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To celebrate the one year anniversary of their São Paulo animation studio, the talented folks at Tendril created “Stuff I Thought As A Kid,” a fun animation that features a quirky look at some of the random and silly things that some of us may have thought about as a kid. via Sploid Related Laughing […]

Livonia, Michigan car enthusiast and videographer DtRockstar1 of Rockstar Rides has created a great video compilation celebrating a feature on cars that he truly loves, pop-up headlights. DtRockstar1 includes footage that he took of “just about any car you can think of that has pop-up or hidden headlamps!” A photo posted by www.youtube.com/dtrockstar1 (@dtrockstar1) on […]

Filmmaker Bora Barroso has created a beautiful supercut tribute to all of the wonderful movie references hidden in the Shrek films. To take it up a notch, Bora played all of the references side by side with the scenes from Shrek. music by Really Slow Motion – “Riding the light“ Related Laughing Squid PostsThe World […]

Mario farts his way through the Mushroom Kingdom after eating a bad power-up. The video was edited and voiced by Vsauce host Michael Stevens. Compared to the thoroughly intellectual content Vsauce creates today, it appears the channel was very different back in 2010 when “Mario Farts” was created. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMario Has […]

Joe Hanson from It’s Okay to Be Smart shares some estimates for the total number of species on Earth and also explains how scientists came to settle on those numbers. The video pairs well with the previous episode of the series, which deals with how species are classified. How many species are there on Earth? […]

Australian textile artist Jill Ffench of Fantails and Feet has created an absolutely beautiful line of hand-crafted, embroidered, natural fiber felt peacocks with brightly colored tail feather plumes. The peacocks are just a small part of Ffench’s work, much of which can be viewed and purchased through her Etsy store. In my textile work you […]

A tiny 10-week old greater one-horned rhinoceros calf named Taj who lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, positioned himself very close to his mother as he climbed up rocks, met other animals and generally explored this very new world around him as he made his first public appearance. It’s a whole new world […]

Ric Dunn the “Dadget Gad” tests the Fidget Cube on his fussy children in a hands-on review of the desk toy designed to keep fidgety hands busy. The video is the first in Dunn’s new series that reviews gadgets from a father’s perspective. Antsy Labs funded the Fidget Cube with a Kickstarter campaign in 2016, […]

German sci-fi fan Maria Krüger who also happens to be very creative very generously shared her method for turning an IKEA PS 2014 hanging pendant lamp into an exploding Death Star like the one in Star Wars This project was floating around the internet for a while and I was always faszinated (sic) by the […]

Mary Tyler Moore, the beautiful and iconic actress, dancer and philanthropist who inspired multiple generations of women, passed away on Wednesday, January 25th due to complications from diabetes type 1. She was 80 years old. Friends and fans have taken to social media to express their sadness over this great woman’s passing. #marytylermoore my heart […]

Ed O’Neill appeared on Ellen where he and host Ellen DeGeneres shared a “deleted scene” from their film Finding Dory. DeGeneres says the scene was cut because O’Neal “decided to change the lines.” Ellen revealed a scene from the hit animated film that landed on the cutting room floor after her co-star Ed O’Neill took […]

Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies shows how to make a cute batch of turnip-flavored Pachimari mini cupcakes from Overwatch in her latest tutorial video. The full recipe is available to view on her blog. A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Jan 24, 2017 at 9:37pm PST A photo […]

Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrates how to make a deliciously pixelated Super Mario Bros. themed pie using a large pastry cutter, math, and artistic finesse in her latest tutorial video. A photo posted by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Jan 22, 2017 at 9:59pm PST A photo posted by Pies Are Awesome […]

Vox reporter Phil Edwards goes inside the sport of speed stacking where competitors stack cups into different patterns as fast as possible. The sport originated in a Boys & Girls Club in California in the 1980s and continues to gain popularity as stackers fight for the best times. Sport stacking, cup stacking, speed stacking — […]

A photo posted by Chloe Giordano (@chloegiordano_embroidery) on Nov 10, 2016 at 7:30am PST Oxford, England artist Chloe Giordano has added to her already amazing series of incredibly tiny animal embroideries with all new adorable critters and insects. Chloe’s entire collection of embroideries are all available to view on Instagram, Tumblr, and her portfolio website. […]

While exploring the Costa Rican Rainforest at night, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness and wildlife biologist/photographer Mario Aldecoa discovered a gorgeous Python Millipede hanging out on a tree. The arthropod panicked a bit at first, but relaxed enough to let Peterson show off its hard exoskeleton as well as its multi-legged belly. The […]

While promoting his newest book Tools of Titans on the Tonight Show, author, 4-Hour guru and serial entrepreneur Tim Ferris talked about his psychedelic creative process and demonstrated a therapeutic move from AcroYoga with the physical help of host Jimmy Fallon. Best way to start the day: AcroYoga https://t.co/I4thcyS9i0 pic.twitter.com/iHmTZcqPe5 — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) January […]

