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A LEGO Mindstorms robot plays an impressive piano cover of “On Longing” by Holly Throsby in a video by the channel TECHNICally Possible. The robot uses multiple motors to control the placement and motion of its four fingers. Piano playing Lego robot. Uses one main driving motor, and 3 motors to control positioning of: The […]

Australian photographer Aaron Walker has created “Dragformation“, an absolutely magnificent series showing the before and after transformation of drag performers as they emerge from their quiet, shyer side into their fabulously made-up, bewigged glamorous selves. Walker, a former performer himself, was able to capture both the inner and outer beauty of the person who standing […]

John Oliver and Late Show host Stephen Colbert read real local events from Oliver’s hometown in the segment “Bedford of Bedfordshire’s Community Calendar.” During the appearance, Oliver and Colbert also discussed the “non-zero chance” that Oliver could be deported, or as he put it, “tea bagged and tossed out.” Related Laughing Squid PostsTalk Show Hosts […]

xBenQCatx has created a side-by-side comparison video that features a lot of the fantastic similarities between Disney’s 1991 and 2017 Beauty and the Beast films. via /Film Related Laughing Squid PostsA Trailer for Disney’s 1991 Film Beauty and the Beast Made in the Style of the 2017 Live Action RebootDisney’s 1991 Animated Film ‘Beauty and […]

AMC has released a new trailer for season 7 of The Walking Dead that finds the cast rising up and fighting tooth and nail for the future. Season 7 is set to return Sunday, February 12th, 2017 at 9 PM EST. A photo posted by The Walking Dead (@amcthewalkingdead) on Feb 6, 2017 at 5:42pm […]

Actors Matt Smith and Claire Foy of the royal Netflix series The Crown sat down to an amusing game in which one would read aloud a polite British phrase and the other would translate it into its actual meaning. For example, when one said “It’s not quite what I had in mind”, the other would […]

A photo posted by Sam Milham (@samuelmilham) on Jul 2, 2016 at 2:08am PDT Australian illustrator and graphic designer Sam Milham has created Caffeine Junkies, an amusing series of drawings featuring popular cartoon characters and pop icons before they’ve had their morning coffee. Sam is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help turn his illustrations […]

To celebrate John Wick: Chapter 2 blasting its way into theaters this week, Burger Fiction took a look at the evolution of Keanu Reeves’ movie career. As big fans of the first John Wick, we are excited about the sequel, and we thought it would be fun to take a look back at Keanu’s career. […]

An amazing clip from the Sir David Attenborough-narrated BBC Earth series Blue Planet takes a look at the marvelous deep sea creatures who have the unique ability to make themselves glow in bright, beautiful colors through bioluminescence in order easily to attract prey. This clip is part of a fascinating series that explores the mysteries […]

Joe Penna, also known as Mystery Guitar Man, created Bird Dubstep, a fabulous compilation of bird sounds from videos that were remixed into a respectable dubstep tune. Birds + Dubstep = https://t.co/76B33cTqNy pic.twitter.com/DOgLDCFBT6 — Joe Penna (@MysteryGuitarM) February 4, 2017 Related Laughing Squid PostsDubstep Power Tools by MysteryGuitarManMy Dubstep Kitchen, Music Video Featuring Everyday Kitchen […]

In October 2016, an adorably unsteady elephant calf named Elle at the MalaMala Game Reserve had a bit of a time remaining upright while learning how to how to take her first wobbly steps. Luckily, her very protective siblings stuck close and lifted Elle back up whenever she fell. Eventually, however, Elle learned to walk. […]

A VHS tape from 1996 demonstrates what the internet looked like in its early days. The instructor takes viewers through the exciting world of “Hyper Text Transport Protocols“, “Universal Resources Locators“, and speeds as fast as 28.8 Kbps. Transferred from a VHS video tape, this 1996 video shows how to use a PC and how […]

From October 6 – December 4, 2016, a fascinating large scale installation of a slowly self-destructing cubicle was featured front and center in the window of the Rice Gallery in Houston, Texas. New York City artist Jonathan Schipper created the installation, entitled “Cubicle”, and controlled it by a cable system that moved each piece towards […]

Netflix announced that the mysterious drama series “The OA” has been renewed for second season with a campaign of ominously ethereal teaser trailers, although a premiere date has not been decided as of yet. Something always survives. Coming: The OA Part II. A video posted by The OA (@the_oa) on Feb 8, 2017 at 7:49am […]

Emma Watson faces an old enemy in “Beauty and Lord Voldemort.” The trailer was created by PistolShrimps and cleverly combines the upcoming live action Beauty and the Beast and the Harry Potter films, both of which star Watson. Who could ever learn to love a real beast like Voldemort? Related Laughing Squid PostsEmma Watson Becomes […]

A chatty group of rescued baby sloths at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica were just hanging around and decided to carry on an adorably squeaky conversation amongst themselves in front of the humans present. The sanctuary has been officially rescuing sloths since 1997. The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica was officially authorized as a […]

