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In 2015, 20-year old Tanner Brownlee of Greeley, Colorado became aware that the squad car that once belonged to his father, a Weld County Deputy killed in the line of duty, was being sold through auction, he started a GoFundMe page to raise money to bid on the car. Unfortunately, the bidding went far higher […]

Life Noggin explains how people with different types of blindness perceive the world. Depending on the cause and extent of the blindness, the age at which the person became blind, and other factors, a person’s perception of the world around them can vary greatly. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Visual Explanation of How Color Blind People […]

A creative human named Sam of Prefabcat crafted wonderfully eccentric “ark” for his beloved cat Dinni. The entire structure is built out of cardboard and held together with hot glue. Being that Sam loves making things out of cardboard and Dinni loves cardboard, there was no way that anything could go wrong. Cardboard is so […]

Self-taught filmmaker Simon Scheiber of Trim Tab Design has created “The Lighthouse“, a brilliant black-and-white, stop-motion animation that tells the story of a sleepy keeper who discovers that he can design a world of his own with his own hands and a bottle of ink. This wonderful piece was shot using over 14,000 photos over […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Fallout Pip-Boy Molded Mug based on RobCo Industries‘ legendary electronic personal information device from the Fallout video game series. When Preston is sending you on errands for the beloved Minutemen, you’re going to get thirsty. Or tired. Probably both. That’s why we turned your favorite accessory for traveling across […]

British Columbia, Canada maker and University of Victoria chemistry professor Scott McIndoe (a.k.a. “makendo“) has created a colorful 3D periodic table lamp based on French geologist Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois‘ “Telluric Spiral.” The tutorials are available to view on Instructables. The first periodic table was developed in 1862 by a French geologist called Alexandre-Émile Béguyer […]

Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson traded in his trademark brimmed hat for a helmet as he and his crew rode through the desert of southern Utah on Polaris RZRs provided by St George ATV Rentals and Tours to search for preserved tracks that were left by dinosaurs over a hundred million years ago. Believe it […]

During the unexpected first snowfall of the season in Montréal, QC, Canada, office worker Willem Shepherd and Th4tCanadianGuy captured the frightening sight of cars, buses and even a snow plow sliding into a crazy traffic pileup due to the unplowed street. Luckily, according to Shepherd, no one was badly hurt. The accident happened at 10am […]

Mondo has created an amazing two-sided Spider-Man slip mat for decorating your turntables. The superhero slip mat, which features “two classic forms of Spidey’s logo,” is currently available to pre-order and scheduled to ship in January 2017. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsTen Steps to Making a Hit Superhero MovieIron Man and Spider-Man Illustrations […]

In a touching 2016 holiday ad for the Polish online store Allegro entitled “English for Beginners“, a genial older man receives a special delivery of books and other tools that will help him teach himself English. At first the man is a little nervous, but some time and random post-it notes around the house, he […]

CineFix has released a new episode of their Homemade Movies series where they do a homemade, shot for shot remake of the second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. CineFix also created a side by side comparison and behind the scenes video. Related Laughing Squid PostsHomemade Remake of a Scene From the Battle […]

Hammacher Schlemmer has released a collection of ceramic Star Wars Steins created in the likeness of four iconic characters (R2-D2, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and Chewbacca) from the Star Wars movie series. These are the steins that impart intergalactic intrepidity to one’s imbibing. Made from high-quality ceramic and topped with pewter-hinged lids, each 32-oz. stein […]

The designers of the devious party game Werewolf have relaunched their game with an improved deck that features more cards, higher quality, and new types of villagers and werewolves. The card game is a physical version of a classic party game where friends are either werewolves or villagers, and they kill each other off to […]

Chef and filmmaker Andrew Rea spent 12 hours recreating “The World’s Greatest Sandwich” from the Adam Sandler movie Spanglish in an episode of his series Binging With Babish. The 12 hour timeframe included baking the bread used in the sandwich from scratch. Spanglish, the movie your aunt refers to as a “must-watch!”, is home to […]

Pantone Universe has created a wonderful series of glass Pantone color swatch themed Christmas ornaments. The colorful ornaments are available to purchase from the Pantone shop and Amazon. Happy Holidays from Pantone! Enjoy tree trimming or home decorating with a four-pack of Pantone collectible glass ornaments. Keep them all for the creative designer in you, […]

With help from his adorable little daughter, How to Dad creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand demonstrates how to go grocery shopping with a baby. We’ve previously written about Jordan and his helpful parenting advice. Related Laughing Squid PostsNew Zealand Father Demonstrates How to Teach a Baby to Climb a FenceNew Zealand Father Demonstrates […]

Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series directed by Michael Bay and sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction. The trailer features the worlds of Transformers and humans colliding and engaging in a major a war, Optimus Prime is seen going rogue and […]

Saturday Night Live introduced Fisher Price’s new “Wells for Boys“, a line of plastic wells for sensitive little boys to use to contemplate their complicated lives. The commercial parody was written by Julio Torres and Jeremy Beiler, and it features episode host Emma Stone as the boy’s understanding mother. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Remarkable Ways […]

Just a few days before Thanksgiving 2016, Lauren Haroutunian of Rocket Jump Film School and Jimmy Wong of Feast of Fiction demonstrated how to make a holiday dinner perfectly camera ready using such items as hairspray, shaving cream, super glue and tampons. In the spirit of the holiday season, we decided to talk about food […]

The Swanky is a whimsical, self-balancing ladle by Ototo that gracefully floats atop soup like a graceful swan across water. Ototo is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in order to bring Swanky to market. Here comes the masterpiece of your kitchen! This elegant ladle will fancy up any dinner. Floating with grace, balanced like a […]

“Digital alchemist” Fuzzy Wobble demonstrates the 90 From The 90’s Boombox, a hacked payphone that plays a selection of 90 songs from the 1990s including tracks from Sugar Ray, Chumbawumba, and Coolio. When I first started this project I suspected payphones would be hard to get, expensive, and a hassle to hack. I was wrong […]

The filmmakers at Corridor Digital brilliantly put a literal spin to the poignant lyrics of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody“, which were acted out in a scene appropriate to the song. Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead. Mama, life had just begun, But […]

Trusted Contacts by Google is a personal safety app that lets users share their location with others, or request the location of a loved one in an emergency. Users manage their list of contacts that can view their location, and the app can even work when the phone is offline by reporting the phone’s last […]

Jimmy, filling in for Stéaviñ of EBS Tutorials, demonstrates how to pronounce “maths”, including a helpful example using it in a sentence. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Pronounce UranusHow To Pronounce Various File ExtensionsForvo, Word Pronunciations by Native Speakers

During a last wish boar hunting trip for a boy with terminal cancer, the group discovered that a big buck kangaroo had Greig Tonkins’ beloved dog in a deadly headlock. The 6’7″ Taronga Western Plains Zoo employee made his way towards the animals, causing the giant marsupial to become distracted and let go off the […]

A photo posted by Astronomy Picture Of The Day (@astronomypicturesdaily) on Dec 5, 2016 at 3:34am PST Astronomy Picture of the Day is featuring an incredible photo of lightning over Colorado by Joe Randall. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Amazing Composite Image Captures a Lightning Storm Against the Super Blood Moon Lunar EclipseAn Incredible Photo of […]

In 2012, we wrote about photographer Martin Usborne and his efforts to raise money through Kickstarter to fund his upcoming, unnamed “Dogs in cars” photography art book. The fundraising was successful and shortly thereafter the new book entitled “The Silence of Dogs in Cars“. Usborne used his own childhood memory to create the story. I […]

The MasterPan is a simply ingenious multi-compartment skillet that evenly cooks different components of an entire meal on a single burner. This in turn, cuts down on cooking time confusion, allows other burners to remain free and makes cleanup much simpler. The Laughing Squid Store is currently offering the MasterPan Multi-Sectional Meal Skillet 2 for […]

On a super powered episode of Discovery Channel‘s Daily Planet show Make It Real, engineer James Hobson (a.k.a. “The Hacksmith“) built an incredible working version of Batman‘s iconic grappling hook gun. Fans of The Hacksmith can help support his future work on Patreon. A video posted by James Hobson (@thehacksmith) on Dec 2, 2016 at […]

Writer Nicholas Tecosky is a very funny, but tired human to a vociferous orange cat named Italics. After a week of early wake-ups, Tecosky took his revenge. He approached a sleeping Italics, let out a loud meow and hilariously inquired “are you sleeping?”. The drowsy feline just looked at his human and moved over just […]

Fresno, California freelance trailer editor Clark Zhu has created “Moving Pictures 2016,” a supercut video celebrating 260 films released in the past year. He features scenes from The Conjuring 2, Captain America: Civil War, The Magnificent Seven, and many others. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Final Cut 2014’, A Supercut Celebrating 330 […]

Amazon has announced Amazon Go, physical brick and mortar stores that make use of what the company calls “Just Walk Out” technology to allow users to simply walk into a store, select their items for purchase, and walk out of the store with them without having to wait in line to checkout. The system makes […]

Google Trends has posted a truly entertaining, if not a tad troubling, map of the United States that plots the single, most popular word in each state that is most searched via Google for its proper spelling. The map also notes how many and which states share the same word. It's the #spellingbee finals! These […]

