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Documentary filmmaker Cenet traveled to Yakutsk, Siberia, the coldest city on record. The city, which sits at the northeastern tip of Siberia, which is only 280 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Once a place for Stalin to send dissidents due to its incredibly frigid environment, there are up to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Life Is Like in the Coldest City on Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an ad for the appropriately named Irish company Driveway Turntables, a woman walks out of her house into a small yard where she parks her car. With the press of a button, her car begins to rotate away from the house and towards the street so that she can...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Turntable Embedded Into a Driveway That Rotates Cars Into the Proper Direction to Exit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable two year old named Benjamin Olson and his 99 year old neighbor Mary O’Neill have become the best of friends. While the friendship seems unlikely, the duo found companionship with one another through a shared fence during the time when the world was stuck inside due to COVID-19....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Two Year Old Boy and His 99 Year Old Neighbor Become Best of Friends Through a Shared Fence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The brilliant French prankster Rémi Gaillard (previously), after quite a long reprise, quite hilariously took on the subject of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Olympics : The GOAT is back. Gaillard, in his truly presumptuous style, interrupted the work of anyone or anything that resembled an Olympic sport. A beekeeper...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Prankster Rémi Gaillard Hilariously Acts Out With Anyone or Anything That Looks Like an Olympic Sport first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly agile humanoid robot named CUE 4 sunk two perfect basketball shots during the halftime of the USA vs. France basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Of course, the joke of the evening turned to Ben Simmons, the Australian basketball player who seemingly ghosted the Philadelphia...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Humanoid Robot Sinks Two Basketball Shots During Basketball Game Halftime at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amaury Guichon (@amauryguichon) Chef Amaury Guichon (previously) of the Pastry Academy who previously crafted an absolutely stunning miniature replica of the iconic Statue of Liberty out of chocolate, created a very realistic skateboard caramel bar. This tasty candy bar features a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Realistic Skateboard Caramel Bar That Actually Rolls first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ryan Hunnewell, a broadcast designer for FX Networks, put together a compilation of amusing animated shorts that will serve as intros and commercial break bumpers for the fourth season of the series Cake on FXX and FX on Hulu. Each story portrays both the perils and the pleasures of living...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Shorts for the FX Series ‘Cake’ Portray the Perils and Pleasures of Living in a World Made of Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of MTV, the folks at AARP (previously) caught up with three of the channel’s original VJs Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, and Alan Hunter, and asked them to look back at some of the most popular videos during their tenure. First up was “Video Killed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three Original MTV VJs Look Back at Some of the Biggest Music Videos From the 1980s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cleveland Rock created a remarkable side-by-side comparison of the respective music videos for the Michael Jackson song “Beat It” and the “Weird Al” Yankovic direct parody “Eat It” in order to see the similarities between the two. It turns out that “Weird Al” remained incredibly faithful to the original choreography...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remarkable Side by Side Comparison of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ With ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Eat It’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Moneybags73, a vlogger who studies The Mandela Effect (false memory), posted the video of the now infamous audio of a Derby County Football Club fans shouting “That is embarrassing” that Kegan Stiles previously analyzed. Like Stiles, Moneybags73 found that the audio created an illusion of other possible phrases being heard....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Football Crowd Chanting ‘This Is Embarrassing’ Gives the Audio Illusion of Other Possible Phrases first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OREO (@oreo) Oreo is releasing a limited run of camouflaged packages for their line of Oreo Thins so that the cookies can be hidden in plain sight. This clever campaign replaces the Oreo name on the side of the package with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oreo Releases Camouflaged Cookie Packages With Other Known Brand Names to Hide Them in Plain Sight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the music video for the remix of the 2020 Paul McCartney song “Find My Way” from the album McCartney III, a younger version of McCartney joyfully dances through the brightly colored halls of a hotel, delighting everyone in his path. Step back in time and onto the dancefloor While...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beck Deepfaked As a Young Paul McCartney in Remix of McCartney’s Song ‘Find My Way’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nomadic Cycling Movement (@cercle_the_world) Inventor Bernhard Sobotta created the Cercle, an inventive concept bicycle with a multifunctional circular frame that provides space for personal camping activities. This includes sitting, cooking, working, resting, and sleeping after a day of cycling. The circle...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Cercle, An Inventive Concept Bicycle With a Multifunctional Circular Frame for Convenient Camping first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Desert” is an intense animated short by Australian filmmaker Michael Dockery that imagines a post-human world in which robots without any purpose are left to make do without any specific purpose or task at hand. Some turn to violence, while others bury themselves in endlessly scanning books. It’s only...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Intense Animated Short Imagining a Post-Human World Occupied by Robots Without Any Purpose first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Czech artist Patrik Proško created an incredible anamorphic portrait of famed inventor Nikola Tesla using parts from home and office electrical appliances such as washing machine machines, microwaves, and televisions. The large-scale piece, which needs to be viewed at a certain angle to see the whole picture, was debuted in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Anamorphic Portrait of Nikola Tesla Made Out of Home and Office Electrical Appliances first appeared on Laughing Squid.