Will Arnett lived a parental nightmare by walking barefoot across a perilous pit of LEGO bricks on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote The LEGO Batman Movie. During his appearance, Arnett also discussed putting his children in the movie, his 10,000 yard stare, and his reboot of The Gong Show. The LEGO Batman Movie opens in […]

The Simpsons has been around on television for families to enjoy since 1989 and surpassed 600 episodes last year. FXX celebrated the occasion by airing all 600 episodes starting on Thanksgiving Day. In honor of the marathon, the creative team at We Are Royal made an animated 300 themed video, titled “Simpsons 600,” featuring plenty […]

Sofia, Bulgaria artist Liliya Koleva-Bardarova of Bird Art Studio has created a spine chilling collection of handmade alien, barbarian, monster, and animals masks that are out of this world. They are available to purchase from her BirdArtBulgaria Etsy shop. images via BirdArtBulgaria via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Alien Facehugger Ski MaskCotton Monster, A […]

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for The LEGO Ninjago Movie, their upcoming animated action comedy film directed by Charlie Bean (Tron: Uprising) and the second spin-off of The Lego Movie. The movie follows young master builder Lloyd (Dave Franco), who is also known as the Green Ninja, as he is forced to face […]

Bill Nye is back to save the world with his new Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World. The series will cover a different scientific topic per episode with experiments, discussions, and appearances by celebrity guests like Rachel Bloom, Zach Braff, and Joel McHale. The series debuts on Netflix on April 21, 2017, appropriately just […]

A photo posted by Ai Takahashi (@malohawaii) on Feb 8, 2017 at 7:05am PST The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, which is taking place from February 6–12 in 2017, has a number of elaborate and amusing sculptures featuring characters and scenes from Star Wars, Final Fantasy VII, Pikachu and PPAP. Additionally, an amazing reproduction of the […]

Filmmakers JCL Aragón and Adrián Gutiérrez of Glass Distortion have created a great video essay comparing visual influences and references from director Michal Mann‘s collection of films that are found in The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn iOS & Android App-Controlled Version of Batman’s Tumbler Batmobile From Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ […]

Steve Feltham has been hunting the Loch Ness Monster as his full-time career since 1991, and he is the subject of “The Loch Ness Watchmen” by Great Big Story. Despite decades of searching, Feltham claims to have only had one mysterious sighting. The Loch Ness Monster is one of our most enduring myths. People have […]

While filming on location in Botswana for the fascinating wildlife series “Spy in the Wild“, the crew noticed that the pack of wild dogs they’d been following had encircled and treed a juvenile leopard. Once satisfied that the leopard was sufficiently humiliated, the dogs left. While the big cat was out of danger, his pent […]

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, but where was his bodyguard? Today I Found Out host Simon Whistler explains that John Frederick Parker, the police officer tasked with protecting Lincoln, had a history of literally falling asleep on the job. Unfortunately, even had the organization been instituted earlier, it […]

Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant is back with another funny prank where he managed to sneak a collection of fake music albums into a local music store. A photo posted by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) on Feb 7, 2017 at 9:54am PST A video posted by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) on Feb 6, 2017 at 11:03am […]

“You can’t get very far in life if you don’t get away from Self” In a remarkable episode of the PBS interview series Blank on Blank that’s beautifully animated by Blend, legendary scientist, botanist and inventor George Washington Carver eloquently opened upabout how he viewed his work in the laboratory as his search for the […]

Fingers of Steel is a short film by Germany, Dresden artist and skateboarder Sebastian Linda that gives us an inside look at athlete Chris Heck as he journeys through the dangerous world of fingerboarding. Chris demonstrates some of the incredible and “life threatening tricks” that he must pull off on a daily basis to up […]

Casually Explained offers some dating advice in the form of relationship red flags to look out for when dating someone new. The warnings range from the practical to the absurd, but ultimately ask the viewer to look inward. White and Red Flag: Disappears for January without a trace, comes back in February expecting you to […]

Brick Burger is a unique restaurant in Pasig, Philippines that serves their customers square burgers that come with LEGO brick shaped buns in multiple colors. A photo posted by Brick Burger (@brickburgerph) on Jan 3, 2017 at 8:14am PST A photo posted by Brick Burger (@brickburgerph) on Dec 23, 2016 at 3:30pm PST A photo […]

A TBS Vendetta FPV racing drone from TeamBlackSheep encountered some paragliders while exploring a snowy Austrian mountain landscape at St. Anton am Arlberg. The TBS Vendetta coasting across the mountain landscape of Austria, Tirol. Getting acquainted with other airborne creatures and teasing them a bit! submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid PostsIncredible Footage […]

Filmmakers Clinton Jones and Freddie Wong of RocketJump have created “Dog Wick,” a fantastic special effects-filled parody of John Wick that follows an adorable canine who violently guns down a group of bad guys. John Wick: Chapter 2 is set to blast its way into theaters this week on Friday, February 10th, 2017. They messed […]

