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Upon meeting a small herd a cows for the first time, a very energetic white dog repeated attempted to convince the disinterested bovines to romp around in the snow with him. One cow showed a bit of interest, but then gave up seemingly because the dog was moving too fast. via reddit Related Laughing Squid […]

A post shared by Mahmoud T. (@mt_designs_) on Jan 9, 2016 at 8:07am PST Cat Egyptian illustrator and graphic designerMahmoud Tammam of Haeptik Studio has created a really beautiful two-part illustrated series in which calligraphic Arabic words elegantly form their own meanings. An experimental illustration/typography project transforming Arabic words into the shape of their meanings. […]

Drones videos capture bird’s-eye-view of water from heavy rains overflowing into the Glory Hole spillway at Lake Berryassa in Napa, California over the weekend of February 18, 2017. The spillway is designed to channel up to 48,400 cubic feet per second of water from the lake to Putah Creek at the base of Monticello Dam […]

Taking the #tinyTrump meme to the next level, Evil Ice Cream created The Pocket POTUS, a video compilation of diminutive Trumps. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Hilarious Bad Lip Reading of Donald Trump’s Presidential InaugurationAudio From the Donald Trump ABC Interview Is Hilariously Replaced With Spinal Tap ‘Eleven’ SceneA Hilarious Parody That Welcomes Donald Trump to […]

An adorable young chef has some confusion over being told to add “another cup” of oatmeal in a video shared by America’s Funniest Home Videos. This cute kid is following the recipe a bit too well! Related Laughing Squid PostsScottish Terriers Tilt Their Heads in Adorable Confusion When They Hear Cat SoundsA Short Compilation of […]

Saent is a magic button and computer app that helps boost productivity by blocking both digital and physical distractions with one simple press. The button, which connects via USB or Bluetooth, is available to purchase for Mac and PC from the Laughing Squid Store for $57.99 (26% off retail price). Everyday life is full of […]

Lauri Vuohensilta from The Hydraulic Press Channel cut a fast and dangerous ATV-powered ice carousel in a frozen lake in Ylöjärvi, Finland for his Beyond the Press channel. To test the carousel, Vuohensilta enlisted the help of The Dudesons who were brave enough to sit in the middle of the spinning carousel. My ultimate plan […]

ajc2136 has put together a truly fascinating compilation of the most popular songs of the year in the United States between the years of 1840 and 2013. Accompanying the soundtrack is also a brilliant video montage that starkly, painfully and even (at times) humorously represents notable events of each corresponding year. It’s strange to think […]

In the first episode of a three-part miniseries, Joss Fong and Dion Lee of Vox explain the history of the iconic BBC Earth series Planet Earth and Planet Earth II, specifically noting how evolving film and digital technology has served to capture some of the most stunning images of animals around the world, allowing this […]

In 2013, a stray calico started hanging around the Boston Police SWAT Base in Roxbury, Massachusetts and never found any reason to leave. The team adopted her as their mascot almost immediately, appropriately naming her “Swat Cat“. Over the years, they’ve tried different methods over the to keep the cat safe indoors, but her desire […]

Exurb1a takes a historic look back at how 21st century humans lived before events like the dolphin revolution, Belgium conquering Mars, and the replacement of toilet paper with three seashells. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Brief History of Marijuana In the 21st CenturyLanguage as a Window into Human Nature on RSA AnimateHow Humans Lived Before Recorded […]

To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, the Philadelphia Dance Center invited mothers and fathers to attend ballet class with their daughters and they captured amazing footage of the loving dads dancing their hearts out. The entire event is available to view on Philadelphia Dance Center’s Facebook and Instagram pages. A post shared by Philadelphia Dance […]

The Rue La Rue Café is an absolutely charming restaurant that pays beautiful tribute to the The Golden Girls, particularly the late great Rue McClanahan who played the narcissistic but lonely Blanche Devereaux to perfection. Serendipitously housed in a Washington Heights building named Sofia Storage on 4394 Broadway, the café is co-owned by McClanahan’s son […]

YAOG performed a sad piano cover of “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?” by playing and singing it in a minor key in the series Will It Sad? For comparison, here is the song in its original key as used in the opening sequence of Sesame Street. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe […]

A group of amazing staff members at the HaClinica veterinary hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel went above and beyond last month as they glued together an injured snail’s shell after a woman accidentally stepped on it. Once Chevy the snail’s shell reconstruction was finished, the snail was treated with a mountain of fresh veggies. The […]

Richard (Thomas Middleditch) leaves Pied Piper and takes the name with him as he tries to start a new internet in the trailer for season four of the Mike Judge series Silicon Valley. The series returns to HBO on April 23, 2017. AAAAGH!!! Silicon Valley returns April 23rd! Watch the teaser over and over again: […]

