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Carl Forrest of Austin, Texas shared an uplifting timelapse that showed how his houseplants quite literally perked up over the course of eight hours after receiving some water. 8-hour time lapse of a droopy plant after being watered pic.twitter.com/F5SFBXZ59k — Carl Forrest (@CarlForrest) December 15, 2018 via Digg Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Amusing Timelapse Showing...The post An Uplifting Timelapse of Droopy Houseplants Perking Up Over the Course of Eight Hours After Being Watered appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For her ongoing quest to make healthier versions of junk food, pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes attempts to recreate that distinctive salty-sweet-chewy taste of a classic Snickers bar. After spending a bit of time on the nougat to peanut ratio, Saffitz successfully created a healthier gourmet version that was...The post Pastry Chef Attempts to Replicate the Distinctive Taste of a Snickers Bar in a Much Healthier Gourmet Version appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bad Lip Reading offered a hilariously bizarre take on the 2018 Apple Product Launch, the annual event that previews the new products for the coming year. Some of these products include the Apple Skin Twist, the Lickamaforbus, the Handsome Anthony, Apple Wings, Apple socks, the Apple Hole, the Apple Wish Prince, the Apple DeBonk Debonk...The post A Bad Lip Reading of the 2018 Apple Product Launch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, a rather daring bearded man decided to drink a 30 year old can of Coors that he found floating in a river. The can had been kept cold by the flowing current and the exterior of the can was dented, but not breeched. This natural refrigeration must have kept the carbonation intact, as...The post Daring Man Drinks a Frothy Beer Poured From a 30 Year Old Can of Coors That He Found In a River appeared first on Laughing Squid.

August 2018, we wrote about second generation fine art conservator Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago, Illinois, as he delicately restored a classic self-portrait of Italian painter Emma Gaggiotti Richards in a precise manner. Baumgartner put these same skills to use in restoring a painting depicting the assassination of Archimedes. As he...The post The Process Behind the Delicate Art of Painting Restoration Narrated in Calming, Hypnotic Voice appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very jolly Dominic West, who is most famously known for playing such American characters as Jimmy McNulty in the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire and for Noah Solloway in the Golden Globe winning Showtime series The Affair, and his wife Catherine FitzGerald welcomed the cameras of Architectural Digest into Glin Castle, their stately...The post Dominic West of ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Affair’ Gives a Tour of His Wife’s Stately Family Castle in Limerick, Ireland appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wolfie (@wolfie_smiles) on Dec 13, 2018 at 7:02am PST An absolutely adorable black cat named Wolfie had a difficult start to life. Rescued off of Skid Row in Los Angeles with his siblings, Wolfie was diagnosed with a blockage in his esophagus which left him clinging...The post Adorable Special Needs Cat With Big Fangs Sits Atop a Magnificently Oversized Enchanted Forest Cat Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented light painting artist Darren Pearson has created a wonderful holiday spirited stop motion animation that features a woman in red (Jordan Pearson) sitting comfortably by the fire, enjoying a nice glass of red wine with a lighted skeleton in front of the Christmas tree. This animation is composed of 60 light painted, long exposure...The post Woman In Red Shares a Nice Glass of Wine With a Light Painted Skeleton In Front of the Christmas Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cristian Marianciuc (@icarus.mid.air) on Dec 8, 2018 at 5:42am PST Romanian paper artist Cristian Marianciuc has created an absolutely gorgeous line of elaborately detailed paper cranes, each of which are made through origami folding techniques. Each bird is unique and exquisitely handcrafted. These unique cranes through...The post Beautifully Detailed Origami Paper Cranes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a holiday themed episode of the newly re-launched children’s version of Glove and Boots, characters Mario and Fafa try their hardest to be really nice to each other in order to impress Santa Claus. Unfortunately, there was the small issue about Mario’s gift and the mustard that was on that gift. Luckily Santa came...The post Mario and Fafa of ‘Glove and Boots’ Really Try to Be Nice To Each Other In Order to Impress Santa Claus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) on Dec 20, 2018 at 3:06am PST Tom Gauld takes a look at the evolution of The Ghost of Christmas. via Johannes Grenzfurthner Related Laughing Squid Posts‘My Library’, A Clever Cartoon by Tom Gauld About the Truth Behind Book CollectionsLibraries of the Future,...The post The Evolution of The Ghost of Christmas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In seventh season finale of the First We Feast series Hot Ones, the wonderfully creative musician and performer “Weird Al” Yankovic sat down with host Sean Evans to consume a plate of increasingly spicy vegan wings. As he ate, Weird Al shared some of the most memorable moments of his career including a phone call...The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Talks About His Colorful Career While Consuming Increasingly Spicy Vegan Wings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fantastical animated essay, the ever-insightful Kurzgesagt explains the concept of a