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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Unnecessary Inventions (@unnecessaryinventions) Matt Benedetto of the hilarious self-explanatory parody products site Unnecessary Inventions (previously) has completely outdone himself with the “Hook Shot”, an incredibly handy coat hook with a hidden bottle that flips down with the weight of a coat...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Handy Coat Hook That Flips Down to Pour You a Shot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineer Jacob Jackson has created Same Energy, a visual search engine that uses image categories to locate similar, related images. The engine is rather minimalist, requiring few words to garner a search. This spartan environment is specifically by design. We believe that image search should be visual, using only a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Same Energy, A Minimalist Visual Search Engine That Uses Image Categories to Locate Related Images first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Beatboxer verbalase (Adym Evans) visually explains how he transcribes the lyrics of the beats he throws down, perhaps for future use. Much like a lyricist, verbalase takes pen to paper, documenting the mouth sounds he makes for each song, noting both the key and the time structure of the song....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beatboxer Transcribes the Lyrics of His Beats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jacques Nuzzo of the Illinois Raptor Center captured absolutely adorable footage of a clever little Eastern chipmunk named Hoover who very strategically loaded three giant unshelled peanuts into his very stretchy cheeks. When Hoover realized that only two could comfortably fit, he put the third between his teeth and ran...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Chipmunk Strategically Stuffs Three Giant Unshelled Peanuts Into His Stretchy Cheeks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lego Truman submitted a highly creative LEGO IDEAS design that reinterprets the iconic Vincent van Gogh painting “The Starry Night” in colorful bricks. The 1,552 piece set reimagines the painting a 3D replication and uses various techniques to capture the distinct brushstrokes of the artist. The set also includes a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Colorful LEGO Reinterpretation of the Iconic Painting ‘The Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While stuck in lockdown with their human Scottish broadcaster Andrew Cotter, dogs Olive and Mabel puttered about the house trying to figure out what to do with all their spare time. Olive tried a bit of baking with little success, while Mabel decided to learn to play music. While these...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dogs Olive and Mabel Attempt New Hobbies During Their Spare Time in Lockdown With Their Human first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer Seed Heritage is selling a very cute and clever kids sweater that has a wonderfully illustrated crocodile design. The right sleeve features the jaws of the crocodile with bottom teeth that are revealed whenever the child raises their right arm. Raise your arm to bring the crocodile alive…but...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Kids Sweater With a Crocodile That Opens Its Jaws Whenever the Right Arm Is Raised first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Atta (@attayumfactory) Attaboy, the talented artist, author, co-founder of Hi-Fructose Magazine and friend of Laughing Squid has announced the date for the 2021 Game of Shrooms. As with previous years, this game is a creative scavenger hunt for which artists all...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Game of Shrooms 2021, A Scavenger Hunt For Mushroom Art Hidden by Artists Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented bakery designer Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes (previously) in Austin, Texas quite amiably explained how to make a highly realistic ear of corn on the cob. For even more believability, Sideserft put a nice, sweet pat of butter on top. Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cake Studio creates a realistic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Realistic Corn on the Cob With Butter Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly compassionate human behind A Chick Called Albert shared a beautiful visual story about how he spotted a tiny parakeet egg on the floor of a cage at a pet store where only a male was living. The female had already been sold and the egg would not be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compassionate Man Rescues a Forgotten Parakeet Egg to Incubate and Raise the Bird by Hand Himself first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Matthew Highton very cleverly recreated the iconic opening credits of The Simpsons using only stock footage available to him, keeping each sequence as close to the original as possible. Highton had previously recreated other television intros in the very same manner. It took a day, but here it is:...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Simpsons’ Opening Recreated With Stock Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by A Place Called Hope (@a_place_called_hope_raptors) A wayward pelican who was trying to fly south for the winter somehow wandered off course and landed in the icy waters of Connecticut. Luckily, the Connecticut Audobon Society made contact with the raptor rehabilitation center...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wayward Pelican Saved From Icy Connecticut Waters is Flown to Florida by a Mother and Daughter Pilot Team first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The clever little gray and white cockatiel named Wilbur, who previously performed a wide array of tricks with his humans present, sunk a couple of shots in an adorable miniature basketball hoop with a ball made just for him. This is a video of my pet bird playing basketball. He...