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Ruth Shelley and Robert Oestmann are a unique young British couple that prefers to happily live their lives as if they were in the 1930s.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Young British Couple Live As If They Were in the 1930s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Type the Alphabet is an online game that challenges the player to type the English alphabet to see how fast they can type.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Online Game That Challenges Players to Type the Alphabet as Fast as They Can first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Grégoire Blanc and GlassDuo perform a striking theremin and glass harp cover of the theme from 'Howl's Moving Castle".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Striking Cover of the Theme From ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ Performed on Theremin and Glass Harp first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tom Scott worked with local authorities governing river and road traffic in order to have a chance to raise the iconic Tower Bridge in London.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Scott Raises the Iconic Tower Bridge of London first appeared on Laughing Squid.

CGP Grey explores the long etymological history of the popular 1980s name "Tiffany".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Long History Behind the Popular Name ‘Tiffany’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An old blind man helps a sad young man get out of his head and see the world around him.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Touching Animated Short About a Blind Man Showing a Sad Young Man How to See the World Around Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Foo Fighters trolled Westboro Baptist Church picketers with a disco performance and a message of love while in Kansas City for a show.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Foo Fighters Hilariously Troll Westboro Baptist Church Protesters With Disco and a Message of Love first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock created an amusing mashup combining lyrics from "Jump" by Van Halen with steel guitar by Hank Williams Jr.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Mashup That Combines Van Halen’s Jump With Steel Guitar by Country Legend Hank Williams Jr. first appeared on Laughing Squid.

IKEA Canada has provided very helpful instructions that show how to repurpose and recycle IKEA furniture and shopping bags.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Repurpose IKEA Furniture and Shopping Bags first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sandcastle artist Leonardo Ugolini sculpted an absolutely gorgeous, highly detailed Millenium Falcon out of sand.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Detailed Millennium Falcon Sand Sculpture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Guitar quartet 40 Fingers performed a lush, multilayered acoustic cover of The Police song "Message in a Bottle".Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitar Quartet Performs Multilayered Acoustic Cover of The Police Song ‘Message in a Bottle’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of National Mustard Day on August 7, 2021, French’s Mustard has partnered with Plantedosi Bakery in Malden, Massachusetts to create a yellow mustard-infused hot dog bun. While the company has tried other pairings in the past with ice cream and beer, this savory bun with their traditional recipe baked right in seems to be a perfect match. Yup, we actually mixed our tangy Classic Yellow® right into the dough. The result? The brightest buns your ‘buds will ever taste. The mustard bun will be making its debut across the United States on August 7 and August 14, 2021.…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post French’s Mustard Flavored Hot Dog Buns first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chewie's Meme Town imagines what Yoda would sound if he used normal and definitive speaking patterns rather than his usual lopsided syntax.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Yoda Would Sound Like If He Spoke Normally first appeared on Laughing Squid.

"Voice Above Water" profiles a 90 year old Balinese man who cleans the river of plastic pollution so that future generations can fish again.Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Profound Short Film About a 90 Year Old Balinese Fisherman Who Catches Plastic Instead of Fish first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Dhruva Aliman shared a wonderful compilation of footage from the 1890s that shows what cities around the world looked like at the time. Included in the cities that were visited are Jerusalem, Bohemia, Moscow, London, Selkirk, New York City, Geneva, Berlin, and Paris, just to name a few. The remastered footage was gathered from the Lumiere archives and set to a beautiful soundtrack composed by Aliman. The start of motion pictures, late 1890’s. Rare film of cities, towns and countries. High-quality remastered prints from the Lumiere archives and EYE Film Museum via Open CultureFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful 1890s Footage of Cities Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1964, the great Dionne Warwick stood upon a Paris rooftop and sung what would be her best-known hit “Walk on By”. As she walked up and down the roof, a group of men in suits interacted with her in a distinctly choreographed fashion in what appears to be an early music video. Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine restored the original footage using artificial intelligence to smooth out the rough edges of the video and remastered the soundtrack for better sound. Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound. “Walk On By” is a song composed by Burt…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dionne Warwick Sings ‘Walk on By’ on a Paris Rooftop in a Remastered 1964 Music Video for the Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@solopsist Eat the rich ##HoldMyMilk ##chocolatelover ##ediblefoodcravings ? original sound – solopsist solopsist has created an amusingly surreal series of videos where they interact with the nearly-extinct public phone booth. Each video shows the prankster interacting with the hanging receiver. The receiver might be a pickle, it might be made of chocolate, it might just go limp or it might shoot strawberry jam from both the mouth and earpiece. The phone itself could also be a piñata filled with candy. There appear to be no limits to this person’s wonderful imagination. Nothing is real everything is permitted @solopsist Nothing is…Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Series of Surreal Interactions With Phone Booths first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Artisanal Brew Works (@artisanalbrew) Novelty candy maker Warheads has partnered with Artisinal Brew Works in Saratoga Springs, New York, to create a line of Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Seltzers. The initial introduction will be the Cherry-Lime flavor. Black Cherry, Watermelon, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Extremely Sour Warheads Candy Hard Seltzers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The prolific band Weezer, who are no strangers to cover songs, performed the classic Metallica anthem “Enter Sandman” in their distinctive fashion, using rather spooky imagery in the video to enunciate the dark theme of the song. Profits from this song will go towards a good cause. All profits from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Weezer Covers of ‘Enter Sandman’ For a New Metallica Tribute Album Complete With a Spooky Music Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bruce Willis playing arms dealer extraordinaire Tony Amato in Miami Vice’s first season. Four months later, he was trading barbs with Cybill Shepherd as P.I. David Addison in Moonlighting pic.twitter.com/w9NClkIizv — Daniel Holland? (@DannyDutch) August 4, 2021 Photographer Daniel Holland has Tweeted out a rather comprehensive list of famous actors...