LEGO creator SleepyCow (previously) submitted a LEGO Ideas design for a kit to build functional miniature red bicycle made out LEGO. The bike is incredibly detailed with realistic brakes, handlebars and suspension. It even has a water bottle in an attached clip. The inspiration behind this idea was the popularity...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Functional Miniature Bicycle Made Out of LEGO first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Asaf Wainberg (@asafwainberg) For his final project at The Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem,, Israeli industrial designer Asaf Wainberg has created “The Octav”, a wearable percussive rhythm instrument made out of flexible PVC drainage pipes that bears more than a passing resemblance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wearable Percussive Rhythm Instrument Made Out of PVC Pipes That Looks Like Doctor Octopus first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs who live at the Oregon Zoo (previously) were given a variety of frosty treats that they happily grabbed with their tiny prehensile hands and quickly gobbled up with adorable munching sounds. Both ring-tailed and red-ruffed lemurs enjoyed some frosty snacks. Ring-tailed lemurs aren’t picky eaters...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Lemurs of the Oregon Zoo Happily Gobble Down a Summertime Snack of Frozen Fruits and Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Research camera traps that were placed by PhD candidate Kyle-Mark Middleton at the University of Cape Town, captured amusing footage of a Southern ground hornbill who was guarding the nesting site inside a tree cavity. When the bird suddenly became aware that they were being filmed, the irked bird attacked...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Protective Southern Ground Hornbill Bird Attacks the Research Camera Filming the Hatchling Nesting Site first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Macrofying (@macrofying) Professional macro photographer Macrofying captured absolutely incredible footage by zooming deeply into a honeycomb cell to see what lies below the surface. The view inside is absolutely unrecognizable but fascinating nonetheless. Zooming into a honeycomb! The photographer also shared...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Macro Footage That Zooms Deep Into Honeycomb Cell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Singer Geoff Castellucci performed a cover of the classic Tennessee Ernie Ford song “Sixteen Tons” in very low bass vocalizations as lead while other versions of himself provided harmony, each at a different part of the scale. Tennessee Ernie Ford is a legend and I hope I’ve done his classic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Low Bass Vocal Cover of the Classic Tennessee Ernie Ford Song ‘Sixteen Tons’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike MacWolff of Kilted Katana Creations in Hinkley, Ohio has created a very cleverly punny “Bow TIE Fighter”, featuring a bow tie that sports the wings of the Star Wars Imperial Twin Ion Engine Fighter as the bows, and the pilot cockpit pod as the knot. This print comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cleverly Punny Bow TIE Fighter Necktie first appeared on Laughing Squid.

