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In a whorling clip narrated by David Tennant from the PBS/BBC series Wild Way of the Vikings, a herd of magnificent reindeer create a giant swirling cyclone with their bodies when an arrow flies overhead. This amazing coordinated maneuver is used to confuse and scare off predators together. See how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Herd of Reindeer Create a Defensive Cyclone With Their Bodies When an Arrow Flies Overhead first appeared on Laughing Squid.

What would the #Joker think of #LukeSkywalker? Our patient challenged @Hamillhimself, and was blown away by the answer. Thanks for helping #MakeMarchMatter, Mark! #StarWars #Batman @MakeMarchMatter pic.twitter.com/a7IqHcp5HZ — Children's Hospital LA (@ChildrensLA) March 30, 2021 While participating in the Make March Matter fundraiser for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the great...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mark Hamill Responds in Character to a Young Patient Asking What The Joker Would Think of Luke Skywalker first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Garðar O?lafs | Iceland ?? (@gardarolafsphotography) Photographer Garðar Ólafs, who is the founder of the aerial videography company Airstock, shared gorgeous overhead footage of the erupting Geldingardalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland. The drone did an excellent job, although it flew a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drone Starts to Melt As It Flies Over Iceland Volcano first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Not wanting to taxidermize herself into a bed for her beloved dog Scraps, self-proclaimed “queen of shitty robots” and engineer Simone Giertz, instead decided to design an office chair that would accommodate the behinds of both human and canine. The chair also includes a set of rounded stairs for Scraps...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Simone Giertz Builds a Thoughtful Office Chair to Accommodate Herself and Her ‘Needy’ Dog Scraps first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Always wanting to be helpful, Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund (previously) and little brother Oakley put their little paws in the dirt and went to work digging out “Ever Given”, the giant container ship from where it was stuck in the Suez Canal. The work for the two doxies began on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Two Determined Dachshunds Dig Out the Giant Container Ship That Was Blocking the Suez Canal first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has put together an excellent pairing of The Doors song “L.A. Woman” with the Iron Maiden anthem “2 Minutes to Midnight”. The resulting mashup can make one wonder why Jim Morrison didn’t choose heavy metal in the first place. Music used in this mashup: Iron...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Excellent Mashup of ‘L.A. Woman’ by The Doors With the Iron Maiden Anthem ‘2 Minutes to Midnight’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pablo Rochat (@pablo.rochat) Pablo Rochat shares a photo of a concert ticket from an awesome show he went to in 2020. Related PostsPrankster Hilariously Sticks Realistic AirPod Stickers on the Ground in Random Places Around San FranciscoThe Flaming Lips Perform Live...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Concert Ticket From a Typical Show in 2020 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Tomosteen has created a very enticing stop motion video that shows the preparation involved in making a delectable LEGO layered chocolate cake. As previous videos, the ingredients start off as real and then seamlessly morph into LEGO blocks of different shapes and sizes. This video is a stop motion...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Delectable Stop Motion Animation Showing the Preparation of a LEGO Layered Chocolate Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

One of the automotive engineers of Garage 54 (previously) made a wheel out of 100 20mm bolts that were welded to the rim. He then attached the custom wheel to the right rear of his much-experimented car and then went for a ride around his graveled neighborhood in Novosibirsk, Russia....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Russian Automotive Engineer Replaces the Rear Tire of His Car With a Wheel Made of 100 20mm Bolts first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Adrian Smith of Ant Lab and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences captured high definition, slow motion footage showing how the aptly named Springtail hexapod is able to jump so quickly, spinning backwards at a rate of 290 flips per second, and so high, jumping to 86 times their...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Aptly Named Springtail Hexapod Can Flip Itself Backwards Remarkably Fast and High first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of Beyond the Press (previously) worked with Janne Käpylehto to create the world’s largest ice carousel cut into a frozen Lake Lappajärvi. This amazing circular piece of ice is an incredible 1000 feet in diameter and over 30,000 tons. It took quite a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Setting the World’s Largest Ice Carousel in Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by WhatIsNewYork (@whatisnewyork) In the hilarious vein of “only in New York”, a couple walked under the Williamsburg Bridge with a four-legged Boston Dynamics Spot robot on a leash. As the pair entered Domino Park along the East River, they encountered a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Goes For a Walk on a Leash Along the East River at Brooklyn’s Domino Park first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather amusing short New Yorker documentary explains how attorney Rod Ponton accidentally joined an online Texas court proceeding with a kitten Zoom filter in place. This also happened to Paul J. Bracher, albeit eight years earlier. Bracher had been interviewing for a University job through Skype. He was completely...