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In late February, an accidental fire broke out in a Roseburg, Oregon barn that tragically killed a litter of puppies but somehow spared their mother, Daisy. Once the gravity of the situation set in, Daisy began grieving for her lost pups, so much so that Daisy’s human Jessica Woodruff and her sister Jacque Barnett began […]

A self-appointed “Master of Conference Calls” advises a team of office workers while they use the phone for a business meeting in a sketch by Above Average. Justin has chased and caught his passion in life — he is a consultant for corporate conference calls. He’s enthusiastic, mysterious and admired by everyone he meets. Related […]

The flexible Maxwell Day of London, England demonstrates his world record ability to turn his feet backwards in the Guinness series Meet the Record Breakers. Day holds the official Guinness World Record for “Largest Foot Rotation” for his ability to turn his feet around a full 157 degrees. When Maxwell Day saw a poster of […]

Great Big Story traveled to Dorset, England to visit with Adrian Fisher, a renowned maze designer who has brought his gorgeously complex creations to landscapes around the world. While enjoying a nice cuppa, Fisher eloquently spoke about how he first came to fall in love with the craft. Well, I spent my first few years […]

CineFix imagines what Zootopia would be like as a gritty crime thriller in their latest episode of Trailer Mix. Related Laughing Squid PostsDisney’s Zootopia Reimagined as a Crime ThrillerAn Honest Trailer For ZootopiaGrand Theft Otto, Gritty Crime Drama Illustrations of Simpsons Characters

Ben from NightHawkInLight demonstrates how to construct a powerful large bore vacuum cannon that uses the Earth’s own atmospheric pressure to fire projectiles. In this video I show how to make a large vacuum cannon with a 4 inch bore. Vacuum cannons are a classic science experiment used to demonstrate atmospheric pressure, though very rarely […]

To celebrate The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild releasing for the Nintendo Switch, Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies teamed up with singer Sam Tsui to demonstrate how to make a colorful batch of red, green, and blue rupee sugar cookies. A post shared by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on […]

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down with Jake Roper to discuss the nature of time and time travel in an interview for Vsauce3. Roper then joined Tyson and co-host Eugene Mirman in a segment of StarTalk Radio to talk about whether superheroes should be required to register their powers. Related Laughing Squid PostsCosmos: A Spacetime […]

Adam Savage of Tested visited Weta Workshop to learn how their talented team of costume designers made the silicone “thermoptic” suit worn by Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film. With Tested’s own Danica Chan wearing the costume, Adam Savage chats with costume technician Flo Foxworthy about the design and challenge of […]

CineFix has released a great new episode of their Homemade Movies series where they do a shot for shot remake of Marvel’s Super Bowl trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. CineFix also created a side by side comparison and behind the scenes video. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Low-Budget Shot-for-Shot Remake of Marvel’s ‘Guardians […]

Hugh Jackman has released powerful behind the scenes footage of him going all out while recording audio for an intense fight scene in his newly released film, Logan. Related Laughing Squid PostsNew Trailer for ‘The Wolverine’ Shows Logan Battling Enemies & His Inner DemonsLive Action Test Footage From Disney’s Alice in WonderlandX-23 and Wolverine Get […]

Filmmaker Yoko Higuchi has created an emotional video tribute to Hugh Jackman, set to Johnny Cash‘s cover of “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails, that looks back at his 17 years as Wolverine in the X-Men film series. 2017 will mark the final time Hugh Jackman will portray the role of Wolverine after 17 years of […]

Mark Hamill is back as The Trumpster reading Donald Trump’s tweets accusing Obama of wire tapping in the villainous voice of The Joker. When in doubt-Blame Obama! #ProjectionParadeOfDiabolicalDeceptiveDeflection https://t.co/9Heqen4blQ pic.twitter.com/5sLzgSuQ9F — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 7, 2017 Related Laughing Squid PostsMark Hamill Records Donald Trump’s Happy New Year Tweet in the Villainous Voice of The […]

MetaBallStudios created an intriguing visualization comparing the sizes of important Star Trek starships. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Gingerbread Version of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise Starship Crash Landing on a PlanetStar Trek Electronic Door ChimeStar Trek Into Darkness Blooper Reels Featuring Mistakes, Jokes, & Laughter on the Enterprise

The Useless Duck Company has created an unhelpful robot designed to forcefully give babies their bottle. The bot uses an Arduino-powered rotating gripper arm to swing the bottle before shoving it at an unsuspecting baby doll and dropping it in the crib. This robot can be used to feed kids aged 0-7. After that they […]

A post shared by ?????? ? ??????? WildCatCom (@wildcatcom) on Feb 7, 2017 at 5:24am PST An absolutely adorable teeny tiny caracal kitten perched upon a pet carrier cried out for assistance onto the floor with a teeny tiny roar. The little cat’s voice became a bit stronger once she was back on solid ground. […]

