides Interesting True Facts About the Unique Habits of Sand Striking Seaworms

In a Eunice episode from his hilarious land and sea-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank shares the unique habits of a wide variety of | Continue reading


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How to Build Super Mario Bros. Style Maze for a Rat

The Q shows how to build an awesome Super Mario Bros. style maze for a rat using cardboard and paint. He then tested it out with an adorable rat named | Continue reading


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A Pensive Frank Zappa Jams Onstage With Pink Floyd at a Belgian Music Festival in 1969

During the 1969 Festival Actuel in Mont-de-l'Enclus, Belgium, a very pensive, straight-faced Frank Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to perform a loose, | Continue reading


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Homer Simpson in Real Life

A post shared by Miguel Vasquez (@marvelous_mikee) on Aug 17, 2018 at 8:44am PDT 3D artist Miguel Vasquez has created a fantastic 3D rendering that | Continue reading


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Determined Team of Archeologists Reconstruct the Face of a Soldier Who Died in Ancient Pompeii

A fascinating 2016 video by the Science Channel tells of a compassionate team of archeologists who were able to reconstruct the face of a soldier of | Continue reading


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A Rapid Timelapse Tutorial Showing How to Create a 3D Drawing of a Hyper-Realistic Fried Egg

Italian artist Marcello Barenghi, whose amazing work we've previously posted, has created a really wonderful rapid timelapse tutorial showing how to | Continue reading


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Woman With a Prosthetic Leg Hilariously Rides Her Horse Through a Starbucks Drive-Thru on Dare

A woman named named Vicki who is a patient at Optimus Prosthetics in Columbus, Ohio and wears a prosthetic leg by Ottobock North America, hilariously rode | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Demonstration of the Delicate Craft of Restoring Damaged Fine Art to Its Former Beauty

In March 2018, Jack Brandtman of Chicago Aussie shadowed second generation fine art conservator Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in | Continue reading


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An Adorably Quirky, Big Bellied, Polydactyl Cat Who Stands Upright When He’s Hungry Needs a Home

An absolutely adorable, round-bellied, polydactyl rescued homeless Russian blue cat named Bruno, who stands on his back legs when he's hungry, is as of | Continue reading


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A Gorgeous Computer Generated Visualization of the Sun’s Magnetic Field on August 10, 2018

Scientists at the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) used daily scientific data to create an absolutely gorgeous computer generated visualization | Continue reading


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How the Car Sharing Service Uber Might Have Worked in the Pre-Smartphone Era of the 1980s

As part of his ongoing series that imagines how current technologies and services would look if they had been created in previous decades, Jo Luijten of | Continue reading


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50 Different Ways to Stand in 50 Different Situations

Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings), who has previously demonstrated numerous ways one can sit on a chair, | Continue reading


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How to Reconstitute Leftover Pizza to Its Former Glory With a Simple French Toast Batter

A really talented cook with a great sense of humor named Internet Shaquille figured out how to reconstitute leftover pizza to its original glory with a | Continue reading


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A Bouncy Less Angry Jazz Remix of the Rage Against the Machine Anthem ‘Killing In the Name’

In 2012, musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt, whose brilliant work we've previously posted, created a phenomenal jazz remix of the anthemic Rage Against | Continue reading


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Thousands of Army Ants Build an Impressive Bridge With Their Bodies In Order to Swarm a Wasp Nest

Thousands of army ants in Costa Rica amazingly worked together to build an impressive ropy bridge using their own bodies in order to swarm a highly placed | Continue reading


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Legendary Musician Pete Drake Plays His ‘Talking Steel Guitar’ on ‘The Jimmy Dean Show’ in 1964

In 1964, musician Pete Drake appeared on The Jimmy Dean Show and played his "talking steel guitar" for a really appreciative audience. The song he chose | Continue reading


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How Rod Serling Used Allegory to Make Episodes of ‘The Twilight Zone’ Feel Culturally Relevant

In an extremely insightful essay about the iconic original series The Twilight Zone, artist Zane Whitener of In Praise of Shadows takes a look at how | Continue reading


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Cosmologist Stephen Webb Addresses the Age Old Question About There Being Life on Other Planets

In April 2018, British cosmologist and astrobiologist Stephen Webb spoke to a Vancouver TedX audience about seeing a UFO as a child. This event, he | Continue reading


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‘The Mad Drummer’ Who Was at the Wrong Gig Decimates Kevin in a Drum Battle on ‘The Office’

In 2010, a dramatic drummer with a very distinct style became rather popular when a video of him playing surfaced with the caption "this drummer is at the | Continue reading


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Stunning Side-by-Side 4K Footage Showing How Visual Effects Can Completely Erase Signs of Aging

