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Track N Go is a tread and ski system that can be attached to a vehicle’s wheels in a matter of minutes to allow it to travel through deep snow. The wheels turn the treads meaning the system requires no additional power to operate, and the Track N Go YouTube channel features videos of the system […]

Back in 2014 Rodger Cleye created a speeder bike frame to attach to his segway. He then took his fully functioning speeder bike for a ride around town wearing a full set of scout trooper armor. via Geekologie Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge of Support

Circuit Classics is a project by Star Simpson to create printed circuit board kits based on classic projects from Forrest Mims‘ iconic book Getting Started in Electronics. Each kit will come with a printed circuit board, the required components, exact copies of Mims’ handwritten text recreated on the boards themselves, and handsome wood blocks to […]

Competitive eater Matt “Megatoad” Stonie recently devoured 12 cans of “straight up corn,” which is approximately 11.5 pounds of corn, in under 13 minutes for his latest eating challenge. 12 Cans of Corn! The gastrointestinal equivalent of exfoliating beads. A photo posted by Matt Stonie (@matt_stonie) on Apr 19, 2016 at 2:51pm PDT A photo […]

In honor of the sixth season premiering this Sunday, Screen Junkies host Hal Rudnick shared his Idiot’s Guide to the fifth season of HBO‘s Game of Thrones. It’s a great way to get caught up for the epic war. Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge of Support

An absolutely adorable rescued infant slow loris named Pasar climbed a tree for the very first time in his life, heartbreakingly calling out to his mother for reassurance. Pasar had been trapped and separated from his mother at only 6-weeks old, to be sold as a pet in a Jakarta animal market. International Animal Rescue […]

Photographer Henry Hargreaves has created Deep Fried Gadgets, a wonderful series where he deep fries popular pieces of electronics and then takes tasty photos of them. His complete collection of crispy gadgets are available to view on his website. I like to play with food and the juxtaposition of different worlds. I found a video […]

“Player Two” is a touching short film by John Wikstrom about a son chasing his father’s ghost in the racing video game Rally Sport Challenge. The film was inspired by a YouTube comment on the PBS Game/Show episode “Can Video Games Be A Spiritual Experience?” In the comment, user 00WARTHERAPY00 tells the story of playing […]

Richard Lyons, a founding member of the San Francisco Bay Area experimental band Negativland who played a number of evocative, thought-provoking pranking characters throughout his career, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2016, his birthday, due to complications from nodular melanoma. He had just turned 57. Known for his role in finding the Estus W. […]

Mario Wienerroither of the DIGITALOFEN audiobakery recently stripped all the music out of the music video for Michael Jackson‘s amazing song from 1984, “Thriller“. Wienerroither then dubbed over the music video with hilarious sounds and vocals. The original “Thriller” music video for comparison: Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge […]

Quartz gives a brief history of the changing faces of the American $20 bill after the announcement that abolitionist Harriet Tubman will be replacing Andrew Jackson on the bill. Tubman won’t be the first woman on the bill that originally featured the character Lady Liberty. It’s design has changed many times over the years, and […]

Chris Pratt brings the wit and charm as he takes us on another tour of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set to promote his and Omaze‘s charity auction. Fans have the chance to grab lunch with Pratt and see the set with their own eyes. The charity auction will help the Lake Stevens […]

The Founder tells the story of the contentious relationship between Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman), Mac McDonald (John Carrol Lynch), and the history of the McDonald’s chain of restaurants. Written by Robert Siegel (Big Fan), The Founder is a drama that tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from […]

A video posted by Mason Salisbury (@ibrewcoffee) on Apr 19, 2016 at 11:06am PDT Las Vegas barista Mason Salisbury has changed the coffee game by creating colorful latte art using food dye that is added to the steamed milk. The final result of her delicious artwork is quite beautiful. Mason’s entire collection of colorful latte […]

20th Century Fox released the second official trailer and a special Earth Day PSA for Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to the 1996 sci-fi disaster movie Independence Day. The trailer follows some familiar faces from the original film and a new generation of humans who are giving it all that they got as they fight […]

Great Big Story recently visited with author, filmmaker and songwriter Lenny Lipton to find out what inspired him to write his famous song “Puff the Magic Dragon” when he was a 19-year old student at Cornell University. I was reading a poem by Ogden Nash called Custard the Dragon , as I was walking down […]

Kermit, the sweet Italian greyhound that lives with popular YouTube vlogger Jenna Marbles, had a really good time chasing after a drone that, in turn, was filming Kermit’s movements from overhead. Marbles made it a point to stress that Kermit was never put in any danger during the filming and offered up the raw GoPro […]

