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James of The Action Lab (previously) demonstrates how to imprint holographic rainbows onto tempered chocolate. This process, he explains, has everything to do with making diffracting patterns using quantum physics. I talk about diffraction gratings and how they work. I show you how you can use them to make diffraction...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Imprint Holographic Rainbows Onto Chocolate first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Art vlogger James Payne of Great Art Explained (previously) examines why Vincent Van Gogh created some of his most prolific work while seeking treatment for mental illness. And in fact, how his art saved his life for a time. In the small asylum at St-Remy, with only 41 patients, Vincent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Stars of ‘The Starry Night’ Provided Van Gogh Comfort He Needed While Locked Away in an Asylum first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Seinfeld Current Day partnered with Hood Internet to present a remix of the iconic theme song from Seinfeld with a popular song from each of the nine years that the series was on the air (July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998). This remix was created to celebrate of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The ‘Seinfeld’ Theme Remixed With a Hit Song From Each of the Nine Years the Show Was on the Air first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (previously) quite amusingly reenacted what American crime shows look like when the stories are “ripped from the headlines” and “the names are changed to protect the innocent”. A seriously true crime story. …tell me your pseudonyms & aliases. Mine is an anagram: ‘King Abelard Caketits’. Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Comedian Reenacts a Typical US Crime Drama Where Names Are Changed to Protect the Innocent first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Felt artist Andrea Love (previously) made a wonderfully detailed stop motion animation of a pool break. Love took a tiny felt pool cue in hand and made a strong break shot, scattering the felt balls around the table. Though some came close, none of the balls made it into any...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stop Motion Break Shot on a Tiny Felt Pool Table first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mr. Hacker, who previously made a paper disc for his angle grinder, used a similar tactic for his drill. He tightly rolled up a piece of paper, secured it with a bit of transparent tape, and attached it to his drill. This paper bit took a bit more time than...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Attempting to Drill Into Various Objects Using Drill Bit Made Out of Tightly Rolled Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah New? (@sarahnewsfx) Special effects makeup artist Sarah New quite amazingly performed both the male and female parts of a duet from the film In the Heights in character with the strategic use of choreography, makeup and colored lights. New explained...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Switching Between the Male and Female Parts of an ‘In the Heights’ Duet Using Makeup and Colored Lights first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), took spectacular timelapse footage of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough as they went on a spacewalk outside the exterior of the International Space Station “Alpha” in order to install a new solar array....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spectacular Timelapses of Astronauts Going on a Spacewalk Outside of the International Space Station first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the need for public payphones growing lower by day, fact-finder Tom Scott (previously) traveled to a small town in England to learn the “shocking” news that their iconic red telephone boxes were instead going to house life-saving heart defibrillators. The defibrillators, which are provided and maintained by Community Heartbeat,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Small English Towns Are Turning Their Iconic Red Telephone Boxes Into Public Heart Defibrillators first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very creative homeowner in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, amusingly attached one half of a car onto their front gate so that it would roll back and forth as the gate opened and closed. Perhaps with this clever addition, the homeowner wanted it to look like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Half of a Car Creatively Attached to Front Gate of Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While promoting their new film Ghostbusters, actors Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984. Aykroyd came out first. He was very nervous about meeting the iconic host, but also very hopeful about the upcoming film. It’s got lots of laughs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray Promote ‘Ghostbusters’ on ‘The Tonight Show’ With Johnny Carson in 1984 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass, collectively known as Tenacious D, performed a fantastically ridiculous cover of The Beatles’ classic songs “You Never Give Me Your Money” and “The End”. The video was directed by JablinskiGames editor Taylor Stephens and features the pair in a variety of unusual situations and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tenacious D Performs Fantastically Ridiculous Covers of The Beatles to Benefit Doctors Without Borders first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Granpa Amu, a talented carpenter who makes videos of his work with the help of his children, crafted a beautiful foldable Luban stool out of a single piece of wood. The design of this type of folding stool is the use of strategic cuts into the wood to create hinges...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Carpenter Builds a Foldable Luban Stool From a Single Piece of Wood Without Using Nails or Glue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

