Laughing Squid

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the joyful “Chewbacca Mom” Candace Payne‘s Wookiee mask video received over 141 million views and became the most watched Facebook Live video ever. To celebrate, Zuckerberg invited Candace out to the Facebook HQ to have some fun with the legendary Star Wars character, Chewbacca.

A new video from The Atlantic provides animation for an interesting interview with David Kessler, the former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and author of Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering, who explains his theory that all mental illness, including addiction is connected through those outside stimuli which captures our attention, hijacks […]

On a recent episode of the American Chemical Society series Reactions, they explore “the mechanics and chemistry of digestion” to find out if swallowed chewing gum really stays in your stomach for 7 years. It’s a legendary piece of playground lore: If you swallow a piece of gum, it stays stuck in your stomach forever. […]

New Submarine by Glennz Tees When construction is complete and the vessel is ready for delivery, it’s scooped into a bag and delivered to port.

A photo posted by JR (@jr) on May 25, 2016 at 4:55am PDT For his new show “JR au Louvre“, the remarkable Ted Prize-winning French street artist and photographer, JR used his talent for large scale photos to create a fantastic illusion in Paris. Using his trademark technique, JR made the iconic glass and metal […]

Rob van Heijst and Luke Burrage went head-to-head in the intense sport of combat juggling in the semifinal round of the Netherlands Juggling Festival 2016 Fight Night event. The object of the game is for a player to knock the other juggler’s pins to the ground while maintaining control over three pins. via reddit, Digg

Molekule is a new air purifier that approaches the issue of environmental pollution on the molecular level through unique technology developed by Doctor Yogi Goswami, a dedicated father trying to find relief for his severely asthmatic son. Two decades later, his son, Dilip Goswami, used father’s technology and research to develop an accessible, portable, quiet […]

A sweet high-content wolfdog named Lakomi, who was found by the Larkwood Animal Rescue Center at 8 months old wearing an undersized harness that nearly killed her, gleefully rolled over for some yummy belly rubs from her favorite human Sarah and eagerly asked for more when she felt she hadn’t had enough. According to Sarah, […]

The San Francisco Bay Area band DUM (David Unger Music) has created “Game of Stewie ,” a fantastic parody of Game of Thrones and Family Guy where Stewie Griffin becomes Tyrion Lannister. A Griffin always pays his debts! We’ve always thought that Stewie Griffin and Tyrion Lannister have a similar style of speaking. Being big […]

Video shows the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia‘s iCub robot tracking a ball with its “eyes” in three dimensions using human-like head, eye, and face movements. The robot’s glowing red “eyebrows” seem to indicate that it does not like the ball or being pushed around by its operate to test its head stabilization system. via Boing Boing

Pors & Rao have created The Uncle Phone, an elongated and fully functional red rotary dial phone. Their vintage phone sculpture takes two people to operate it due to the fact that the phone dial is located in the front and the receiver is positioned six and a half feet behind it. photos by Jorge […]

Marsbot is a new app by Foursquare that texts restaurant and bar recommendations to users. The app uses Foursquare data and preferences it learns over time to proactively send users recommendations when they are near something they might enjoy. The service is being tested in New York and San Francisco for the iPhone with a […]

On a recent episode of Shanks FX, a web series by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, Shanks captured a mesmerizing video of giant bubble reflections in stunning 4K slow motion. Originally this episode was just going to be a 4K sequel to our popular “Giant Bubble Explosions” episode. I was capturing good […]

Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) enlists the help of some friends to find her family in the latest trailer for Pixar‘s Finding Dory. Dory reunites with Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and his father Marlin (Albert Brooks) to find her lost parents and escape a marine life research institute. Finding Dory will be released on June 17, 2016.

Guitarist Eric Calderone (a.k.a. “331Erock“) recently performed a heavy metal cover of the theme song to Adult Swim‘s animated television series Rick and Morty. Fans of Eric’s covers can help support his future work on Patreon. Here is the original Rick and Morty theme song for comparison.

Mashable video producer Armand Valdes broke down and thoroughly explained the X-Men movie series timeline in a recent episode of Mashable Explains. Whereas Marvel has created a linear and cohesive timeline with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Fox’s X-Men universe is a little trickier to keep track of. With its many contradictions and inconsistencies over the […]

A video appears to show a Tesla Model S driver asleep at the wheel with the car in Autopilot mode on the highway. The Autopilot system has visual and audio alerts to ensure drivers stay alert, and if the vehicle detects an unresponsive driver it safely pulls to the side of the road.

