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Vox contributor Dean Peterson created an animated video that explores the economics of beard popularity in the United States. We may have reached “peak beard.” You may think people grow beards because of their fashionability or warmth, but author and professor Stephen Mihm says there might be another reason. In a New York Times piece, […]

Professional mountain biker and freeskier Mike Hopkins of Diamondback Bicycles created DreamRide 2, a magical short film that follows Mike as he embarks on a magical adventure where trails never end. Filmmakers Jordan Manley, Scott Secco, and David Peakcock captured incredible footage of Mike making his way through the islands of Hawaii, as well as […]

In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, Puddles Pity Party performed a heartfelt cover of the classic Irish ballad “Danny Boy” written by Frederic Weatherly. Puddles is currently on tour if you want to catch him live. Two dudes doin what two dudes do. @bobcatgoldthwait @crabapplescomedy #cry #onions A post shared by Oh hello, I'm Puddles […]

A post shared by Robbie Postma (@robbie_postma) on Mar 9, 2017 at 10:24pm PST Seafood MENU is a scrumptious photography project, created by chef Robbie Postma of the J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam cafeteria and photographer Robert Harrison, where Robbie literally wears his menu right on his face creating a series of creepy self-portraits. Instead of […]

In an amusing episode of her wonderfully crafty culinary series, a young woman who goes by the name Office Ono prepared a couple of steaks for herself and her boss on a homemade barbecue on her desk created from random items found in and around her workspace. Her first attempt was with a piece of […]

A skier captured terrifying POV Footage of a Utah Skier Jumping Off of a Cliff and Crashing Into a TreePOV footage of their trip over a snowy cliff before crashing straight into a tree on February 27th, 2017 at the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah. “It was a big powder day at Snowbird Ski Resort […]

On an amusing episode of their Honest Ads series, Cracked imagines a what it would be like if grocery store commercials actually gave us the truth. Related Laughing Squid PostsWhat If Antidepressant Commercials Were HonestIf Beer Ads Were Forced to Be Honest, A Beer Commercial Parody by CrackedGrocery Outlet, Supermarket Chain Where Oddball Products End […]

While searching for critters through the lowland forests of Costa Rica for hours, adventurer Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness found and captured an elusive giant smoky jungle frog who let out a series of loud mewing screams that were meant to sound an alarm. The quick-moving but rightly confused amphibian repeatedly tried to escape Peterson’s […]

Alex Luthor has created a thrilling fan trailer for a Matrix 4 reboot that features a mashup of scenes from other popular action and sci-fi films like John Wick, Doctor Strange, Inception, and Edge of Tomorrow. Related Laughing Squid PostsA 1990s VHS-Style Action Movie Trailer for the ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot FilmElders React to the Trailer […]

Columbus, Ohio animator and artist Jason Moody of Arch City Studio has created a new episode of their ongoing Nostalgia Snax series where he explores what made Saturday morning cartoons so special back in the 1980s and 1990s. Nostalgia Snax #wallpaper anyone? pic.twitter.com/Dfc7VLkxrD — Nostalgia Snax (@jasonandwho) March 17, 2017 Related Laughing Squid PostsStop-Motion Action […]

Jack of All Genius has created a Star Wars parody of professor Robert Kelly‘s hilarious BBC News interview that was crashed by his children. It features R2-D2 and BB-8 barging into a room with Darth Vader and interrupting the Sith Lord while he is communicating with Emperor Palpatine. The two mischievous droids are quickly removed […]

In an amusing animation promoting the release of Medium Rarities, a collection of his rare and unreleased tracks from 1978 to 2017, Weird Al Yankovic becomes a cartoon running in an evolving video game that travels along a timeline of the songs in the collection. It will be included in the 15-album box-set, Squeeze Box: […]

In a hilarious outtake from the iconic Carol Burnett Show, the incomparable Tim Conway absolutely slayed his fellow castmates with funny stories about circus elephants during a “Mama’s Family” sketch. The stories were delivered straight-faced and in the most deadpan manner, a unique ability for which he was very well known. Tim Conway destroys his […]

A post shared by Fish & Chips (@adventuresoffishandchips) on Mar 14, 2017 at 9:25am PDT Fish and Chips are a couple of adventurous kitties who enjoy exploring the great outdoors on and around their home Vancouver Island and elsewhere with their devoted humans. Both cats are as equally comfortable walking on a leash as they […]

In 1945, Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí collaborated with John Hench of Walt Disney Studios to create Destino, a gorgeously surreal animation that tells the legendary story of Chronos, who, as the personification of time, could not allow himself to fall in love with a mortal woman. Due to unexpected delays, personality conflicts and financial […]

A farmer in Noggerup, Western Australia was surprised to find that a round hay bale that had been moved away from the reach of mischievous bull calves, was inexplicably moving across the yard. What the farmer hadn’t yet realized, however, is that one one of these playful little bulls had followed the bale over the […]