LEGO has created a beautifully detailed Statue of Liberty LEGO kit (Amazon) that lets users faithfully recreate a miniature version of Lady Liberty. This incredible 1,685 piece model includes each of the iconic features of the original and is part of the company’s Architecture Series. This impressive LEGO interpretation faithfully...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Detailed Statue of Liberty LEGO Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

BBC Earth has put together a wonderfully relaxing half-hour video that shows many different kinds of animals who reside at the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve in Tanzania as they gather and interact around a permanent waterhole that was made specifically for them. The waterhole has been equipped with cameras, allowing us...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Relaxing Footage Showing the Wildlife of an African Reserve Gathering Around a Waterhole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canadian Disney fan Gregoth put together a fantastic supercut that features 76 popular Disney characters singing in the native languages of their respective origin stories. Included are the characters of Cinderella singing in French, the characters of Aladdin singing in Arabic, the characters of The Lion King singing in Zulu,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fantastic Supercut of Disney Characters Singing in the Native Language of Their Origin Stories first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) quite irreverently transformed the bleak Drowning Pool song “Bodies” into an innocent children’s song. Ballard mashed together the music video for the song with footage of children participating in sing-alongs and animated the song’s countdown in bright colors. Ballard also enlisted his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Irreverent Mashup Transforms the Bleak Drowning Pool Song ‘Bodies’ Into an Innocent Children’s Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Agile guitarist André Antunes (previously) took a break from musically interpreting the rants of various televangelists to instead added a heavy metal soundtrack to the vintage vocal stylings of the iconic Bavarian “Yodel King” Franzl Lang during a live event. Related PostsGuitarist Rob Scallon Rocks Out a Heavy Metal Tune...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Agile Guitarist Adds a Heavy Metal Soundtrack to Accompany Bavarian ‘Yodel King’ Franzl Lang first appeared on Laughing Squid.

James of The Action Lab (previously) shows how to perfectly separate each layer of an Oreo cookie and remove the filling intact by using a vacuum chamber. James explains that the lack of oxygen caused the cookies to expand slightly. When the air was let back in, the expanded cookies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Perfectly Separate Each Layer of an Oreo Cookie With a Vacuum Chamber first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The soundtrack for the 1996 Jackie Chan film Supercop featured a number of interesting covers performed by unlikely musicians. Perhaps the most unlikely of all was electronic rock band DEVO performing the iconic Nine Inch Nails song “Head Like a Hole”. Devo–Head Like A Hole Engineer – Robert Casale Mixed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post In 1996 DEVO Covered the Iconic Nine Inch Nails Song ‘Head Like a Hole’ for the Jackie Chan Film ‘Supercop’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorably vocal Quaker parrot named Tango, who was sitting on the kitchen table, quite hilariously quoted the iconic Tweety Bird line “I tawt I taw puddy tat” when he saw his human holding his beloved buddy Diesel the cat. The smiling human then finished the line, replacing the “I”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vocal Quaker Parrot Hilariously Recites Tweety Bird’s Famous Line When He Sees a ‘Puddy Tat’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Language of Earth shared a wonderful demonstration showing how the English language varies between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In the first round, each representative from each country read aloud words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. They then moved on to different words...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Demonstrating the Differences Between American English, British English, and Australian English first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Always one with a sense of humor, online retailer Firebox (previously) is selling a clever cocktail tumbler glass that features a sinking glass ship. The forlorn ship is submerged whenever liquid is poured into the glass. A particularly sloshy drink will make it look like a storm has been visited...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Cocktail Glass Featuring a Forlorn Ship That Appears to Sink With Each Sip of the Drink first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the work of Jason Freeny, Mighty Jabba created a truly realistic, highly detailed anatomical sculpture reveiling the physiology that might exist inside the infamous Jabba the Hut. The sculpture was made on an Elegoo Saturn resin 3D printer and the box was designed in Photoshop. For this custom...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Printed Anatomical Sculpture of Jabba the Hutt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Transition Contact Lenses” is an amusing parody by John Milhiser from 2016 that takes a look at what might happen if the same “light intelligence technology” that works so well in glasses were to be applied to contact lenses. According to Milhiser, more than light will change. Directed by Ryan...