A post shared by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) on Feb 17, 2017 at 10:02am PST Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant visited the Sante D’Or Animal Rescue in Los Angeles and added funny “likes and dislikes” to a group of homeless cats’ adoption cards to help the adorable felines find a forever home. The full series […]

Disney‘s blog Oh My Disney has created an interesting video where they provide a side by side look at how Disney•Pixar both visually and audibly adapts their films for international audiences. How do you say, “Adventure Is Out There” in Portuguese? Take a spin through some of our favorite Disney•Pixar scenes to see how they […]

Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created a supercut video of the five films films that are nominated for Best Cinematography at the Oscars this year. He features scenes from Arrival, La La Land, Lion, Moonlight, and Silence. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of the 10 Films in the Running for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars […]

In “The Repercussions of Mortality“, filmmaker Will Schoder offers an insightful perspective of how death is an invisible and equalizing character that constantly hangs over the characters of Game of Thrones, no matter how noble, evil, promising or innocent they may be. This, by design, will keep viewers interested and on edge. one of the […]

Mark Rober visits Stanford University engineer Manu Prakash to take a close look at how the low-cost paper centrifuges called “Paperfuges” and foldable paper microscopes called “Foldscopes” developed at Prakash’s lab could help diagnose malaria in remote areas, potentially saving billions of lives for just 68 cents. Rober even tested the inexpensive tools by spinning […]

Lou Robinson, founder of the animal awareness group “Warriors Educate About Rescue” (WEAR), and her husband Mark are a truly compassionate Texas couple who came to the rescue of a tiny boxer puppy who was born with severely underdeveloped front legs and an inability to survive on his own. With full understanding of the enormous […]

“Weird Al” Yankovic parodies the Beatles classic “Taxman” with the previously unreleased “Pac-Man.” The song is featured on the Medium Rarities album included in the career-spanning box set Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic! The set is available for preorder and will be released on November 24, 2017. This hilarious parody of […]

Filmmaker Kate Imbach has created an award-winning documentary about the revival of square dancing that’s taking place at gay clubs in New York and California. While traditional dancing has specific gender roles, this new version welcomes every/anyone to join, particularly if they don’t have a partner. Entitled “Partners“, the film shows how a rich community […]

Puddles Pity Party performs a beautiful cover of Roy Orbison‘s song “Crying” in a video the sad clown said was a “bit treacherous.” Roy Orbison's "Crying" by request. I gave it a go. It was a bit treacherous. https://t.co/EyKKflJzMZ — Puddles Pity Party (@PuddlesPityP) February 17, 2017 Here is Orbison performing the song during a […]

Italian illustrator Frederico Bambina has created ARCHIATRIC, an absolutely stunning animation that depicts individual psychiatric, psychological and behavioral conditions as different forms of interior architecture within the same house. The use simple colors and a beautiful score by Elisabet Raspall allows the film to offer insightful empathy and respect towards the subject at hand. Related […]

The phrase “couch potato” is used to mean a lazy person, and it was first coined in 1976 after it was used as an offhand comment between friends Tom lacino and Robert Armstrong. Simon Whistler of Today I Found Out explains the origin of the term and the surprising legal battle around it. If you […]

A post shared by Rhea The Naked Birdie (@rhea_thenakedbirdie) on Jan 25, 2017 at 12:46pm PST A tiny little lovebird named Rhea, who lost all of her feathers due to psittacine beak and feather disease, has no trouble keeping warm in Boston because her adopted human Isabella Eisenmann keeps her cozy and stylish in hand […]

Professional domino artist Lily Hevesh (a.k.a. “Hevesh5“) created an exciting new video where approximately 3,200 custom made color changing dominos topple over in a series of incredibly fun displays. Lily also released footage of how she created her collection of color changing dominos. A post shared by Hevesh5 (@hevesh5) on Feb 4, 2017 at 10:16am […]

Robert Irwin, the 13-year old lookalike son of the late Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin brought his father’s same incredible energy and love of animals to the Tonight Show where he introduced a rather nervous Jimmy Fallon to a small menagerie, including a very friendly sloth who took an immediately liking to the host. Robert […]

Coder and musician Yotam Mann has developed A.I. Duet, a computer neural network that can play piano duets with humans. A.I. Duet is based on Google’s project Magenta and responds to user input based on previous examples fed into the program. Mann explains how the system works in a video, and fellow coder/musician Alexander Chen […]

Director and animator Austin Williams (a.k.a. “thebrickranger“) has made a Spider-Man parody of a heated scene from Whiplash, where Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) screams at a frightened trombone player, using LEGO. J.K. Simmons played J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. Here is the original scene for reference. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Seamless Side by […]