The Food Surgeon temporarily moved out of the operating room and into the morgue to solve the mysterious death of a banana. In search of the answer, the surgeon delicately performed a documented autopsy in order to determine what felled the yellow fruit. Autopsy of a Banana APR 21 AUTOPSY OF A BANANA DISSECTIONS Surgeon’s […]

Inventor Colin Furze has built an impressive looking hoverbike from scratch that he calls the Furze Ford Unlearn Flying Machine. He released the first video where he outlined his plan for the build on April 7, 2016 and has since released two more videos about the project. In the latest video, Furze completed the project, […]

Prince at Coachella 2008 – photo by Scott Penner Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life Prince Rogers Nelson, known solely by his first name for most of his brilliantly colorful music career, passed away on April 21, 2016 due to complications from a severe flu at his […]

Conan producer Jordan Schlansky reviewed Preparation H Totables hemorrhoidal wipes in the latest installment of the show’s recurring segment “Jordan Schlansky’s Product Review.” Conan O’Brien reiterates in the segment that he does not assign Schlansky the products to review. Schlansky chose the wipes because he feels every American should carry one at all times, something […]

The Great Big Story video “The Instrument That Lets You Play the (Electromagnetic) Field” profiles renown theremin player Pamelia Stickney and her instrument. The theremin was patented in 1928 and is played without any physical contact between the musician and instrument. It’s the only instrument in the world that you play without physically touching it, […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda answers the Quick Question, “What Is Restless Leg Syndrome?” by explaining how the condition differs from the jittery feeling that commonly comes with sitting for too long. We all get a jittery after sitting still for too long. But some people experience an irresistible urge to move their legs, and it […]

A stellar NASA animation zooms into the Hubble telescope‘s view of NGC 7635, also called the “Bubble Nebula.” A zoom into the Hubble Space Telescope photograph of an enormous, balloon-like bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star. Astronomers trained the iconic telescope on this colorful feature, called the Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635. […]

A video posted by People Magazine (@people) on Apr 21, 2016 at 5:12am PDT People Magazine recently shared a video on Twitter and Instagram featuring Chris Evans (Captain America) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) in a Captain America: Civil War parody where the adversaries face off for the last donut. Evans was especially irritated […]

Dan Gruchy and Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys filmed brightly colored paint powders exploding off a drum in brilliant 4K slow motion. The slow motion segments were filmed at 1,000 fps using a Phantom Flex4K camera. Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge of Support

Child entrepreneur Max J. Ash of MAX’IS Creations has created the Mug with a Soccer Goal, a hand-crafted ceramic mug that has a small kicking area and goal to flick marshmallows or crackers into your tasty hot chocolate or soup. It is currently available to purchase from Vat19. Max donates a portion of each purchase […]

In the third episode of the wonderfully informative series “Simon’s Cat Logic“, illustrator Simon Toland talks about how his cats follow him room to room, wanting in and then out then back in again while Animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow speaks about the importance of having a “cat flap” or cat door to let them come […]

On a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show, Ewan McGregor sat down to explain how J.J. Abrams emailed him at the last-minute and gave him a small cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ewan McGregor didn’t even realise he was in it! Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly […]

Joe Sabia found a lost SD card in Zimbabwe on December 31, 2015 and is asking people on the internet to help him find the original owner. The card contained pictures which Sabia scoured for clues that he believes have narrowed the search to Fairfield County, Connecticut. Once identified, Sabia intends to deliver the card […]

James Covenant has created a fantastic new video where the evil Sith Lords, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, try to outdo one another in an electrifying dance off. There may be two Lords of the Sith, but there can only be one Lord of the Dance! Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through […]

Hayley Atwell, star of Marvel’s Agent Carter, competed against Clark Gregg from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on a recent episode of the Spike series Lip Sync Battle. Atwell performed “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)” by The Offspring, and Gregg performed “Toxic” by Britney Spears. Atwell and Gregg previously had a musical dubsmash competition for charity. Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent […]

The MegaSteakMan comedy group has created “Game of Hyrule,” an awesome live action fan film mashup of the Game of Thrones television series and The Legend of Zelda video games. Wisdom. Power. Courage. Corruption. Experience the Legend of Zelda as you’ve never seen it before in this live-action, morally-grey fan-film mash­up with Game of Thrones. […]