Roommates Kal Fadem and Warren Strickler accidentally tapped out the beginning of the Super Mario Bros theme song during a game of ping pong that took place in 2009. My roomate (Warren Strickler) and I (Kal Fadem) film every game of ping pong we play in our apartment. During one game we hit a series […]

To celebrate the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on December 16th, artist Nicolas King (a.k.a. “NIXOLAS“) used Golaem crowd simulation software to create a wrap party for the new film that features stormtroopers and AT-ACT walkers dancing and twerking to catchy music on a beautiful island. A video posted by Nicholas King […]

The Pathfinder fights for a new home for humanity in the official gameplay trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda, the latest game in the popular Mass Effect series. The game will be released for Xbox One, PS4, and PC and is available to preorder now. Mass Effect: Andromeda puts you in the role of the Pathfinder; […]

A stunning new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Director Gareth Edwards and creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan give us a sneak peek at the incredible creatures that will be seen in the upcoming film. Rogue One is currently scheduled to blast its way into theaters on […]

Laughing Squid has partnered with the flash sale site MorningSave to offer an online popup shop of curated items that are available to purchase at a significant discount from the list price. The shop includes such items as a Plasma Beam lighter 2-Pack, a Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker, a Martian Notifier Smartwatch, a Wireless Gaming […]

The Auralnauts recut scenes from the Star Wars film series to create a fantastic music video where DJ Dooku drops some sick beats during a lightsaber filled “Jedi Party.” Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Star Wars: Modern Lightsaber Battle’, A Short Fan Video With Absurd Lightsaber Escalation Between a Jedi and SithA Jedi and Sith Lord Sharpen […]

An emergency team from Care for Wild Africa Rhino Sanctuary came to the rescue of an eight-month old female rhinoceros who had been shot by the same poacher who killed her mother with a high-powered rifle. The injured orphaned calf had been spotted in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa, but it took close to […]

Mr Sunday Movies takes a look at easter eggs, cameos, and hidden references found in the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Related Laughing Squid PostsMTV Points Out and Explains Nearly Every Hidden Easter Egg Found in Marvel FilmsDaredevil Season 2 Easter Eggs, Secret Cameos and Hidden ReferencesCaptain America: Civil War Easter […]

A man who is way too into beer tries to share his passion with disinterested bar patrons in a sketch by Third Leg Studios. The sketch is actually a clever ad for That UltraBeer Thing, the ultrasonic device the overzealous beer fanatic demonstrates in the video. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘How to Tell If You’re a […]

To see how dry ice reacts in a pond frozen over with a thin layer of ice, “King of Random” Grant Thompson dumped a full bucket of it into his small fish pond. The dry ice easily broke through the pond’s icy layer and trapped carbon dioxide gas bubbles underneath. After discovering the Styro-Slicer doesn’t […]

Melbourne, Australia freelance artist Darren Wallace has created “Star Wars: Rogue Wha?,” a bizarre trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that features “the Rebels secret weapon to fight off AT-ACT walkers, an awkward TIE striker landing, and Death (Metal) Troopers.” Fans of Darren can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing […]

Sony released a reveal trailer at PlayStation Experience (PSX) 2016 in Los Angeles for The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog‘s sequel to The Last of Us from 2013 that takes place about five years after the first video game. The trailer revealed the return of both Joel and Ellie, who players will assume […]

Johnny Harris from Vox explains the problem with map projections (flattening a spherical globe to a two-dimensional surface) and why all maps are wrong, particularly the commonly used Mercator projection. My struggle to make a flat map out of the plastic globe is indicative of a challenge mapmakers have faced for centuries: It is mathematically […]

On a Star Wars episode of Wisecrack, host Jared Bauer digs deep and explores the philosophical origins of one of the most legendary cinematic characters, evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition on The Philosophy of Darth Vader, where we explore the philosophical origins of one of the most tragic arcs in […]

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for The Mummy, an action-packed reboot of The Mummy franchise starring Tom Cruise. The trailer features military commandos taking a mummy tomb to London and awakening mummy princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), who is hell-bent on revenge. The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by Jon Spaihts, is […]

Marvel has released a teaser trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which hits theaters in May 2017. A video posted by Marvel Entertainment (@marvel) on Dec 3, 2016 at 2:46pm PST Related Laughing Squid PostsStar-Lord and Drax Hug It Out in Sneak Peek Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Galaxy Getaways, Marvel’s […]

A photo posted by Sketcha (@sketchadesign) on Dec 21, 2015 at 1:57am PST Israeli designers Sharona Merlin and Chen Ben-Ami of Sketcha Design have created a beautiful line of necklaces that proudly feature city skylines from all over the world. While a number of popular cities are already available through their Etsy store, a personalized […]