Dyson Sphere – a megastructure that encompasses the sun in order to capture a large percentage of its energy and direct it outward to other planets should the Earth grow cold. While this is only a theoretical experiment, the strategy behind this...The post The Most Efficient Way to Build a Megastructure That Encompasses the Sun To Capture Much of Its Energy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting their new musical film Mary Poppins Returns, stars Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Late, Late Show host James Corden to perform an amazing 22 songs from 22 different musicals in only 12 minutes complete with choreography. The trio also performed quick costume changes during this busy medley with only of amusing mistakes...The post Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt and James Corden Perform Songs From 22 Musicals In 12 Minutes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“The Predator Holiday Special” is a particularly gory tale of war told in the style of such classic Rankin-Bass stop motion animations such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer or Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, which featuring The Predator fighting a cool-headed Santa Claus and his well-armed reindeer. While The Predator is quite a...The post The Predator Battles Santa Claus and His Well-Armed Reindeer in a Gory Stop Motion Animation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the clever Google Assistant holiday ad, a grownup Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as the wily Kevin McCallister from the Home Alone films and comes home once again to an empty house. When he checks his Google Assistant, he learns that he is scheduled to be home alone. This time however, Kevin happily enjoys...The post Macaulay Culkin Returns As Kevin McCallister To Be ‘Home Alone’ Again In Clever Google Assistant Ad appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When we last saw Lucas the Spider, the little arachnid was gleefully running inside to the house to see if he had a new friend when the bell on his web started ringing. As it turns out, a little fly with big eyes had landed, but quickly flew away when Lucas tried to say hello....The post Lucas the Spider Attempts to Become Friends With the Wary Big-Eyed Fly Who Rang the Bell on His Web appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by EJEK (@ejek98) on Dec 15, 2018 at 11:50am PST Glasgow street artist EJEK paid amazing tribute to the late, great Stan Lee who sadly died on November 12, 2018, with a colorful heartfelt memorial mural. The mural featured Lee’s grinning face surrounded by beloved Marvel superheroes...The post Glasgow Street Artist Creates Heartfelt Memorial Mural of Stan Lee Surrounded by Marvel Superheroes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedy duo Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link invited expert Fortnight streamer Tyler Blevins aka Ninja to judge a dance competition between the two. The only rules for the contest were that the dances had to come from the video game and Ninja could only describe the dance in words, not movements....The post Ninja Describes Fortnight Dances to Rhett and Link For Them to Act Out During a Costumed Dance Competition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jason Scanlon has created a thoughtful compilation of every time Yoda says “Hmmm” in Star Wars films. via Geeks Are Sexy, Geekologie Related Laughing Squid PostsBehind the Scenes Photographs Capture a Visit to the Set of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ by Jim Henson and the Muppets‘George Lucas in Love’ Explores the Origins of Star Wars...The post Every Time Yoda Says ‘Hmmm’ in Star Wars Films appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the fiery new trailer for the 2019 reboot of Hellboy, the superhero role previously played by the great Ron Perlman has been passed on to David Harbour of Stranger Things, who plays the half-demon with a wickedly dry sense of humor and a unique ability to smash things. But with his great power comes...The post A Fiery New Trailer for the 2019 Reboot of ‘Hellboy’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly) on Dec 19, 2018 at 7:51am PST Entertainment Weekly has published photos of two of the main characters of the original Deadwood series showing how they look now from the set of the upcoming, long-awaited and frankly overdue Deadwood film. Ian McShane is...The post Photos of Ian McShane as Al Swearengen and Timothy Olyphant as Seth Bullock on Set of the ‘Deadwood’ Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hilton Patton, a grieving brother who adopted his little brother Boston’s two Bengal cats after Boston passed away, wanted to make sure that he was offering a proper home with an activity jungle to these wonderful cats who particularly like to climb. While Patton admitted that he didn’t know much about building a cat jungle...The post Grieving Man Builds Basement Jungle for Adopted Cats That Belonged to His Brother Who Passed Away appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, we wrote about Erik Åberg‘s GHOSTKUBES, a very clever, origami-inspired set of interconnected wooden cubes that can be reconfigured in a variety of dynamic 3D shapes. At the time, Åberg didn’t share any plans to sell his creation. However in 2018, he’s raising funds through Kickstarter in order to create a retail version...The post Clever Origami-Inspired Interconnected Cubes That Can Be Reconfigured In a Wide Array of 3D Shapes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the upcoming Netflix special Adam Sandler 100% Fresh, the titular comedian and talented musician performed a heartbreaking musical tribute to his friend Chris Farley. Farley sadly passed away in 1997 at the age of 33 from a combination of a drug overdose, just like his