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In the humorous “3 a.m.” animation from The Simpsons, Marge and Homer interrupted their love making to talk politics and the upcoming Presidential election. After watching a political commercial “paid for Americans who are really starting to miss Obama”, Marge determined which candidate had her vote and subsequently who had Homer’s. If that’s your vote, […]

The brave YouTube creators from Wheres My Challenge took the LEGO treadmill challenge to run barefoot across LEGO bricks being poured onto the treadmill with some grisly results. Walking on Lego sucks… so we thought it would be a great idea to run on it… via Nerd Approved Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Hosting.More Related […]

How to Dad creator Jordan Watson and his adorable little daughter of Auckland, New Zealand has released a new instructional video on how to build a low-budget, Game of Thrones style castle for your kid. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Hosting.More Related Laughing Squid PostsHow To Train Your Drogon, Mashup Movie Poster Reimagines […]

so close A photo posted by Nathan W Pyle (@nathanwpyle) on Jul 29, 2016 at 12:58pm PDT Comic by Nathan Pyle, created for BuzzFeed Comics. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Hosting.More Related Laughing Squid PostsNYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, Informative GIF Comics by Nathan PyleWok SignalItalyc

On July 30th skydiver Luke Aikins successfully jumped out of plane at 25,000 feet without using a parachute. He landed on a special 10,000 square foot net in the California desert that captured him falling without injury. The stunt, called “Heaven Sent”, set a new world record. Congratulations @LukeAikins!! #history #StrideHeavenSent pic.twitter.com/1IdyRiXG71 — Heaven Sent […]

This post was sponsored by Moka Pot via Syndicate Ads. Not only is a Moka Pot a stylish addition to any kitchen or break room, it’s a convenient way to make authentic Italian coffee on any stovetop including induction hobs. These attractive espresso makers come in a wide assortment of attractive colors and are made […]

The online film series “Eyes on Cinema” posted a really wonderful 1983 interview in which Terry Jones spoke in detail about the manner in which make-up artist Chris Tucker turned him into morbidly obese Mr. Creosote in the rather hilariously disturbing “Part VI: Autumn Years” segment of iconic Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life “Part […]

In 2012, vocalist Hilde Marie Kjersem also known as Marie Munroe and performed a quietly dramatic version of the classic Eurythmics Song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” accompanied by the incredible Norwegian Radio Orchestra. The song was recorded for that year’s Olympic Games. Performed by Hilde Marie Kjersem with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, this […]

Wired followed street artists Dave Cicirelli and Lance Pilgrim as they constructed guerrilla shrines to fallen Pokémon at the real world locations of gyms in Pokémon Go. The video shows the pair installing shrines in New York City, but they say they have plans to put them in sites around the world. In the early […]

Inspired by the sound a card made in his bicycle spokes when he was young, musician Pete O’Connell created the incredible Rhysonic Wheel, a unique device that combines “power tools with acoustic music”. When used with a guitar, the flap protruding from the rapidly spinning wheel strikes the strings in such a way to create […]

Comedian and actor David Cross sat down with Hot Ones host Sean Evans to answer questions while eating increasingly hot wings. Evans asked Cross a series of Arrested Development trivia questions after eating a chicken wing flavored with Mega Death Sauce brand hot sauce with a rating of 550,000 Scoville heat units. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing […]

SciShow host Hank Green offers an interesting explanation of the fascinating intelligence and cognitive abilities that octopuses possess and how their unique physiology helped get them there. So, anatomically, octopuses are some pretty cool invertebrates. But what about their behavior? Octopuses have been observed using tools — like picking up two coconut halves to use […]

On August 27, 1980, landscaper John Birges along with several accomplices including his own sons, walked a camouflaged, tamper-proof bomb made from stolen dynamite, into Harvey’s Casino in Stateline, Nevada and demanded $3 million from the casino. Once he received his payment, Birges would only then provide instructions on how to disable the bomb. Unfortunately […]

William Denton captured great footage back in May of two awesome First Order stormtrooper mascots at Disney World‘s Hollywood Studios escorting his little son Nicolas, who was dressed as Kylo Ren, throughout the Star Wars attractions. The stormtrooper duo made the boy feel like a true First Order commander by closely guarding him and demanding […]

Polish artist Pawel Kuczynski has created Control, a satirical illustration of Pikachu saddled up and riding on a human who is walking around, playing Pokémon GO. Prints of Pawel’s drawing are available to purchase from his Pictorem shop. image via Pawel Kuczynski More Related Laughing Squid PostsChasing Pikachu in a Real Life Game of Pokémon […]