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sporting Cockatiel Plays Miniature Game of Basketball first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Super Bowl 2021 ad for the Cadillac Lyriq pays homage to the classic story of Edward Scissorhands. In this updated version Edward’s son, Edgar (Timothée Chalamet) is now the one who is constantly destroying things without intention and creating gorgeous sculptures where they are not needed. When Edgar is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Edward Scissorhands’ Son Edgar Drives Hands Free in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad for the All Electric Cadillac Lyriq first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Rapper and Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs, who is a regular visitor to Sesame Street, returned to visit his muppet crew with a new take on the classic song “People in Your Neighborhood” in an enchanting Super Bowl 2021 commercial for DoorDash. Me and my crew on Sesame Street brought to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Daveed Diggs Visits ‘People in the Neighborhood’ in the ‘Sesame Street’ DoorDash Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Micky Tejada and Epic Symphonic Rock (previously) performed a wonderfully sonorous arrangement of the iconic Black Sabbath song “Iron Man”. At the end of the song, guitarist Charlie Parra del Riego, who was playing his Flying V, added in a bit of harmonic flair reminiscent of the late, greatly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Orchestral Arrangement of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Nik Ramage, who is a self-described “sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices”, has cast in iron, a disconcertingly realistic disembodied mechanized, and motorized hand with fingers that tap, drum, and do those otherwise mundane rhythmic things that fingers do, but without a brain or body attached. Ramage used...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Disconcertingly Realistic Disembodied Motorized Hand That Taps Its Fingers With a Flick of a Switch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Brick Wall (previously) previously built an incredibly convenient LEGO wrapping paper machine that accurately measures exactly how much paper to cut by scanning the dimensions of the gift itself. They have since further enhanced this remarkable machine, turning it into a factory with measuring, cutting, taping and wrapping stations...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Automated LEGO Present Wrapping Factory first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British Columbian nature and wildlife photographer Maxwell Hohn spent a remarkable four years documenting the dangerous, underwater journey that Western toad tadpoles have to make in order to mature into a fully grown Western toad. It begins as the newly hatched youngsters begin their evolutionary instinctive way toward land. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Documenting the Evolutionary Journey That Western Toad Tadpoles Must Take to Become Fully Grown first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant (previously) has created a highly realistic fake line of plastic and collectable toys, many of which have a very irreverent, if not macabre theme to them. Several of these “fake” items are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cleverly Irreverent Fake Toys by Obvious Plant first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an odiferous Ted-Ed lesson that was written by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti and directed by Avi Ofer, narrator Alexandra Panzer explains how the expulsion of bodily gases is not only a smelly but necessary part of biology. For humans, it can provide a sense of comfort and relief...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Animals Use Farts As Odiferous Deadly Weapons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Randall Munroe of xkcd created a colorfully illustrated chart that shows which appliances coordinate with which specific actions. The graphic also humorously shows what the appliances will do to those actions that do not coordinate with their intended usage. Related PostsThe Various Varieties of Vegetables by Pop Chart LabThe Filmography...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Illustrated Chart Showing Which Household Appliances Coordinate With Specific Actions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When outdoorsman Gil Lancour of Cranmoor, Wisconsin came across a frightened doe who had gotten herself stranded in the middle of a frozen pond, he very carefully walked up behind her and began gently sliding her forward to the shore. The exhausted animal remained in a defensively folded position as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Man Saves a Deer Stranded in the Middle of a Frozen Pond by Sliding Her Across the Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The resident penguins of different varieties at the Saint Louis Zoo took a short but enriching field trip across the snowy path in order to go visit the polar bears who live in a different area. The flightless birds took their time on this spontaneous trip, enjoying the snow that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Penguins of the Saint Louis Zoo Take an Enriching Field Trip to Visit the Resident Polar Bears on a Snowy Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the Jimmy John’s ad for Super Bowl LV, the self-proclaimed “Cold Cut King” exquisitely played by the very funny Brad Garrett finds that the sandwich franchise is beating him at his own game. The mobbed up gangster isn’t at all pleased by the competition and is very happy to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brad Garrett Plays a Mobbed Up Cold Cut King Who Declares War on Jimmy John’s in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A thoughtful sulcata tortoise named Patton was very helpful in flipping over his testudinal brother Sherman, who had landed upside down after chasing after something that caught his interest. Patton just gave Sherman a gentle running nudge and all was right again. Sherman and Patton are brothers, when Sherman tips...