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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 […]

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 […]