In 2015, digital compositor and visual effects artist Rousselos Aravantinos created an impressive age reduction demonstration with actress Michele Valley. | Continue reading


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How Psychotherapy Encourages the Vocalization of Self-Reflective Thoughts Without Judgement

The School of Life explains via animation "How Psychotherapy Works" despite its demanding schedule, by positing three different ways the therapist is able | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Charming Actor Who Voiced the Irascible Homer Simpson in Spanish for ‘The Simpsons’ (1990-2005)

Great Big Story visited with the incredibly charming and very funny Humberto Vélez, who voiced the irascible Homer Simpson in the Spanish language version | Continue reading


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Why There Are Holes in Swiss Cheese

Geobeats offers a yummy bite size explanation as to why there are holes in Swiss cheese. Rather than it being from the ripening bacteria or pesky little | Continue reading


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Amazingly Clear Remastered Footage of an Amazing 1969 Jimi Hendrix Show in Stockholm, Sweden

In January of 1969, the late, great Jimi Hendrix performed at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden. For a long time, this amazing show was considered to | Continue reading


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Clever Packaging That Sorts Bananas According to Ripeness So They Can Be Properly Enjoyed Each Day

The Korean grocery store E-Mart has created a brilliant campaign that encourages people to eat one banana per day (Hana Hanana Banana). In order to make | Continue reading


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An Overjoyed Rescued Pet Duck Gleefully Greets Her Human at the Door When She Gets Home From Work

A really sweet rescued pet muscovy duck named Petunia who lives indoors, excitedly greeted her human Chantel Grant at the door when she came home from | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Creative Strategies Used to Make Music for Super Nintendo Despite Severe Space Limitations

The very insightful video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a nostalgic look at Super Nintendo games of the past, how theme | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

A Silly Husky Hilariously Pretends to Be a Revving Dirt Bike for His Motorcycle Riding Human

While visiting his parents, welder and motocross rider Greg Vannorden straddled his legs over a silly husky named Brodie and pretended to rev him up like | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Imaginative Man Builds a Video Game Inspired Folding Shed Door That Opens Geometrically

Warwick Turvey, a very handy logistics professional who lives in Mackay, Queensland, Australia built a really wonderful shed door that folds open and | Continue reading


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How the English Language Would Sound If Each Vowel Had a Single Consistent Phonetic Voicing

American composer, writer, director, and filmmaker Aaron Alon explains the difficulty of learning the English language, specifically in regard to the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Familiar Process of Endlessly Scrolling Through Netflix In Order to Just Find Something to Watch

In a hilarious video that hits close to home, vlogger James Rolfe of Cinemassacre shares the familiar process of scrolling endlessly through Netflix just | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

An Intensely Focused K9 Police Dog Tries to Rip the Head Off a Jack-in-the-Box After It Pops Up

A focused police dog named Ammo who works for the Redondo Beach K9 Team, watched intensely as his human partner Officer Kyle Lofstrom slowly wound the | Continue reading


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Advance Your Design Career With Parsons at Open Campus

This post was sponsored by Parsons at Open Campus via Syndicate Ads. art & design courses and Parsons School of Design, recently named the Open Campus | Continue reading


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British Musician Performs a Brilliant Brass Cover of the Toto Song ‘Africa’ on Five Different Horns

In 2017, Seb Skelly, a very talented 22 year old musician who lives in North London, performed an amazing multi-track, brass sextet cover of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Shares How He Creates His Brilliantly Distinctive Sound on a Guitar

In a wonderful clip from a BBC documentary, the legendary David Gilmour of Pink Floyd talks about his brilliantly distinctive sound that he creates on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

How XOXO Became the Accepted Shorthand For the Affectionate Phrase of Hugs and Kisses

In a osculate episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how XOXO became the accepted shorthand for the term hugs and kisses. While the | Continue reading


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Why People Find Comfort in Lonely, Desolate Places

In a geographic episode of their wonderful animated series, the very perceptive School of Life explains why certain people eschew more populated places | Continue reading


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How an Effective Story Can Be Told in a Film Without the Main Character Undergoing a Life Changing Arc

In a cinematically defiant video essay, Sage Hyden of Just Write explains why, despite common teachings, a good story doesn't have to require the main | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

The Hard Driving Riffs That Make ‘Killing in the Name’ by Rage Against the Machine So Powerful

The very talented doodling music theorist 12tone braved the hard driving riffs of the anthemic Rage Against the Machine song "Killing In the Name" in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Seth MacFarlane Hilariously Sings Cyndi Lauper Songs in ‘Family Guy’ Voices As He Sits Beside Her

While appearing on the wonderful Graham Norton Show in 2015 and seated next to the legendary Cyndi Lauper, actor, writer and comedian Seth MacFarlane | Continue reading


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