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photo via Madame Tussauds New York As restaurants in New York City officially open to 35% indoor occupancy on Friday, February 26, 2021, the legendary Williamsburg, Brooklyn steakhouse Peter Luger has partnered with Madame Tussauds New York to help their patrons maintain proper indoor social distancing by filling their deliberately...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Peter Luger Steakhouse Fills Socially Distant Empty Seats With Wax Celebrities From Madame Tussauds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedienne Julie Nolke, who occasionally visits her past self from the present among other things, amusingly enacted out the incredibly frustrating part of sweeping in which the last few pieces of dirt can’t be gathered unless the dustpan is constantly moved backward. In a humorous exaggeration, Nolke herself backing up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Frustrations of Sweeping Amusingly Exaggerated first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Graham Beck of the philately series “Exploring Stamps” takes a hard look at a rather ingenious plan enacted by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II that infiltrated the German postal service to further weaken the waning faith that the German people had under Nazi rule. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Postage Stamps Postage Played a Key Role in Covert OSS WWII Missions in ‘Operation Cornflakes’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A lively dog excitedly ran up the stairs of the porch and took an unexpected slide across the incredibly slippery surface. The surprised canine somehow then made a rather graceful exit through the open spaces in the wooden handrail. When it was all over, the dog came back to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Makes Graceful Exit Through Wooden Handrail After an Unexpected Slide Across a Slippery Porch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Animals Without Necks :) (@nonecks) No Necks is a rather amusing Instagram account featuring oddly adorable, manipulated photos of animals who are missing their necks. A normally elongated giraffe is reduced to regular size without a neck, a sweet little donkey...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oddly Adorable Photos of Animals Without Necks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Murat Y?ld?r?m (@muartive) Turkish digital artist Murat Yildirim has quite brilliantly reimagined six iconic works of art by great artists in digital 3D fur. These “Furry Artworks” include “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh, “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Digital Artist Reimagines Great Works of Art in Fur first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dirk of The Metalist very cleverly crafted an iron axe head that’s shaped just like a gloved hand. After cutting, shaping, and attaching the head to its handle, Dirk sharpened the outer edge closest to the pinkie. Whenever the axe is in use, it looks just like a karate master...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Metal Worker Creates a Clever Hand Shaped Iron Axe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Suck UK (previously) has created a truly gnarly cardboard cat scratcher that looks just like a real skateboard. Just like their previously novelty cat products, the Cat Scratch Laptop and the Cat Scratch Turntable, this clever feline accoutrement allows your cat to participate in human activities without ruining the furniture....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gnarly Skateboard Shaped Cardboard Cat Scratcher first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When a fire ripped through a shed in Medina, Ohio that was holding a number of turtles and several tortoises, quick-acting firefighters with the Medina Fire Department rushed to save as many of them as they were able. The department fitted tiny oxygen masks over each rescued turtle and tortoise’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Medina Ohio Fire Department Revives Turtles and Tortoises With Tiny Oxygen Masks After Shed Fire first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Eric Nakagawa, co-founder of the early and quite infamous image macro website I Can Has Cheezburger?, selected some of the original Lolcat meme art from his personal “I Can Has Cheezburger?” collection and put them up for auction as NFT art on OpenSea. Included in this collection are such classics...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Some of the Original ‘I Can Has Cheezburger?’ Lolcat Memes Are Now Available Through an NFT Art Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designers Honest Kevin and Jevgenija Jones of Moon Armada have created the BabyBot – Light Theremin, an incredibly clever LED integrated synthesizer that’s housed inside a rather unsettling baby doll. The doll features all sorts of knobs around its body that emits lights and sounds at random intervals. This synth...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creepy Red Baby Doll LED Integrated Synthesizer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Neil Bromhall (previously) of the Oxford, England plant identification database Right Plants compiled a series of 4K timelapses showing the entire lifecycle of various iris flowers. Each flower gorgeously bloomed, flourished and then died away. Compilation of Iris flowers opening and dying time lapses. Bromhall previously captured the marvelous sight...