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing History Explaining How People Sometimes Show Up as a Kitten on Video Chats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adult Swim has announced that Rick and Morty will be returning on Sunday, June 20, 2021 with a trailer for the fifth season of the series. The season promises to be filled with a fantastic collection of the pair’s fantastic adventures, which appears to include more family time as well....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Rick and Morty’ Bring the Whole Family Along on Their Fantastic Adventures in Season Five of the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Before playing an acoustic version of the Foo Fighters song “Everlong”, frontman Dave Grohl told the story behind the song. Grohl talked about how the song first came to him, what was going on in his life when he wrote the song, how he viewed the song through a drummer’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dave Grohl Tells the Story of ‘Everlong’ Before Playing Acoustic Version of the Song at Oates Song Fest 7908 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The isolated vocals from The Beatles song “Something” captures the raw and earnest beauty of George Harrison‘s voice. It also showcases the perfect melding of Paul McCartney‘s voice with Harrison’s in the harmonies of the song. The vocals from the George Harrison track ”Something”, from the multi-tracks of the Beatles...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Raw Beauty of George Harrison’s Voice Captured in the Isolated Vocals of The Beatles Song ‘Something’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kevin Parry (previously), a stop-motion animator who works at LAIKA in Portland, Oregon, very cleverly used creative editing to make it seem as if the glass of iced coffee he was preparing turned into a flat, extremely portable version that can be saved for later. The best coffee recipe if...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Making a Magical Cup of Coffee for Those on the Go first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Indonesian drummer Deden Noy performed a brilliant percussion cover of the iconic Rush song “Tom Sawyer” on a homemade drum kit made up of paint cans and other recycled items. Noy stated that the song is very complicated. (translated) The song is quite difficult especially with with cans drum. View...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drummer Performs Percussive Cover of the Rush Song ‘Tom Sawyer’ on a Homemade Paint Can Drum Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thelma Grétars (@thelmadoggg) As part of the ML Pepper Challenge, a group of determined Icelanders, including pro athlete Thelma Grétars, decided to play a netless game of volleyball (pepper) at the foot of the Geldingardalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland. Despite the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Group of Determined Icelanders Play Volleyball at the Foot of the Erupting Volcano on a Frigid Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Museum of Science (@museumofscience) The family of the late greatly missed Leonard Nimoy have partnered with the Boston Museum of Science to create a 20-foot statue of the iconic hand gesture that the actor made famous as the symbol of “Live...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nimoy Family Partners With Boston’s Museum of Science on a ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Spock Statue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A mother of four children in Winstead, Connecticut captured rather amusing and completely endearing footage of a rather harried mother bear trying to get her four young cubs across a busy street. As she made her way across with one cub in her mouth, a second and third cub followed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Harried Mother Bear Repeatedly Tries to Get Her Four Feisty Cubs Across a Busy Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) Author Kevin Kelly (previously), the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review, has compiled a gorgeous three-volume set of books that contain over 9,000 photos from his 40 years traveling to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Vanishing Asia’, A Gorgeous Three Book Set Featuring Photos of Asia Taken Over the Course of 40 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eddie Codel (@ekai) Video producer Eddie Codel, founder of the Flying Robot International Film Festival and good friend of Laughing Squid, captured incredible drone footage of the Pacific Pinball Museum Annex in Alameda, California. The amazing footage shows thousands of pinball...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Drone Footage of Thousands of Pinball Machines at the Pacific Pinball Museum Annex first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineering and Architecture (previously) created a short but very informative compilation showing vehicles making emergency stops on a runaway truck ramp that’s filled with dirt to dissipate the energy of a crash, making for a controlled exit and keeping injuries to a minimum. This ramp creates a safer environment for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compilation of Vehicles Making Emergency Stops on a Runaway Truck Ramp Filled With Dirt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish broadcaster Andrew Cotter took the time to teach his rather earnest dogs Olive and Mabel how to play poker. While Mabel was a bit too scared of the dinosaur cards she was given to play, Olive showed Cotter that she was a bit of a card shark with a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Teaches His Dogs to Play Poker first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Muse?e du Louvre (@museelouvre) The Musée du Louvre announced that they have made their entire art collection of over 482,000 works available online for free on a new digital database. The site features improved search capabilities and provides virtual tours of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Louvre Makes Their Entire Art Collection of Over 482,000 Works Available Online For Free first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little 4 month old puppy named Emy rolled around on her family’s front porch in Mirim Doce, Santa Catarina, Brazil gleefully swatting at a very lively and surprisingly playful butterfly. Even when Emy tried to go back into the house, the butterfly persisted and eventually convinced the tiny canine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny Puppy Gleefully Plays With a Lively Butterfly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stretch by Boston Dynamics (previously) is a single arm mobile robot designed to assist with specific warehouse jobs that require repetitive motion. Spot’s strong sensor grips can lift boxes, unload pallets, carry equipment, and even help out a fellow robot when necessary. Stretch is a versatile mobile robot for case...