Bad Lip Reading is back again and this time they released “Inauguration Day,” a new video featuring a compilation of hilarious bad lip readings that they dug up during the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Bad Lip Reading of the First Republican Presidential Debate in Cleveland, […]

NASA has created a video of a simulated landing on the surface of Pluto using images and data taken from the New Horizons mission that sent a probe for a close pass of the dwarf planet. What would it be like to actually land on Pluto? This movie was made from more than 100 images […]

An ominous teaser trailer for the third and final season of the HBO series The Leftovers, shows a startled group of people gazing upward to watch a very deliberate message being written in the sky. Look up. .@TheLeftoversHBO returns for its third and final season Sunday, April 16 on @HBO. More: https://t.co/JTHt4NuCu2 https://t.co/UwfK4Juh1B — HBO […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a campaign to encrypt the web and encourage website owners and users to make the internet more secure by adopting the HTTPS protocol instead of HTTP. Sandwich Video produced the campaign video which features writer Baratunde Thurston explaining the difference in the protocols and why HTTPS is more secure. […]

In keeping with the popular beauty timelapse trend, Condé Nast Travel has provided a visually chronological history of the past 100 years of Flight Attendant Uniforms. Each decade was modeled by Sonja Wajih and Brooke Fleming, whose hair, makeup and costumes were styled in correlation with the researched uniform trends of the time. Watch the […]

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, Illinois officially announced an adorable addition to their family. In November 2016, a giant anteater named Tulum gave birth to a tiny female pup who rides, almost hidden in plain sight, upon her mother’s furry back. This birth is an important one, as the giant anteater is considered a vulnerable […]

Great Scott! Ryan Tellez of The Warp Zone performed an amusing recap rap of the entire Back to the Future film trilogy. The catchy, yet informative, rap was written by Ryan, Brian Fisher, and David Odom. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Catchy Rap That Recaps Christopher Nolan’s Entire Dark Knight TrilogyMisty Mountains Rap, A Musical Middle-Earth […]

Mike Myers and host Jimmy Fallon dressed in their sporty clothing and competed in an energetic USA vs. Canada “Dice Dance-Off” on an amusing episode of The Tonight Show. The two comedians took turns tossing a six-sided die, featuring hilarious random dances moves, that they had to make up on the spot. Myers also sat […]

To test potential injury risk, researchers at Virginia Tech are repeatedly flying drones into the face of a crash test dummy and studying the impacts. The tests are fun to watch, but they also provide valuable data that the Federal Aviation Administration can use when developing regulations for autonomous flight. Along with the crash dummy […]

Mr Sunday Movies has released an interesting video where he speculates what the meaning is behind the new title for Star Wars: Episode VII, which was revealed to be The Last Jedi, and who might actually be the last Jedi (singular or plural) in the upcoming film. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is scheduled to […]

Blind film critic and YouTube creator Tommy Edison tries to identify 3D printed versions of objects. Using his sense of touch, Edison tries to correctly guess that he is holding tiny versions of a giraffe, the Empire State Building, the space shuttle, and the White House. Edison fan Scott Howie sent in the miniatures and […]

The Associated Press has released footage of Mark Hamill positively reacting to the news that the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII film will be titled The Last Jedi. Hamill likes the title’s samurai vibe, as well as it being straight forward and minimal. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is scheduled to land in theaters on […]

Game developer and programmer Sean (a.k.a. “voidqk“) has created Super Trump Run, a Donald Trump video game parody of Super Mario Run. The object of the game is to keep your head above water, collect money, and avoid the press. Thanks Shelby DeNike! Related Laughing Squid PostsMario Warfare, New Live-Action Military Mario Brothers Web SeriesMario […]

Fret Zeppelin is a unique guitar learning system that uses full spectrum LED lights embedded in an unobtrusive fret add-on directing the player’s fingers to the correct positioning. An accompanying app to enhance the experience is being developed for Android and iOS as well. The system can be used to learn notes, chords, scales and […]

Vsauce host Michael Stevens and his Brain Candy Live partner Adam Savage built a near perfect brachistochrone track to demonstrate that a straight line is not always the fastest way to travel. Related Laughing Squid PostsVsauce Explores the Speed of DarkWhat’s The Brightest Thing In the Universe? by VsauceHow Many Things Are There? by Vsauce

A photo posted by Shorty and Kodi (@shortyandkodi) on Jan 23, 2017 at 6:01am PST I’m Not a Cat, I’m An Alternative Dog by Shorty and Kodi Related Laughing Squid PostsI’m Climbing Up The Christmas Tree Neow, A Song About Cats ‘Helping’ With Holiday DecorationsHow to Do Yoga With Your CatsHow to Exercise With Your […]