2007 World Barista Champion and coffee expert James Hoffman offered a very informative tutorial for beginners about espresso and espresso-based drinks. Hoffman first defines what espresso is, how it is measured, and the variations made according to the amount of water used. Hoffman also explains the ideas behind drinks such...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Informative Tutorial for Beginners Explaining the History of Espresso and Espresso-Based Drinks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@everydayengineering how are interstate highways numbered in the US? ##engineering ##civilengineering ##highway ##interstate ##road ? Jazz Bossa Nova for breakfast, etc.(880466) – NakayamaNorikazu Everyday Engineering, a channel devoted to infrastructure education, explained the logic behind the interstate highway numbering system within the contiguous United States. Of course, there are a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Logic Behind the Interstate Highway Numbering System in the Contiguous United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Working with Wildlife, an organization that works with private animal reserves within the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, captured absolutely beautiful 4K footage of endangered African painted dogs returning to the den in order to feed large litters of very hungry puppies. As typical with many canine breeds, the mother...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rare 4K Footage of African Painted Dogs Returning to Their Den to Feed Their Very Hungry Puppies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Travel vlogger Sam Chiu took a flight from Lisbon, Portugal to the autonomous region of Madeira where the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in Funchal sits on a foreland that juts out into the ocean and is known for its extremely short runway, which is surrounded by both high mountains and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Landing on One of the World’s Most Challenging Airport Runways in Funchal, Madeira first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While preparing for their first show since March 2020, the musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) played an acoustic cover of the 1976 hit “Car Wash” from the movie of the same name. This particular number was provided as a soundtrack to a compilation of footage and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Perform ‘Car Wash’ to Photo Compilation of Previous Tours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With plenty of time before Halloween hits this October, The Home Depot is selling a giant 12-foot rotten pumpkin head skeleton that features posable vine-covered limbs and, like its predecessor, really creepy, animated LCD blue eyes that follow a person’s movements around the yard. The skeleton’s chest is lit with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Terrifying Giant 12 Foot Pumpkin Head Skeleton With a Fiery Chest and Realistic Animated LCD Eyes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dr. James O’Donoghue, a Planetary Astronomer at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), who previously created a brilliant animation regarding rotational speed and axial tilts of the each planet and demonstrated the gravitational pull of each planet, followed up with another fascinating animation that visualizes the velocities required by rockets to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animation of the Velocities Required For Rockets to Escape the Gravitational Pull of Solar System Bodies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ecological artist The Butterfly Babe (Sarah Folts) shared remarkable footage of a mother scorpion with her babies on her back glowing in bright blue and purple under ultraviolet light. This fluorescent feature is due to specific proteins in scorpion exoskeletons, although the reason for its evolutionary usage is not entirely...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scorpion Mother With Babies on Her Back Glowing Fluorescent Blues and Purples Under Ultraviolet Light first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Funny Videos Compilation has put together two separate but equally amusing compilations of rather insistent cats and dogs interrupting people while they are working. The specific locations vary, but many instances do occur while their human is participating in a video chat from home. via Miss Cellania Related PostsAn Amusing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Compilations of Insistent Cats and Dogs Interrupting People While They Are Working first appeared on Laughing Squid.

We're at an obstacle course. Nephew thought this was a slide. The "yay!" after a painfully slow, *30-second* slide killed me. pic.twitter.com/DSNqPYbrw1 — Kelly Bauer (@BauerJournalism) July 18, 2021 While at an obstacle course, the nephew of Chicago journalist Kelly Bauer mistakenly identified a ramp for a playground slide and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Little Boy Slowly ‘Slides’ Himself Down an Obstacle Course Ramp That He Mistook for a Playground Slide first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Business Insider traveled to Cairo to meet with Saied Hussain, an Egyptian craftsman who has been making colored cement tiles for the past 50 years according to the traditional method taught to him by his father. Hussain painstakingly mixes pigment into cement and then pours the colors into pattern stencils...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Egyptian Craftsman Who Keeps the Tradition of Hand Mixed Cement Tiles Alive For Future Generations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Duck Foot Brewing Company (@duckfootbeer) Duck Foot Brewing in San Diego has created “Stout Mask Replica”, a 6.5% ABV American stout that pays tribute to the classic Captain Beefheart albumFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stout Mask Replica, An American Stout Celebrating the Classic Captain Beefheart Album ‘Trout Mask Replica’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese photographer Disc Yuri On used a Panasonic video camera from 1999 to capture the rather startling sight of a giant hot air balloon in the shape of a head that was trying to float high above Yoyogi Park in Tokyo but was hampered by the wind. When a siren...