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A post shared by WHERE ANIMALS COME FIRST ?? (@thekangaroosanctuary) on Apr 18, 2017 at 5:34am PDT A teeny tiny orphaned baby kangaroo named Terry, who lives at the incredible Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, adoringly hopped after her adopted “mummy” Chris ‘Brolga’ Barnes in search of her comfy […]

Last month, Florian “Venom” Kohler went to the Gorilla Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada hoping to crush 5 world records during an event organized by Whistle Sports. He instead ended up breaking a whopping 6 Guinness World Records. Florian now holds records for playing with the longest usable pool cue (17 ft 7.4 in), the […]

Kevin Kohler (a.k.a. “The Backyard Scientist“) lined up 10 megaphones and screamed through the end megaphone, just like Bart Simpson did in an old episode of The Simpsons, to see if he could recreate Bart’s huge shock wave prank that blasted throughout the city Springfield. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Backyard Scientist and Mark Rober Team […]

The brilliant teams at McKinney and PSYOP created an incredible TV commercial for Sherwin-Williams to show off their Emerald line of paints. The fascinating underwater ad features robot arms, beautiful clouds of paint, and absolutely no CGI. McKinney released behind the scenes footage to give us a look at how they created the underwater magic. […]

In 2015, we wrote about the Japanese television series, Pythagora Switch, and their creative musical story “Biisuke Ball’s Big Adventure.” Footage has surfaced featuring part 2 of the adventurous series where a little red ball named Biisuke heads out into the woods to find courage acorns for its brothers Biita and Biigoro. The musical story […]

A post shared by Eren Blanquet Unten (@eren_unten) on Apr 17, 2017 at 11:43am PDT Random House and Disney have released a new series of Little Golden Books based on the Star Wars films. They feature titles like I Am a Hero, The Big Golden Book of Starships, Speeders, and Space Stations, The Big Golden […]

In her latest tutorial video, the talented Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrates how make an awesome Kraken themed “piescraper” that towers over all other pies. According to Jessica, her new piescraper invention is “a pie that is built ‘up’ using a series of engineering and baking tricks to enhance structural integrity and […]

Kevin Spacey and host Jimmy Fallon played a hilarious game of “Mad Lib Theater” on The Tonight Show. Spacey gave Fallon a list of words that were placed into an intense scene where both gentleman played heated tennis rivals. Ironically, the only individual who was able to calm the duo down was former tennis champion […]

Bill Nye, star of the new Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World, sat down with Wired to answer common science related questions that were asked by people on Twitter. Related Laughing Squid PostsBill Nye the Science Guy Debates Creationist Ken HamBill Nye Is Back to Save the World With His New Netflix Series ‘Bill […]

Marvel has released the first romance and teen drama filled trailer for Cloak & Dagger, the upcoming television show created by Joe Pokaski and based on the Marvel characters of the same name. The 10 episode series is scheduled to air on Freeform in early 2018. “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” is the story of Tandy […]

In August 2016, musician Rick Astley, who is probably most well known for the 2007 eponymous “Rickroll” meme, played to an encouraging crowd at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. When it came time for the encore, Astley surprised his audience, first by taking a set behind the drum kit and then playing a decent […]

In February 2017, Bentley the backwards walking, moon dancing, helicopter riding bulldog turned 5 years old. Bentley and his human Bradley Friesen celebrated the happy day by going for a ride in the helicopter together. According to his Instagram page, Bentley had a wonderful time. Let’s just say all my birthday wishes came true yesterday. […]

Los Angeles musician and producer Andy Rehfeldt created another one of his brilliant mashup videos. In this case it was the pink polyester-clad country legend Dolly Parton who appeared to be performing a death metal version of her classic ballad, “Jolene“. Singer Sera Hatchett of Mercy Brown provided the substitute vocals. The original performance during […]

Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, also known as the Harp Twins performed a beautiful combination acoustic/electric version of the anthemic Black Sabbath song “Iron Man” at the incredible San Filipo Estate in Barrington, Illinois. To accomplish their desired sound, the twins employed the use of three harps and lots of effects between the two […]

A wonderful little rescued beagle/basset mix dog quite aptly named Buddy Mercury loves to sing. While he sings, Buddy also enjoys accompanying himself on piano to make sure that he stays on key. According to his humans, Buddy enjoys all the attention he’s receiving for doing what makes him happy. Buddy, our rescue dog, LOVES […]

“The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch has been subject to a number of different interpretations throughout the years. The iconic triptych has been made interactive, animated, visualized and transcribed musically. In keeping with this theme, the Dutch company Parastone offers wonderfully amusing and collectable figurines of many of the odd characters […]

For his latest episode of Abroad in Japan, British expatriate Chris Broad traveled to Tokyo to spend a night at the Henn-na Hotel that is mainly staffed by robots. Chris was greeted by two animatronic dinosaurs at the front desk, robot fish swimming in a tank, and a talking egg that can help control items […]

