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Architectural blog The B1M, who previously explored the very controversial subject of height amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the world, took the measurement of world buildings one step further with a fascinating video regarding the true scale of these buildings. To better appreciate the immense scale of these structures we’ve...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The True Scale of the World’s Tallest Buildings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stormchasing filmmaker Mike Olbinski (previously) has put together a gorgeous compilation timelapse of stormcloud footage that he previously captured rolling across the US plains in black and white 4K and 8K footage. The scenes in this film have appeared before, and I cannot wait to get out and get some...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Black and White High Definition Compilation Timelapse of Storm Clouds Rolling Across the Plains first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly astute and adept Australian shepherd named Rush confidently circled around two separate circular sets of traffic cones on his skateboard, performing a near “figure eight” after a couple of tries. According to Rush’s human Marco Spadaccini, Rush was very hesitant to ride a skateboard at first. …he has...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astute Australian Shepherd Performs a Figure Eight Around Traffic Cones While Riding a Skateboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The musical pair of Tania Mazur and Sergii Shamrai, collectively known as the B&B Project, performed a beautiful cover of the iconic Eagles song “Hotel California” on a traditional Ukrainian bandura and button accordion, respectively. Hotel California | Bandura and Button Accordion Cover via The Awesomer Related PostsHeart Wrenching Covers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Cover of the Iconic Eagles’ Song ‘Hotel California’ on Ukrainian Bandura and Button Accordion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Maiken Woll Eide asked her toddler son to say “Mama”, he responded in a deep, semi-demonic voice. Father Julian Brophy thought it was hilarious. Awww, he finally learned how to say mama. ? pic.twitter.com/ICOO2iyeSA — Julian Brophy (@brophy) May 2, 2021 Related PostsVocal Dog Says ‘Mama’ Before Human Toddler...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Toddler Says ‘Mama’ in a Deep Demonic Voice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the tragically late Prince joined fellow musicians Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Dhani Harrison, and others onstage to play a star-studded version of fellow inductee George Harrison‘s iconic song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Petty and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Prince Shreds Superb Solo on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ in 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Director’s Cut first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Snactiv is a handy set of chopsticks that connect to your fingers to keep them clean when snacking. Snactiv is a multi-tasking snacking tool of the future that keeps your hands clean and your focus on the things that matter. The Snactiv was developed by Innoobi, a team of designers,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Chopsticks Snacking Tool That Attaches to Your Fingers to Keep Them Clean While Doing Other Things first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Marvel has put out a beautiful message to inspire unity using the powerful words of late, greatly missed Stan Lee. Lee’s speech was taken from his own unifying message in 2017. I love being with people, it’s the most incredible thing in the world, that world may change and evolve,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Inspiring Marvel Message of Unity Using Stan Lee’s Words That Previews Upcoming Movies and TV Shows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alex Damon and Mollie Damon of Star Wars Explained organized the timeline of the Star Wars canon, using every item of reference they could find to explain this fascinating history in an hour-long video. This is the entire history of the Star Wars canon as of May 3, 2021. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Complete Star Wars Canon Timeline Explained first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ponte 516 Arouca (@ponte_516arouca) Pointe 516, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened up high above the River Paiva in Arouca, Portugal. The bridge stretches for an incredible 516 meters (1,693 feet) across at an elevation of 175 meters (574...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post World’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge Opens Up High Above the River Paiva in Arouca, Portugal first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Drone pilot Jay Christensen of Rally Studios in Minneapolis, who previously flew his drone through the Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater, sent his flying robot around the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and captured absolutely phenomenal footage. The drone followed a group of rollerbladers playing hockey in the halls...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Phenomenal Drone Footage Flying Through the Mall of America That Pays Tribute to ‘The Mighty Ducks’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Frederic van Strydonck (@fvanstry) Filmmaker Frederic van Strydonck used a smartphone rig to attach his camera to a brush marker pen and took off, drawing voluptuous swirling designs on a piece of paper. The soundtrack of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue added...