Helpful Step-by-Step Instructions Showing How to Safely and Properly Brush a Cat’s Teeth

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who demonstrated how to properly pick up a cat and how to safely approach a dog, very affably offered step-by-step instructions for properly brushing a cat's teeth. Using his own cat Clawdia as an example, Dr. Burstyn shared how to … | Continue reading


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An Animation Exploring the Visual History of Light

The Atlantic animator and producer Atthar Mirza created a fascinating two-minute video that explores the visual history of light. It covers everything from wood fires by early man to modern day hydrogen fusion. 400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals discovered fire. This igni … | Continue reading


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An Amusing ‘Planet Earth’ Parody on the Mating Rituals of Humans in Their Natural Club Habitat

Viva Dirt League, a gaming comedy troupe in Aukland, New Zealand created a rather amusing parody of the distinctive Planet Earth documentary style. This parody was made complete with a Sir David Attenborough sound-alike narrator who commented on the mating rituals of humans in th … | Continue reading


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Emilia Clarke Recreates Business Stock Photos

Solo: A Star Wars Story and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke showed off her amusing wide range of facial expressions by recreating business stock photos for Vanity | Continue reading


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Three Adorable Little Kids Show Off Their Functional Homemade Transformers Costumes

Three adorable Transformers Kids showed off their functional homemade Optimus Prime, Starscream, Bumblebee costume in awesome footage posted by Robby Eccleshall on Facebook. Here’s another look pic.twitter.com/sd2yXtwwSd— Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 Backstag … | Continue reading


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Rescued Chimpanzees Gleefully Play in a Colorful Ball Pit After Their Caretaker Shows Them How

In a wonderful species specific enrichment exercise, a whoop of chimpanzees at the Project Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia, gleefully played in and around a colorful ball pit, but only after their human caretaker showed them how. These playful chimps were rescued from … | Continue reading


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A Hilariously Absurd AI Explanation of Bitcoin Using Data Gathered via Predictive Keyboard Algorithms

Comedians Zack Bornstein, Jamie Brew, Rob Dubbin of Botnik Studies along with animator Felipe Dipoi, musician Kyle Rodriguez and and narrator Jonathan Roumie created a hilariously absurd video that explains the concept of Bitcoin through artificial intelligence. The data for the … | Continue reading


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Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee Impression

Solo: A Star Wars Story star Emilia Clarke sat down with Jimmy Fallon on an episode of The Tonight Show and unleashed her hilariously embarrassing Wookiee impression. She then chatted about how she sneaked away, during a screening of Solo, to watch the royal | Continue reading


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Comparing the Sizes of Monsters in Video Games

MetaBallStudios made a great new visualization that compares the sizes of well-known video game monsters like Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, a deathclaw from Fallout, and the god Gongen Wyzen from Asura's | Continue reading


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An Amazing Piano Arrangement of the Evolution of Meme Music From 1500 AD Through Present Day

The talented pianist Lord Vinheteiro stared straight into the camera and performed an interpretive piano arrangement evolution of meme music beginning with "Greensleeves" at around 1500 AD and concluding in present day with the Luis Fonsi song "Despacito". This range covered a lo … | Continue reading


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70 People From Around the World Show How They Traditionally Say Hello and Goodbye in Their Country

In a welcoming episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all over the world show how they say hello and say goodbye per their native tradition. In this episode of Many People from Many Cou … | Continue reading


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A Bad Lip Reading of Select Portions of the Royal Wedding Between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Never one to miss an event, Bad Lip Reading delivered funny spin on the very, very proper Royal Wedding. Amongst the more notable moments were Prince Harry and Meghan were at the altar naming their favorite Harry Potter character, the chorus learning how to "glide and glint" and … | Continue reading


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The King, A Powerful Road Trip Film That Likens the Current Political Climate to the Life of Elvis Presley

For the film The King, award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki travelled across the United States in a 1963 Rolls Royce once owned by Elvis Presley in order to learn more about the legendary singer's life and how his meteoric rise and downfall is analogous to the current political … | Continue reading


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Stunning Overhead Shots of a Glowing Pink and Turquoise New York City Taken From a Helicopter

A post shared by Photographer / Filmmaker (@xavierportela) on May 8, 2018 at 1:56am PDT For his vivid photo series "New York Glow", Belgo-Portugese photographer Xavier Portelo hopped aboard a helicopter, climbed into the sky and captured stunning overhead shots of Times Square , … | Continue reading


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A Bold Woodpecker With Expensive Taste Tentatively Taps on the Windshield of a Tesla Model 3

When proud Tesla Model 3 owner Andre Mercier returned to his car at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, he immediately noticed the presence of a gorgeous pileated woodpecker, who appeared to be very interested in something about the car (perhaps the faux wood da … | Continue reading


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A Hypnotic Timelapse Showing a Homegrown Coral Reef of Original Design Lushly Springing to Life

Michael Rice of Elite Reef in Denver, Colorado, has created a number of really beautiful timelapse videos that captures the lush growth of handmade coral reefs of original designs. One such video features a rather gorgeous variety of corals springing to life Coral time lapses cap … | Continue reading