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compilation of 4K Timelapses Capturing Iris Flowers as They Go Through Their Full Lifecycle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brazilian pixel artist Mauri Helme (previously) has reimagined the entire opening sequence from the very first season of South Park in a crisp 3D voxel art Minecraft style animation. A voxel art tribute to South Park. Based on the original animation by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. submitted via Laughing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Minecraft Style Version of the ‘South Park’ Opening first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Naochika Sogabe of Healing Music for Spirit on Oud & Lute performed a lush arrangement of the Interstellar theme by Hans Zimmer performed on a beautiful Baroque lute. Naochika framed the entire performance to be a relaxing experience for both the ears and the eyes, noting how both the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Lush Baroque Lute Cover of the ‘Interstellar’ Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Finagle a Bagel (@finagleabagel) Finagle a Bagel is a lovely café with locations in and around the city of Boston that makes kettle-boiled New York-style bagels. Like other bagel places, Finagle a Bagel has a full menu of deli-style sandwiches, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Boston Bagel Shop Uses a Side-Mounted Buzzsaw on a Conveyor Belt to Cut Their Bagels in Perfect Halves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Moonwalk” by Finnish director Nalle Sjoblad is an amusing ad for the telecom company Eitislat that features a variety of unlucky people slipping, tripping, falling, and generally being clumsy in a variety of different situations. While the results vary in severity, not one of Sjoblad’s subjects really appears to be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Ad of Unlucky People Slipping, Tripping, and Being Clumsy in a Variety of Different Ways first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Since 2017, editor Chris Shaw has embarked on the very noble, if not thankless task of tracking down and identifying the source photos of every person who appeared on the cover of The Beatles‘ iconic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. So far, he seems to have made a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Editor Searches for the Source Photos of Everyone on the Cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar, who previously compiled live-action and animated footage that prominently featured a giant supermoon, created a rather rhythmic supercut of film and televsion characters first pondering their words before setting their fingers to keys and typing away. Avissar cleverly used Leroy Anderson’s “The Typewriter for Orchestra” as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rhythmic Supercut of Typewriters in Film and TV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eclectic Method (@eclecticmethod) The wonderfully creative Eclectic Method (previously) partnered with the legendary Bootsy Collins (previously) to create a crypto art in the form of a colorful animation of the musician doing what he does best while riding a lotus leaf...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Eclectic Method Partners With Bootsy Collins to Create a Colorfully Psychedelic Animation For an NFT Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After its historic descent and touchdown on Mars, the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover captured and sent back the first incredible 360° view of its landing site at Jezero Crater on the planet’s surface. The video, which is completely interactive, allows the viewer to explore the famously red terrain for themselves....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The NASA Perseverance Rover Sends Back the First 360° View of Its Landing Site at Jezero Crater on Mars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

People have done a lot of creative things to sell their homes. One realtor dressed up as Bigfoot to sell a home in Felton, California, while others promote the rather unique features of their homes to gather bids. One such home for sale is an income property duplex in South...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Real Estate Listing for Lake Tahoe Duplex Features a Multitude of Mannequins Modeling in Every Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Woofbowl (@woofbowl) Woofbowl is a food truck that caters exclusively to dogs, offering fast-food items for doggies that are organic, non-GMO, high in protein, and free of preservatives and artificial flavors. Each item looks like human food but is specifically formulated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woofbowl, A Foodtruck That Caters Exclusively to Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover landed on the planet Mars on February 18, 2021, cameras on the spacecraft captured its own historic descent and touchdown. The footage was automatically downloaded and sent to Mission Control and has become part of the mission’s video collection. ASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astonishing Footage Taken by the NASA Perseverance Rover During Its Historic Descent and Landing on Mars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Joel Haver, who imagined how non-player characters (NPCs) might have acted when the person playing the video game is killed due to a disconnected controller, also released an amusing pair of animated videos that show the incredible enthusiasm players show on the very first time they play an RPG...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animations That Capture the Waning Enthusiasm of Playing an RPG From the First Time to the Second Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the incredible work of guitarist Andre Antunes, the talented pianist Brandon Ethridge (previously) gave his own treatment to televangelist Kenneth Copeland. Ethridge insted turning the Copeland’s demanding rant against COVID-19 into a rather melodic mini-musical that made the preacher seem as if he were performing on Broadway instead....