hero John Belushi and of heart...The post Adam Sandler Performs a Heartbreaking Tribute to Late Friend Chris Farley on His 100% Fresh Netflix Special appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Remove.bg is a free service that removes background images from photos in five seconds or less. The site employs a clever API that determines and separates foreground from the discarded background. The only caveat at this time is that it only works on photos with people or faces. You don’t have to manually select the...The post A Handy Website That Quickly Removes Background Images From Photos in Less Than 5 Seconds appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wintry yard during Christmastime, a determined Simon’s Cat dives in and out of the snow in pursuit of an incredibly elusive mouse who repeatedly threw snowballs at the hapless feline. Unbeknownst to Simon’s Cat, he was facing a much bigger adversary than he thought. A competitive cat tries his paw at some Winter...The post A Determined Simon’s Cat Dives In and Out of the Snow in an Attempt to Catch an Elusive Mouse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

There’s been a lot of debate about whether or not the classic Bruce Willis action film Die Hard from 1988 is actually considered a Christmas movie. In response 20th Century Fox recut the trailer presenting it as a traditional Christmas movie with a heartwarming premise and a brave hero who saves the day. Facing Christmas...The post 20th Century Fox Recuts the ‘Die Hard’ Trailer Turning the Film Into a Heartwarming Christmas Movie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A big, furry white dog named Enzo who was sitting on the back porch completely covered in snow, became an immovable object when his human called for him to come inside. Despite the cold, Enzo was happy where he was and with just one look, Enzo made it clear that he would not give up...The post Furry White Dog Covered in Snow Refuses to Come In From the Cold Even When His Human Calls for Him appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trent Mitchell (@trent_mitchell_) on Dec 6, 2018 at 12:24pm PST For his “Inner Atlas” series, Australian photographer Trent Mitchell captured absolutely stunning photos of free-spirited body surfers as they rode the waters and blended their bodies into the waves of the ocean. Amongst Mitchell’s subjects was...The post Australian Photographer Captures Stunning Images of Body Surfers Blending Into Ocean Waves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Eva Cvijanovic has created “Hedgehog’s Home”, a wonderful stop motion animation featuring animals and their surroundings all made out of felt. Cvijanovic wrote and directed the film, but the inspiration for the tale came from a children’s story of the same name by Serbian writer Branco Copic. Hedgehog’s Home is an animated Film by...The post A Wonderful Felt Stop Motion Animation Based on the Classic Serbian Children’s Story ‘Hedgehog’s Home’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Pliant Energy Systems in Brooklyn, New York has created the Velox, a legless, amphibious, serpentine robot that propulses itself upon wavy, flexible, ray-like fins that can skate upon the ice, swim in water and walk upon sand and snow with the greatest of ease. Velox can use several modes of locomotion found in the animal...The post Legless Amphibious Robot With Wavy Fins That Skates on Ice, Swims in Water and Walks on Sand and Snow appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the sweet Disney/Pixar animated short “Bao” by filmmaker Domee Shi, a lonely Chinese woman, who suffers from empty-nest syndrome, gets a second chance at motherhood when a dumpling she’s about to eat comes to life as a crying baby boy. The little dumpling fills up the woman’s quiet life, as it once did when...The post Lonely Woman Gets to Be a Mother Again When a Dumpling Comes to Life in the Disney Pixar Short ‘Bao’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

How to spot a Dragon using an illusion spell. #dnd #rpg #tabletop pic.twitter.com/cw33WhcAKq — Grand DM (@Grand_DM) January 31, 2018 Dungeon Master Grand DM of Ultanya points out how to spot a Dragon using an Illusion spell. Related Laughing Squid Posts#RejectedSpells, A Collection of Tweets Parodying the Sometimes Ridiculous Spell Names From ‘Dungeons and Dragons’Using...The post How To Spot a Dragon Using an Illusion Spell appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Skye, an artist who specializes in bubbles, has quite remarkably built a small inverted fire tornado inside a 66mm soap bubble that somehow doesn’t break with the weight of the smoke and fire. An inverted tornado fire bubble created December 14 2018 Skye explains how he performs this trick in a helpful how-to video....The post Small Inverted Fire Tornado Built Inside a Soap Bubble appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Guy Jones, who skillfully restores vintage film footage to video quality, has taken separate reels of footage taken by the Lumiére company and put it into a single, seamless video. The video is a wonderful tour various locations within the city of Paris from 1896-1900 during the height of the La Belle Époque. Slowed...The post Restored Vintage Footage Showing Different Locations Within Paris From 1896-1900 During La Belle Époque appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Saturday Night Live skit, “Best Christmas Ever”, captures the true spirit of the holiday season with a happy couple (Matt Damon and Cecily Strong) sitting in front of the Christmas tree recalling how wonderful the day was. Through questions, the two talk about how the children behaved so well (they didn’t), how good it...The post A Touching SNL Skit Showing Two Parents Happily Recalling Christmas Day Despite All the Family Drama appeared first on Laughing Squid.