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drawing With a Brush Pen That Has a Camera Attached first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A clip from the PBS special Sharks of Hawaii takes a look at the Hawaiian garden eel. These native creatures are incredibly shy, remaining inside their benthic water burrows for their entire lives. They only to pop their heads out for food when the sun rises and then beat a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Shark Evading Habits of Shy Hawaiian Garden Eels first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful rescued cat named Luna lay across her human’s arms and snuggled up to his face so that he could use his beard to pet her little head. Luna enjoyed the yummy back and forth motion of the scratchy hairs, even turning her head so that he could reach...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Gives His Cat Head Scratches Using His Beard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@messingwithreality get the f*ck out of my house.. ##magician ##magic ##davidblaine ##xyzbca ##foryoupage ##harrisonford ? original sound – messingwithreality In a clip from the ABC special Real or Magic, actor Harrison Ford quite obligingly participated in a card trick performed by magician David Blaine. Blaine asked Ford to think of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Harrison Ford Hilariously Responds to an Incredible Card Trick Performed by David Blaine first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Morty and Florian (@aussie_morty) An incredibly astute Australian shepherd named Morty happily played a couple of competitive games of Connect Four and Jenga with his beloved humans and held his own quite well. Morty’s humans are very attentive to Morty, training...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astute Australian Shepherd Plays Competitive Connect Four and Jenga Games With His Beloved Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Korean artist Dakd Jung has created a whimsical lighted speaker with an embedded ferrofluid display at the front that reacts and responds to music. Much like a lava lamp, the semi-solid ferrofluid forms uneven little blobs within the liquid that react and seem to follow both vibration and sound. Surprisingly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Lighted Bluetooth Speaker With an Embedded Ferrofluid Display That Dances to the Beat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Fabric of You” by Josephine Lohoar Self is a beautiful, heartbreaking stop motion animation about a young anthropomorphic mouse named Michael who works anonymously as a tailor in a small shop. When a customer named Isaac comes in for a new suit, he seeks out Michael’s opinion and compliments...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Fabric of You’, A Heartbreaking Stop Motion Film About a Young Mouse Grieving the Loss of a Lover first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Art vlogger James Payne of Great Art Explained offered up a fascinating compiled essay that interprets the meaning behind “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, the iconic triptyk by Hieronymus Bosch. Payne explains that Bosch was not trying to express an awareness of sexual freedom or fantasy, nor was it an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Interpretation of the Meaning Behind ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Percussionist and clown Fuman of Musica Loco performed an impressive routine by playing a single drum then bouncing his sticks onto a larger drum kit a few inches away and then catching them, all without missing a single beat. He also did a bit of juggling before tossing his sticks....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Coordinated Percussionist Juggles and Bounces His Sticks Off Another Drum Kit Without Missing a Beat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Multilingual comedian Loïc Suberville, who previously translated an absurd English sentence into French so that every word sounded the same, amusingly personified the French language and then proceeded to shame that person for the grammatical rules within. Of course, French rightly took English to task as well. Related PostsThe Complex...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Humorous Argument About the Illogical Grammar Rules in Both the French and English Languages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pet food company IAMS has launched NOSEiD, a cleverly designed app that uses a dog’s unique nose print to help alert, identify and reunite lost dogs with their beloved humans. This nose print is as unique to each canine as a fingerprint is to a human. The app scans the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever App That Uses Dogs’ Unique ‘Nose Print’ to Identify and Reunite Lost Canines With Their Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joy Chapman of Surrey, British Columbia is a country singer who has broken the Guinness World Record for the “lowest vocal note reached by a female” with the performance of a C1, which registered at 33.57 Hz. The note was held for several seconds. Chapman explained that she has hypermobility...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Canadian Vocalist Sets the Guinness World Record for the Lowest Vocal Note Ever Reached by a Female first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Dungeon & Dragons themed podcast Dark Dice announced the incredible news that the great Jeff Goldblum will be joining their second season. Goldblum will be playing an elven sorcerer named Balmur who is embarking on a search for his daughter’s locket. Jeff will be joining us in Chapter 1B,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jeff Goldblum Joins Second Season of the Dungeons & Dragons Podcast ‘Dark Dice’ as an Elven Sorcerer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luna Lee, who plays playing popular songs on her traditional Korean Gayageum, performed a beautiful cover of the heartbreaking classic George Michael song “Careless Whisper”. According to Lee, the song was “built” for her instrument. Because this is so perfect for Gayageum sound I think. I really enjoyed it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Cover of the George Michael Song ‘Careless Whisper’ Played on a Traditional Korean Gayageum first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MANAMI SASAKI / sasamana (@sasamana1204) With the popularity of toast increasing worldwide, Japanese food artist Manami Sasaki has taken to creating incredible, edible pieces of art using this particular medium. While some of her pieces mimic that of great artists, much...