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Ellen Adds Dancing to Some of 2018’s Biggest Summer Movies

On Monday's episode of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres made some of the biggest summer movies from 2018 even better by adding a whole lot of dancing. She featured movie characters grooving in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World: Fallen | Continue reading


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The Fondoodler, A Food-Safe Reloadable Hot Gun That Can Doodle, Draw and Design With Cheese

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Fondoodler, a unique product that we first wrote about back in November 2016. The Fondoodler is a super simple, food-safe reloadable hot gun that melts most types of string, shredded, block or sheet-sty … | Continue reading


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The Heart of Sky, A Short Animated Sci-Fi Film About How Life Might Have Been Created on Earth

The Heart of Sky is a short animated sci-fi film, brought to life in 2016 by the creative visual storytellers at Mirari & Co., about how life might have been created on earth. They drew their inspiration for the film from ancient Mayan mythology and references from the cultural n … | Continue reading


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A Clever Jingle About a Painful Case of Shingles

Comedian Brian David Gilbert, about whom we've previously written, wrote and performed a clever little jingle about the most unusual of subjects - the cause, treatment and the absurd side effects of a painful case of shingles. ♪ Hi my name is Brian I have shingles I'm told that t … | Continue reading


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How to Make a Concrete Fire Pit Using Silicone Molds of 3D Printed Blocks

Ben Uyeda of HomeMade Modern demonstrated how to make a concrete fire pit using silicone molds of 3D printed blocks. Uyeda's small, medium, and large 3D files are available to download from Autodesk. A post shared by Ben Uyeda (@benjaminuyeda) on Apr 22, 2018 at 7:43pm PDT via Th … | Continue reading


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Relatable Illustrations of Cute Characters in Hilarious Before and After Situations

A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona (@naolito) on May 8, 2018 at 5:15am PDT Barcelona artist Nacho Diaz (Naolito) has created a relatable collection of illustrations featuring super cute characters in hilarious before and after situations. Prints of Diaz's drawings are available t … | Continue reading


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How Ice Cream Sandwiches and Cones Are Made

The Science Channel went behind the scenes at Chapman's factory in Canada to find out exactly how they go about making their delicious looking ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cones. via The | Continue reading


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A Baffled Father Must Teach His Confused Son the Importance of Harrison Ford as Han Solo

On the latest episode of School of Dad by The Dad, a young man got excited about a new actor finally stepping in to play Han Solo in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story film. His baffled father interrupted to teach his son about the importance of legendary actor Harrison Ford's … | Continue reading


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Sound Voyage, An Immersive Audio Experience With Customizable Soundscapes From Around the World

Ears never blink, we're always listening. New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle, co-founder of cdza and a member of New Museum incubator NEW INC, has created Sound Voyage. Like his other projects, Sound Voyage is an immersive audio experience, but this one gives the user acc … | Continue reading


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The Amazing Natural Nanotechnology Embedded in the Camouflaging Skin of Chameleons

A colorful video by the PBS series Reactions explains how chameleons uniquely change color with the use of nano crystals called iridophores, which produce iridescent light. This extra light means the chameleon has extra colors to use as means of communication with others and in o … | Continue reading


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How the Quest to Over-Achieve Can Lead to an Unintentional But Inevitable Sense of Failure

A sanguine animation by the insightful School of Life addresses the problem with over-achievement, specifically the depression that hits once a goal is reached. For the over-achiever, it's the action of getting things done rather than the result and upon completion, a sense of un … | Continue reading


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A Revealing Look Inside Yiwu International Trade City, the Largest Consumer Market in the World

Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon has created "Commodity City", a documentary that takes a revealing look at the infamous five district, 4 million square meter Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Known as the largest market in the world, Kingdon showcases the human si … | Continue reading


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Guitarist Alexandr Misko Explains and Demonstrates His Incredible Finger Style Talent to a TEDx Audience

Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who performs beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, nervously addressed a Mannheim, Germany TEDx audience to discuss and demonstrate how he makes his guitar, a single instrument, sound like an entire band. When I write musi … | Continue reading


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Dutch Company Plans Release of a Plant-Based Steak That Looks, Smells and Tastes Like Real Meat

A post shared by Vivera (@vivavivera) on May 15, 2018 at 8:01am PDT In 2016, we wrote about the Impossible Burger (and more so since then), specifically how the company was able to recreate not only the taste and smell of a beef burger, but also the juicy texture and the unique m … | Continue reading


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Bandai Releasing Cute Feline Figurines That Are Armed to the Teeth With Deadly Weapons

The Japanese toy maker Bandai announced on April 1st that they were manfacturing Neko Busou (Armed Cats in English), a line of cute feline figurines that armed to the teeth with deadly weapons. Bandai's figures started off as an April Fools joke, but due to the popularity of thei … | Continue reading


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A Black Vulture Digs for Treats Hidden in an Egg Carton During Species Specific Enrichment Exercise

Jason Beale, Director of Live Animal Care at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center in Petersburg, Pennsylvania demonstrated an example of species specific enrichment with a wonderfully responsive, eager and very friendly black vulture named Mathilda. In order to keep her skills sha … | Continue reading


