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JP Lambiase and his wife Julia of HellthyJunkFood demonstrate how to make a pizza stuffed inside of a burger that is inside of a pizza in their latest tutorial video. They shared the full recipe on the HellthyJunkFood website. Ever wonder what it tastes like to have an entire double sided pizza inside a burger? […]

Irfon Automation created a video featuring a daring man playing a ridiculously risky game of “five finger fillet” with their knife-wielding Staubli TX40 robot to demonstrate the machine’s speed, precision and programming. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Shovel Knight’, A Video Game Featuring a Protagonist Wielding a Shovel and a Classic 8-Bit AestheticBarBot 2012, […]

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle, an upcoming action spy film directed by Matthew Vaughn and sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service. The film will star Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, and Jeff Bridges. Kingsman: The Golden Circle is scheduled to sneak into […]

In 2013, a rather crazy-eyed but beautiful orange cat named Rijka clung tightly to the vacuum cleaner with her front paws and proceeded to lick at the suctioned air moving through the device. While doing so, however, the determined tabby would get her face stuck in the hose for a moment, calmly remove and continue […]

Davie504, the talented musician who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, played an impressive medley of Rage Against the Machine songs on his trusty machine gun bass, cleverly titling the video “Rage Against the Machine Gun Bass” Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Incredible Toy Instrument Cover of the Rage Against the Machine Anthem ‘Killing […]

A post shared by Alli: Hart & Crafts (@hartandcrafts) on Nov 14, 2016 at 10:41pm PST Alli Parker of Hart & Crafts in Melbourne,VIC who makes “crochet pieces made with love for you to love to pieces”, has created an adorable line of crocheted animals that are specifically native to her Australian homeland. Included in […]

For the gorgeous instrumental “Explosions in the Sky” by The Ecstatics, skilled animator Hayley Morris of Shape and Shadow created a brilliant stop-motion animation that used multiple layers of cut, shaped and folded materials (paper, glass and cellophane) to express the theme of the song in a visually rich manner. Stop-Motion Animated music video for […]

Two absolutely adorable two-week old baby goats named Millie and Charlie channel their very hyper juvenile energy by repeatedly jumping onto their mother Luna’s back. When that gets boring or if Mom’s not in the mood, the pair are perfectly happy just bouncing off the walls of their stall at the famous Sunflower Farm Creamery […]

The visual effects production studio, Main Road|Post, shared their breakdown of the amazing visual effects seen in the 2017 Russian sci-fi film Attraction. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Breakdown of Oblique FX’s Amazing Visual Effects Work in the Sci-Fi Film ‘Arrival’A Fantastic Breakdown of the Visual Effects Used in The MartianThe 1993 Film ‘Jurassic Park’ Reimagined […]

MarkHacks, a vlogger with a fondness for doing things in reverse, has posted a wonderfully calming and hypnotic video that features a sand pendulum creating a constantly changing pattern made up of many Lissajous arcs set to a piano soundtrack entitled “Go Not Gently” by Jason Shaw of Audionautix Related Laughing Squid PostsBeautifully Hypnotic Time […]

Kermit the Frog of The Muppets sings R. Kelly‘s R&B song, “Ignition (Remix),” in a remix created by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original song. Related Laughing Squid PostsKermit the Frog Singing ‘It Feels Like Christmas’ From ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ at DisneylandJimmy Fallon’s Barbershop Quartet Covers R. Kelly’s ‘Ignition (Remix)’ […]

The team at Kitty Hawk has created the Kitty Hawk Flyer, a personal electric aircraft that’s easy to fly and does not require a pilot’s license. Their first prototype was “designed to be flown over fresh water in uncongested areas of the US.” The official Kitty Hawk Flyer is currently scheduled to become available to […]

23-year-old two-handed bowler Ben Ketola of Etna, New York may have set a world record for the fastest “perfect game” by using 10 lanes to roll 12 strikes in 86.9 seconds. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Bowler Picks Up a Spare With an Impressive Spinning Bowling Ball Trick ShotMan Performs a Wonderful One-Handed Drum Roll on […]

