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In the true adventurous spirit of allowing oneself to get stung or bitten by insects, BBC Earth Unplugged host Maddie Moate, under the expert guidance of Dr. James Logan, stuck her arm into a mosquito box and let the little parasites suck away at her blood. To date, Maddie has had her blood sucked by […]

In honor of the holiday season and the release of Rogue One, the tough but lovable Chewbacca performed a touching rendition of the classic Christmas carol “Silent Night” in his native Shyriiwook.The effect was achieved through a montage created by the folks at How It Should Have Ended using Scott Andersen‘s very clever idea. Merry […]

During a fascinating real-time demonstration in 2016, two very talented sculptors – Professor Sarath Chandrajeewa of the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Sri Lanka and Professor Cao Chang Xu of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing – simultaneously carved each other’s likeness out of clay in less than ten minutes. via […]

In an Peanuts-inspired clip from Adam Ruins Everything, Adam Conover explains the raucous and pagan origins of Christmas traditions, and how it came to be thought of as a more somber religious holiday. Instead of worrying that Christmas isn’t Christian anymore, maybe just let people celebrate the way they want. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Quick […]

Scientists with the Australian Antarctic Division deployed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from O’Brien Bay in East Antarctica to offer a rare glimpse into the flourishing flora and fauna that thrives beneath the thick protective frozen layer of the vast Antarctic Sea. We’re diving under the sea ice in O’Brien Bay, south of Casey research […]

In order to find out what makes certain Christmas songs sound so comforting and cozy“, videographer Estelle Caswell of Vox spoke with journalist and professor Adam Ragusea about his wonderful musicological explanation of the now-classic Mariah Carey song “All I Want For Christmas” on Slate. What Ragusea discovered when comparing the aforementioned song with Darlene […]

Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer from Corridor Digital launched a GoPro from their powerful “Master Blaster” air cannon to capture the view as the camera sails through the air. Pueringer said they liked the effect of launching a GoPro with an arrow, but wanted to keep the camera in the air longer. Potato Cannon we […]

Hasbro has released Clue: Star Wars Edition, an interesting Star Wars version of the classic Clue murder mystery board game. The object of this game, however, is to steal the plans, escape the 3D Death Star, and finally save the entire galaxy as Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, R2-D2, or C-3PO. It is currently available to […]

The filmmakers at Corridor Digital have created “Darth Santa Strikes Back!,” a fun Star Wars themed Christmas video where young Kylo Ren spends time with Grandpa Darth Vader during the holidays. The two cause plenty of trouble around town while getting in some much-needed bonding time. This was a sequel to their 2015 Christmas video, […]

The staff of Conan compete in an over-the-top holiday sweater competition with garments that feature Santa’s sleigh, a mountain with working ski lift, and a full nativity scene. Can anyone top Barbara’s “My Body Is A Winter Wonderland” holiday sweater? Conan is definitely going to try. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Holiday Sweater That Reads ‘Merry […]

Blink Productions, the creative house behind such masterpieces as Buster the Boxer and “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, has created “The 12 Days of Christmas – A Tale of Avian Misery” a brilliant animation that offers a literal interpretation of the classic Christmas song. From the narrator’s (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) hilarious viewpoint, the gifts offered by […]

In episode 5 of the series Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Made, Bill Wann of Aquarium Engineering shows off his elaborate handmade 20,000 gallon reef tank. The tank is so large that Wann had to design a house around it, and he has to suit up in full scuba gear in order to get in and […]

In a fascinating episode of the wonderful Time series “100 Photos“, the voice of Rockefeller Center archivist Christine Roussel shares the history of the incredibly famous 1932 photo entitled “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper“, featuring brave, but unknown men eating 800 feet off the ground. The question of the names of all these men comes up […]

The Holiday Card Plott3r is a robot built by Sanjay and Arvind Seshan with LEGO Mindstorms that quickly prints and signs holiday cards. Users can select the design by placing a cube in the desired configuration to draw a snowflake, a Christmas tree, or even Santa’s signature. The Holiday Card Plott3r solves the holiday card […]

In the ninth episode of the wonderfully informative series “Simon’s Cat Logic“, animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explains why cats like to hunt while Simon Toland illustrates a scene in which a determined Simon’s cat chases after an acorn-flinging fleeing squirrel. Cats are perfectly adapted to hunting, they have excellent eyesight, and they can see low […]

In the absolutely creepy psychological horror film A Cure for Wellness, directed by Gore Verbinski, an ambitious employee (Dane DeHaan) is sent to a remote Swiss wellness spa to locate the company CEO and bring him back home. Instead, the hapless young man finds himself infected after a car accident and at the mercy of […]

With Christmas fast approaching, the team at Creative Lighting Displays created a fascinating Christmas light show synced to Luke Bryan‘s version of the classic holiday song “Run Rudolph Run,” which was originally made famous by Chuck Berry in 1958. Related Laughing Squid PostsAmazing Christmas Light Show Synced to Iconic Star Wars SongsBing Crosby Sings a […]

