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Pawel Zadrozniak (a.k.a. “Silent“) recently created a great rendition of the song “Black or White” by Michael Jackson on The Floppotron, which consists of 64 floppy drives, 8 hard drives, and 2 scanners. Here is the original song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Game of Thrones Theme Song Played on 64 Floppy Drives, 8 […]

Great Big Story spoke with musician Susanna Gartmayer who is a member of the amazing Vegetable Orchestra in Vienna, Austria. The Orchestra is incredibly unique as all of their primary instruments are made completely out of vegetables that are prepared to play before the show along with a soup made from the leftovers. We make […]

The Twinkling Stars Skirt by ThinkGeek is a wonderful piece of clothing that ensures the stars will be out whenever it’s being worn. Based upon an actual constellation, the triple-layer blue skirt is equipped with 45 feet of LED wire and a battery pack that is easily hidden inside the waistband, making it nice for […]

In the last few minutes of his trip to the Arctic, Tom Scott took a tour of a relay station to learn how the internet reaches some of the most remote places in the world. Jakob emailed me when I said I was headed to the Arctic, offering to help out with a video. I […]

Film critic Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, demonstrated how blind people find Braille signs in unfamiliar surroundings. Edison shot a portion of the video at VidCon while he was trying to find a conference room. Related Laughing Squid PostsBlind Film Critic Tommy Edison Answers a Question About How He Understands the Concept of […]

An adorable little rabbit named Reuben heartily enjoyed a yummy dandelion in one fell swoop without dropping a single petal from his mouth. Another little bunny also separately enjoyed the very same flower, just as cute albeit a bit more messy about it. Reuben seems to enjoy showing off his little tongue every so often. […]

Cartoonist John Atkinson has created Rock ‘n’ Roll Medical Chart, a clever illustration that incorporates classic song titles that sound medical in nature, be it affliction (“Hurt“), cure (“Take It Easy“) or caregiver (“Doctor Feelgood“.) Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Rock and Roll Zoo’, Illustrations Featuring Literal Interpretations of Rock Songs With Animal-Themed TitlesPixel Rock T-Shirt by […]

ElectroBOOM host Mehdi Sadaghdar gave a simple and shocking demonstration of the science behind railguns as he attempted to build one himself. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘How to Turn Water Into Wine’, A Clever Demonstration in Liquid DensityThe Amazing Synchronization of 32 Metronomes That Started Out of SynchMesmerizing Swinging Pendulums

When Mike MacMillan of SkeptiSketch encountered frantic skunk whose head had gotten stuck in a coke can near his home in Orillia, Ontario, he bravely and compassionately approached the agitated animal, got hold of the can and pulled. The freed skunk demonstrated appreciation by running off without spraying its defensive scent all over the helpful […]

Staten Island is a small, unassuming suburban borough that sits in between New York City and New Jersey that’s famous in popular culture for such things as the documentary Cropsey, the reality show Mob Wives, and for being George R.R. Martin’s inspiration for Westeros in the series A Song of Ice and Fire, just to […]

Dust is a online destination for some of the “best sci-fi shorts in the universe” created by imaginative filmmakers and fans. Isolated is an animated sci-fi short, created by Tomas Vergara and Ian Mery of Peak Pictures, about a taxi driver named Evan who wakes up after a nasty wreck and tries to figure out […]

Musician Mike Phirman (Hard ‘N Firm) used only his two hands to create a snake puppet to perform “Trust in Me” from The Jungle Book. I was messing around with my hands in the mirror, and this dude just crawled out. How could I not let him sing this? For comparison, here is the song […]

Dizzying video shot from the center of a helicopter rotor causes the world to spin as the blades get up to speed. Another video from the same perspective captures the spiraling view from the helicopter as it is in flight. via reddit, The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsPhotos: Helicopter Tour of New York CityA Working […]

Filmmakers and brothers Will and Jim Pattiz of More Than Just Parks have created an absolutely stunning timelapse video that takes us on a beautiful journey through the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. National Geographic enjoyed Will and Jim’s time lapse so much that their digital video team featured it in The Short Film […]

As part of its ongoing overhaul, the New York Public Library has installed a very clever conveyer train that moves research materials from the expanded Milstein Stacks underneath Bryant Park to the main Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Each adorably bright red car is able to travel either horizontally or vertically using conveyor rails embedded throughout […]

Jelle Bakker of Jelle’s Marble Runs created an amazing 350 foot long marble race track on a sand hill in Doorn, Netherlands. Eight colorful hand made marbles flew through the track filled with obstacles like jumps, junctions, crossings, and more. Race commentary was provided by Greg Woods (a.k.a. “F1FanWoodsie“). A photo posted by Jelle Bakker […]

A photo posted by Nicky Bay (@sgmacro) on Mar 5, 2016 at 10:29pm PST Photographer Nicky Bay has captured through his amazing macro lens, incredible and gorgeous details of insects around his home in Singapore and other places around the world. For the past few years, Bay has documented the remarkable mirror spider, a unique […]