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rather Comprehensive List of Famous Guest Stars Who Appeared on ‘Miami Vice’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Donald Gorske, a self-described Big Mac enthusiast in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin who set the Guinness World Record in 2016 for the most Big Mac burgers eaten in a lifetime (28,788) has happily broken his own record in 2021 by consuming an incredible total of 32,340 Big Macs just five years later. Gorske stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wisconsin Man Sets the Guinness World Record For Eating More Than 32,000 Big Macs Over 50 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Danish filmmaker Casper Rolsted captured the exquisite beauty of Denmark throughout the year in a series of four short timelapse films. Each film is dedicated to a specific season and notes the changing landscape and the activities associated with the time of year. Every season has its own beauty. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Four Short Films That Capture the Exquisite Beauty of Denmark During Each Season of the Year first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gamer Among the Hidden, who enjoys creating foolish, random, short films featuring the video game Age of Empires II, made one such film about a villager from the game who takes a photo of himself in the same spot every year for his entire life, much in the way that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Villager From ‘Age of Empires II’ Takes a Photo of Himself Every Year in the Same Spot for 100 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joerg Daiber of Little Big World captured the awesome beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany through the lens of an aerial tilt-shift timelapse. This particular area, which has become a UNESCO World Heritage site, is very busy with the bustling of trains, trucks, and people, all of which...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Awesome Beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany Captured in an Aerial Tilt-Shift Timelapse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

60 Second Docs profiled talented San Francisco fashion designer Lance Victor Moore who creates unique couture masks that are both protective and non-protective. Each mask features an elaborate assortment of such adornments as large jewels, shiny spikes, pointy quills, glittering tusks, and curling horns. Lance Victor Moore…is a couture face...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The San Francisco Designer Who Makes Unique Couture Masks for Lady Gaga & Other Famous Clients first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adrian Smith of Ant Lab (previously), who is also a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, captured the absolutely ethereal beauty of seven different moths as they took off to flight in slow motion against a purple background. Take off flight sequences captured at 6,000 fps! All...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ethereal Beauty of Moths Taking Off in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For their animated series “Mutant Sequencer”, Brain Dead introduces a pair of trash-eating mutants, known as S.L.U.G.Z., who sail their boat around a sunken New York City in search of food while fending those who want to take what’s theirs for their own. It is 2026. New York City is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Trash Eating Mutants in a Post-Human World Sail Around a Sunken New York City in Search of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MattiasN shared a compilation of vintage footage taken from 1939 to 1940. The film starts out with people enjoying summer sports on Jones Beach, which is on the South shore of Nassau County on Long Island. The film then cuts to people skating somewhere in New York City, although the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vintage Footage of Summer and Winter Sports at Jones Beach, Long Island, and Other Areas in New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured super slow motion macro footage of colliding drops of water under different conditions of varying levels, ranging from 1 (“water on water”) to 10 (“fun with neon colours”). Each image was shot using high speed photography and raw images. Water Droplet Collision Highspeed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colliding Drops of Water Captured in Super Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Nostalgia Museum” is a touching short film by Sofie Kodner and Eleonora Bianchi for the KQED Arts series Truly CA that focuses on the Musée Mécanique (previously), a wonderful antique arcade in San Francisco that has been run by proprietor Dan Zelinsky for the past 40 years and by his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Proprietor Dan Zelinsky Talks About Working to Keep San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique Open to the Public first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt (previously) embarks on a virtual search for the largest black hole in the universe. In doing so, they explain through their distinct animation, the different classifications of black holes from the smallest (primordial) to the largest (Ultra Massive). While they’ve previously explained how black holes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Size Comparison of Black Holes in the Universe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tably is a very helpful smartphone camera app that uses artificial intelligence to determine how a cat is feeling. The primary function of the app is a “grimace scale” that is able to read mood and health according to subtle feline facial cues. This allows humans to monitor their cat’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tably, A Helpful Camera App That Uses Artificial Intelligence to Determine How a Cat Is Feeling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Boxlapse Films (previously) has put together their fifth timelapse compilation that features various plants pushing through the soil and growing over the course of many days. Plants included are Chia, tobacco, Trinidad scorpion chili, avocado, and clover, all grown from seeds. The number of days ranges from 30 to 174...