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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 […]

Eclectic Method has created a robotic remix using only sounds from Michael Bay‘s ongoing Transformers movie series. Skrillex did some of the sound design on the last Transformers movie so the track is kinda dubstep-y. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn R-Rated Remix of the Deadpool Movie by Eclectic MethodScott Pilgrim vs. the World Remix by Eclectic […]

Conan O’Brien sent Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to cover Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC. Triumph met with some Trump supporters to talk about policy, make jokes, and praise Betty White. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog poops all over the new administration and its supporters. Related Laughing Squid PostsTriumph the Insult Comic Dog Returns […]

Dallas, Texas impressionist and musician Brian Hull took a trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, California and did incredible impressions of numerous characters from the park while getting his photo taken with them. Fans of Brian can help support his future work on Patreon. A video posted by Brian Hull (@brianhullsvoice) on Jan 20, 2017 at […]

Paramount Pictures released a video promoting the upcoming film, Rings, that features the cursed young lady Samara Morgan coming to life, climbing out of a television set, and terrifying real-life shoppers. Rings is scheduled to creep into theaters on February 3rd, 2017. Related Laughing Squid PostsHeavy Sea, A Startling Short Film About an Orange Life […]

Looper has released a video where they share some of the most insane movie special effects that were surprisingly created without CGI. they feature the truck flipping scene from The Dark Knight, the blood-vomiting bed scene in Nightmare on Elm Street, and more. From the mass destruction of Metropolis in Man of Steel to the […]

Red Bull has released an awesome video on Facebook that features POV footage of an extreme mountain biker jumping through portals and into all sorts of different race tracks. Related Laughing Squid PostsPOV Footage of a Hot Wheels Car Racing on a Track Through a Neighborhood and UnderwaterMountain Biker Geoff Gulevich’s Insane Downhill Canyon Run […]

In a fascinating demonstration, an unknown person drew a stick figure on a dining room table with a non-soluble marker. The person then poured a cup of water over the figure and after a few second the figure suddenly began moving as if it were dancing. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Overview of the ‘Lost’ Finale […]

In the spirit of diplomacy, the Dutch talk show Zondag Met Lubach, host Arjen Lubach wanted to introduce the 45th President of the United States to his beloved Netherlands through a hilarious parody voiced in English by American ex-pat Greg Shapiro and in a manner that the President would truly understand. The whole world was […]

In 2016, a Namibian truck driver discovered a baby aardvark leaning against one of the tires of his vehicle. After looking around for the aardvark’s mother, the driver decided to leave the tiny, hairless baby in the capable hands of Dr. Erika de Jager of ZURI Orphanage in Tsumeb, Namibia. Unsure what to do, Dr. […]

In 2012, we wrote about The Dorothy Collective‘s very clever “Song Map”, a detailed poster in which all road and location names were taken from song titles. They’ve since updated and incorporated this same idea to the entire world in a classic mid-century style. An imaginary world map where the continents, countries, cities, oceans, rivers […]

Tom Scott visits the thousand-year-old Jelling stones in Denmark to explain how the long dead Danish king Harald Bluetooth came to be memorialized in modern phone technology in an episode of his series Things You Might Not Know. The Jelling Stones, thousand-year-old Viking runestones, sit in the town of Jelling in Denmark. They tell the […]

A digital head is weirdly manipulated in the Adult Swim animation “Face Lift” by Steve Smith and Jerry Paper. The face goes through a number of variously unsettling transformations all set to music.

In a heartwarming clip from the PBS version of the BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, a spy bushbaby captured the gentle and caring relationship between an older wild chimp and the tiny genet kitten whom the primate adopted as his own. When a curious and larger alpha chimp handled the kitten roughly, the older […]

Chef and filmmaker Andrew Rea demonstrates how to cook the “not so terrible” strudel from Inglorious Basterds on his series Binging With Babish. The recipe involves creating a thin, delicate dough that is gently rolled up with a floured tablecloth. Hans Landa is the sherlock-pipe-smokin’, famous-actress-chokin’, Brad-Pitt-pokin’ SS detective we all love to hate. Sure […]

UK production house Mainframe North has created the very amusing “For Approval“, an amusing experimental animation that imagines unlikely features from common objects within different scenarios. This short film was made completely in-house, where they laughingly referred to themselves as their own client. This was an experimental film put together simply as an opportunity to […]

Useless Duck Company CEO Mike demonstrates their latest product, the Useless Salad Machine, a 3D-printed machine that tosses, mixes, and warms salads in the company’s usual impractical style. If you run into any issues while tossing your salad please contact customer support.