The Flippist created a hand drawn flipbook animated tribute to the wonderful new Netflix series Stranger Things. Fell madly in love with the Netflix show Stranger Things and binge watched all 8 episodes last week. Its so well done and chock full of 8Os movie nostalgia! If you haven’t already…dive in yall!! More Related Laughing […]

“I’ve just contributed to world of dreamers” Great Big Story takes a look at the remarkable miniature worlds crafted by the incredibly talented Dan Ohlmann, former cabinet-maker, miniaturist and proprietor of Musée Minature & Cinéma in Lyon, France. Among his very many gifts, Ohlmann has a photographic memory, which allows him to be so faithful […]

While visiting the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda during January 2012, wildlife photographer JJ King encountered the same beautiful Rushegura family of mountain gorillas whom he had observed the night before. The group included several females, several babies and a huge silverback male, who were walking down the path towards him. The gorillas stopped […]

Comedian Jack Douglass took it upon himself to “fix” flags from around the world in an episode of his YouTube series Yesterday I Asked You. Douglass did not exactly adhere to the five basic rules of vexillological design laid out by flag-obsessed 99% Invisible host Roman Mars, but he certainly added some interesting elements like exclamation points, Minions, and Dragon […]

The Rockin’1000, the enormous 1,000-person band that performed “Learn to Fly” en masse in order to (successfully) convince the Foo Fighters to play in Cesena, Italy, played their first stadium concert called “That’s Live“, on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the Orogel Dino Manuzzi Stadium. Included in their show were covers of “Seven Nation Army“, […]

Will Smith made a series of increasingly elaborate and ridiculous entrances for his recent appearance on The Tonight Show. Smith, who was the show’s first guest with current host Jimmy Fallon, made Fallon keep introducing him until he finally made the entrance he felt the audience deserved. More Related Laughing Squid PostsJimmy Fallon and Will […]

“You’ll never look at music the same way again” MTV/Viacom recently announced that they would be rebranding the VH-1 Classic channel as MTV Classic as of August 1, 2016, the 35th anniversary of their original launch in 1981. The new channel would focus on the music, live performances and programming from the 1980s, 1990s and […]

101 Facts About Pokemon by 101 Facts Help Sam grab his master balls and capture all 101 of the facts and fill his Factedex right up! More Related Laughing Squid Posts101 Facts About Harry Potter101 Facts About Pixar101 Facts About The Hunger Games

Taste is an online service that recommends movies to users based on their quick ratings of other films. Users are prompted to rate a film they have seen as Awful, Meh, Good, or Amazing, or skip the title if they haven’t seen it. The service then creates a list of films ranked by how closely […]

Melting masters LET’S MELT THIS shared an oddly satisfying video of a toothbrush melting. Brushing your teeth after melting a toothbrush is not recommended! More Related Laughing Squid PostsA Beautiful and Satisfying Compilation of Objects Being Melted in Various WaysAn Oddly Satisfying Compilation of Things Being Melted in ReverseThe Oddly Satisfying Experience of Unmelting a […]

New York City musician and synth wizard Nick Kwas (a.k.a. “pyrofiliac“) recently performed a live cover of the theme song from Netflix‘s Stranger Things, originally created by the band S U R V I V E, on his amazing collection of hardware synthesizers (Arp Odyssey, KORG Volcas, Electribe, and a KingKORG). via reddit More Related […]

AiirSource Military has shared footage of fearless paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne Division static line jumping from a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Fort Bragg‘s Sicily Drop Zone in North Carolina. via reddit More Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Chasing Horizons’, A Photographer Chases the Sunset Across Every Time Zone in an 8-Hour FlightMartin […]

“The Search for Earth Proxima” is a short documentary co-directed by Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg that focuses on the search for Earth-like exoplanets. Specifically, the film looks at the team working to build a telescope to search for exoplanets around Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. Since astronomers first discovered exoplanets in […]

Tennis champion Serena Williams answered 73 random questions for Vogue contributor Joe Sabia as she was preparing to debut her new clothing line on HSN. Williams answered questions about her favorite food, obscure tennis rules, and even gave her opinion on Pokémon Go before swatting a Pikachu out of the air with a tennis racket. On the set […]

Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie recently performed a multitrack cover of the “Asgore” theme song from the video game Undertale using a five string tenor banjo, a mandolin, a bouzouki, and a u-bass. Fans of Ollie’s work can help support his future covers on Patreon. Here is the original song. More Related Laughing Squid […]

Kevin B. Lee has created a great video essay for Fandor Keyframe where he explains how the Bourne film series has changed movie fights throughout the years. The first three Bourne films show how much action filmmaking changed in a five-year period. But did they go too far? More Related Laughing Squid PostsThe First Four […]

Legendary Pictures has released the official trailer for The Great Wall, an upcoming action adventure film directed by Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers). The film will follow Matt Damon and an elite force of warriors as they do everything possible to protect the iconic Great Wall of China from deadly monsters. When a mercenary […]