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pianist Turns a Television Evangelist’s Demanding COVID-19 Rant Into a Melodic Mini-Musical first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vintage British Pathé footage from the 1950s captures a London barber performing a (then) rather unusual hairstyle on a man. This style, called “The Elephant’s Trunk”, not only involved making waves with a hairdryer but also using a hair extension to complete the look. The extension was placed upon the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Elephant’s Trunk, An Unusual 1950s Hairstyle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The rock star robots of The Cybertronic Spree, a Transformers themed tribute band who previously performed a truly righteous cover of the Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song”, quite adroitly tackled the classic Heart song “Barracuda”. The lead singer happily paraded around and jumped upon her bed while belting out the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Transformers Themed Band The Cybertronic Spree Performs a Cover of the Classic Heart Song ‘Barracuda’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Legendary guitarists Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Slash of Guns N’ Roses performed together on Morello’s song “Interstate 80”. As the two musicians alternately shredded in an ultimate guitar battle, they each flashed into their instantly recognizable counterpart selves from the game Guitar Hero. The song is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarists Tom Morello and Slash Battle It Out as They Flash Into Their ‘Guitar Hero’ Selves on ‘Interstate 80’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’ but the Wolf Whistle Happens After Every Line pic.twitter.com/4Wyt9kBlpi — Matthew McVickar (@matthewmcvickar) February 19, 2021 Web developer Matthew McVickar has quite amusingly remixed the classic Steve Miller Band song “The Joker” so that the iconic “wolf whistle” that takes place after the line “Some...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Steve Miller Band Song ‘The Joker’ Remixed to Put the Iconic ‘Wolf Whistle’ in the Song After Every Line first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vintage fashion and beauty archive Glamour Daze has remastered a film clip of silent film actress Pola Negri taking her seat at the then hopping guinguette Robinson Pavillon Lafontaine. The original footage, taken in 1927 at the height of the Roaring Twenties, has been enhanced with colorization and 4K high...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorized Footage of Paris in the Roaring Twenties first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The host The Q Channel (previously) revealed the secret of the fascinating illusion that makes him look like he’s sitting on air on an invisible chair. In doing so, he shared each step of the process, from the specific construction of a metal leg brace to performing the illusion himself....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Look Like You’re Sitting in an Invisible Chair first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King, who previously summed up the incredibly efficient manner for which Scandinavian crime dramas are known and the distinct Hollywood crime genre of Film Noir, set his sights on outer space. Beckett-King quite humorously parodied the ubiquitous, on-screen bridge conversations that took place during almost every episode...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Humorous Parody of On-Screen Bridge Conversations That Took Place on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Household Surrealism? (@made_by_helga) Helga Stentzel, a talented visual artist in London who previously used food to make adorable little animals, has created a wonderful series for which she used various forms of laundry, different types of clothing, and other common household...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Whimsical Animals and Other Humorous Forms of Life Created Out of Common Household Items first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Austin resident Clifton Highfield shared chilling footage of icicles forming on a ceiling fan at his house as it spun around in circles. It’s unclear if the fan was outdoors in the bad weather or if the pipes in Highfield’s house burst. Either way here’s hoping that Highfield and other...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Icicles Form on a Spinning Ceiling Fan During the Unexpected Freezing Temperatures in Texas first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaking team The Timewriters put together a really beautiful timelapse of footage taken by a boat traveling from Rotterdam to Amsterdam through the Dutch waterway system in The Netherlands. The camera was placed from above, showing the aquatic intricacies of such travel, including a number of bridges. The footage was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful 4K Timelapse of a Boat Traveling the Dutch Waterways From Rotterdam to Amsterdam first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has long since been abandoned by humans, who left when it was created after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986. In their place, however, live the domestic animals that the escaping humans were forced to leave behind. Free Documentary takes a look at how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Animals of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Reclaimed the Abandoned Land As Their Own first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Devon Rodriguez (@devonrodriguezart) When artist Devin Rodriguez rides the New York City subway, he’s busy capturing the images of fellow riders on his phone. He then sketches and paints these individuals in a photo realistic style. When he’s done, he offers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Realistic Portraits of New York City Subway Riders That He Then Gives to Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by FREE STORE (@nbkfreestore) Brooklyn artist Myles Smutney has partnered with North Brooklyn Mutual Aid, a community group of neighbors helping neighbors in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, to open a number of “free stores” that encourage people to give what they no longer...