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A giant jawbreaker candy was melted down with a blowtorch into a gooey liquid puddle in a recent video by the Let’s Melt This channel. Jawbreaker candy is well-known for keeping kids busy for hours thanks to its durability. Well today this jawbreaker met its ultimate challenge – a blow torch with a max temperature […]

Italian creative company Nerdo has created “BEER“, a clever and completely appropriate animated interpretation of the gritty poem of the same name as recited its author, underground writer Charles Bukowski, who was once labeled as the “laureate of American lowlife” by Pico Iyer of Time Magazine. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Reactions shows how to use chemistry to help keep flowers alive longer. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Pop-Tarts has announced two new soda themed flavors, A&W Root Beer and Orange Crush. Available at retailers nationwide in May 2016, new Pop-Tarts Frosted A&W Root Beer are bubbling with root beer-flavored filling, wrapped inside a golden crust, and are topped with sweet white frosting and brown, red and orange crunchlets. Pop-Tarts Frosted Crush Orange […]

A photo posted by Nima (@nimasensor) on Feb 26, 2016 at 10:23am PST NIMA by San Francisco company 65Sensor Labs is a sleek, portable and convenient smartphone-enabled sensor that sniffs out gluten in approximately two minutes and responds with a smile display if the food is gluten-free and safe to eat. This is especially important […]

On a recent episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda takes a look at the mystery of Devil’s Kettle Falls in Minnesota, where the water seems to disappear into the ground after going over the falls. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Michael Furrh created a golf club measuring 22 feet, 6.75 inches long, setting a RecordSetter world record for the world’s longest functional golf club. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Mark Day shares 24 hours at Burning Man 2015 through video that he shot of the event. From the Temple to the Toilets, an intentionally-overlong exercise in embracing the sacred and the profane. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Japanese advertising company MicroAd recently launched Sky Magic, their vision of “next generation entertainment” which focuses on flying machine entertainment. To show what they had in mind, the company released several videos in which beautifully illuminated drones performed a coordinated ballet at night, in time to incredible live acoustic music made with traditional Japanese Shamisens […]

Makeup artist Promise Tamang recently released a detailed tutorial on how to transform your face into a pixelated character inspired by Minecraft. A photo posted by Promise Tamang (@promisetamang) on May 3, 2016 at 4:40pm PDT Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

“Far Harbor” is the next giant add-on for Fallout 4 opening up a new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency that takes you on a search for a secret synth colony and a young woman. “Far Harbor” will become available to download for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on May 19th, 2016. Travel off the […]

In episode six of his exclusive series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the surprisingly long and varied acting career of Alfie Allen, who sprung to the world’s attention as Theon Greyjoy/Reek in Game of Thrones. Allen, the son of Welsh comedian Keith Allen and brother to singer […]

AsapSCIENCE offers 7 tips on how to wake up without drinking coffee. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In 2014, the Nagasaki Bio Park posted an amusing compilation showing a pair of very willing hippopotamuses as they repeatedly waited open-mouthed for a yummy treat of whole watermelon, which each of them happily consumed in just a single mouthful. via Like Cool, The Awesomer Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

SciShow Space takes a look at three different unexpected dangers of space travel, such as tin whiskers, sleeping and vaporized urine. We all know space travel is pretty dangerous, but here are a few more things that you probably wouldn’t have thought to look out for! Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Host Mike Rugnetta shares 32 fascinating little known facts about New York City on episode 418 of Mental Floss’ “The List Show”. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

While performing with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, German baritone Michael Volle impressively sang the Wagner aria “Song to the Evening Star” from Tannhäuser while undergoing a MRI scan. The moving scan showed, in intimate detail, how Volle was physically able to produce such beautiful sounds. (translated) Moving MRI scans of baritone Michael Volle, singing […]