A post shared by SmithsonianTranscriptionCenter (@smithsoniantranscriptioncenter) on Mar 15, 2017 at 1:49pm PDT The National Museum of American History is asking the public to help transcribe late comedian Phyllis Diller‘s extensive gag file of more than 52,000 jokes and stories. Users can visit the Smithsonian’s online transcription center to read scanned cards from the file […]

The 2015 ESPN documentary “E:60” tells the wonderful story of Chase, the famous bat retrieving dog who served the Trenton Thunder baseball team for the greater part of his life, as amusingly told by his son Derby. Derby had been trained to follow in his father’s paw prints since the day he was born and […]

“Kamala” is an amazing Ms. Marvel fan film by Anita Kalathara and Landis Aponte. It follows Marvel‘s relatable Pakistani American teenager Kamala Kahn, brilliantly played by Anita, as she battles pressure from other students at her school for being a child of an immigrant family and uses her shapeshifting abilities to take on a group […]

A captivating 360° video captures the smoke and fire of a NASA RS-25 rocket engine test at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The RS-25 engines are being tested as past of the Space Launch System that will send the next generation of spacecraft into orbit and beyond. See the power of 512,000 pounds of […]

In a fascinating episode of the Reaction series “Speaking of Chemistry“, host Sarah Everts explains how the chemical components of catnip that are so attractive to felines – nepetalactone and nepetalactol – also act as a deadly trap for the aphids that feed on the plant. The catnip plant produces aphid pheromones to attract aphid […]

Gross Science host Anna Rothschild explains why Hydnora africana is one of the strangest and worst smelling plants in the world. The plant spends most of its life underground, emerging only to mate by luring insects with the scent of rotting flesh. The plant Hydnora africana is a parasite that smells foul…and that’s not even […]

Zebra Corner is back and this time they inserted a “Real Person” named Mahk into the blind panel of Chevy’s “More Awards” car commercial from earlier this year. Mahk was not impressed at all with the J.D. Power initial quality awards that Chevy won four years in a row. We previously wrote about Zebra Corner‘s […]

A sweet little chihuahua-pug mix named Poppy loves going for a W-A-L-K so much that whenever either of her humans ask the question aloud, she chatters, squeaks and howls with joy. No matter if she’s just woken up, if she’s playing with her canine sibling or if she’s already outdoors, little Poppy is always ready […]

Adam Savage of Tested had the pleasure of visiting Weta Workshop to find out how they made props and costumes for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film. In Tested’s latest video, Savage ventured to the studio’s 3D modeling room to learn how they built the incredible 3D-printed robot endoskeleton. Chatting with Weta Workshop technician […]

Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robots (PUFFER) are origami-inspired robots designed by NASA to explore extreme terrain. The resilient robots can reach areas traditional rovers cannot, and be deployed in groups as a more affordable option than large robots. PUFFERs can adjust the angle of their wheels to gain better traction on slopes, or to lower […]

Popupband, a smart music company based in New York City, have created the Popuele, an incredible sound responsive, bluetooth-enabled, smart ukulele that uses video games, pre-loaded chords and songs, and fret lighting to help quickly teach a novice how to play and then continue to play the instrument. Popupband is raising funds through Indiegogo in […]

UK artist Matthew Gollop has created a glorious collection of metal bonsai tree sculptures out of strands of wire. According to Matthew, he sometimes uses over 500 feet of wire on a single tree. Gollop’s beautiful metal bonsai trees are available to purchase on his website. This all started when I was at a meal […]

A powerful Liebherr LH 120 excavator helps extinguish a massive scrapyard fire by grabbing and moving huge clawfuls of burning material. The machine also had help from a Cat 980M wheel loader that pushed smaller piles on the ground. via Digg Related Laughing Squid PostsExtreme Sandbox, An Adventure Company That Lets People Play With Heavy […]

A lost little piggy named Hamlet took himself over to the Home Depot in Portage, Michigan after a big bad 60 mph wind blew down the fence that was keeping him safe. Needless to say, the porcine visitor took both employees and customers by surprise but employee and animal lover Amanda James fed dog biscuits […]

MinutePhysics explains how to teleport Schrödinger’s cat to the Moon in a video that breaks down quantum entanglement and looks at what is currently possible. How to teleport Schrödinger’s cat: this video presents the full quantum teleportation procedure, in which an arbitrary qubit (spin, etc) is teleported from Alice to Bob by way of a […]

The ArtSpear Entertainment team has created an animated parody of the second trailer for Logan that finds Wolverine acting like an overbearing drunk. Hit the road with Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine faces his final and most devastating enemy yet: alcohol. To make matters worse, now he has to babysit a problem child and a […]

“Mean Bean” by editor John Loberger recut clips of Rowan Atkinson‘s bumbling Mr. Bean to turn the character into a violent maniac. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Vintage ‘Star Wars’ Commercial Recut With Clips From the New Blooper Reel‘Seinfeld’ Footage Edited Into a Dramatic Film Trailer About George CostanzaMerry Christmas, Mr. Bean