In the animated video “How To Be Warm“, the highly insightful School of Life explains that the difference between warm and cool personalities boils down to a differing view of human nature. While the cooler personality is assumed to be more formal and proper, the warmer personality seems to be more casual and aware of […]

British jeweler Nahrena Kohli has created a line of wonderfully modern sterling silver “Ear Climbers” that truly give the illusion that the person wearing them has more piercings than they actually do. The Ear Climbers come in four styles: triangle, square, circle and heart an are available through the Otis Jaxon Etsy store. This modern […]

#Breaking A truck driver has lost his marbles… Literally, 38,000 pounds of them on I-465 SB at the 41mm No ????, ???? for ???????? pic.twitter.com/XWHa6Wk8VE — Sgt. John Perrine (@ISPIndianapolis) January 21, 2017 A truck driver lost 38,000lbs of their marbles after an accident on Interstate 465 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sgt. John Perrine of the […]

The Long Now Foundation, the brilliant minds behind the Rosetta Project, a language archive inspired by the Rosetta Stone, has created the Rosetta Wearable Disk. While this pendant-sized disk is much smaller than the first edition, it contains much of the same valuable information. A limited, numbered edition Wearable Rosetta Disk is currently available in […]

Billy Eichner and Stephen Colbert took to the streets of Manhattan to ask people about living in a “New York bubble” in a clip from Billy on the Street. Just a few days into Trump’s America, Billy hits the street with Emmy winner Stephen Colbert to ask New Yorkers what they’d like to say to […]

Four-year-old Claire Ryan sings a beautiful duet of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from the movie Toy Story with her father Dave Crosby. In 2016, the duo released a studio version of the song, but wanted to do a live version as well. Claire Ryan has also had YouTube hits with versions of other […]

In an adventurous episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler tells the story of how Stephen Hillenburg‘s zany animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants, made it to air on Nickelodeon. As of 2014, the SpongeBob SquarePants brand has generated in excess of $13 billion since the pilot episode was released about a decade and […]

Doctor Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist and author of such best-selling works as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Tales how those with afflictions find way to create a new normal within a community of their own, using the H.G. Wells story “The Country of the Blind” to […]

A photo posted by Paul Fuentes (@paulfuentes_design) on Dec 7, 2016 at 11:59am PST Mexico City photographer and graphic designer Paul Fuentes has created a wonderful collection of colorful and surreal pop art mashups featuring everyday objects, food, and animals. More of Paul’s stunning artwork is available to view on Instagram, Facebook, and his portfolio […]

Seoul, South Korea toymaker Chogy has created a fantastic set of Star Wars action figures that reimagine C-3PO as his stylish “23BLOCK” character Simon, who is dressed from head to toe in gold, and R2-D2 as Simon’s skateboard. A photo posted by CHOGY(??) (@chogy23) on Jan 4, 2017 at 5:37pm PST A photo posted by […]

In appreciation of their current fans and to introduce new people to their music, the absolutely sublime band They Might Be Giants is offering a free download of their “First Album Live“, which contains tracks recorded in 2013 from all over the world. The album is available through their site and was also uploaded to […]

In the Netflix documentary series, Abstract: The Art of Design, eight different artists talk about their creative inspiration, their drive and how their original creations have changed the world around them. The artists spotlighted in the series are graphic designer Paula Scher, illustrator Christoph Niemann, photographer Platon, Nike shoe designer Tinker Hatfield, automotive designer Ralph […]

CineFix released a mischievous new episode of 8-Bit Cinema where they retell Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by Norwood Cheek and Dilara Mundy. Choose to play as your favorite member of the Rebel Alliance and embark on a daring mission to steal […]

A funny tabby named Minnie is a truly great communicator who always responds vocally and on cue whenever her human asks her if she’s hungry. Minnie also adds in a few adorable body movements as if to illustrate her agreement. Every time we ask if she’s hungry… she answers! Minnie is also a firm believer […]

The American Chemical Society series Reactions explores what a cup of coffee can teach people about entropy and the nature of the universe. The chemistry of the universe is, in a way, in your morning cup of coffee — from the evolution of caffeine as a defensive chemical weapon in plants to the swirling eddies […]

In a clip from the PBS version of the BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, an animatronic sea otter captured the rather ingenious ways in which fellow lutrinae utilize their adorable bellies to ferry their young through the water and as a hard surface upon which to crack open shells with rocks. Spy in the […]

In “The Oval Office” editor Brandon Smith perfectly combines clips of the new Donald Trump administration with the theme song from The Office to recreate the opening of the series. For comparison, here is the original opening for the show. Related Laughing Squid PostsEclectic Method Remix of Clinton and Trump Debating to Hip-Hop Version of […]