Vsauce2 host Kevin Lieber collaborated with Two Bit Circus VR to create an interactive 360° video that turns you into a virtual realty Tyrannosaurus rex. Kevin explains everything that he knows about the prehistoric dinosaur while we stand tall as a “tyrant lizard.” Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Interactive 360 Degree YouTube Video Featuring 500 Episodes […]

Cookie Monster reads “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (commonly known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”) while trying not to eat Santa’s cookies in a Christmas video by Sesame Street. Twas the night before Christmas and Cookie Monster was having a real hard time controlling himself. All those delicious cookies for Santa Claus were just […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Star Wars Death Star Bean Bag Chair Cover that will create a “looming presence of the Empire in your house.” The Death Star bean bag chair cover, which does not come with its own fill, is “perfect for Sith Lords, stormtroopers, and Imperial officers.” Fight back against the Empire […]

Figured out how I'm gonna keep these AirPods from falling out of my ears pic.twitter.com/5AKmzVIX5b — Andrew Cornett ????????? (@amotion) December 21, 2016 Andrew Cornett posted a photo of himself using his stretched ear piercings to keep his wireless Apple AirPods from falling out. Some customers have expressed concern that the small wireless earbuds would […]

Mondo is featuring a collection of awesome Christmas ornaments based on the fiendish 1980s toy rubber balls, Madballs, and a metallic sentinel sphere from Don Coscarelli‘s classic horror film, Phantasm. The 4-pack Madballs set (Slobulus, Horn Head, Skull Face, and Dust Brain) and Phantasm sentinel sphere ornaments are available to pre-order from the Mondo shop […]

Bodega Studios, Northern Lights, Mr. Wonderful, and SuperExploder have created “Barb’s Revenge,” their new holiday stop motion animation where a marshmallow Marty McFly and a Ghostbuster join forces to save Stranger Things‘ Barb from the demonic Demogorgon. We previously wrote about Bodega Studios’ Ghostbusters animation from 2014 and Marty McFly animation from 2013. image via […]

Jimmy Fallon teamed up with The Roots, Paul McCartney, and the star studded cast of Sing to perform an a cappella cover of McCartney’s 1979 Christmas song, “Wonderful Christmastime,” on a festive episode of The Tonight Show. Related Laughing Squid PostsPaul McCartney And Jimmy Fallon Sing Scrambled EggsJimmy Fallon, The Roots, and Music Superstars Sing […]

KQED Arts spoke with the projectionists of San Francisco’s famous Roxie Theater to learn more about their craft, what it means to them, how there will always be a need for this skill and the pride of a job well done. The thing about this place. They still have projectionists to do video. In most […]

The Unipiper is back, this time as Santa playing the flaming bagpipes and holding a stack of presents while riding a unicycle around downtown Portland, Oregon. A photo posted by Brian Kidd (@theunipiper) on Dec 19, 2016 at 1:31pm PST Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Unipiper Playing the 1812 Overture With Flaming Bagpipes While Riding a […]

In 2009, Los Angeles balloon artist and musician Addi Somekh performed a range of songs with his amazing balloon bass. Somekh’s friend Andy Sanesi joined in with percussion created from a wooden box. Addi Somekh plays a bass that is made 100% out of latex balloons and air. It is built using an 11 inch […]

An adorable little kitten named Selenite found the comfort that he craved by clinging onto a therapeutic salt lamp that emitted a soft amber glow that warmed the young feline’s bones. Selenite’s human, Celeste Louise Broxsom, who works at Island Iridology and Holistic Healing on the island of Fiji, says that this is a pretty […]

In a two-hour Christmas special for the returning Netflix series Sense8, the birthday-sharing characters lovingly reconnect with one another, if only to help each other survive the nefarious internal and external forces working against them. The special airs on December 23. The second season of the series returns on May 5, 2017. Celebrate on December […]

Filmmaker David Friedman of AARP Studios and Ironic Sans created an interesting mini-documentary in which designer Antonio Alcalá, an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, shared the different processes that goes into designing a postage stamp, how he got into such a career and what he was doing beforehand. It’s almost like a little […]

In a “special gross-out holiday” episode of Binging with Babish, filmmaker Andrew Rea recreated Buddy’s Breakfast Dessert Pasta, a truly memorable dish from the lovable Christmas film Elf. Unfortunately, the stomach-churning combination of pasta and sauce with a variety of gooey, chocolatey sweets left poor Rea with a really bad taste in his mouth. Now […]

MrGear has been experimenting with using three blow torches to heat up a knife to 1000 degrees until it starts glowing, then using it to cut various objects in half, such as a Coca-Cola bottle and a row of lighters. Related Laughing Squid PostsTorching Pennies and Frying an Egg With 2000 Degrees of Solar PowerHow […]

Filmmaker Kaipo Jones of Kaipotainment has created “Ghostbusters Go,” a live action Ghostbusters parody of Pokémon Go featuring popular ghosts like Slimer and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man . It’s like Pokémon GO, but with Ghosts. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Musical 1980s Parody of ‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘Better Call Saul’ Set to a Saul Goodman Remix […]