While seeking shelter during a storm in the Costa Rican rainforest, the soaked Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson and his crew came across the very rare sight of a caecilian, an incredible limbless amphibian that looks like a giant earthworm. This sighting was very unusual as these amphibians are completely subterranean and only surface is […]

GQ had Ice Cube go undercover as ActuallyIceCube to interact with fans on social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, and even answer services like Quora and Yahoo! Answers. Ice Cube goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Twitter, Reddit, Quora, YouTube, and more. “Fist Fight” premieres February 17th. Related Laughing Squid […]

Bill Mowat and Amy Stringer-Mowat, the talented husband and wife team at AHeirloom in Brooklyn, has created a fantastic series of custom wooden cutting boards that are shaped like U.S. states. The cutting boards are available to purchase from Etsy and their AHeirloom website. A post shared by American Heirloom INC (@aheirloom) on Apr 20, […]

Michigan dad Lawrence Stump has set the Guinness World Record for Largest Ukulele. This giant instrument is completely handcrafted, tunable and playable, measuring over 13 feet long. Stump got the idea for the titanic uke while helping his son build a more traditional sized version for a science class. The body of the instrument is […]

In this video, Industrial Light & Magic gives us a behind the scenes look at their Oscar nominated visual effects work on the 2016 epic space opera film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They take a look at their incredible use of visual effects during the destruction of Jedha and the battle on the […]

Tom Scott explored a beautiful mountain scene inside YouTube’s Mixed Reality VR Lab at YouTube Space New York in his series Amazing Places. While Scott immerses himself in virtual worlds, the manager of new technology programs at YouTube Spaces Tom Small explained the technology at play in the lab and how users could create their […]

A worried mother cat, who was trying to figure out how to save her kitten from the edge of a construction ditch without putting both of them in danger, threw all concerns aside and bravely jumped into action after the tiny feline tumbled all the way down to the bottom. Following closely behind, the heroic […]

CineFix has created a compilation video where they present their picks for the 10 best examples of subjectivity in movies. They feature scenes from Apocalypse Now, Fight Club, and Saving Private Ryan. Stories are told through a certain character’s perspective and filmmakers create various pathways to bridge the gap of understanding between character and audience. […]

Today I Found Out host Simon Whistler dug through history to explain why certain american football games are called “bowls” in his latest video. Simon had to travel all of the way back to 1901, when the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California was first built, to do so. In 1901, the Roses Association sponsored […]

In a lizard focused episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how gecko feet are able to stick to almost anything, and why they don’t stick to Teflon. It has been observed since the 4th century BC that geckos have the ability to climb walls, hang upside down, and apparently “stick” to […]

UK digital compositor Roy Peker of Milk VFX has created a special effects-filled video where actor Aaron Vodovoz walks through London while explaining a little bit about the incredible art of visual effects and digital compositing. A short project that I have created that explains what is VFX and especially digital compositing. This project was […]

For his latest project in Tested‘s One Day Builds series, Adam Savage built an incredible Star Wars replica of Chewbacca‘s iconic bandolier from scratch. Time for some Star Wars prop building–Adam Savage makes an upgrade to one of his favorite costumes! Adam’s never been satisfied with the original bandolier strap and satchel he made for […]

An absolutely adorable beagle named Mia, who was competing in the agility category at the Westminster Dog Show, somehow became really distracted while she was running the course. She started rather promisingly, but stopped to give herself a sniff. After going right back into her routine, Mia stopped in her tracks and looked around at […]

While appearing on The Late Show, actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk hilariously “previewed” a clip for a new movie in which he was starring entitled “Late Show: The Movie”, where he played the role of host Stephen Colbert. By an odd coincidence, Colbert was also in the same film playing the role of Bob Odenkirk. […]

Ahh the classic baggel! RT if u love 2 eat bangles! pic.twitter.com/NKnfqZFXbQ — bibgy (@MikeBigby) December 8, 2016 Mike Bigby demonstrates a perfect example of a classically prepared bagel in a photo shared on Twitter. via That’s Nerdalicious Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Specific Combination of Factors That Make New York City Bagels the Best in […]

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a fascinating look at the beautiful film Arrival and how director Denis Villeneuve used the connection between language and time to tell a cohesive yet non-linear story. Every scene is filtered through other moments and characters and eventually other themes until it starts to […]

Parents Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell enlist the help of Jason Mantzoukas to start an illegal underground casino to pay for their daughter’s college tuition in the new comedy The House. The film was written by Neighbors screenwriters Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, and was directed by Cohen. It will be released in theaters […]

An adorable little white dog desperately pumped his little paws in an effort to grab hold of a elusive corn chip that was left on the table just a little bit out of his reach. The point became moot after a bit, however, as a much larger dog came in to the kitchen and easily […]