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Tortoise Flips His Brother Right Side Up first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Google has announced that they will be rolling out a wellness component to their Google Fit app by providing Google Pixel phone users with the ability to use their cameras to check their heart rates and their respiratory rates at any given time. Users just have to position themselves properly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Fit Is Adding a Feature to Check Heart and Respiratory Rates Using a Mobile Phone Camera first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented guitarist Andre Antunes, who previously turned televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s rants into a respectably rocking heavy metal songs, returned to apply the same treatment to another the preacher’s sermons. This time it was evangelist Mark Driscoll, who was proselytizing about the proper way a man should treat a woman in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitarist Turns a Sermon by a Preaching Evangelist Into a 1980s Heavy Metal Ballad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A humorous Super Bowl LV ad features the very funny Will Ferrell getting the news that Norway was the world leader in the production of electric vehicles, the bearded comedic actor strongly objected to this news and shared his anger with neighbors Keenan Thompson and Awkwafina. The three make a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Will Ferrell Travels to Norway to Pick a Fight About Electric Vehicles In General Motors Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a solemn clip from the PBS show Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas, narrated by Thomas Haden Church, a tiny elf owl showcases his ferocious prowess as he sets out into the black night in search of food for his waiting family. The elf owl is considered the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ferocious Hunting Skill of the World’s Smallest Owl first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly novel Nike GO FlyEase is a modern constructed two-part shoe with a hidden hinge that can easily be put on and taken off without the use of hands. The front and back parts of the shoe are held together by a thick tension band that runs around the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nike GO FlyEase, A Creative Hinged Shoe That Can Be Easily Put On or Taken Off Without Using Your Hands first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by burpzine (@burpzine) Food stylist Erik Vernieuwe and photographer Kris De Smedt of Burp have created a “wienerrific” photo series that recreates familiar and/or iconic scenes from various forms of pop culture and fine art with hot dogs in differnt states of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pop Culture and Fine Art Recreated With Hot Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Toy filmmakers 5MadMovieMakers broke the established Guinness World Record for the “Most Loop-the-Loops in a Hot Wheels Track” with a toy car that performed ten amazing loops without interruption on a single, consecutive track. Toy car completes ten loops in a row for the world record. Filmed with a GoPro...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Filmmakers Break Guinness World Record for the Most Loop-the-Loops on a Hot Wheels Track With Ten Loops first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Auto enthusiast WhistinDiesel took a bright candy apple red Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and equiped the $54,000 sports car with aluminum wheels that look like they were from a traditional old-time buggy. The spoked wheels were supercharged with the power of 700 horses behind it, making the car appear to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Auto Enthusiast Equips a $54,000 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat With Spoked Aluminum Buggy Wheels first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While speaking with Ian Michna of Jenkem Mag, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog expressed his admiration for those who continually persevere in their quest to conquer certain skateboard tricks, and their acceptance of having to fail over and over before they are successful. Herzog also told Michna that, while he never...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Legendary Filmmaker Werner Herzog Expresses His Admiration for Those Who Persevere at Skateboarding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Spot, the incredibly nimble four-legged robot by Boston Dynamics (previously) that can accomplish an amazing variety of functional tasks, has a new appendage. This handy Spot Arm can easily manipulate doors, gather laundry and trash, can turn switches and levers on and off, along with other household chores. Grasp, lift,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Boston Dynamics Introduces a New Arm For Their Spot Robot That Can Help With Household Chores first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a 2006 concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, legendary guitarist David Gilmour invited singers David Crosby and Graham Nash to join him onstage to provide their powerful vocal harmonies to a moving performance of the iconic Pink Floyd song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. This footage is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post David Crosby and Graham Nash Join David Gilmour in a Harmonic Version of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ?INSANE 51? (@insane51) Greek street artist INSANE 51 creatives absolutely fascinating stereoscopic street art that requires a pair of 3D viewing glasses in order to see the entire message that’s being conveyed. The artist recreates the same image from slightly different...