While traveling cross-country between Tampa, Florida and Los Angeles, California, passengers on a Delta flight were surprised to see musician Kenny G strolling up and down the aisle with his soprano saxophone, playing his particular style of calming soft jazz in an impromptu onboard concert. The musician was coaxed to play by flight attendant Jane […]

A post shared by Olivia Mears, the "Taco Belle" (@avantgeek) on Apr 22, 2017 at 11:20am PDT Artist Olivia Mears (a.k.a. “AvantGeek“) has created an incredible Pizza Dress that magically fans out into an entire pizza pie whenever she sits down. Olivia crafted the dress and a throne made out of pizza boxes, hand painted […]

Lyrebird, a sound technology company in Montréal, Quebec Canada, has developed an eponymous revolutionary speech synthesis technology that can be used in a number of ways. Like its aviary namesake, Lyrebird can listen, learn and mimic back voices within a matter of minutes. The conveyed emotion, pitch and tone of the speech can be captured […]

When visual artist Luca Zannoto was called upon by the Finnish coffee company Paulig to create a cup of coffee with a single bean, he happily obliged. Using that one bean ground upon an emory board with water boiled over a candle and everything else in miniature, Zannoto very gracefully created the world’s smallest cup […]

Photographer Amol Jadhav and art director Pranav Bhide, both of McCann Worldwide Mumbai, have created a stunning visual campaign in order to create awareness around the good work of the World For All Animal Care and Adoptions organization. In each photo, an optical illusion was created with perfectly posed humans who formed a clever area […]

The Beer Chilling Sticks by Sky Innovations are stainless steel rods that you pop in the freezer for 45 minutes and then place in your beer bottle to keep your beverage cold longer. 2-packs of Beer Chilling Sticks are available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $18.99 (52% off retail price). Made of […]

The master candy makers at Lofty Pursuits in Tallahassee, Florida created an extremely satisfying music video featuring candy being melted to the song “4 Million Lines of Basic” by Doctor Popular. Fun fact, Doctor Popular‘s rad song was written on a Game Boy Advance using a Nanoloop 2 cartridge. Related Laughing Squid PostsHelp Doctor Popular […]

On the latest episode of Tooned Up! by Channel Frederator, host Jacob Atkinson explains why so many popular cartoon characters are yellow. SpongeBob SquarePants, Pikachu, Jake the Dog, the Simpsons and countless others all have one thing in common… they’re all YELLOW! Why are so many popular cartoon characters yellow? There must be a reason […]

Rob Lowe has been cast as Colonel Sanders, famous businessman and the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, for their new ad campaign for the spicy Zinger chicken sandwich. Lowe promotes the new sandwich and the food chain’s plans to launch the Zinger into space. When your spicy, crispy chicken sandwich is already world famous, there’s […]

An affectionate black and white cat named Pusic joyfully ran to meet his beloved human at the door as he arrived home after being separated for 20 days. Once at the entrance, Pusic was a bit confused, but perked up as soon as he was picked up and began affectionately nuzzling and kissing his human […]

The Dream Factory (Director’s Cut) by Ross Haines tells the incredible story of the renowned Fender Custom Shop through the eyes of eight master builders who founded the shop. Each man recounted the emotional ups and downs of the company, the crazy startup environment, and most importantly the pride of craftsmanship. The film was made […]

Coin engraver Shaun Hughes demonstrated the fascinating process by which he transformed a 1973 Lincoln penny profile into a skull with decorative scroll flourishes. This craft, known as Hobo Nickel, is incredibly intricate, but Hughes walks the viewer through every step, making it seem easier than it is. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsA […]

A post shared by Reuters (@reuters) on Apr 20, 2017 at 10:55am PDT On April 19, 2017 a massive iceberg made its way down Iceberg Alley, near the south shore of the Avalon Peninsula near Ferryland, Newfoundland, marking the coming of Spring. A number of area photographers including Greg Noel and Kaelam Power captured gorgeous […]