In a recent sound profile, SoundWorks Collection interviewed composer John Ottman and found out about the work that he did on the upcoming Marvel film, X-Men: Apocalypse. The movie is currently scheduled to hit theaters on May 27th, 2016.

Mikey Grande, mikeygrande on Snapchat, recently applied Snapchat filters to random real life posters in a department store, printed off the amusing photos, and then stuck them to each poster. via PetaPixel

Blind film critic Tommy Edison shared his experience of what it is like for a blind person to ride a roller coaster when he joined TommyEdisonXP director Ben Churchill to take a ride on the West Coaster at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier.

In a new episode of the informative trivia series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains why cracking one’s knuckles does not cause arthritis, what actually occurs during the knuckle cracking process and what happens to knuckle crackers over time. Your knuckles are also covered by a joint capsule known as your synovial capsule. […]

Davie504, a talented musician who enjoys answering online musical challenges, made short work of a smartass comment when he decided to print it out and used it in every possible percussive variation and then added on a little slap bass for good measure. “What can you do with this comment?” I can print it out […]

While he was petting his dog T-Bone one day, engineer James Cochrane came upon the hilarious idea of the “World’s First OT Robot People/Pet Affectionator“, a two-way Arduino Nano robot that automatically doles out reciprocal affection and food to both dog and human at the touch of a button. These days people are more connected […]

An Airbus A321 operated by Wizz Air made three low-altitude passes over the Nagy Futam 2016 event held in Budapest, Hungary on May 1, 2016. The Nagy Futam also featured an airshow, Formula One cars, and other events. via reddit

MinutePhysics provides a detailed calculation of how long it would take a person to fall through the Earth. The video addresses a viewer question submitted after a collaboration between MinutePhysics and Vsauce to explain how a hollow Earth would behave if someone jumped inside.

Dr. Dustin J. Tyler of Case Western Reserve University worked with the DARPA HAPTIX program to develop an incredible experimental prosthetic hand that uses implanted electrodes connected to the patient’s nervous system in order to drive movement and amazingly restore the patient’s sense of touch. The prosthetic is currently in its rudimentary stages, but Tyler […]

In 2014 we wrote about Faa Mai, a young elephant at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai,Thailand who readily fell asleep to the sound of a beautiful lullaby sung by her caretaker Lek Chailert. While Faa Mai may be 2 years older and quite a bit bigger now, she’s still easily felled by the […]

On a recent episode of the AWE Me show DIY Prop Shop, host Vinny Logozio demonstrated how to build your own version of Harley Quinn‘s giant hammer from the DC Universe.

Inventor Colin Furze recently collaborated with the Intel show America’s Greatest Makers to create an incredible flame-throwing guitar along with a badass strobing light bass that emits copious amounts of smoke. This project started with Furze posing a simple question “How should I modify this guitar?” I’d like your ideas on what mods to make […]

Chicago musician Rob Scallon, whose incredible work we’ve previously written about, recently played Metallica‘s song “One” on using only an eight-string guitar. Fans of Rob can help support his future videos and songs on Patreon. Here is the original song for comparison.

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, television legend Rod Serling opens up about the importance of imaginative storytelling and his desire to go back in time during an interview with Australian radio personality Binny Lum in 1963. But, as I say, this is a program of imaginative […]

Oxnard, California photographer Weston Wong (a.k.a. “Mr Fusion“) has created a thrilling mashup of dogfight scenes from Star Wars and the classic Top Gun song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. via MightyMega

Seth Rogen and Jimmy Fallon performed standup routines made up of jokes written by children between the ages of five and 10 in the Tonight Show segment “Kid Stand-up.” During Rogen’s appearance on the show, Fallon also surprised him with a clip of young Rogen performing standup around the age of 13.