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Edible Shoe That’s Made Out of Bread first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French musician Grégoire Blanc (previously) showcased 10 different scenarios in which a musical saw could be creatively played with the help of synthesizers, effects pedals, the wonderful instruments themselves, as created by Alexis Faucomprez, and of course Blanc’s immense talent. The results are a bit unpredictable, but we managed to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Showcases Ten Different Creative Ways That a Musical Saw Can Be Played Using Pedals and Effects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DIY creator JoopB1 shows how to build a very cleverly designed birdhouse that looks just like a security camera out of scrap wood. The bird nesting season is up and running and so it was time to get creative making a birdhouse. Not just a birdhouse but also a fake...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Build a Fake Security Camera Birdhouse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Woodworker Nick Zammeti, who previously built a giant colored pencil made out of many colored pencils and a playable ukulele, also made out of colored pencils, left the writing instruments behind and created an amazing waterfall table. This incredible table used epoxy resin and 10,000 LEGO bricks in order to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible LEGO Waterfall River Table first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the release of their new line of single-serving “Petite Feasts” for cats, Fancy Feast has also compiled a cookbook book for humans that coordinate their meal with what their cat is eating. Recipes such as “Salmon and Zucchini with a Miso Honey Glaze” pairs for humans perfectly with the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fancy Feast Releases a Cookbook For Humans to Coordinate Their Meals With What Their Cat Eats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wonderfully affable Australian pelicans go for walks with their beloved keepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Like other animals in their care, these big billed birds are provided with care and enrichment. Walking is part of that enrichment and the pelicans appear to enjoy it a great deal....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Affable Australian Pelicans Go For Enriching Walks With Their Beloved Keepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A colorful caique (parrot) quite amusingly let out a wonderful impression of a blaring metal detector while rotating back and forth in a semi-circle, just like a detector would do. Doesn’t this caique sound a bit like a metal detector? Here’s how a real metal detector sounds. Related PostsThe Universal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Parrot Does a Great Impression of a Metal Detector first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Finnish five-man band Steve ‘n’ Seagulls performed a hearty, up-tempo bluegrass version of the classic 1979 earworm “My Sharona” by The Knack while seemingly at a ski lodge and in between fooling around on the slopes. It’s a bit reminiscent of “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s classic parody “My Bologna”. Original song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Up-Tempo Bluegrass Cover of the Classic 1979 Earworm ‘My Sharona’ by The Knack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Josh DeWall of Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago has created an absolutely gorgeous, hand-blown glass wine decanter in the shape of an octopus. The wine is poured through the cephalopod’s head and travels down its eight graceful arms aerate the wine on its way into a rounded receptacle at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gorgeous Hand-Blown Glass Octopus Wine Decanter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured macro slow motion footage of the fascinating sight of a raw egg that had crystallized over ten days into a remarkable, almost Van Gogh-like swirling pattern. Egg time lapse. Watch a raw egg crystallizing over a period of 10 days and breaking like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Timelapse of a Raw Egg That Crystallizes Into a Remarkable Swirling Pattern Over Ten Days first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development team is developing a very short but freely mobile robot that can play the part of small characters in films. According to Disney, the robotic actor can walk, gesture, and emote according to whatever is needed at the time. Their first prototype is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Disney Imagineers Build a Walking Baby Groot Robot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cody Don Reeder of Cody’s Lab, who previously flushed a toilet using 240 lbs of mercury instead of water, deliberately inhaled two different chemicals from separate balloons with amusing results. While it’s rather common for people to do this with helium balloons to make their voices higher, these actually made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Deliberately Inhales Two Different Non-Toxic Gases That Make His Voice Sound Deeper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Volunteer firefighters with the Devils Peak Vredehoek Neighbourhood Watch took a moment out from their hard work fighting fires in Cape Town, South Africa to give a very parched tortoise a long drink from the cap of a bottle of water. These firefighters manage to give a turtle a drink...