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Creative Stereoscopic Street Art by INSANE 51 That Requires a Pair of 3D Glasses to See the Whole Picture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dark Corners Reviews has put together a fascinating compilation of what they consider to be the top ten creatures created by legendary special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen was a very early proponent of stop motion animation, molding the craft and his characters into his bespoke “Dynamation” technique. In our...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Top Ten Compilation of Creatures by Stop Motion Pioneer Ray Harryhausen first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bardcore musician Algal the Bard (previously) performed a dulcet cover of the theme song from The Mandalorian on a variety traditional Medieval instruments. Algal not only composed this bardcore version, but played each of the instruments, making the theme sound as if it was written a great many years ago....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Dulcet Bardcore Cover of ‘The Mandalorian’ Theme Song Performed on Traditional Medieval Instruments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Claudia Romeo, a video journalist for Business Insider, traveled to the Puglian town of Locorotondo in the south of Italy to learn more about how ricotta cheese is made. Cheesemaker Giovanni Montanaro shared with Romeo that ricotta is not actually cheese. Instead, it’s made from curdled whey that forms during...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Ricotta Cheese Is Made at a Small Italian Dairy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very funny Dad Dancer has put together several compilations that show him performing acts around the house that were harmless, yet rather maddening at the same time. He calls this series “Doing Simple Things to Irritate People”. Irritating people through videos. View this post on Instagram A post shared...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Maddening Compilation of a Man Doing Simple Yet Harmless Things Around the House to Irritate People first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LionsBot International (@lionsbot_intl) A floor cleaning robot named Franziska has become a wonderful, comforting presence to both healthcare workers and patients at Neuperlach Hospital in Munich, Germany. Aside from her floor cleaning duties, Franziska will often sing, tell a joke or...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Friendly Cleaning Robot That Sings, Tells Jokes and Provides Welcome Distraction at a Munich Hospital first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While recording his own stellar performance of the classic ZZ Top song “LaGrange” on his GoPro, Vancouver street musician Shatnershairpiece captured the absolutely adorable sight of a little girl in a blue dress with her hair in braids dancing her little heart out as she waited for the bus. I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Little Girl Joyfully Dances to a Street Musician Playing ZZ Top’s La Grange While She’s Waiting for the Bus first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Czech travel photographer Petr Podroužek captured the absolutely stunning beauty of Diamond Beach, a gorgeous area in the South Coast of Iceland where giant blue-green icebergs of glacier ice break away and land upon the beach’s notable black sands. Podroužek explains more about this wondrous area. The Diamond Beach is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Stunning Beauty of Glacier Ice Washing Up on the Black Sand of an Icelandic Beach Captured in 4K Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While performing at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City in 2018, the talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed a rather engaging, if not surprising cover of “Song 2” by Blur. Lead singer Peter Brooke Turner approached the lyrics with a great deal of gusto,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs a Rather Engaging Cover of ‘Song 2’ by Blur first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, parents to cub Xiao Qi Ji, had themselves a ball as they played around in the falling snow at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC. The couple ran around, turned circles, and slid downhill as the storm blanketed more and more snow...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Giant Panda Parents Slide and Play in the Snow at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Astrological filmmaker Seán Doran has cleaned up archival HD photos taken aboard the JAXA/NHK (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Kayuga Orbiter and compiled them into a mesmerizing, real-time video of a four-hour orbit around the moon. Source is denoised, repaired, graded & retimed for this film. Based on JAXA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mesmerizing 4 Hour Real Time Orbit Around the Moon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Ryan Reynolds has accomplished a great many things. This includes starring in iconic Marvel movies, making gin, feuding with co-star Hugh Jackman, raising money, and directing and starring in commercials. Despite all this, however, he still finds that he doesn’t know all that much. In order to remedy this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds Promotes New Snapchat Series About Learning New Things With a Humorous Vertical Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Magdalene Visaggio (@magsvisaggs) Magdalena Vissagio, an award-winning comic book writer, has created “Modern Presidents”, a manipulated photo series that imagines what past Presidents of the United States might look like in current times. Her subjects include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Photo Series That Imagines What US Presidents of the Past Might Look Like in Modern Times first appeared on Laughing Squid.