In a preview clip for the fourth episode of the BBC series Spy in the Wild, narrator David Tennant explains the odd reaction that wild lemurs display from ingesting millipedes. The millipedes emit a toxin that the little primates use to rub on their fur as an effective insect repellent. The toxin also makes the […]

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys pour mesmerizing red-hot 1,200° molten copper and film it at 1,000 fps. The metal splashes and splatters as it hits the ground, and a stray droplet even catches Free on the hand during the shoot. Gav and Dan know that liquids always look mesmerising in […]

Statistician Dr. Nathan Yau of Flowing Data has created an eye-opening map that shows the different legal drinking ages in countries around the world using data from Wikipedia. As you probably know, different countries have different legal age limits for drinking alcoholic beverages. In the United States, the age is 21. In some places in […]

On its noble mission to document images of previously unseen deep water sea creatures, the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos captured absolutely gorgeous footage of a beautiful Venus flytrap sea anemone as it opened and closed its bright pink tentacles, standing ready in the deep waters of American Samoa. Venus flytrap sea […]

Real Life Lore created a list of things that would be impossible on Earth, but that could happen on other planets. Several of the examples given involve extreme weather conditions like raining glass and rock, and how the atmosphere of Saturn‘s moon Titan could allow for human flight. A lot of things happen on Earth, […]

A rather skittish prairie dog who was perched atop a pedestal was so startled by a human sneeze, that the little creature fell to the ground while jump-yipping to the other prairie dogs nearby. An excellent explanation of how prairie dogs communicate. More prairie dogs jump-yipping. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsDramatic Prairie Dog aka […]

The Woodcreek Faction imagines what Logan would be like with a Miami Vice style intro. Related Laughing Squid PostsLuke Cage With a 1990s Family Matters Style IntroA 1980s and 1990s Style Intro for Game of ThronesGame of Thrones With a ‘Friends’ Style Intro

In a amusing episode of the lost interview series Blank on Blank, the late great Alfred Hitchcock spoke with journalist Colin Edwards in 1957 about his upcoming film (Vertigo), his penchant for creating fear and how he enjoyed using his distinctly British sense of humor to relieve the tension within a scary scene. Well, yes, […]

Vox video contributor Nicholas Garbaty explains the history the Doomsday Clock, and how scientists determine where it should be set. The clock was first designed in 1947, and its hands have moved closer or further from midnight over the years based on various sociopolitical factors. The Doomsday Clock began as a graphic on the first […]

The incredibly talented Rob Scallon gave a helpful in-studio lesson in which he shared both visually and verbally everything he “knows about playing slap” on his brand new signature Chapman Guitar. Inspired and designed by one of the USA’s most talented musicians and creative minds, the Rob Scallon 8-String ML1-8RS is by far the most […]

Filmmaker Owen Cooper took a clip of The Big Bang Theory but replaced the sound of the studio audience with audio of Ricky Gervais laughing. For comparison, here is the original scene from the episode “The Comic-Con Conundrum” with the original laughter in place. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Scene From ‘The Big Bang Theory’ With […]

Great Big Story visited with Barnaby Dixon, the talented puppeteer behind the brilliant dancing warrior MANU along with other the equally wonderful puppets Dabchick and Dinosaur, who shared his fascination with the wonder of movement. Your hands are really dextrous things, we use them everyday for all sorts of tasks. To make the best use […]

A post shared by librairie mollat (@librairie_mollat) on Feb 26, 2017 at 11:46pm PST Librairie Mollat, an independent bookstore in Bordeaux, France, has created a wonderfully clever photo series that with strategically posed customers who match and complete the cover sleeve portraits on the books they sell. A post shared by librairie mollat (@librairie_mollat) on […]

The BBC News channel, Click, sent host Spencer Kelly out to give us a behind the scenes look at how Industrial Light & Magic created the incredible visual effects for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Computer graphics supervisor Steve Ellis spoke about some of the challenges in making the film and showed off a […]

A deeply relaxed elephant named Kabu, who lives at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, adorably snored away while luxuriating in a nice cool mud bath on a hot day. Kabu had been rescued from an illegal logging operation where she injured her ankle. Kabu, a former logging elephant with a dislocated ankle, […]

Upon finding that his subjects were being quite uncooperative while trying to film the adorable marmoset episode at the Kids Saving the Rainforest organization in Costa Rica, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness decided to set his sights elsewhere. Instead, Peterson and team found an absolutely adorable kinkajou who was more than happy to […]

A post shared by Joyce Lin (@jolime) on Dec 17, 2016 at 3:30pm PST Exploded Chair is a graduation project by artist and designer Joyce Lin that features a maple wood chair that has been disassembled and sealed within clear acrylic boxes. Joyce complete collection of photos are available to view on Behance, Instagram, and […]

An amazingly loving and loyal great dane named George was treated to a wonderful “BarkPost Best Day” of his favorite things in celebration of his service to an 11 year old girl who was born with Morquio Syndrome, a rare, debilitating disease that caused her to be unable to walk unassisted. As a trusted service […]