On a tenacious episode of the Learn Quick series, determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd taught himself to do a successful tailwhip on a scooter in a little under 4 hours. In the past, Mike pushed himself to learn how to play the violin, pick a lock, juggle, and solve a Rubik’s cube. A post shared […]

Josh Gad (Frozen, Beauty and the Beast) and Jimmy Fallon sing a medley of Disney songs using different vocal effects in the Tonight Show game “Box of Microphones”. Related Laughing Squid PostsHistory of TV Theme Songs with Jimmy Fallon & Guys With Kids CastJimmy Fallon and Rashida Jones Sing Holiday Parodies of Popular Songs on […]

A post shared by Attaboy (@attayumfactory) on Feb 18, 2017 at 12:22pm PST Hi-Fructose Magazine co-founder Attaboy is planting 100 hand painted mushrooms across America for a fun scavenger hunt. Mushrooms are popping up in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Virginia, and Ohio. The latest mushroom was found by Lauren Gardiner at Soap Plant […]

No-logram is a project by Brussels, Belgium visual artist Joanie Lemercier where he creates eerie, yet awesome, interactive ghost projections using fine water particles and projectors. His tracking technology used in the project allows himself and others to either become part of or manipulate the projections. I’m now developing a technique using super fine particles […]

In late February, San Francisco Fire Fightersen endured the harsh wind and slippery rocks of Fort Funston to rescue a confused husky who was stranded on the side of a cliff. Working together, they created a pulley system that allowed one rescuer to be lowered down, attach a harness to the frightened dog and be […]

In a helpful episode in their series of incredibly helpful videos, the School of Life offers insightful advice about learning to love and value oneself as equal to anyone else, which in turn can help to overcome paralyzing shyness in a social situation. Someone becomes a cosmopolitan not on the basis of having a buoyant […]

The premiere episode of the “100 Years of Beauty” channel by WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of male beauty in India as modeled by Amandeep Kainth, whose hair and styling were done in correlation with the expertly researched trends of each decade. Attention all 100 Years of Beauty fans! […]

A group of passengers waiting at an Amtrak platform were showered with snow as a fast-moving incoming train plowed through tracks that had not yet been cleared from Winter Storm Stella that hit the East coast over the past week. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsEerily Elegant Slow Motion Footage of Subway Passengers Waiting for […]

Bob and Christine of Lockpicking Extreme have created a very handy and stylish pair of silver earrings that cleverly hide a complete lock pick set in plain sight. Currently, there are two styles to choose from – a decorative open triangle or a swirly heart.

Robotics artist Neil Mendoza, the creative mind behind the Electric Knife Orchestra and the Hamster Drawing Machine, has outdone himself with Rock Band, an amazing MIDI controlled mechanical xylophone that makes music with rocks. Rock Band was created as part of the Autodesk Artist In Residence program and instructions are readily available online. The rock […]

In a creepy-crawly episode of the Brave Wilderness series “Beyond the Tide“, the inquisitive Coyote Peterson peered under rocks in the tide pools on the Costa Rican coast to see what he could see. Among the creatures he found was a wiggly zebra worm, a warty seaslug, an angry little crab, and a reticent brittle […]

The team at Dazzle has created a live-action special effects video featuring a realistic and deadly Pokémon battle between two eager trainers. Things quickly get very heated. Related Laughing Squid PostsReal Life Pokémon Trainers Offer Random People Incense and Battle Pikachu in the StreetsPokéMecha, LEGO Figures of Pokémon as Robot MechsWarplanes, Disney’s Animated Movie ‘Planes’ […]

Rambro the Angry Ram, who enjoys confronting all sorts of giant obstacles, grew hilariously frustrated by a simple game of tetherball that videographer Marty Todd had hung for Rambro’s enjoyment. What happens when you leave a tetherball in the forest? The Angry Ram can’t resist a good ramming session. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Bear Has […]

Scientist Leigh Orf and his research team from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at University of Wisconsin-Madison used a powerful supercomputer to simulate the formation of a powerful supercell that created a series of monstrous tornadoes in 2011 that hit Oklahoma. The team was able to gather valuable data on one particular […]

The Cape Town Cycle Tour in South Africa, the world’s largest individually timed cycling race, was cancelled on March 12th when extreme winds swept through the area, blowing cyclists backwards and causing a few people to fall over. via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsA Tenacious Ostrich Chases a Trio of Bicyclists Around the Cape […]

Norwegian musician and composer Mari Lesteberg of Fraction Distraction has created a fascinating collection of musical MIDI pattern drawings that tell a story with music and colorful imagery. Mari depicts a classic level from the Super Mario Bros. video game, the fairy tale adventures of a little girl, and a scene where vehicles are driving […]

Hushme is a mask that resembles the one Bane wears in The Dark Knight Rises, but is actually used to silence the wearer’s voice for phone privacy in public places. The device covers the wearer’s mouth and covers up the sound of their voice with “masking sounds” that can be selected and customized from the […]