In the latest episode of their Trailer Mix series, CineFix imagines what The Silence of the Lambs would be like as a romantic comedy. Related Laughing Squid PostsThriller Film ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Retold as an 8-Bit Animated Video GameAn Examination of the Balance of Power Between Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter in ‘The […]

In 2013, toll lion posted a hilarious video that captured her pet turtle in the middle of an adorably squeaky sneeze. The force was so strong that it sent the little terrapin straight back into its shell. via Pleated Jeans Related Laughing Squid PostsConfused Golden Retriever Dog Tries to Reach Through a Computer Screen to […]

Artist and designer Daniel de Bruin has created the Neurotransmitter 3000, a 23-Foot tall thrill ride that is controlled by the rider’s biometric data. Daniel built the first phase of the machine as part of his graduation from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in 2015. From then on, he developed a plan to control […]

A post shared by Alex Senna (@alexsenna) on Mar 25, 2017 at 2:01pm PDT Brazilian street artist Alex Senna adorns walls around the world with large scale black and white murals of amusingly elongated characters that have a wonderful familiar feel to them. Several murals feature the warmth of a happy family – posing together, […]

An absolutely adorable set of red panda triplets named Mohan, Raj and Phinju, who were born at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia on December 25, 2016, bravely explored their surroundings for the very first time. The little trio climbed up and down a big tree, occasionally bumping into one another […]

Paul Sellers, a talented self-described lifestyle woodworker and teacher, shared a wonderfully mesmeric video that shows how he expertly forms loose Fibonacci spirals from a block of wood with his trusty razor-sharp chisel. Though Fibonacci developed his numerical sequence to provide a formula that’s used throughout many mathematical considerations, and mathematicians may enjoy its reality […]

“INORI (Prayer),” is an unreal art project by producer Nobumichi Asai and and CG artist Shingo Abe that uses real time face tracking and projection mapping at 1,000 fps. The Japanese dancing duo, Aya Sato and Bambi, groove to the beat while various images are projected onto their faces and almost seamlessly contorted throughout the […]

The 12-sided Dodecagaon Tactile Toys by Tate Selection are designed to calm your wandering mind with a unique game on each side. Both the green and white dodecagaon tactile toys are available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $19.99 (60% off retail price). Maintaining perfect focus for 40 (or more) hours every week […]

In a tasty episode of Binging With Babish, host Andrew Rea demonstrated how to make his recreation of Chef‘s legendary chocolate salty balls from South Park. South Park is home to a surprising number of tempting foodstuffs. Granted, they’re all subtly gross in one way or another, but that doesn’t make Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls […]

ViralHog shared dashcam footage of a Russian man attempting to fix a crosswalk light with a stick, but instead accidentally makes the already broken light come crashing down in the middle of the street. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Bearded Man in a Red Tie Stands Frozen in Place While Stepping Into a Crosswalk on a […]

Northern Arizona University student and programmer Michael Reeves built a sophisticated pizza box robot that uses a camera and facial recognition software to shoot a laser straight into the eye of anyone who makes the mistake of using it. No matter where your face moves, the robot with track that eyeball down. Super hot 1000 […]

Warped Perception filmed a see-through model rocket engine burning in slow motion to get an awesome up close look at how the inner workings function. We make a See Through Model Rocket Engine to film the inner workings in 4k Slow Motion and Ultra Slow Motion. these are standard estes model rocket engines found everywhere […]

Luna Lee, the talented musician who plays popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed a haunting version of the classic David Bowie song “The Man Who Sold the World“. Related Laughing Squid PostsDavid Bowie Performs a Theatrical Version of ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ on a 1979 Episode of Saturday Night LiveMusician Rick Wakeman […]

Musician Roger Brawn and his beautiful gray cat, very graciously demonstrated the delicate process in which a human can successfully put on a pullover sweater without disturbing a feline who may be atop their shoulders. First place the pullover over your head. That’s fairly easy. Then put your left arm in the left sleeve. This […]

During a 2011 performance at Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Bluegrass Festival, musician Josh Williams and his band were playing a beautiful song entitled “Mordecai” when a wayward bird suddenly landed on Williams’ guitar. Barely missing a beat, Williams turned his guitar over and invited the little interloper to sing with him. When the song ended, […]

The music video for “Fat Robot“, a new instrumental single from Sxip Shirey‘s album, A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees, features the bespectacled musician as he is surrounded by beautiful women wearing metallic costumes in a surreal space-theme that wonderfully calls to mind both classic science fiction from the 1960s and the […]

Glad News Productions has created a shot for shot remake of one of the saddest scenes from Disney‘s Finding Nemo featuring face-painted humans, not fish. The touching remake, directed by Zachary Gonzales, stars Alex Wiggins as Marlin and Tierney Conley as Dory. Here is the original scene. A post shared by Tierney Conley (@tierneyconley) on […]