‘Tis the season…for stealing packages from neighborhood porches. Just like the guy who filled a box with cat poop to deter future thieves, former NASA engineer Mark Rober came up with a brilliant plan that would not only deter package stealers, but also document the hilarious consequences for stealing the box in the first place....The post A Brilliant Fake Package That Turns Into a Smelly Mechanical Glitter Bomb When Opened by Thieves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Force will be ready soon, it just needs a few more minutes of sleep. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsSide-by-Side Comparison of Visual Similarities Between Star Wars: The Force Awakens & A New HopeAll of the Trailers and Teasers for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Combined Into One VideoBen Schwartz Talks About How He...The post The Force Awakens appeared first on Laughing Squid.

News Be Funny created a hilarious compilation of some of the best news bloopers of 2018. Related Laughing Squid PostsSome of the Best News Bloopers of 2015 (Part 2)A Compilation of Some of the Best News Bloopers From January 2016A Compilation of Some of the Best News Bloopers From February 2016The post The Best News Bloopers of 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“New Folder” by System32 Comics Related Laughing Squid PostsMulder and Scully Race to Find Their Son and Save Humanity in Season 11 Trailer for The X-FilesGoogle Releases a New Bookmark Manager for Chrome Featuring Improved Saving, Better Search, and Folder SharingApple Announces iPhone OS 4The post Untitled Folder appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very festive Seb Skelly, clad in a variety of holiday themed headwear, performed a jolly brass band version of the iconic Christmas carol“Jingle Bells” on five different horns – a quintent unto himself. Instruments used Left to Right: Trumpet, Solo Horn, Flugelhorn -2 octaves, Soprano Trombone -1 octave, Trumpet Related Laughing Squid PostsBritish Musician...The post A Jolly Brass Band Cover of the Iconic Christmas Carol ‘Jingle Bells’ Played on Five Different Horns appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A daring young man evidently wanted to know what it was like to be wrapped like a Christmas tree, so he dove head first through the packaging machine while holding a Christmas tree. As expected, he emerged unscathed from the machine, wrapped as one with the tree. Of course, he had to be cut out...The post Man Holding Tree Dives Through a Christmas Tree Packaging Machine and Gets Wrapped With the Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a nutritive lesson for TED, educator and author Paul S. Kindstedt took a page from his own book Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization, in order to explain how cheese was discovered and how cheesemaking has survived essentially unchanged for so long without much interruption. Before empires...The post How Cheesemaking Has Remained Essentially Unchanged Since It Was First Discovered appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at the University of Zurich have created a brilliantly designed drone that dynamically folds itself in a variety of ways in order to change shape and size while in flight. This morphing ability offers greater flexibility for any task as hand. In this work, we propose a novel, simpler, yet effective morphing design for...The post A Brilliantly Designed Folding Drone That Can Dynamically Change Shape and Size While in Flight appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Improv Everywhere, in partnership with Target, built a giant red boombox in the middle of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The box, which was running low on battery power, invited passersby to plug it into a giant outlet just a few feet away. Once connected, two ships at dock instantly lit up holiday style and music...The post A Giant Red Boombox In New York City That Starts a Massive Holiday Dance Party When Plugged In appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Alec Armbruster, a resident in Fresno, California, grew rather frustrated with the fact that his home-delivery packages were repeatedly being stolen off his front porch and decided to fight back with his cat in a very clever manner. Armbruster packed up used cat litter, disguised it as a high value package, set it out front,...The post Frustrated Fresno Resident Uses Cat Poop to Deter Package Thieves From Ever Returning to His Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the spirit of the holiday season, TBS and magician John Stessel went to the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter and performed magic tricks with some very adorable and adoptable dogs. Using a trick similar to that of Finnish magician Jose Ahonen, Stessel made treats disappear right in front of the showcased dogs and just...The post Magician Makes Treats Disappear In Front of Adoptable Dogs Who React in Really Adorable Ways appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While realtor Andy Gregg was in his North Phoenix, Arizona backyard at night, he heard a voice he didn’t recognize coming out from his Nest security camera. At first Gregg was a bit alarmed by the this random occurrence, but once the voice identified himself as a member of the anonymous Calgary Hivemind in Canada...The post Canadian White Hat Hacker Contacts Phoenix Man Through Nest Camera to Warn About Security Lapses appeared first on Laughing Squid.