Burger Fiction takes a look at the evolution of Spider-Man in television and film. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In a new episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda explains why songbirds sing at the break of dawn, why the songbirds that sing are usually male and what the song says to his female fans out there. Scientists call this phenomenon the dawn chorus, and they think it has to do with clarity of the […]

photo by Gene Hanson North Dakota farmer Gene Hanson created a lovely tribute to Prince by plowing the late artist‘s former name symbol into his field. Once finished, Hanson flew above to see the results and was happily surprised. In an interview with the Grand Forks Herald, Hanson explained how he came up with the […]

In May 2015 we wrote about Ink Whiskey founder Matt Cornell and his team who created a concealable collection of whiskey flasks that are all made from classic Nintendo video game cartridges. The Drunk Hunt, Super Bar-Hop Bros., and Kega Man game cartridge flasks are now available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store. This […]

French filmmaker Quentin Dumas has created a fantastic supercut video that explores the remarkable use of colors in Guillermo Del Toro films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade II, and more. music by Barry Manilow – “Can’t Smile Without You” via Sploid Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Joe Penna (a.k.a. “MysteryGuitarMan“) has created “Paper Video Games,” a wonderful stop motion animated video featuring classic video recreated using paper cutouts. Joe breathes new paper life into games like Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more. This video is made ENTIRELY with printed or projected stock images and videos! Host your WordPress blog with Laughing […]

Harlem Knight Fight is a short film, created by MEL Films, that follows Wall Street management consultant Damion DiGrazia as he talks about his fascination with being the captain of the New York chapter of the Armored Combat League. The Armored Combat League is a fight club style tournament where combatants beat the hell out […]

Hammacher Schlemmer is featuring The Bunyanesque Hammock, a giant suspended bed that supports up to 1,100 pounds, “a herd of children, or a single oversized axe-wielding woodsman.” It is available to purchase from the Hammacher Schlemmer store. Handcrafted in Colorado from sturdy ripstop nylon by an FAA-certified parachute rigger, it supports up to 1,000 lbs. […]

Daisy Ridley (Rey), and some of her close friends from The Force Awakens, recently wished fans a happy “Star Wars Day” and sent out a huge thank you to all who have supported CrowdRise‘s “Star Wars: Force for Change” charity campaign from Disney and Lucasfilm thus far. All donations help to support Make-A-Wish Foundation, UNICEF, […]

Mr. Gear demonstrates a technique for lighting a match using a rubber band and another match. The technique looks like it may take some practice to master, but Mr. Gear uses it to light several matches and even a small fire. Hi, there, my dear friends, in this video I will show you an amazing […]

The Slow Mo Guys celebrate the fifth anniversary of their first balloon video by having Dan Gruchy painfully climb inside a six-foot balloon while Gavin Free inflated it using a leaf blower. This was not Gruchy’s first time inside a giant balloon. In 2015 he climbed inside another six-foot balloon being filled with water. Here is their first balloon […]

Chicken John Rinaldi, musician, performer, prankster, former San Francisco Mayor candidate and author of The Book of the Is, is currently raising funds through Kickstarter for his second works The Book of the Un. The Book of the Is was all about failure and Show. …Now it’s time for The Book of the Un, a […]

The organizers of the Coachella Music Festival recently announced their new project,”Desert Trip“, which at the same desert location over the weekend of October 7, 2016,and features an absolutely amazing lineup of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and The Who. The show is all ages and a full list of pass […]

How It Should Have Ended gives their interpretation of how Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice should have ended. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Grant Thompson (aka The King of Random) shows how to make “Teddy Bear” toast for your “snack-time warriors”. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

The colorfully animated video for Radiohead‘s new single “Burn the Witch” directed by Chris Hopewell incorporates a number of different but distinct influences including The Wicker Man, The Prisoner and Burning Man. The animation tells the story of a stranger who arrives at a small bustling village where he’s introduced by an ambassador to the […]

In celebration of Captain America: Civil War‘s theatrical release and the start of phase three, CLS Videos created a powerful supercut video featuring some of the best scenes from phase one and phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In a clip from their new series Super Powered Owls, a BBC Earth team set up a fascinating experiment to show the silent graceful flight of a barn owl. The team also gauged the noise and turbulence level of a pigeon and a peregrine falcon in comparison. When air moves, it creates sound. The more […]