Samuel L. Jackson opens up while answering the most Googled questions about himself including where he grew up, whether he vapes, and what his “Bacon number” is in a video for Wired. Related Laughing Squid PostsTurbo, New DreamWorks Animation Film About a Snail Who Dreams of Becoming a Racer‘Mr. Happy’, A Startling Short Film About […]

Ryan Shukis has created a supercut video, set to the Harry Belafonte‘s version of the song “Jump in the Line” from Beetlejuice, featuring captivating scenes from some of Tim Burton‘s best films. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Supercut of Driving Scenes From Quentin Tarantino FilmsA Supercut of Some of the Greatest Movie Death Scenes of All […]

The Solomon Society has created a short montage that takes us a journey through “the evolution of 2D animation” from 1833 to 1990. Related Laughing Squid PostsVespalogy, An Animated Look at the Evolution of the VespaThe Evolution of Nearly 70 Years of Disney Animation From Snow White to Zootopia‘The London Evolution Animation’, 2,000 Years of […]

Emma Watson secretly hides a few copies of Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou around the New York City subway system with Vanity Fair “Man on the Street” Derek Blasberg. Related Laughing Squid PostsMaya Angelou (1928-2014), Legendary Poet, Author and Civil Rights ActivistCharlie Pellett, The Voice Behind New York City Subway AnnouncementsPhotos and […]

Science presenter Steve Mould filled in for an episode of Tom Scott‘s series Things You Might Not Know to reveal the surprising fact that humans can hear the difference between and hot cold water while it is being poured. Although it may seem unlikely, the reason is due to the viscosity of fluids changing with […]

The group of creatives at Dyvooo have made a colorful collection of “mythological wonder beast” iPhone cases that can also be used as playful masks. Dyvooo‘s stylish cases are available to purchase from their website and Etsy shop. A post shared by ???? | Dyvooo_Official (@dyvooo) on Apr 15, 2016 at 2:53am PDT A post […]

French filmmaker Candice Drouet (a.k.a. “Really Dim“) has created a supercut video of characters moving to the right in movies. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Supercut of Every Character From All Six Current ‘Star Wars’ FilmsSupercut of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Members Breaking CharacterMoving Pictures 2016, A Supercut Celebrating 260 Films Released in the Past Year

Kristal of JK Brickworks has created a fantastic kinetic LEGO sculpture of a bat gracefully flapping its wings at dusk. Kristal full collection of build photos are available to view on the JK Brickworks website. It took quite a few design iterations to finally get the mechanics of this model compact enough to fit in […]

In 2014, we wrote about Simon Toland and his fundraising efforts to make an 12-minute color animation entitled “Off to the Vet“, which comically tells the story about getting an unwilling Simon’s Cat in to see the doctor. The film is currently being released in parts through Amazon, Google Play and iTunes. Aside from being […]

Engineers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT have developed robots that can correctly sort objects by reading human minds using an electroencephalograph monitor. The system is programmed to detect brain signals known as “error-related potentials” when the person wearing the monitor sees them trying to put an object in the […]

San Francisco startup Apis Cor has developed a system to create a tiny 3D printed house that costs around $10,000 and can be built in just one day. The house is printed using a concrete mixture as the medium to construct the walls which are reinforced with fiberglass. Strong but lightweight materials are used in […]

A rather vociferous green parrot performed a near-perfect, accurate imitation of a crying baby while being coaxed by a cooing human who found the entire situation absolutely hilarious. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Vociferous Parrot Furtively Slips Into an Empty Room to Cackle Like a Wicked WitchLittle Green Conure Parrot Desperately Tries to Grab […]

Cookie Monster guides a pair of curious and hungry children through 100 years of cookie history by sampling cookies from each decade in a video for Bon Appétit. Kids try 100 years of cookies with special guest Cookie Monster including mallomars, sugar cookies, nutter butters, macarons, and more. Related Laughing Squid PostsCookie of Oz, A […]

Scottish craft brewers BrewDog is currently raising funds through Indiegogo to build the DogHouse, the world’s first combination brewery and hotel in Columbus, Ohio. While BrewDog is very well-known throughout Europe, this is their very first location in the United States. The brewery itself will focus primarily on crafting sour beers, while the hotel will […]

Binging With Babish host Andrew Rea demonstrates how to transform a few simple ingredients into the “Chef’s Special” pollo a la plancha from the 2017 Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight. Chiron is prepared a Cuban classic in the movie I don’t really want to make fun of here in the description: Moonlight. Simple ingredients prepared […]

This post was sponsored by Star Trek Cats via Syndicate Ads. Captain’s log: We have entered a galaxy where beloved illustrator Jenny Parks has conjured an astonishingly vivid homage to the original Star Trek series with an unexpected twist: a cast of cats. Featuring a hilarious new take on iconic characters and scenes—from Kirk in […]