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Funny Parody About Prescription Transition Contact Lenses That Automatically Adjust to Changing Light first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Omar Aqil (@omaraqildesign) Pakistani visual artist Omar Aqil, who previously replicated Picasso paintings into rendered 3D sculptures, has created “Self-Portraits 2050”, a whimsical experimental series of random shapes that come together to form a futuristic of the artist himself. This is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Series of Futuristic Self-Portraits Made of Random 3D Animated Shapes and Forms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hank Green of SciShow corrects a previous video to explain why flamingos can stand on only one leg for hours at a time. He and others originally posited that the flightless birds were doing this to conserve heat, but after much research, scientists learned that flamingos stand on one leg...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg For Hours at a Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Trương DP, who previously used torn paper to make a portrait in honor of late Vietnamese actor Hoàng Dúng, used a pen to draw a pointillist portrait made up of a remarkable 182,336 dots. The artist kept track of the number with their left hand while drawing the dots...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Remarkable Portrait Made Up of 182,336 Dots That He Counted As He Drew Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Gilad Avnat and Stav Nahum of Bonamaze have put together a wonderful compilation that encompasses the distinctive sights and sounds of New York City in honor of its reopening. The footage was shot on location in 2019 and took a long time to edit. Celebrate New York’s reopening with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation Capturing the Sights and Sounds of New York City in Honor of Its Reopening first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A smoothie maker at a popular shop quite skillfully pours from a pitcher in one hand over his head, catching it in the cup that was held in the other hand. This highly coordinated “smoothie king” did this several times, filling several orders at the same time without spilling...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Smoothie Maker Pours From a Pitcher Over His Head Catching It in a Cup Without Spilling a Drop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of Boston Dynamics (previously) becoming a part of Hyundai Motor Group, a group of seven synchronized Spot robots performed a highly choreographed dance to the BTS song for Hyundai entitled “IONIQ (I’m On It)”. The steps are so perfectly timed, and the motions so smooth and harmonious, that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Seven Synchronized ‘Spot’ Robots Perform a Highly Choreographed Dance to ‘IONIQ (I’m On It)’ by BTS first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@angie.mcyen Day 1: I woke up with an Irish accent ? ##sendhelp ? original sound – angie.mcyen When Angie Mcyen underwent a tonsillectomy in April 2021, she woke up with an unmistakably Irish accent. McYen, who is a dentist from Brisbane, Australia, had never been to Ireland nor had she...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Australian Woman Who Has Never Been to Ireland Wakes Up From Tonsil Surgery With an Irish Accent first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men use their sharp humor to find the logic in determining the number of continents on Earth. They first used a straight dictionary definition, but it was too specific as to what constituted a continent and wound up with a count...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Determining How Many Continents Are on Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joe Rojas-Burke, a science writer for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon, set an ice cube on his fence for an incredibly thirsty squirrel to drink and get some necessary hydration during the record-breaking heatwave that hit the Pacific Northwest during the final week of June 2021. Hi...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Sets Out Ice Cube for a Parched Squirrel to Drink From During Record-Breaking Heatwave in Portland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lior Patel – Drone Photography (@liorpatel) Aerial photographer Lior Patel captured absolutely stunning timelapse footage of a giant herd of sheep moving to greener pastures where they can openly graze. Patel has been following this herd for a while and his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Drone Timelapse of Sheep Being Herded first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rivian (@rivianofficial) The Rivian R1T is a sleek electric truck that features a number of surprising features, including an ingenious modular “Camp Kitchen” that slides right out from the truck’s gear tunnel to form a counter upon which sits a two-burner...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ingenious Modular Camp Kitchen With Working Sink That Stores Inside of a Rivian R1T Electric Truck first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Motorcycle enthusiasts and journalists Zack Courts and Ari Henning of the Revzilla series Common Tread quite hilariously recreated the iconic “mini bike scene” from the classic 1984 film Dumb and Dumber. Court played Jim Carrey‘s role of Lloyd Christmas and Henning played Jeff Daniels‘ role of Harry Dunne. The pair...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Motorcycle Enthusiasts Hilariously Recreate the Iconic Mini Bike Road Trip From the Film ‘Dumb and Dumber’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Jared Owen (previously) created a wonderfully informative tour inside of the Statue of Liberty. To get to the inside of the statue, we’ll enter from here. These doors are called the Centennial Doors… There are 192 steps to the top of the pedestal. Inside here, you can see...