Professional car cleaner Paul Dalton demonstrates his elaborate 61-step process for masterfully cleaning exotic cars in a video for Fifth Gear. The channel called Dalton the “World’s Best Car Cleaner,” and he regularly charges customers a starting price of £5,000. Besides the care and attention to detail Dalton puts into the cleaning process he also uses […]

IGN recently shared an awesome behind the scenes look that showing the detailed steps that were taken to create the Deadpool mask. The design team did a fantastic job of taking the mask from the pages of Deadpool comic books and making it movie screen worthy. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog […]

In the first of his 2016 May-tallica videos, multi-instrumentalist Rob Scallon played a mean banjo version of Metallica‘s 1985 classic song “Master of Puppets” with the help of Craig Benzine aka Wheezy Waiter on keytar. Every take of the my Keytar solo in @RobScallon's video https://t.co/6yDf6Rqbo5 — wheezywaiter (@wheezywaiter) May 3, 2016 → Help Laughing […]

Small Steps Are Giant Leaps is a stunning father and son photo project, created by Aaron Sheldon, that documents the journey of a little astronaut who is discovering our giant world. Aaron is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help turn his touching photo project into a book and gallery show that shares the young […]

On the May 3rd episode of the Tonight Show, comedian Louis C.K. spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about his incredible online series Horace and Pete, how he funded it, how he kept it a secret and how he garnered the star studded cast for the show. Louis C.K. and Jimmy discuss how he hijacked the […]

Fullest House is a site with a never-ending stream of daily Full House scripts generated by computer using an artificial neural network. The site was created by Sam Kronick and Joe Veix using transcripts of the series from the fan site Full House Forever. Veix wrote about the creation of the project in an article for New […]

A tiny black kitten excitedly bounded after an errant ping pong ball, adorably mimicking the distinctive bouncing motion until the ball calmed down. After that it just became a simple chase. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

News Be Funny has created a compilation of some of the best news bloopers from April 2016. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

#Smökers / #Broadway and #Grand #NYC /// #publicart #mobilehome #smokersnyc A photo posted by Mark Reigelman II (@reigelman) on Apr 25, 2016 at 10:50am PDT Artist Mark Reigelman II created “Smökers“, a “site specific art intervention” that features tiny monochrome houses built over New York City steam vents, replacing the distinctive but industrial orange tubes […]

Medley Weaver is back with an epic new modern trailer for the classic original Star Wars trilogy. We previously wrote about Weaver’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens style trailer for the original trilogy. music by Twelve Titans Music – “Artifice” via GeekTyrant → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge […]

GIPHY Keys is an iOS keyboard for quickly searching and adding GIFs in any app. Users can search for GIFs by mood, the source of the original clip, or by specific keywords to find exactly what they’re looking for. GIPHY Keys is available now in the App Store. Anywhere you have a conversation, GIPHY is […]

Great Big Story recently visited creature designers Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis of Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. and spoke with them about the many popular movie monsters and props that they made by hand for the big screen. They designed the variations of Deadpool and created the Blob suit for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, made the […]

In absolutely amazing footage taken in 2015 by the NeuroMedical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a brave patient named Mr. Richardson and his doctors Dr. Paul Waguespack and Dr. Gerald Calegan demonstrated how well his recent deep brain stimulation surgery delivered electrical current to his brain and immediately relieved the intense tremors that were wracking […]

Fadi Saleh of Baracksdubs created a clever edited video that makes it look like President Barack Obama is singing ‘No’ by Meghan Trainor using various video clips of Obama speaking. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

It’s three in the morning in Minnesota. I really need a camel. In a clip from the 2002 movie An Evening With Kevin Smith, filmmaker and raconteur Kevin Smith shared the story of his strange experience being hired to make a documentary for the late Prince. The half-hour tale is a bizarre but intimate look at […]