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A video posted by WHERE ANIMALS COME FIRST ?? (@thekangaroosanctuary) on Jan 20, 2017 at 5:37pm PST In 2015, we wrote about Chris ‘Brolga’ Barnes and his mission to save orphaned, abandoned, and ill kangaroos of the Australian Outback. Of the resident mob, Roger stood out the most because of his enormous stature. More recently […]

MinuteEarth host Emily Elert explains why poop is brown and pee is yellow even though humans eat and drink things that range widely in color. The process of digestion removes most of the pigmentation from the food and drink humans consume, but microbes in the intestines are responsible for giving waste its icon colors. The […]

Talented dancer and choreographer Sarah Reich used her rhythmic feet explain the rich history of tap-dancing. Moving through the musical decades with the amazing Scott Bradlee and Postmodern Jukebox playing right in synch with her, Reich started off with the “Maple Leaf Rag” from 1899 and culminated with “Uptown Funk” from 2014. Watch PMJ tap […]

Just before his death at the age of 103, entrepreneur Myron Steves left a final message of advice. The first suggestion he offered was to stop looking for advice. Instead, he advised, one should go out and take some risks. Go out and do something. And stick to it, come hell or high water. Steves […]

Brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy have released the first trailer for their upcoming Seeso series My Brother, My Brother and Me based on their popular advice podcast of the same name. Like the podcast, the trailer mimics the opening disclaimer from the podcast with their father Clint McElroy assuring the audience that the boys […]

Vox contributor Estelle Caswell explains the simple and complicated reasons cartoon characters wear gloves. The simplest explanation is that gloves are easier to animate, but for a more complex answer Caswell turns to the traditions of vaudeville and minstrel shows. The Opry House reveals how inextricably linked vaudeville performance and blackface minstrelsy were to early […]

Japanese Twitter-user Zoe_Aishiteru shared an amazing photo of a decorative daikon radish chain that was created by a talented but bored chef who evidently had a bit of time on his hands that he need to kill. This design appears to have come from a recipe book from the Edo period in Japan per a […]

On January 31, 2017, the Diageo Beer Company USA announced that they are making plans to bring the famous Guinness Storehouse/Open Gate concept to the United States for the first time in 63 years, specifically to the tiny unincorporated village of Relay in Baltimore County, Maryland. This brand new microbrewery will be the home of […]

Zebra Corner inserted their “Real Person” into another blind panel car commercial, this time for the 2016 Chevy Malibu. Unlike the actual participants in the commercial, the “Mahk” isn’t fooled or impressed by the car. For comparison, here is the original Malibu commercial. Previously, the channel added “Mahk” to the emoji commercial for the 2016 […]

On a cold winter’s day in Sweden, Viktor Johannessen and a friend were walking along a frozen lakeside when they came upon a stranded moose who fell through the ice and was desperately trying to find enough footing to escape. The two compassionate humans acted quickly to save the moose from drowning, chopping through the […]

Brooklyn, New York artist PJ McQuade has created a “geektastic” collection of Valentine’s Day cards for 2017 featuring pop culture characters from movies and television shows. They are all available to purchase online from Etsy. We’ve previously written about PJ McQuade and his wonderful works of geeky art. Severus Snape – Harry Potter Jareth – […]

MIT engineers have developed transparent hydrogel robots that are fast and strong enough to capture live fish. The hydrogel is shaped using laser cutting and 3D printing and can be controlled by injecting water through hollow channels in the structure. The water injection method allows for faster and strong motion than similar designs that are […]

Looper takes a look at some of the reasons why there was never a sequel released for Quentin Tarantino‘s 1994 cult classic film Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction was writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s second full-length feature after 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, and it defied all expectations by earning a whopping $200 million on a mere $8 million budget. […]

Chris Smith experiences everything there is in life thanks to an endlessly repeating day in the Chris and Jack sketch “Groundhog Daying.” The sketch takes its inspiration from the 1993 Bill Murray film Groundhog Day. Jack realizes Chris is Groundhog Daying. Related Laughing Squid PostsRepeating Days From ‘Groundhog Day’ Playing SimultaneouslySuper Mario Spacetime Organ, An […]

The Bat Bot B2 was developed at Caltech to mimic the natural flight kinetics of bats using ultra-thin silicone stretched over jointed wings. The robot weighs just 93 grams with a wingspan of approximately one foot, and it can change its wing shape in flight due to the light flexible silicone membrane. The Bat Bot’s […]

New York filmmaker Neil Fennell has created a 30-minute video where repeating days from the classic Harold Ramis film, Groundhog Day, are playing simultaneously. You can never have too much Bill Murray. I wanted to see what it would be like if the events of the movie “Groundhog Day” all took place simultaneously. The film […]