The Warp Zone performed an a capella cover of the enchanting Westworld theme song. Here is the original Westworld theme song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Capella Cover of the Eerie Stranger Things Theme Song by The Warp ZoneHumorous A Capella Cover of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song by The Warp ZoneA Capella […]

CineFix imagines what the 1996 Coen Brothers film Fargo would be like as a holiday comedy film. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Honest Movie Trailer for the Christmas-Themed Romantic Comedy Film ‘Love Actually’How to Build an Alarm Clock That Plays the Audio From the Beloved Comedy Film ‘Groundhog Day’New Trailers Released for FX’s TV Adaption of […]

Glove and Boots demonstrate several things you should avoid doing while flying on an plane. Related Laughing Squid PostsA $60,000 Fire Breathing Remote Control Flying DragonRemote-Controlled Planes That Look Like a Wizard & Witch Flying on BroomsticksEditing Toy Story 3 at 36,000 Feet

Los Angeles artist Fernando Reza created a new set of eight awesome Super Mario Bros. themed World War II propaganda posters. Each poster is available to purchase online. We previously wrote about Fernando’s first and second series of Super Mario Bros. propaganda posters. images via Fro Design Company submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing […]

A Florida teen named Danielle Lopez got a wonderful holiday surprise when she saw that Tink, her rescued pregnant tabby cat, had given birth to kittens within the cozy warmth underneath the family’s festive Christmas tree. Per Lopez, the kittens are safe and will remain with the Lopez family. Additionally, each of the kittens have […]

Here are 10 ways to protect a Christmas tree from curious cats, such as the lovable Cole and Marmalade. Related Laughing Squid PostsOskar the Blind Kitten Wrestles With a Christmas Tree & Its DecorationsI’m Climbing Up The Christmas Tree Neow, A Song About Cats ‘Helping’ With Holiday DecorationsUber Will Deliver Christmas Trees to People’s Homes

The Los Angeles filmmakers of Nukazooka have created “Skyrim Sneak Logic,” a hilarious new live action video that pokes fun at the overpowered sneaking mechanics in Skyrim. Ever wonder why sneaking in Skyrim is so over powered? Is your pursuit to be a stealth archer proving to be too easy? Wonder how Dovahkiin can make […]

On an out of this world episode of the AWE me Artist Series, the creative Marissa Deal demonstrates how to make a Star Wars themed R2-D2 steampunk teapot. Related Laughing Squid PostsA ‘Star Wars’ Teapot That Looks Like R2-D2How to Make Your Own Star Wars R2-D2 and Dinosaur HeelsTested Checks Out the Anatomy of a […]

Real Life Lore and Wendover Productions collaborated together to explain, via separate animations, the specific conditions that make the United States a sovereign nation thus making it a country, as compared to the European Union which is more of a nation of sovereign nations and thus cannot be considered a country unto itself. In my […]

Seattle visual designer Taras Lesko of VisualSpicer has created Infinity, mind bending 3D optical illusion wall art made using one sheet of paper. It is available to purchase from the VisualSpicer shop. photos via Taras Lesko via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Draw a 3D Optical Illusion of Your HandAn Illuminating Set of […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Fallout Dogmeat Plush toy based on the recurring and loyal canine NPC from the Fallout video game series. The Dogmeat plush comes wearing goggles, a red paisley bandana, and “two other additional random bandanas for special occasions.” Dogmeat is one of our favorite bits about Fallout 4. Somehow having […]

At the culmination of his masochistic quest to endure the most painful insect sting, Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson bravey coaxed an unwilling bullet ant to sting him. The bullet ant, according to Peterson and documented by the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, is known to have the most painful sting of all stinging insects. With […]

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on May 26, 2016 at 4:47pm PDT Atlanta art director and photographer Stephen McMennamy has created brilliant photo and video mashups of people, places, and everyday objects. An elephant becomes a palm tree, a person’s fingers become another person’s legs, and much more. Stephen’s entire collection of photo […]

The Brooklyn-based band, The Gregory Brothers, have turned scenes from the Star Wars film series into catchy autotuned musicals. They made songified hits like, “Tosche Station” and “I Don’t Like Sand”. Related Laughing Squid PostsVideo of The 1996 High School Production of Star Wars the MusicalThe Gregory Brothers Show ‘How to Use a Public Restroom’ […]

Photographer Joshua Nowicki braved the freezing temperatures of the arctic cold front that blew across the Northern United States during the weekend of December 16, 2016 in order to capture absolutely stunning photos of an icy St. Joseph Lighthouse in St. Joseph Michigan. The lighthouse, which sits at the mouth of the St.Joseph River on […]

Today I Found Out host Simon Whistler explains why Amish men only grow beards, but not mustaches. This tradition stems back to the early days of the Amish when wearing elaborate mustaches was common among those in the military. In their early days, the Amish and other Mennonites in Europe were often persecuted by these […]

Filmmaker Casey Neistat built a custom drone powerful enough to lift him off the ground and fly him through the sky. In celebration of Christmas arriving soon, Jesse Wellens of PrankvsPrank helped capture footage of Casey, who is dressed in his finest Santa suit, being pulled by the drone while riding a snowboard in Finland. […]