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Musician Performs 30 Music Memes on a Bass Guitar in 2 Minutes

Talented musician Davide Biale (Davie504) has a little fun while performing 30 music memes on his signature Retrovibe EVO bass guitar in 2 minutes. The Thomas & Friends theme song, "Hotline Bling" by Drake, and "All Star" by Smash Mouth are among a few of the songs | Continue reading


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Tom Waits Tuesdays, Denver Artist Draws Uniquely Detailed Portraits of the Artist on a Weekly Basis

A post shared by travishetman (@travishetman) on Aug 4, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT Denver artist Travis Hetman has created a wonderful Tuesday tradition during which he releases a new detailed graphite sketch of Tom Waits in a unique iterations and/or form. Calling the series "Tom Waits … | Continue reading


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Why the Town of Asbestos, Quebec Wants to Keep Its Name Despite the Negative Connotations

In a sympathetic and somewhat self-deprecating episode of his travel series Amazing Places, host Tom Scott explained why the town of Asbestos, Quebec wants to keep their name, despite the negative connotations associated with the mineral that kept the town running for many years. … | Continue reading


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Two Very Angry Lynx Literally Butt Heads On the Side of a Small Road at Avery Lake, Michigan

While traveling on a small road outside of the Avery Lake near Atlanta, Ontarians Nicole Lewis and Ed Trist encountered the rather rare sight of two angry lynx facing off by the side of the road. They came to a stop and watched through the front windshield as the two big cats lou … | Continue reading


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The Evolution of Hot Wheels Over the Past 50 Years

In celebration of the brand's 50th anniversary, Donut Media and Race Service released a great video that takes us on a high-speed journey through the evolution of Hot Wheels cars. via | Continue reading


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Realistic Three-Toed Sloth Costume

A post shared by Karoline Hinz/Prop Shop Berlin (@karolinehinz) on May 17, 2018 at 10:19am PDT Berlin freelance prop maker, costume designer, and sculptor Karoline Hinz has built an incredibly realistic looking three-toed sloth costume. Hinz's full collection of costume photos ar … | Continue reading


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The Five Stages of Watching a Star Wars Movie

Leigh Lahav created a new animated short for How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) that humorously illustrates the five stages of watching a Star Wars | Continue reading


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Mowgli Fights to Survive in Andy Serkis’ Darker Live-Action Take on The Jungle Book Stories

Warner Bros. released the first official trailer for Mowgli, an upcoming live-action adventure fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis and darker take on The Jungle Book stories by Rudyard Kipling. The trailer follows Mowgli (Rohan Chand) as he faces dangers lurking in the jungle an … | Continue reading


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A Hilariously Absurd Reading of the Official State Nightmares for Every State Within the United States

Filmmaker Neil Cicierega of Guaranteed Video created a fascinating video in which he absurdly posits the official nightmares for all 50 states within United States, unofficially attaching these bizarre dreams to hilarious state maps, as if they were the a bird, flower, song or fl … | Continue reading


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A Fun Interface That Challenges Google Cloud Vision to Use an Album Cover to Find the Match on Spotify

New York developer Patrick Weaver has created "Record Player" a really amazing interface that can read photos of album covers using the Google Cloud Vision API, which will then search Spotify to find the appropriate match and give the user and option to play the album. After logg … | Continue reading


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We Spoke Out, A Powerful Compilation of Classic Comics That Address Atrocities of the Holocaust

We Spoke Out is a brilliant and powerful compilation of classic superhero comic books from a range of popular publishers that specifically address the atrocities of the Holocaust. This moving book is a collaboration between legendary illustrator Neal Adams, Wyman Institute direct … | Continue reading


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Fearless Base Jumper Leaps From World’s Highest Waterfall in Venezuela

Deland, Florida skydiving instructor and base jumper Carlos Pedro Briceño went all in back in 2015 as he fearlessly leaped from the Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world's highest | Continue reading


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14-Year-Old Performs Amazing Pool Trick Shots

Artistic 14-year-old pool player, Jaden Dupree, has been practicing and fine turning his trick shot skills for the past two years. He demonstrates his skills by curving a difficult jump shot and making insane bank shots. Dupree has an impressive collection of how to videos availa … | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 6 years ago

Vlogger Turns Negative Online Comments Into Thoughtfully Productive Real Life Conversations

Writer, performer, and video maker Dylan Marron stood before a Vancouver TED audience to talk about some of his socially-themed YouTube projects, his inspiration for these projects and the hateful comments that inevitably followed. While Marron is quite able to take this kind of … | Continue reading


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A daredevil from Sweden, who goes by the name "Freesolo," climbed a 460-foot mast in Karlskrona and captured breathtaking POV footage of both his ascension and the surrounding area | Continue reading


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Daredevil Climbs 460-Foot Mast and Captures Breathtaking POV Footage of the Area Below

A daredevil from Sweden, who goes by the name "Freesolo," climbed a 460-foot mast in Karlskrona and captured breathtaking POV footage of both his ascension and the surrounding area | Continue reading


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