A couple of adorable kittens who were curiously exploring the bathroom, found themselves on the slippery precipice of an uncovered toilet bowl, both trying to find a way to get themselves back onto the ground. Unfortunately, the tiny felines were moving in opposite directions and being that gravity always wins, the orange kitten on top […]

Slice of Life is an upcoming science fiction fan film set in the Blade Runner universe “made the old school way like the legendary sci-fi movies of the 1980s.” The first official trailer for Slice of Life truly encapsulates the original Blade Runner film’s aesthetic with the dark and gritty atmosphere, neon signs, and much […]

To celebrate Australia Day, a group in the country’s capital of Canberra built a homemade perpetual slip ‘n slide that spins people around in circles at dizzying speeds. Jake River Henderson Fraser who was in attendance at the event shared video of the machine in action and says it was built with three speeds, but […]

In a fascinating episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill explain the history of “Basic English“. Basic English is based upon an ambitious controlled natural language economy conceived by British linguist C.K. Ogden, who sought to boil down English into a mere 850 necessary words. […]

Barry White, Jr., a remarkable fifth-grade teacher at the Ashley Park Pre K – 8 School greets each of his students every morning with a unique handshake of their very own before class. Inspired by basketball player LeBron James‘ habit of shaking hands with each of his Cavaliers teammates, White told Good Morning America that […]

Great Big Story goes behind the scenes with Japanese mother and food artist Tomomi Maruo to find out more about how she has been teaching others to make incredibly cute character bento boxes (kyaraben) at her home for the past 11 years. In Japan, children bring bento boxes to school with them for lunch, and […]

Burger Fiction celebrates all of the movies throughout history that have won an Academy Award for “Best Cinematography” at The Oscars. The full list of films featured is available to view on Tumblr. We previously wrote about their look at all of the movies that won “Best Picture” and “Best Visual Effects.” Related Laughing Squid […]

CineFix has shared 5 of their favorite little moments of camera movement in the history of film. They features scenes from 20th Century Women, The Passenger, and more. Without camera movement, films would be all static play and no fun. The way the camera moves says more to us than just a show-off of technical […]

The Los Angeles filmmakers of Nukazooka have created a new special effects-filled video where heroic space ranger, Buzz Lightyear, faces off against the evil Darth Vader in an epic real life battle for the ages. Related Laughing Squid PostsEpic Rap Battles of History – Adolf Hitler vs Darth VaderReal-Life Version of Buzz LightyearThings That ‘Star […]

Conan O’Brien sent Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to Washington D.C. to cover the Inauguration event and talk with the crowd. In doing so, Triumph managed to gather hilarious outtakes that are just as funny as the finished video. Triumph finds more Trump supporters to poop on and crashes the inaugural concert in outtakes from […]

Bad Lip Reading has released a hilarious compilation of bad lip reading from the NFL 2016-2017 football season. Players, coaches, and even referees have hilarious words put into their mouths, most of which have nothing to do with football. Bad Lip Reading has created similar highlight videos of the NFL for the past several years. […]

A funny little red fox named Finnegan gleefully played outside in the snow with his beloved human Mikayla Raines, running around in the snow and chasing after a big green plastic ball. This fun was only interrupted by the introduction of a tennis ball that Finnegan enjoyed chasing but wasn’t as keen on bringing it […]

Juggercorn and the Tangerine is a musical “Choose Your Own Adventure” style animated puzzle game by video game musician Adam Hoek where players are asked to make choices and pass tests as they click their way through more than 120 possible videos. Players can also discover clues to a secret website and a hidden T-shirt […]

The School of Life very insightfully explains the wonderful way in which the German language uses the efficiency of compound words to accurately explain emotional situations and reactions. The point is reinforced with such examples as “Schadenfreude” (“Happy-harm”) – joy in another’s suffering, “Schnappsidee” (“Schnapps-idea”) – a great idea had when drunk that doesn’t hold […]

In an episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler reveals why “Ahoy hoy” was once the preferred phrase for answering the telephone and how “Hello” came to usurp it. The very brief popularity of this telephone greeting stemmed from the fact the “ahoy-hoy” was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred way to answer the phone. […]

In December 2016, an adorable 4-month old baby wombat named George survived the car accident that killed his mother despite being in her pouch. Luckily, a kind stranger brought him to the Australian Reptile Park, where he captured the heart of conservationist Tim Faulkner. The feeling is absolutely mutual, as the ever-scurrying George likes to […]

Although many believe crop circles are caused by UFOs or other mysterious phenomenon, Today I Found Out host Simon Whistler explains the surprisingly ordinary origins of the curious patterns that have appeared around the world. It’s remarkable what two bored men can do with some idle time and an iron bar. Related Laughing Squid PostsCirclemakers, […]

Kurzgesagt compares Earth to a prison and says the only way to break out is to pay off a 4.5-billion-year-old energy debt. The video explains how gravity keeps humanity locked up and the ways we have managed to rise above it. We are trapped on earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe… Related […]