Hong Kong designer and cat lover Yan Law has created the “Dim Dim Bubble Bowl“, a hanging acrylic bowl made especially for cats to get comfortable and for humans to be able to see the squishy adorableness of their feline at rest. Using the wisdom of the saying “if it fits, I sits”, the chair […]

WatchMojo.com shares 10 great hidden easter eggs and references found in Marvel‘s epic Deadpool movie. 2016’s Deadpool was a huge hit, and the movie was packed with easter eggs and references to everything from classic movies to modern superhero movies and the comics that inspire them. From all the Wolverine references to Bob’s cameo and […]

A fish becomes the master of its own destiny inside of a robotic fish tank that it controls. The speed and direction of the robot are determined by the position of the fish relative to the middle of its tank, so it changes as the fish swims around in its tank. The robot was built […]

A photo posted by Alex Benetel (@deltalex) on Dec 14, 2016 at 6:41pm PST Sydney, Australia photographer Alex Benetel has shared an awesome collection of photos that he took while behind the scenes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Alex’s entire series of photos are available to view on Instagram and his portfolio website. […]

Host Garyx Wormuloid (Mark Schroeder) from the Wisecrack series Earthling Cinema gave a hilarious alien perspective on the hidden meaning behind Zack Snyder‘s 2009 superhero film, Watchmen. What if an alien in the future stumbled upon Zack Snyder’s Watchmen? Welcome to Earthling Cinema, where we examine the last remaining artifacts of a once-proud culture and […]

redditor detotal shared an amusing photo of the leaping cat ornament on the hood of his Jaguar, which had grown an oddly furry ice coat due to the cold winter weather in the area. The effect was caused by “hoarfrost” which, according to the Weather Channel, is a cold weather anomaly that needs exactly the […]

CineFix has compiled a video featuring their 10 favorite uses of color in cinematic history. They dive into the deeper, richer colors found in Fanny and Alexander (1982) to crazy color pallets, like what is seen in Romeo + Juliet (1996). Color is one of the most effective tools in a storyteller’s arsenal. From fiery […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been revealed as the official title for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII film, which is scheduled to land in theaters on December 15th, 2017. A new poster has also been released alongside the title reveal. We have the greatest fans in this or any other galaxy. In appreciation […]

Warner Bros. released an epic trailer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, an upcoming adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Joby Harold. The exciting trailer follows young King Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) and his crew as they fight on the streets to reclaim Arthur’s birthright that was stolen from him as a […]

To explain the meme of editing versions of Bee Movie in absurd and technically specific ways, PBS Idea Channel created “The Bee Movie But Every Time They Say Bee We Explain The Deal With Bee Movie” which, in keeping with the meme, is exactly what the title describes. Every time someone in Bee Movie says […]

Nostalgia Electrics has created the Bacon Express, a toaster that allows you to vertically cook up to six strips of regular or thick cut bacon. It is available to purchase from Amazon. Welcome to a healthier way to cook bacon to delicious perfection! Use the Bacon Express to easily cook up to 6-strips of regular […]

In the Saturday Night Live digital short “Five Stars“, Aziz Ansari and Bobby Moynihan try to impress each other for a five star Uber rating using small talk, weird mints, and some light touching. Related Laughing Squid PostsStand Up To Cancer: Use The Force For Good, Comedic Stars Wars Themed Cancer Awareness CampaignDangerously Delicious, Aziz […]

Nine-year-old Marley cries tears of joy when her mother surprises her with a new kitten that Marley has named Ella. Marley and Ella made a thank-you video after the original clip hit more than one million views. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Young Girl Cries Tears of Joy When She Receives a Doll With […]

How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand received a little help from his adorable daughter while demonstrating how to properly discipline your toddler. Using the old “confused dad” routine and throwing out Santa threats all year round are both 100% acceptable. We’ve previously written about Jordan and his hilarious parenting advice. Related […]

NEON has released a trailer for Colossal, an upcoming sci-fi action comedy film directed by Nacho Vigalondo and starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Tim Blake Nelson, and Austin Stowell. The film follows Gloria (Anne Hathaway), a woman who recently lost her job and boyfriend in New York, waking up one morning and realizing […]

Gabe the Dog, a wonderful little white dog who had a very big and unique bark (bork) that made him the subject of numerous videos and memes, sadly passed away on January 20, 2017. According to his human Jesse Hamel, Gabe had been struggling with heart disease for quite a while. Christian Gassner of Rapid […]

Barnaby Dixon, the brilliant puppeteer who created MANU the incredible performing warrior finger puppet, introduced another of his designs – the Raptor Puppet, an adorable one-handed puppet whose design he based upon a dinosaur, but a personality more commonly found in domestic animals. In terms of the character – well the dinosaur’s personality… I’m not […]

In a very timely cold open for the January 21st episode of Saturday Night Live, a bare-chested Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) addressed the American public for the first time after the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, offering them comfort about the future of their country and faith in their newly elected […]

A flat-voiced chorus of children reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance” against a stormy, dystopian visual of an upside-down United States flag warns of very dark days ahead in a chilling promotion for the fifth season of the Netflix political drama House of Cards. The series premieres on May 30, 2017. One nation. Underwood. House of […]

ElectroBoom host Mehdi Sadaghdar demonstrates how to power an entire room and avoid electrocution during a power outage. As usual, Sadaghdar’s demonstration involves shocking himself multiple times. Have you ever been in a power outage, and wished you were not in a power outage?! And could turn at least a few things on? You might […]

Shibu presents a visual timeline of how the American dollar bill has evolved since first being introduced in 1862. In that time, the dollar has gone through many design and security changes. In this video I show the American 1 dollar note, from 1862 to the note that is being used today. It is worth […]