Game Master: R-Type is an amazing animated short film, written and animated by Paul Johnson (a.k.a. “Otaking77077“) of Mashed, that follows a gamer who is sucked into the classic shoot-em-up arcade game R-Type. It’s a brilliant mix of the old school game from 1987 and 1990s anime. We in 2015 wrote about Paul’s Star Wars […]

A photo posted by Veselka Bulkan (@catchtheinspiration) on Mar 23, 2016 at 5:35pm PDT Bavarian designer and food lover Veselka Bulkan has created a very clever line of hoop embroideries that feature detailed leaves inside the hoop with their corresponding felt root vegetables hanging directly below, as if they were still buried in soil. Each […]

“Farewell Mr. Bunting” is a Saturday Night Live sketch that parodies the final scene of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams. The sketch stars Fred Armisen as poetry teacher Mr. Bunting who receives a final send off from his former students. The sketch aired during the show’s May 21, 2016 season finale, hosted […]

In their wonderfully creative and oddly mesmerizing video channel, Hamster Miniature Studio 2 demonstrates step-by-step how to make tiny dollhouse versions of popular foods such as instant ramen, Pocky, potato chips and soft-serve ice cream. (translated) Hamster of miniature workshop 2 is a hobby craft channel that was in a small, theme cute miniature and […]

Today I Found Out posted a brief history of the necktie. The video covers the tie’s early military origins in ancient China and Rome and gives examples of how the tie evolved into its modern style.

While staying at the Mabuasehube Campsite on the Botswana side of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, visitor Francie Francisca Lubbe and her husband awoke to the startling sight of three thirsty lionesses licking off the water that had accumulated overnight on the side of the side of their tent. Luckily Lubbe was able to capture amazing […]

On a recent episode of The Late Late Show, the cheerful “Chewbacca Mom” Candace Payne had a good time in her van carpooling with host James Corden and receiving valuable Wookiee tips from Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams. Candace later received a lovely surprise from Chewbacca himself, Peter Mayhew. He sent a […]

Tom Scott created a visual explanation of how video compression works and why having things like snow and confetti ruins YouTube video quality. Your sports team wins. The confetti drops. And suddenly, the video quality falls apart. Why? Let’s talk about interframe compression, bitrate, and unnecessary green screen effects.

Art is never done as long as it has an audience In his latest animated commentary, video essayist Kristian Williams aka KaptainKristian has tapped into the fascinating timelessness of the incredible comic Calvin and Hobbs, noting how its creator Bill Watterson crafted a fantastic world within a limited space, how he shunned the commercialism of […]

The Australia online automated print ordering service, Express Cards, has created an animated video where they do a fantastic job of explaining the difference between the RGB and CMYK color models. They also provide helpful advice on which to use for different situations. via reddit

The Backyard Scientist performed a number of experiments by pouring molten salt into watermelons and coconuts to test how they would react. Earlier this year, he began experimenting with molten salt by pouring it into a fish tank full of water.

Hank Azaria addressed the graduates of the Tufts University class of 2016 as some of his characters from The Simpsons during his commencement speech on May 22, 2016. Besides Azaria’s own advice to the graduating class, they also heard from characters like Moe Syzlak, Apu, and Chief Wiggum. via GQ

The incredible 2CELLOS duo, comprised of Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, performed a wonderful, highly dramatic live version of Michael Jackson‘s “Smooth Criminal” at breakneck speed to an adoring audience at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. The duo also performed a really beautiful version of “Mombasa” from the film Inception.

Talapz has created an amazing LEGO model of the Himeji Castle in Japan that opens just like a three-dimensional pop-up book. Talapz stated that he spent approximately 15 months putting the work of LEGO art together and did not use any adhesives during the process. In the past, Talapz built a LEGO pop-up version of […]

Smarter Every Day host Destin Sandlin recently captured slow motion footage of his homemade potato cannon shooting squash and watermelon. To add to the destruction, Destin inserted metal objects into the potatoes before hurling them at the large fruits. music by A Shell in the Pit – “Adze” and “Rep by Pop“

On a recent episode of his Clueless Gamer series, talk show host Conan O’Brien sat down on his very own Iron Throne to play the newly released video game, Overwatch, with Game of Thrones actors Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister). A photo posted by CONAN (@teamcoco) on May 23, 2016 at […]

Bulletproof Thoughts by film director and motion designer Antoni Sendra, is a wonderfully provocative video series that takes notable interviews from the past, freely interprets the context and illustrates the words in a creatively unique and modern way. The first episode featured a 1999 interview with the late, great Joe Strummer, followed by a celestial […]