Open the Portal animation studio in Los Angeles worked with tattoo artist Sean Arnold of Bob & Charlie Roberts World-Famous Spotlight Tattoo to create “Human Zoetrope,” a 24 frame animated tattoo that was brought to life with the use of a classic rotoscoping animation technique. Eadweard Muybridge‘s famous early experiments in motion photography heavily influenced […]

Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert recently debuted Handle, which he calls a “nightmare inducing” robot that combines wheels and legs for motion. Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson attended the presentation and released a video showing Handle in action, although Boston Dynamics has not yet officially announced the robot. Now the scary robots have wheels! Boston Dynamics […]

While diving in Melbourne, Australia, underwater photographer PT Hirschfield accidentally interrupted a hungry octopus who was trying to feed. In response, the frustrated cephalopod utilized every tool in its arsenal in order to intimidate the diver, who completely understood and respected why the octopus was so defensive. This octopus was NOT impressed when I interrupted […]

The great Jon Stewart made a grand entrance onto The Late Show, where he reunited with former employee Stephen Colbert while wearing a very, very long red tie and some sort of small (hopefully faux) animal on his head. Stewart then took his seat and with a respectful nod to Johnny Carson’s Carnac, predicted the […]

A red-hot lava “fire hose” is pouring into the Pacific ocean off the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. The tube became exposed when a lava delta collapsed around New Year’s Eve. While the lava flows the area around the volcano is considered hazardous, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying to see it for themselves. Related […]

Young Voices, one of largest school choir concerts in the world, performed an amazing version of the classic They Might Be Giants song “Birdhouse in Your Soul” at the O2 Arena in southeast London. Young Voices is a wonderful organization that works with kids from all over the U.K. Our choirs range from 4,500 to […]

For musician YAOG‘s new series, Will It Sad?, he started it off by playing a very sad piano cover of the classic Super Mario Bros. theme song played in a minor key. YAOG‘s cover is available as an MP3 download from Google Drive. Here is the original song for comparison. via reddit, The Awesomer Related […]

Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day wanted to get a deeper understanding of exactly what goes on inside an engine, so he visited Everett from the channel 805RoadKing to film his transparent engine in slow motion. Warped Perception recently created a similar video of a slow motion see-through engine, but Sandlin gets into much more […]

Model builder and artist Luke Towan of Boulder Creek Railroad creates extremely satisfying video tutorials on how to create incredibly realistic scenery and models. In Luke’s ongoing Realistic Scenery Series, he shows his complete build process from start to finish. Fans of Luke and his amazing builds can help support his future work on Patreon. […]

In the 29th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in both Palestine and Israel as modeled by Stav Livne and Zenah Abul Khair, whose hair, makeup, hats and hijab/accessories were styled in correlation with the trends of each country in […]

Kuma Films has captured footage of all sorts of amazing performers from around the globe pulling off incredible juggling trick shots while at SkillCon. A video posted by Kuma Films (@kumafilms) on Jan 25, 2017 at 6:54pm PST Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Impressive Cigar Box Juggling Performance on the Streets of TaipeiA Performer Pulls Off […]

xkcd creator Randall Munroe created an amusing comic, titled “Bird/Plane/Superman,” that features a checklist to help pedestrians figure out if it is a bird, a plane, or actually Superman up in the sky. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘The Myriad Monikers of Metropolis Menaces’, An Art Print by Pop Chart Lab Categorizing Superman’s Villainous FoesHonest Movie Trailers: […]

Time to make the chimi-fuckin’-changas Fictional Food 2 is a solo art show by “independent artist extraordinaire” Joshua Budich at Gallery1988 (East) in Los Angeles featuring his amazing collection of iconic fictional food and drinks from films and television shows. The exhibit opened on January 27th, 2017 and will run until February 11th. Budich’s full […]

New York filmmaker Matt Silverman of Free Dad Videos has created a fantastic cover of Coolio‘s popular song “Gangsta’s Paradise” featuring on point singing by Matt’s adorable 4-year-old daughter Amelia and drumming by his little son Arthur. Matt and his daughter have also covered the songs “Take On Me” by A-ha and Walk the Moon‘s […]

How It Should Have Ended released their animated interpretation of how Marvel‘s Doctor Strange should have ended. It features character art and animation work by Daniel Baxter, with background artwork by Otis Frampton. A video posted by How It Should Have Ended (@hishegram) on Jan 31, 2017 at 9:55am PST Related Laughing Squid PostsHow the […]

A sweet corgi named Cooper very proudly perched at the top of a San Francisco hill, letting the breeze blow back his fur and set propeller on his adorable hat spinning. According to his human, Cooper jumped into place on his own. We bought Cooper (the corgi) a propeller hat and on a windy evening, […]