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Animated Tour Inside the Statue of Liberty first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@tomhalsall British Phrases you might not have heard before ?? #britinamerica #culture #foryoupage #fy #foryou #ukvusa #ukvus #phrases #british #usa #uk ? Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod Tom Halsall, a former goalkeeper for Manchester City FC and current goalkeeper coach for the University of North Alabama Women’s Soccer team,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Phrases Explained in Amusing Four Part Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike Taylor, a record-setting professional urban unicyclist, quite remarkably demonstrated his flawless jump onto the top of ten stacked wooden pallets standing at 155 centimeters (~ five feet) without a single break in his stride. The power was with me today and it felt good. Here’s Taylor practicing his smooth...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Unicyclist Makes Remarkable Jump Onto Ten Wooden Pallets Standing Five Feet High Without Breaking Stride first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A powerful AARP short by David Friedman (previously) tells the story of Quill Kulka, a talented philosophy professor at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University who began lifting weights at the age of forty. When Kulka, who is very petite in stature, realized that they could lift a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Petite Philosophy Professor Transforms Themself Into a Badass Amateur Boxer In Their Spare Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A talented engineer with The Q (previously) shared how to build a working treadmill for his three pet hamsters. While the treadmill doesn’t boast the bells and whistles on the ones found in a gym, it is fairly easy to make, requires very little in terms of supplies, and is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Build a Tiny Working Treadmill For Hamsters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@ksstiles1116 ##BestSeatInTheHouse ##PerfectAsWeAre ##foryou ##fyp ##trend ##kegan Here’s another one! ? That Is Embarrassing – Derby County FC FanChants & DCFC Fans Songs Kegan Stiles of Pennsylvania, who enjoys analyzing sound, posted audio of a chanting crowd. Understanding how this chant could be an audio illusion, Stiles also posited nine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Confusing Audio Illusion of a Chanting Crowd Leads to a Number of Different Possible Phrases Being Heard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter, who alwaysFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Provides Nature Documentary Narration to His Dog’s Natural Instinct to Hunt Her Sister first appeared on Laughing Squid.

HiccAway is a very clever adjustable, hard plastic straw that is bent in such a way as to get rid of the hiccups simply by using it to take forcible sips of water. The bent shape of the straw position tells the physiological actors involved to reset and allow for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Adjustable Straw That Gets Rid of the Hiccups first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After a spending year apart from one another, funnyman Ryan Reynolds sat down for the annual interview with his “identical twin brother” Gordon. As in the past, Gordon pushed Ryan’s buttons, asking questions about Ryan’s wife Blake Lively, and the state of Hollywood. Gordon also referred to the sale of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds’ Identical Twin Announces the Sale of Ryan’s ‘Maximum Effort Marketing’ in a Tense Interview first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Q engineer (previously) who likes to fiddle around with bicycle tires, decided to remove the entire internal hub (spokes and frame) from the wheel of his bicycle. He then crafted, molded, and welded an entire external system to ensure the ride would be smooth. What do you know about...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Engineer Removes the Spokes From the Wheels of His Bike to Create an Incredible ‘Hubless Bicycle’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of absolutely adorable little kittens intensely watched a classic Tom and Jerry cartoon on their human’s computer while perched upon a desk. The feline duo was so enthralled that they tried to insert themselves into the action. The video featured two cats watching forlornly for the outcome of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Adorable Kittens Intensely Watch a Classic ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoon on Their Human’s Computer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The daredevil of BIT – BASE inspired travels climbed up the Rebielice Królewskie wind turbine in southern Poland and base jumped the amazing 50 meters (164 feet) down to the ground. This particular turbine was designed by Józef Antos in 2003. Sadly, Antos died before it could be put into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Daredevil Makes an Amazing 50 Meter Base Jump Off a Unique Abandoned Wind Turbine in Poland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wild elephant named Boonchuay, who lives at a reserve Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand, made his way over to the village of Hua Hin and broke through the kitchen wall of a house belonging to Ratchadawan Puengprasopporn. She said that her family was asleep when they heard an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hungry Elephant Crashes Through a Kitchen Wall in Thailand While Searching For Salty Snacks first appeared on Laughing Squid.