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Free Stores in North Brooklyn That Offer Community Donated Goods to Neighbors Who Need Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yves Adams (@yves_adams) While in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Belgian wildlife photographer Yves Adams shot photos of a “never before seen” leucistic King penguin that was amongst the wide array of animals native to the region. This unique...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Belgian Wildlife Photographer Shoots Photos of ‘Never Before Seen’ Rare Yellow Feathered King Penguin first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a livestreamed virtual legal proceeding in the 394th District Court of Texas, attorney Rod Ponton accidentally showed up as a cat. It appears that the Zoom filter feature was left on during a prior session and Ponton was unsure as to how to remove it. Musician Brandon Ethridge was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pianist Provides Lively Accompaniment to the Lawyer Who Showed Up As a Cat to a Legal Hearing on Zoom first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor It’s railway! has put together a wonderful compilation of Chuo Shinkansen bullet trains making their way into and out of Kurikoma-Kogen Station in Myagi, Japan through the freezing cold and in the snow. This is a collection of high-speed passing images taken at the recent Kurikoma-Kogen Station, centered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation of Japanese Bullet Trains Passing Through the Snow at High Speeds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a peckish episode of the Today I Found Out (previously), host Simon Whistler explains why doctors of centuries past wore rather creepy looking masks that quite remarkably resembled a bird’s beak. As it turns out, this specific design was to keep the undesired fluids of a plague patient far...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The History of the Creepy Bird Beak Plague Masks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Renowned dialect coach Erik Singer (previously) provided Wired with a verbal tour of the wide variety of accents that are employed across the United States. Singer, with the help of other linguists and language expert such as Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark, explores each linguistic region,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Linguistic Tour of the Regional Accents Found Throughout the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very clever tortoiseshell cat named Alexis and her human Anika Moritz broke the Guinness World Record for the “most tricks performed by a cat in one minute”. Anika sat cross-legged on the floor across from Alexis and indicated what trick was supposed to be performed using a unique sign...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Cat and Her Human Break Guinness World Record for Most Tricks Performed by a Cat in a Minute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video producer Revideo quite skillfully remastered the video for the “Rickroll” famous Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up” in truly crisp 4K at 60 FPS. With this upgrade, Astley and the other performers look like they’re jumping right off the screen. Remastered music video with Topaz Video Enhance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 4K 60 FPS Remaster of the ‘Rickroll’ Famous Music Video For Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather stubborn 5 year old Siberian husky named Malakai in Tyler, Texas quite amusingly shook his head no several times as he refused to come inside from the snow. Malakai’s human beckoned the dog over and over, but being that snow is so rare in that part of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post East Texas Husky Refuses to Come In From the Snow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

image via NASA The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover, which took off on its mission to Mars July 30, 2020, is expected to make its historic landing today, February 18, 2021, at approximately 3:55 PM EST/12:55 PM PST. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Watch NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Landing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musical meme creator William Maranci (previously) mashed together the cheerful music from the Electric Light Orchestra song “Mr. Blue Sky” with the syncopated lyrics of the Eminem song “Lose Yourself”. The two songs, albeit quite different in narrative, mesh together flawlessly in the end. Maranci further embellished the match with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mashup of the Cheerful Music From ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ by ELO With the Lyrics From Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who plays creative acoustic versions of popular songs, performed a highly rhythmic cover of the Daft Punk song “Lose Yourself to Dance” on a very sparkly, glittery gold guitar and very soft lighting. These choices were specific made in honor of all the silver and bright lights...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rhythmic Cover of Daft Punk’s ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ Performed on a Glittery Gold Acoustic Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nicolas Bras of Musiques de Nulle Part, who previously created a handmade percussive instrument out of PVC pipe in order to play the song “Popcorn”, showed how to use sympathetic nails and resonating strings to make a wooden violin of various pitches. Building the best nail violin I can,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handmade Wooden Violin of Various Pitches Made From Sympathetic Nails and Resonant Strings first appeared on Laughing Squid.