Real Life Lore looked at the population density of cities around the world to calculate how large a city would need to be to hold all 7.4 billion people in the world. The hypothetical city could range in size to be as large as the continental United States or as small as Palestine depending on how […]

Captain Disillusion provided a critical debunking of the Cicret Bracelet wearable display’s 2014 viral product video. The Captain pointed out a number of inconsistencies in the video as well as the potential problems in creating a device that works the way the bracelet is shown in the video. Captain Disillusion examines the concept, design, execution […]

Sarah Tubert, a talented 24-year old California woman who became deaf at the age of three due to a severed facial nerve, performed an absolutely amazing American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation of “Alexander Hamilton”, the titular song from the Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway musical mega-hit Hamilton. This video is something that I’m really proud of and […]

The Barnacle by Ideas That Stick is a new simplified parking enforcement device that attaches to a vehicle’s windshield with powerful suction cups. Violators can pay over the phone and receive the code to unlock the Barnacle, rather than needing someone to come unlock a boot or similar device. If a car with a Barnacle […]

A photo posted by Dennis Carlsson (@dctattoo_swe) on Jul 17, 2016 at 6:51pm PDT Annelund, Sweden artist Dennis Carlsson has created a series of illustrations that reimagine innocent pop culture cartoon characters as horrifying monsters. Dennis’ entire collection of drawings are available to view on Instagram with timelapse videos of his illustrations on YouTube. A […]

“Crazy Russian Hacker” Taras Kulakov teamed up with ZombieGoBoom to capture slow motion footage of roses being sliced in half with a ultra sharp Dragon Song Forge katana. Related Laughing Squid PostsSlow Motion Video of a Katana Slicing Through Raw EggsSlow Motion Video of a Katana Slicing Through Plastic Water Bottles and Soda CansSuper Slow […]

Stuntman and actor Josef Toedtling from Austria has achieved three fiery entries that will go into the Guinness World Records 2017 Edition for “longest distance pulled by a horse (full body burn),” “longest distance pulled by a vehicle (full body burn),” and “longest duration full body burn (without oxygen).” Josef travelled an incredible 500 m […]

Artist Eli Livingston sculpted an incredible, officially licensed vinyl coin bank featuring the bust of one of H. R. Giger‘s terrifying Xenomorph creatures from Alien. It is available to purchase from ThinkGeek. Sticking to a long-term savings plan is scary… but not as scary as a Xenomorph that has literally burst out of some guy’s […]

Fullerton, California professional jet ski freerider Mark Gomez of Liquid Militia wears a Tyrannosaurus rex costume, steals a jet ski, and does all sorts of insane stunts across a lake. A video posted by Mark Gomez (@markgomez137) on Sep 15, 2016 at 5:41pm PDT image via Liquid Militia via Shock Mansion, The Awesomer Related Laughing […]

Snap Inc., the company formerly known as Snapchat, has introduced Spectacles, a line of sunglasses that use an integrated camera to upload proprietary circular photo and video to Snap Memories with the tap of a button. The glasse light up whenever the camera is in use and comes with a convenient charging carrying case. This […]

Pawel Zadrozniak a.k.a. “Silent” has programmed the electronic orchestra of sixty-four floppy drives, eight hard disks and two scanners contained in his wonderful Floppotron to play an incredible, if not slightly eerie version the classic Europe song “The Final Countdown” The original version from 1986. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Imperial March Theme Song From Star […]

Steve Burns, the former host of Nickelodeon‘s Blue’s Clues, told a story for The Moth about how hosting a popular children’s show changed his life. Steve Burns is best known for playing ‘Steve’ on Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues from 1996-2002. Since then, he has released a rock record for grown ups that received pretty good reviews, […]

A photo posted by Annalù Boeretto (@annaluboeretto) on Mar 19, 2016 at 3:10am PDT Italian artist Annalù Boeretto has created a beautiful series of liquid resin and ink sculptures that each possess a sense of volatility, resilience and fragility all at the same time, much like the different personalities found in nature as it interacts […]

Nissan highlighted some Japanese craftspeople being incredibly good at their jobs in a commercial for their Nissan Caravan. Due to an aging population and young people gravitating away from the field the traditional skills and craftsmanship of Japan are at a danger of being lost forever. Nissan Caravan was born from this lineage of ultra-sophisticated […]

The Turkish company Letvision has introduced Letrons, a real life Transformer that can change from BMW into a humanoid robot. The robot features articulated head, arm, hands, and finger movement in its humanoid form. In a video posted by the company, the robot appears to take roughly one minute to transform from one form to […]

A video posted by Fifteen Second Guitar Lessons (@fifteensecondlessons) on Mar 17, 2015 at 6:42am PDT Guitar instructor and athlete James Lenger of Guitar Cities has a wonderful series entitled Fifteen Second Lessons. During each brief episode, Lenger presents a popular song that only uses three or four chords, explains what chords are involved, provides […]