A post shared by HumanCharger (@humancharger) on Sep 24, 2013 at 3:36am PDT The HumanCharger is a cleverly designed therapy device that seeks to provide increased energy levels, an improved mood, increased concentration and decreases the effects of jet lag, all with the use of light. Requiring only 12 minutes per day, the HumanCharger directs […]

Mynd (picture) + Band (string) = Myndband (video) ???? A post shared by Every Single Word In Icelandic (@everysinglewordinicelandic) on Feb 20, 2017 at 11:39am PST Artist and writer Eunsan Huh has created a wonderful pictorial series entitled “Every Single Word in Icelandic“, an illustrated guide to the fascinating Icelandic language and culture, one deconstructed […]

Los Angeles professional beauty and special effects makeup artist Mykie of Glam&Gore has released a glowing and creepy special effects makeup tutorial where she demonstrates how to turn yourself into a rainbow neon zombie. A post shared by mykie (@mykie_) on Apr 19, 2017 at 7:16pm PDT A post shared by mykie (@mykie_) on Apr […]

In a beautiful episode of “Notes from the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame“, a collaborative series from Quoted Studios and Jazz at Lincoln Center, an animated version of legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins opened up about his sense of self-confidence, his endless drive to be the best version of himself and that seminal night in […]

In an informative TED Ed lesson animated by Petya Zlateva , Indiana science teacher Kate Slabosky explains how, despite all the things that all mammals have in common, there are three vastly different ways in which they give birth to their young – placental (human, cat, dog), marsupial(kangaroo, koala, wallaby) and monotreme (duck-billed platypus, spiny […]

Ben Vagle has created the TrotBot, an interesting 8-legged robot built out of LEGO Mindstorms that features a walking mechanism inspired by the gait of a galloping horse. Ben goes into more detail about the build process of TrotBot on his website and Make:. via Make: Related Laughing Squid PostsA Coin-Operated Machine Built Out of […]

The ever-amusing Simon’s Cat demonstrated how he interacts with the variety of boxes that he likes to explore, showing both his successes and failures in a very helpful animated guide that features some of his friends. Do your cats struggle with finding the purrfect box? Watch Simon’s Cat and the Kitten battle with a number […]

Following up on his popular first appearance in February, 13 year old Robert Irwin of the Australia Zoo and the newly launched Crikey! Club, returned to The Tonight Show with a fascinating variety of animals including legless lizards, baby bears and a binturong. Several of the animals made a very uncomfortable Jimmy Fallon squirm, however […]

In 2012, Adult Swim released a sneak peek clip for season 6 of Robot Chicken that revealed how Starbucks came up with their iconic twin-tailed mermaid logo. Sacrifices were made during a photo shoot that went awry. Related Laughing Squid PostsArtist Creates Incredible Coffee Cup Art by Altering the Starbucks Mermaid LogoArtist ‘Sleevebucks’ Transforms the […]

A post shared by Amaury Guichon (@amauryguichon) on Mar 29, 2017 at 10:27am PDT Las Vegas pastry chef Amaury Guichon made a beautiful sculpture of a Nautilus cephalopod out of chocolate and shared the step-by-step process of his underwater creation on Instagram. A post shared by Amaury Guichon (@amauryguichon) on Apr 20, 2017 at 9:02am […]

London freelance Illustrator Pete Henderson has created “Infinite Scroll,” a thought-provoking animated short that gives us an amusing look at the prefabrication of social media. A post shared by Pete Henderson (@peeeteh) on Oct 14, 2016 at 8:25am PDT A post shared by Pete Henderson (@peeeteh) on Oct 30, 2016 at 9:36am PDT A post […]