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Timelapse Compilation of Plants Growing to Jazz first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The wonderfully affable Danny of Rate My Takeaway traveled to Shepherds Place Farm in Haxey, England to try their famous Terminator 3 English Breakfast, which is said to be the biggest Full English Breakfast in the world. This incredible plate of food features four of everything in a traditional fry-up....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Attempts to Eat the Biggest Full English Breakfast in the World That Has Twelve of Everything in One Hour first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Ryan Reynolds has accomplished a great many things, including starring in iconic Marvel movies, making gin, feuding with co-star Hugh Jackman, raising money, directing and starring in commercials, and selling companies. Despite all this, however, Reynolds has never really talked about the way he looked. Until now, that is....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Bulked Up Ryan Reynolds Hilariously Shows Off a New Muscular Body for His Upcoming Film ‘Free Guy’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly heartwarming clip from the Smithsonian Channel series Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs tells the story of how a wonderful Great Dane named George (previously) helped a young girl named Bella live an active life despite her physical limitations. Bella was born with Morquio Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Wonderful Great Dane Helped a Girl With a Genetic Bone Condition Walk Without Assistance first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Max Speedster shared an incredibly nostalgic video that encompasses the first two hours of the introduction of MTV to the world (or at least New Jersey) on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 AM Eastern Time. The video starts off with a Space Shuttle countdown, the iconic launch of Apollo 11, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Very First Two Hours of the Newly Introduced MTV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Game Producer Swann of BlueTwelve Studio provided a wonderful gameplay walkthrough for their highly anticipated video game Stray (previously), which is planned for release in early 2022. Swann explains that the entire game is played through the eyes of a cat wandering through a futuristic cybercity. From the cat’s unique...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Walkthrough of ‘Stray’, A Video Game Where You Play a Cat Wandering Through a Futuristic Cybercity first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously), who’s back doing what he does best at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held a short ceremony for dogs Olive and Mabel. Mabel wound up taking the Bronze medal for her performance in the “fox rolling” event while Olive took home multiple gold medals for performing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Olive and Mabel Take Home Bronze and Gold Olympic Medals for Performing Well in Dog Related Sports first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Several night owls decided to visit the porch of a new home in Yuma, Arizona that a family had just moved into. The family had just barely installed their video doorbell when they were notified several times that someone was there. It turns out that these Strigidae guests were happily...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Night Owls Throw a Porch Party That Triggers a Newly Installed Video Doorbell at 10:30 PM first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Magician Vincent performed a remarkable sleight of hand using his own fingers during day 84 of his 100 day project to create new magic tricks in 2017. Vincent took the “detachable thumb” trick and applied it to his whole hand, agilely substituting one digit for another in a graceful routine....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Magician Performs Remarkable Detachable Finger Trick first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of his brand new Cartoonito show on Cartoon Network, the incredibly affable Lucas the Spider introduced his best friend Findley the Fly, an adorable flying insect who loves to eat anything from anywhere. The pair jump around the house on a pair of springy marshmallows until Findley decides...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lucas the Spider and Best Friend Findley the Fly Jump Around the House on a Pair of Springy Marshmallows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Software developer Jim Kang has created “The Sound of the Far Future”, a generative ambient music concept album that projects and possibly predict the sounds that humans will hear in accordance with the difficult to fathom “Timeline of the Far Future”. Represented through music are the sounds as the Universe...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Generative Ambient Music Concept Album That Projects the Sounds of the Far Future Over Two Hours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Star Wars IV: A New Hope was released for a second run in 1977 for the holidays, legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert dedicated a segment of their show to review the film again. Both Siskel and Ebert found the film to be a fun, escapist film...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert Review ‘Star Wars’ During Its Second Release For the 1977 Holidays first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) mashed together the popular Beck song “Loser” with the dulcet sounds of a traditional square dance reel. The combination was surprisingly fitting as the prolific lyrics easily lent themselves to a country song. Beck’s “Loser” makes for a very confusing square dance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Surprisingly Fitting Mashup of the Song ‘Loser’ by Beck Set to a Traditional Square Dance Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Director Johnny Kelly (previously) has put together a rather amusing but slightly startling supercut of clips and snippets from a wide variety of instructive video tutorials. While many of the snippets focus on the various stages of relationships, one was rather heartwrenching and another was highly informative, as I always...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Supercut of Online Video Tutorials first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A classic commercial for McDonald’s shows a couple of kids taking the gloved hand of Ronald McDonald and the trio then skips down a yellow brick road for a rather psychedelic trip to McDonaldland through the land of apple pie trees, thick shake volcanoes, free-range french fries, and a giggling...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Join Ronald McDonald on a Psychedelic Trip to McDonaldland in a Trippy 1969 McDonald’s Commercial first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) created a visual comparison of the speed of various forms of life, planets, and vehicles in a very informative 3D animation. Included in this comparison are the speed by which a human fingernail grows, the speed of human walking, the speed of a domestic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Animated Comparison of Speed From the Slowest to the Fastest on Record first appeared on Laughing Squid.