An adorable group of curious cats thought that they might have had a new addition to their family when their human brought home a very realistic novelty pillow that looked just a sleeping kitty. The inquisitive felines found out that the pillow was a fake when they sniffed at it so hard that it fell […]

A grass snake in Denmark plays dead on a cold autumn day as a natural defense mechanism against predators and curious people with video cameras. The grass snake uses different strategies when it’s attacked by a predator. One is playing dead, lying on the back with its mouth open and the tongue hanging out. I […]

Industrial designer James Piatt has created the Wine Glass Mask, an inventive goblet that’s shaped like an oxygen mask with facial contours that focus the bouquet of the vintage and controls the amount of oxygen that gets lost as the wine breathes by bringing it back into the glass. As red wine breathes wine molecules […]

Lena Dunham answers 73 random questions by Joe Sabia for Vogue while showing off her home and poodles. Dunham even fields a question asked by Neil Patrick Harris who answered his own series of questions in 2016. Related Laughing Squid PostsTaylor Swift Answers 73 Questions While Giving a Tour of Her Beverly Hills HomeLena Dunham […]

The National Geographic Short Film Showcase documentary “Mr. Overton” tells the story of 109-year old Richard Overton, the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States. Using pictures and examples from his past and his current daily habits – including enjoying a good cigar, Mr. Overton shares what he’s learned over the years […]

Celebrity guests like Maya Rudolph, Sarah Silverman, and Adam Scott join Michael Bolton for Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special on Netflix. The special was directed by Scott Aukerman from Comedy Bang Bang and Akiva Schaffer from The Lonely Island. Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special is streaming now and features some of […]

Working with the wonderful Carnegie Hall program Ensemble Connect, the Brooklyn Duo performed a beautifully lush, melodic version of the 1984 a-ha dance tune “Take On Me”. Accompanying them was a very talented chamber ensemble made up of violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon and trombone. Take On Me by a-ha, arranged and performed LIVE […]

Enthusiastic antkeeper Mikey Bustos from AntsCanada narrates his colony of yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) moving to a massive new terrarium to battle a mite infestation in their old home. As a reward for their successful relocation, Bustos drops in a large cockroach for the colony to devour in celebration. A huge war between The […]

Toronto, Canada gamers and artists Jill and T-Bone Forest of Glitch Artwork have created a collection of awesome 3D video game shadow boxes featuring designs based on old school arcade and console games like Pong, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Rampage, Space Invaders, and Super Mario World. The entire series of […]

While visiting the Kids Saving the Rainforest organization in Costa Rica, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness went off in search of a meal with Mr. Bean, an adorable baby tamandua (lesser anteater). Upon finding the perfect spot to eat, Peterson watched closely as Mr. Bean eagerly devoured a bevy of termites from the […]

Before Super Bowl 51 took place last weekend, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s team at Seven Bucks Productions managed to set a Guinness World Record for creating the world’s largest seven-layer dip while live on Facebook. The team gave away all 540 pounds of seven-layer dip (with chips) to the homeless. A video posted by Guinness […]

Virgin founder Richard Branson and Barack Obama had a kitesurfing and foilboarding contest in the British Virgin Islands. Now that Obama has some free time, the pair have already planned a rematch off the island of Anegada. One of the first stories Barack told me when he and Michelle arrived on Moskito Island was how, […]

In honor of The Lego Batman Movie hitting theaters later this week, Looper took a look at some of the untold truths about The Lego Movie. They reveal that the animated comedy film almost starred R2-D2, that they featured Will Arnett‘s Lego Batman for the cool factor, and that producer Dan Lin had a tough […]

Netflix released the official trailer for Iron Fist, their upcoming original series that follows Marvel superhero and martial arts master Danny Rand (Finn Jones) as he returns home to avenge his parents. Iron Fist is set to premiere March 17th, 2017 on Netflix. Fifteen years after being presumed dead in a plane crash, Danny Rand […]

Artist Alan Wolfson worked with the original production designer of Seinfeld, Thomas Azzari, to create a tiny and highly detailed replica of Jerry Seinfeld‘s iconic apartment. They are available to pre-order from the Seinfeld Set Replica website and scheduled to ship in June 2017. images via Seinfeld Set Replica via io9 Related Laughing Squid PostsHand-Drawn […]

GE attempted the “Unimpossible Mission” of catching lightning in a bottle and harnessing its energy. The experiment generated two million volts that engineers used to quickly charge a battery and start a car. “Futile!” “Unfeasible!” “Impossible!” At GE, these are some of our favorite words, because we love doing things that supposedly can’t be done. […]

19-year-old Willem Pennings built an Arduino-powered machine that quickly sorts M&Ms and Skittles by color using a color sensor, stepper motor, and 3D-printed parts to direct the flow of candy into six bowls. A sorting machine that is able to sort candy by colour has been on my to-do list for multiple years. I finally […]