Lepidoptera Obscuramoth is a gorgeous series of animated illustrations, created by Finland artist Vladimir Stankovic, featuring various moth and butterfly species. Vladimir shared more from the series on Behance, Flickr, and Instagram. Prints of his imaginative artwork is available to purchase on Etsy and Society6. We previously wrote about Stankovic’s animated collection of mollusc, insect, […]

Romain Vaudé and Marwane of the Grissini Project performed a majestic cover of the Game of Thrones theme song on an pipe organ, a piano, and a cello. Their cover track is available to download from Loudr. The Grissini Project also performed a wonderful cover of the Game of Thrones song, “Light of the Seven.” […]

Warped Perception filmed an air balloon popping underwater in slow motion with their Phantom Flex4K high-speed digital camera. via Nerdist Related Laughing Squid PostsWater Balloon Striking a Face in Super Slow MotionPopping A Giant 6′ Water Balloon In Slow MotionSlow Motion Video of Water Balloons Falling and Bouncing

Pasha Kharitonov of Moscow, Russia captured amusing footage of his vacuum, which is absolutely terrified on gaps. Whenever he attempts to vacuum over a gap on his dresser, it screams out in fear. A post shared by ?????????????? ????????? (@pashansta) on Apr 20, 2017 at 1:07pm PDT via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Silly Car-Riding […]

Rage Rooms are an ingenious way to let people take out their frustrations in an environment that is meant to be destroyed. Nothing lets out stress more than satisfying swing of a sledgehammer onto a breakable item in a room that can be customized to be destroyed again. Natasha Ghoneim of Al Jazeera English spoke […]

redditor Kathy Sitter very proudly posted a video of her 93-year old grandfather Tom Sitter telling an absolutely hilarious story to a very responsive audience during The Moth in Madison StorySLAM at the High Noon Saloon in Wisconsin. The theme of the night was “Love Hurts”, so Sitter spoke about his valentines from 1933, earning […]

In a web exclusive for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the often irascible Anthony Bourdain offered very honest answers to off-camera questions about current and specific culinary trends in both food and drink. Evidently, Bourdain is not a fan of Kobe beef sliders. Anthony Bourdain weighs in on today’s most popular food trends, including […]

Davy M of the Japan travel blog Gaijin Tips has created a very informative video in which he explains the ten most important Japanese phrases to use in order get around a bit easier while visiting. When visiting Japan, learning a few Japanese words isn’t a bad idea. We have collected 10 of the most […]

Doug Meyers of Berkeley, California offers helpful advice about teaching a cat to walk on a leash. Through his videos, Meyers offers real-life demonstrations featuring Eduardo, his beautiful Ragdoll cat, and in doing so, shows how he gets Eduardo out of his comfort zone at home. Using a knapsack was my key discovery in getting […]

In an eye-opening episode of asapSCIENCE, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown helpfully explain why a person might feel tired, even after a full night of rest and how one can sleep better at night. The primary causes for disturbed sleep are lack of exercise, eating poorly, not drinking enough water, too much coffee and alcohol […]

A post shared by Don Fisher (@don_fisher) on Mar 16, 2017 at 2:30pm PDT Spanish graphic designer Julia Castaño who may also answer to the name Don Fisher has created “Pescalo Bonito” (“Pretty Fish”), an adorable line of colorful handbags, coin purses, backpacks and totes all crafted in the shape of various fish and other […]

Over the past few years, we’ve written about Stella, the hilarious hind-leg dragging, ball-chasing, leaf pile-leaping, snow-sliding and doorstop-springing yellow lab. Because Stella is such a character, Stella’s human put together “The Ultimate Stella (So Far)” a really wonderful compilation showcasing the some of the funniest of her dog’s silly antics in one sitting. And […]

In first episode of his terrapin-themed series Dragon Tales in 2017, clean-shaven host Coyote Peterson returned to Thoreau Lake at the Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus, Ohio. The spot where Peterson had met the lake’s most famous resident in 2011, in 2014 and then again in 2015, a giant snapping turtle named Cornelius. Using […]