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Giant Head Hot Air Balloon Floats Over a Tokyo Park first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jon Diáz, a student track star at New York University, took up the challenge by BuzzFeed to outrun the New York City subway system. For this race, Diáz, who was wearing a body camera, rode the train to the Chambers Street stop along the 2-3 train, climbed up to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post NYU Track Star Outruns the New York City Subway first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While finishing his first solo cross country flight on May 22, 2021, student pilot and motivational speaker Brian Parsley found himself in the scary position of losing complete power on his single-engine Cessna 150 while high up in the sky. Rather than panicking, Parsley calmly contacted the tower below who...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Student Pilot Who Loses Power on a Single Engine Plane Calmly Figures Out How to Safely Land first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Charlie Todd and the NYC comedy collective Improv Everywhere (previously) collaborated with the Museum of the City of New York to create a wonderful interactive mission for unsuspecting pedestrians near the Grand Army Plaza in Central Park. Whomever stood upon a yellow circle that clearly stated “Stand Here For Dance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Improv Everywhere Throws 100 Person Dance Party for NYC Pedestrians Who Stand on a ‘Dance Party’ Decal first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While exploring the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa, the ROV SuBastian (previously) of the Schmidt Ocean Institute ship Falkor captured absolutely remarkable footage of the incredibly diverse array of deep-sea life that live in and around the coral reefs, a vast ecosystem of the deep...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rare Footage of a Glass Octopus and Other Life Within Deep Sea Coral Reefs Captured by ROV SuBastian first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German traveler Fabs976 of Cosmic Light Productions visited Shelby, Texas, a small town in Austin County known as “Little Germany” because a large number of people there grew up with German as their first language. While the accents and vernacular have become more anglicized over time, the young traveler had...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post German Traveler Visits a Small Town in Texas Where German Has Been the First Language for Generations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ignite Glass Studios (@igniteglass) Josh DeWall of Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago, who previously built an absolutely gorgeous, hand-blown glass wine decanter in the shape of an octopus, shared an update to his creative cephalopodic design. When concerns were voiced about...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Updated Version of the Hand-Blown Glass Octopus Wine Decanter That’s Easier to Pour and Clean first appeared on Laughing Squid.

I Want My MTV Music Television In Stereo has put together a truly nostalgic 45 minute clip of unedited MTV footage from 1982, a time when the channel was dedicated solely to new music. Included in this clip are the dulcet vocal stylings of VJ Mark Goodman, the classic Duran...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 45 Nostalgic Minutes of Unedited 1982 MTV Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Sony Classics film Julia by Julie Cohen and Betsy West of RBG, is a fascinating documentary that tells the story of trailblazing chef and unexpected television cooking star Julia Child. The film takes a look at Child’s unique style, honesty, and appeal through archival footage, personal photos, and interviews...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Julia’, A Fascinating Documentary Detailing the Remarkable Career of Trailblazing Chef Julia Child first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fractured episode of The Slow Mo Guys (previously), host Gavin Free recorded the sound of a utensil striking a glass and adjusted that sound to different frequencies. He then focused the sound with a bit of PVC pipe and used the sound to shatter the glass. He captured...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Using Sound to Shatter a Wine Glass in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Guitarist André Antunes (previously) stepped slightly away from musically interpreting the rants of various US televangelists to instead add heavy metal accompaniment to Soviet vocalist Eduard Khil singing a wordless song in the Vokaliz tradition. This performance later became known as the Trololo Guy meme (previously) and which has been...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitarist Adds a Heavy Metal Accompaniment to the Wordless ‘Trololo Guy’ Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on a 1978 episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, legendary astrophysicist Carl Sagan offered an informed, scientific critique of the new futuristic film now known as Star Wars IV: A New Hope. While Sagan stated that enjoyed the film, he did bring up concerns about how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Carl Sagan Offers an Informed Scientific Critique of ‘Star Wars IV: A New Hope’ to Johnny Carson in 1978 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Brick Experiment Channel (previously) built three different LEGO robots to climb a flagpole and a tree. The three different types were gravity locking, rubber-band locking, and a circulating climber. While there was a bit of scientific trial and error at first, these amazing robots eventually did what they were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three LEGO Robots Climb a Flagpole and Tree first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kent Nishimura, an 18 year old Japanese guitar virtuoso who skillfully plays acoustic covers of popular songs, performed a beautifully expressive fingerstyle cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song “Time” from a composition he arranged himself. via The Awesomer Related PostsMusician Plays Each Role of the Multi-Track Pink Floyd Song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Expressive Fingerstyle Cover of the Classic Pink Floyd Song ‘Time’ Performed on Acoustic Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

myNoise is an interactive site that can be used to generate customizable soundscapes. This remarkable technology, designed by Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon, offers a wide variety of aural environments with color-coded sliders to adjust the tones and frequencies that allow the user to completely mask ambient noise without the use...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Customizable Noise Masking Soundscape Generator first appeared on Laughing Squid.