In January 2016, vlogger Roberto of stuffwhatidone posted an interesting video that showed how his squeaky glove box sounded a lot like a french horn playing a short measure of light jazz. Nine months later, musician Duncan de Heusden expanded that measure into an entire song. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMcDonald’s-Themed Gloves Designed to […]

A photo posted by euro&family (@eurosaurus) on Aug 31, 2016 at 12:10am PDT A truly sweet, smiling Jack Russell terrier who lives in Thailand with his humans and canine siblings very patiently allowed a gentle but slimy brown snail to cross over his little black nose and onto the other side of his face without […]

Talented musician Steve Onotera (a.k.a. “Samuraiguitarist“) has released a video where he effortlessly plays a soothing acoustic cover of The Beatles’ classic 1968 song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Steve’s cover is available to purchase on iTunes and Loudr. Here is the original song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Slow Acoustic Guitar Version of […]

A photo posted by OppoSuits (@opposuits) on Sep 15, 2016 at 8:23am PDT OppoSuits has released a two powerful looking Star Wars themed suits, “Strong Force” and “Stormtrooper,” that come equipped with matching ties. The suits are available to purchase from the OppoSuits website. We previously wrote about their dapper Pac-Man suit. Strong Force: Are […]

Daniel Scott shared a video compilation of real moments that demonstrate how to be awkward at a bar-mitzvah. If you haven’t cringed yet today, let’s take care of that right now. Fresh batch of awkward, Bar-Mitzvah behavior. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsFirst Trailer Released for ‘Back in Time’, A Documentary About the Cultural Impact […]

In effort to save the slowly dwindling population of rhinoceroses from extinction, camera giant GoPro has partnered with Rhinos without Borders, a partnership between Great Plains Foundation and &Beyond to create the short film “The Last of the Rhinos“. The organization hopes spread the word about the vicious havoc that poachers wreak in their useless […]

Conan O’Brien debuted the new high-tech and versatile Apple AirBag in a parody video on Conan. Apple has revolutionized carrying technology and is bringing the bag into the 21st century. Related Laughing Squid PostsConan O’Brien Debuts the Apple Pocketwatch on ‘Conan’Conan O’Brien Shows Off the Office Robots That Help Make the Show on ‘Conan’Conan O’Brien […]

On this third anniversary of the Breaking Bad finale, Evan “The Nerdwriter” Puschak takes a look at the excellent antepenultimate episode of the series entitled “Ozymandias“. Showrunner Vince Gilligan, writer Moira Walley-Beckett and director Rian Johnson named the episode after the Percy Bysshe Shelley sonnet of the same title. The poem starts with a narrator […]

The Simpsons‘ 28th season premieres Sunday, September 25th, 2016 on FOX. The first episode, titled “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus,” will feature a fantastic Adventure Time themed couch gag that takes us on a mathematical trip through Springfield and gives us a look at Bart the boy and a dog named Homer. What time is it? […]

Dr. Ken Jeong, star of ABC‘s Dr. Ken, critiqued other well-known television doctors in a video for Vanity Fair. Ken Jeong is both a doctor on TV and a doctor in real life. Watch him review other TV doctors like Dr. Oz, George Clooney in ER, Hugh Laurie in House, Dr. Bones McCoy in Star […]

Ori Niv of Antori Design teamed up with Peleg Design to create the CatPeeler, a frisky vegetable peeler that looks like its tongue is sticking out further and further as you peel tasty produce. It is available to purchase from Peleg Design and Amazon (white and black cat). Related Laughing Squid PostsA Cleverly Designed Crocodile […]

In “The Duty Trap“, the judicious School of Life addresses the hopeless circle of eschewing pleasure for the sake of duty and how adhering too closely to established rules of life can lead to a sense of regret. When people are suffering under the rule of duty, it can be helpful to take a morbid […]

PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta took a look at the line between internet trolling and harassment, and whether that line even exists. The video explores how the perception of trolling has changed over time, and uses recent events like the harassment of Leslie Jones as examples. For pretty much as long as there has […]

Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, also known as the Harp Twins, recently performed a beautiful cover of the “Now We Are Free” theme song from Ridley Scott‘s film Gladiator. Their track is currently available to purchase from iTunes and CD Baby. Here is the original song for comparison. A photo posted by Harp Twins […]

Beat Down Boogie has created a music video featuring a number of the incredible pop culture themed cosplays at Dragon Con 2016. The upbeat song in Beat Down Boogie‘s music video is Electra” by Andrew Huang. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can help support their future videos on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid PostsDragon […]

The prolific French filmmaking duo Claire and Max of Menilmonde have created “Illusion“, a short, surreal video from the that imagines the bustling city of New York as a movie set that gets switched on every morning. New York City. A switch noise and day appears instantly. This New-York is different: it’s a huge movie […]

Canadian gaming commentator and vlogger Sonja Reid (a.k.a. “OMGitsfirefoxx“) has set a new Guinness World Record for being the “most followed female video game broadcaster on Twitch.” Sonja was rocking an incredible 766,397 followers as of August 23rd, 2016. Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition editor Stephen Daultrey commented: “Sonja isn’t just the most followed female […]