The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at the New York Botanical Garden has started its 24-hour bloom cycle after a 10-year wait, and fans of stinky botany can watch it all unfold on the official livestream. The garden is extending their usual visiting hours to accommodate curious patrons who want to get an in-person whiff of the […]

Sneaky Zebra has created a new music video featuring a number of the amazing pop culture themed cosplays at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The catchy song in Sneaky Zebra‘s music video is “The Weekend” by Allen Stone. A photo posted by Sneaky Zebra (@sneaky_zebra) on Jul 21, 2016 at 1:27pm PDT A photo posted by […]

A woman regrets her life on a futuristic suburban mega-satellite in the short science fiction film “Les Spectateurs” by director Lucas Monjo. image via Les Spectateurs via Digg

Pink Floyd announced today that a long-awaited, definitive 27-disc boxset that solely focuses on the early years of the band, from 1965 through 1972, is now available for pre-order as of July 28, 2016. Retail availability of the set will begin on November 11, 2016. Also available for pre-order is Cre/ation, a 2-disc audio set […]

Wisecrack took a close look at the complicated philosophy of the Star Trek universe, paying careful attention to how the philosophy of the recently rebooted film franchise differs from that of the original. Welcome to this special Wisecrack Edition on the philosophy of Star Trek. In this episode, we explore how the Star Trek franchise – […]

A photo posted by himawari (@himawariiiich) on Jul 15, 2016 at 2:01am PDT Hundreds of innocent house pets are undergoing virtual ear makeovers with Cymera, a photo sharing app that allows users to decorate photos that they’ve taken with their phones. While this is not the primary feature of the app, the virtual ear rounding […]

A photo posted by foodbeast (@foodbeast) on Jul 27, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT According to Foodbeast, Taco Bell is preparing to test Cheetos Burritos, burritos with Cheetos inside them, at some locations in the United States in August 2016. Foodbeast shared a photo of the burrito on Instagram, and described the item as being, “stuffed with seasoned meat, […]

On a recent episode of JoBlo.com‘s series, 8-Bit Trailers, animator John Stratman reimagined the official trailer for Jason Bourne as an 8-bit animated video game. The Jason Bourne film will be released in theaters on July 29th, 2016. Here is the original trailer.

The incredible Medusa guitar by the legendary Canadian luthier Linda Manzer, is a gorgeous custom-made instrument with multiple necks – fretless, baritone, scalloped fingerboard and harp – and an astonishing 52-strings. The instrument was designed specifically for Danish musician Henrik Andersen, who asked Manzer for a lot of strings and then followed his request with […]

The Off To The Races Coffeemaker by Hammacher Schlemmer is an “authentic-looking” racing helmet that houses a drip coffeemaker. To top it all off, the high-speed coffeemaker also says “start your engine” while the sound of a powerful car engine roars in the background. Ideal for those who need a jump start for their daily […]

Honest Trailers – The Bourne Trilogy by Screen Junkies Before you get Bourne again, relive the super-spy trilogy that proved Matt Damon can kick butt and make James Bond look really, really old!

New York City filmmaker Patrick Willems has created a great new video that imagines Pokémon Go as an episode of Charlie Brooker‘s futuristic dark drama series, Black Mirror. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A sweet African grey named Kanji has a great sense of humor, as demonstrated in 2012 by pretending to be a squeaky-toy whenever her human gives her a gentle loving squeeze. The two of the adorably practiced this trick together. via reddit

While “learning a bit” about the D3.js JavaScript library, digital programmer Andy Barefoot created “Valar Morghulis,” a fantastic tree chart that elegantly maps out who killed who on Game of Thrones and in which season it went down. When you hover over the name of each character, a drop down menu will appear that thoroughly […]

In a clip from The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert formally introduced “Stephen Colbert”, the identical twin cousin of The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert. After the real Colbert brought back his Colbert Report character “Stephen Colbert” in a recent episode of The Late Show, CBS was contacted by the “top lawyer from another company” (likely Viacom, the company that owns […]

Simon Whistler, host of the informative video series “Today I Found Out” dispels the common myth that mice love cheese. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, although it’s unclear as to how the idea was conceived in the first place In fact, as any pest exterminator or pet shop owner knows, mice don’t really like […]

For the past ten years we’ve been posting about the amusing series “Will It Blend” that features Tom Dickson, the mad scientist CEO of Blentec putting such items as electronics (particularly Apple products), toys, video games and all sorts of things into incredible Blendtec blenders in order to show the power of their high speed […]

Android Authority answers the question of whether people should charge their phones overnight with a video that looks at how modern lithium-ion batteries charge. via Digg