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post South African Firefighters Give Parched Tortoise a Much Needed Drink of Water From a Water Bottle Cap first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men humorously dug into the origins of the word “America”, how the word came about, how early maps portrayed America, how the it became synonymous with the United States, and why many around the world take issue with the use...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Origins of the Word ‘America’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of curious goats named Alex and Junior who live at Tammy’s Oberlin Hobby Farm in Oberlin, Ohio, stood upon a seesaw and tried to figure out what it was and what it did. The hircine pair walked back and forth until they got a reaction. The movement proved...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Curious Goat Teaches Himself to Balance On a Seesaw first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While performing in 2005 at the Barbican in London, The talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) played a rather quaint and proper cover of the 1978 disco smash “Le Freak” by Chic. This performance of ‘Le Freak’ is taken from our 2005 show at The Barbican,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Quaint Ukulele Cover of the Disco Song ‘Le Freak’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Genesis Museum has taken classic 16mm film footage from a 1973 Genesis concert and remastered it to 4K high definition. They also used an AI tool to reduce noise and to fill in video gaps where the image was blurry or missing. This was a really big project. Not...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible 4K Remastered Footage From a 1973 Genesis Live Concert at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician The Doo, a guy who likes to “…play games and guitar, sometimes at the same time”, performed a flawless medley of 50 musical memes. Some of the songs originate from video games, from Tiktok, and from television shows, but mostly they come from popular memes. 50 of the best...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Flawless Guitar Medley of 50 Popular Musical Memes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Mikka of Warped Perception (previously) put both a GoPro and a dive case enclosed Insta360 camera inside a brand new dishwasher in order to capture what happens behind the closed door. Mikka filmed the entire cycle, which included the release of the soap at around the six-minute mark. For...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A GoPro and 360° Camera Inside of a Dishwasher Capture What Happens During a Full Cycle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Joel Haver, who imagined how NPCs acted when a disconnected controller kills the player and the subsequent waning enthusiasm for said game, demonstrated the uselessness of subtitles at times when a character starts speaking a made up alien language. so you don’t think we’re supposed to be understanding what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Subtitles Become Useless When a Character Starts Speaking an Made Up Alien Language first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a towering Ted Ed video essay written by Alex Gendler (previously) and animated by Wow How Studios, narrator Addison Anderson explains the revolutionary architectural design behind the construction of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The building stands at an incredible 828 meters (2,716.54 feet) high and considered the tallest...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Revolutionary Architectural Design Behind the Construction of the World’s Tallest Skyscraper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@jauncydev If dog breeds were people ? original sound – jonny devaney Performer Jonny Devaney amusingly acted out what different breeds of dogs would act like if they were people. The four-part series features such breeds as Pit Bull, Poodle, Corgi, Bernese Mountain dog, Doberman, German shepherd, English Mastiff, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Series of Videos That Imagines How Various Dog Breeds Would Act If They Were People first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jack Black (@jackblack) After an injection, the ever-comical Jack Black hilariously transformed himself into his own version of Captain America. Black, who was dressed in a mask and a rather skimpy American flag bathing suit, happily flung his shield while unselfconsciously...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jack Black Hilariously Transforms Into Captain America first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French comedian Loïc Suberville quite amusingly made fun of his native language, taking the absurd English sentence “A green worm pours a glass towards a glassmaker around 8 PM” and translated it into French. The resulting phrased is very alliterative, assonant, and repetitive “Un ver vert verse un verre vers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Very Alliterative and Repetitive Absurd French Phrase In Which Almost All the Words Sound the Same first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A colony of playful Galapagos sea lions upon a Santa Cruz Island barge that they hijacked for their own, hilariously engaged in what sounded like a rather raucous burping contest. As it turns out, the distinctive noise is just juvenile pups sounding off to one another. The young sea lions...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Raucous Colony of Galapagos Sea Lions Engage In an Apparent Burping Contest Upon a Hijacked Barge first appeared on Laughing Squid.