Utah artist James “Jimbo” Bennion has created a very clever collection of geektastic pop culture themed chalk art displays for Harmons Grocery in Utah that are used as advertisements. James has shared more of his brilliant pieces of chalk art on Facebook and Instagram. A post shared by Jimbo (@jimbosart) on Mar 24, 2017 at […]

Iftach Gazit, an industrial design student at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design has created Under Pressure, a project that features very useful Tyvek vacuum bags that allow food to be cooked in the washing machine. The name of the bags, Sous La Vie (Under Life), is a clever play on words for the […]

Llamabrain Inc. shared video of a modern coffee vending machine in Japan that lets customers to watch as their hot cup of java is being brewed live on a digital monitor. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsImpress Coffee Brewer CupDiapered Monkey Buys Himself a Drink From a Vending MachineOtter in Japan Will Fetch Your Drink […]

Riz Ahmed, the breakout star of the HBO series The Night Of appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden to spar with the eponymous host in a round of the show’s epic rap battle “Drop the Mic“. Both men started strong, citing socially relevant issues to brutally cut each other down, but in […]

Sketch comedy group The Kloons has created a clever parody commercial for NIKEA, an amusing build it yourself shoe service from Nike and IKEA. The fake commercial offers a do it yourself NIKEA kit or you can hire a certified show assembly craftsman to come to your home and build the shoes for you. NIKE […]

Antonio Conventi (a.k.a. “Jedidiah515“) created an awesome video game mod that brings Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, from Adult Swim‘s popular animated television series Rick and Morty, to the wild world of Grand Theft Auto V. The dynamic duo gets schwifty throughout the city of Los Santos. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Untold Truths of Rick […]

The Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire has become well known for their goat milk soaps that are made “with the milk from our pampered herd of dairy goats”, their award winning lip balm and as of April 2017, the farm is known for a unique fitness class called “Yoga With Goats“. The class consists […]

Mr. Hacker created a paper disk for an angle grinder and tested it on a variety of objects. Related Laughing Squid PostsA DIY Compact Disc Gun Created to Destroy a Bunch of Defective CDsThe Backyard Scientist Builds a DIY Bullet Time Camera Rig to Film Explosions With a GoProA Compact Disk Powered Paper Airplane Launcher

Snapchat has just released World Lenses, their new series of creative augmented reality filters. Love the new Snapchat update ???????? pic.twitter.com/ZVq5IQ8vBs — Alex Ignat (@dalexandruignat) April 18, 2017 Related Laughing Squid PostsTracee Ellis Ross Introduces Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter to SnapchatSnapchat Filters Imagined in Real LifeSnapchat Introduces Discover, A New Way for Content Creators […]

A post shared by Nikita Golubev (@proboynick) on Apr 18, 2017 at 5:26am PDT Russian artist Nikita Bolubev aka ProBoyNick has created an incredible series of street art that he calls “Dirt Painting”. With this technique, Bolubev cleverly uses the dust from neglected vehicles as the canvases upon which he creates incredibly detailed, sometimes humorous […]

The Pet Collective has assembled a hilarious video compilation of crazy cats with a lot of adrenaline. From cats sprinting underneath tables, cats going crazy over laser pointers, to cats climbing up things, these are just a few of the crazy cats with a whole lot of adrenaline you’ll find in this adrenaline cats video […]

TheRiverMonkey created an amusing sticker to help St Helen’s Farm market their Goats Butter at a Waitrose supermarket in Sussex, England. I printed the label at work, stored it in my car and waited for the moment when I’d remember this at the supermarket. I went out of the shop when I saw the goat […]

This video shows how race organizers allowed people to cross Beacon Street during the Boston Marathon. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsTwo Explosions Take Place Near Finish Line of the Boston MarathonRoller Derby’s Roots in Depression-Era Dance MarathonsImprov Everywhere Enters Unsuspecting Hotel Guests Into an Elevator Marathon Race

POLI’AHU is a gorgeous timelapse filmed above the Mauna Kea Astronomical Observatories, which captures the cloud activity of the day turning into the hypnotically beautiful starry sky at night. At 14,000 feet above sea level, the dormant volcano is the highest point on the big island of Hawaii. Expertly shot by filmmaker Gavin Heffernan of […]

Two Georgia Tech students in Atlanta used their academic skills when creating the “chainsaw trike.” The clever students built their hilarious new mode of transportation by combining an old chainsaw motor with a tiny tricycle. They then took it out for a cruise around campus for all to see. I have a chainsaw…. I have […]

Ten of the baby goats born in 2017 at the Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine had themselves a lively little pajama party with each of the hircine youngsters dressed up in colorful onesies. The little kids gleefully romped around the barn and took turns jumping off of hay bales, although some were perhaps more […]