Sir Patrick Stewart appeared in drag at a screening and Q&A session in Hollywood for his show Blunt Talk. He also tweeted a picture of himself getting ready for the event by having elaborate hair and makeup applied. Something is happening in Hollywood tonight. pic.twitter.com/hhDTqOtBx5 — Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) April 19, 2016 photos via Star Trek via […]

The clever Dave Hax demonstrates how to make a bouquet of edible roses out of bacon in his most recent video tutorial. Simple food hack cooking recipe, perfect for a party or serving for breakfast. Bake them until they’re crispy on the outside and cooked all the way through. Paid for advertising. Help Laughing Squid […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an amusing Useless Light Switch that extends the top screw out to turn itself off after you flick the switch on. There are a lot of reasons for turning the lights off. Maybe you’re trying to reduce energy usage to save money. Or the planet. Maybe you’re flipping the switch so you […]

Robert Downey Jr. recently attended the Paris premiere of Captain America: Civil War and showed his thanks to #TeamIronMan by meeting up with the “Iron Lady” (Eiffel Tower). Robert sent a clear message to #TeamCaptain by changing the Eiffel Tower’s colors to the classic Iron Man red and gold. Help Laughing Squid Grow As an […]

Universal Pictures released an official trailer for Jason Bourne, the upcoming fifth movie in the ongoing Bourne film series that is being written and directed by Paul Greengrass. The trailer features Matt Damon remembering everything about his life and coming out of the shadows for more answers. Jason Bourne is currently set to release in […]

Discovery Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” takes a look at how rubber gloves are made. via Nerdcore Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge of Support

During the Better Call Saul podcast, the cast and crew of the sublime series discussed and explained the origins of the “Squat Cobbler” episode in which Jimmy gets his client out of a police interrogation by making up a story about stolen videos and his client’s fetish for sitting in pies (aka the “Squat Cobbler”). […]

In the latest episode of the fascinating series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how the delicate little ladybug got its name and why it is held in such high esteem. It turns out, the ladybug isn’t named for any particular female trait it possesses. Rather, it is named for a specific lady- […]

In the latest episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss , linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain how certain words in English started out in other forms that were often misheard and eventually adopted as correct. The n of English an, has also caused mistakes. Apron originally […]

Becky Stern visited Radiator Labs to learn about the new Cozy smart radiator cover that was recently installed in her apartment. Stern met with Radiator Labs CEO Marshall Cox to learn about how the device saves on heating costs by controlling the heat around steam radiators. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Help Laughing Squid Grow As […]

The term 420 is very popularly associated in the context of marijuana culture and rumors of how it came to be are varied and mythical. With this in mind, Fusion decided to dig into its origins and found that a group of San Rafael (Raf-el) students in Northern California were at the heart of the […]

A clip from the 1959 pilot for The Flintstones (originally titled The Flagstones) shows slightly different versions of the characters of Wilma, Betty, Fred, and Barney. Hijinks ensue when Wilma tries to serve Fred lunch by the pool and Barney shows up to go spearfishing. via Retroist, Neatorama Help Laughing Squid Grow As an Independent Blog Through a Monthly Pledge […]

In an incredibly wonderful karmic twist, the U.S. Treasury Department officially announced that the legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who dedicated her life to freeing thousands of slaves through the Underground Railroad network will be replacing the current portrait of Andrew Jackson, who was a slave-owner while he held office as President, on the obverse (front) […]

In celebration of his sixth birthday, Bobo the wonderful kitty who likes to take down robotic objects with his brother Nikita, was given a relaxing massage with a vacuum cleaner, something always really enjoys. In addition to having his deliciously fuzzy belly hoovered with different attachments, Bobo also allowed his tail to be sucked up […]

“Timekeeping on Mars” explains how keeping time on Mars works and how it compares to keeping time here on Earth. The video is based on the Wikipedia article of the same name, and is the fifth episode in the series That Wikipedia List by Wendover Productions that randomly selects a weekly topic from the Wikipedia “Unusual Articles” list. […]

Gothamist recently spoke with Darren Wong, the creator of the newly popular Raindrop Cake at his kitchen in Brooklyn where he explained that the cake is actually made from a precise mixture of agar (algae gelatin) and spring water. The mixture then forms and sets to create what appears to be a giant clear raindrop […]

Maisie Williams who plays Arya Stark on Game of Thrones surprised fans of the show by posing as a shop clerk and giving away merchandise at Aero Hobbies & Games in Santa Monica. Although the customers don’t appear to be fooled, Williams stays in character as she demands the fans act out scenes from the […]