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stretch, A Versatile Boston Dynamics Gripping Arm Robot That Can Assist in Warehouse Environments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather auspicious Saturday Night Live sketch aptly named “NFTs” featured cast members Pete Davidson and Chris Redd performing an amusing parody of the Eminem song “Without Me” in order to explain how NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) work to a perplexed Janet Yellen, played by Kate McKinnon. Musical guest Jack Harlow...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Saturday Night Live Parodies the Eminem Song ‘Without Me’ To Explain How NFTs Work first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yarn artist Viktorija of VikiPerfectGift has created an adorable line of colorfully knitted hats that fit the tiny heads of tiny pets such as hamsters, owls, guinea pigs, rats, hedgehogs, and even snakes. The hats will also fit small dogs and cats. Sometimes Viktorija uses real animals to model her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Knitted Hats For Tiny Pets first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Peet Montzingo quite hilariously chased his very patient mother around the house to provide sound effects to her daily life using his trombone. No action on his mother’s part was too small for Montzingo to address musically, as it was his duty to provide such entertainment. It’s a son’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musical Son Hilariously Adds Sound Effects to His Mother’s Daily Life Using His Trombone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the touching Zendesk original documentary “Eric and the Bees”, US Army veteran Eric Grandon of Sugar Bottom Farm opens up about his incredible struggle with PTSD after his 20 years of service. It was only when he found solace in beekeeping that he was able to feel like himself...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post US Army Veteran With PTSD Helps Share the Solace He Found In Beekeeping With Other Veterans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@sissysticks20 As requested without music @twiggy81 ##obsessed ##fyp ##cattledog ##dogsoftiktok ##farmlife ##foryoupage ? original sound – Sissysticks A wonderful hydrophilic blue heeler shepherd named Sissysticks acted very quickly when a tub full of water came barreling down towards her. The quick-thinking farm dog rapidly dug a trench in the dirt...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Farm Dog Quickly Digs Trench in the Dirt With Her Paws When a Spilled Tub of Water Barrels Towards Her first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an appetizing episode of the Mental Floss series Food History, host Justin Dodd explains the worldwide origins of 20 different common culinary terms, recipes, and practices. Included in this list are such sayings as a “baker’s dozen”, “al-dente”, “á la King”, “hors d’oeuvre”, “mirepoix”, and several others that are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Worldwide Origins of Common Culinary Terms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@good.boy.ollie He takes his job very seriously ? #goodboy #labrador #dogsoftiktok ? Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra A funny Labrador retriever named Good Boy Ollie quite amusingly took his human for a walk after she detached his leash from her hand and clipped it onto the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Silly Dog Takes His Beloved Human For a Walk When She Clips His Leash to Her Belt Loop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the third installment of their 2021 reboot of the “Thursday Mashups” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet remixed more than 60 hit songs from 1998 into a 3½ minute dance song that will “Praise You” because “You Only Get What You Give”. 2Pac, Aaliyah, Aerosmith,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3½ Minute Remix of 60 Songs From 1998 That Will ‘Praise You’ Because ‘You Only Get What You Give’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kurdish soldier and farmerFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Protective Mother Hen Keeps a Litter of Three Kittens Safe From the Elements Under Her Warm Feathers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ?????? (@citiesandsketches) Ukrainian artist Nikita White of Cities and Sketches, creates beautiful sketches of the elegant buildings and homes in his home city of Kharkiv. Each piece is extremely detailed, focusing on the unique architectural features of the structures. In addition...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautifully Detailed Urban Architectural Sketches of Buildings and Homes With Lighted Windows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The short film “Circle of Life” by Emilie Grange (previously) is a beautiful series of timelapses that focus on different flowers at various stages of life. The vivid camerawork brings each colorful blossom to living breathing life and showcases the elegance in their death. The flower, since antiquity, symbolizes the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Vivid Short Film Featuring a Series of Timelapses That Capture Different Flowers at Various Stages of Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Graphic designer Arezoo amusingly compiled scenes from WandaVision episodes 5, 6, and 7 and put them into a meta reimgination of the iconic intro sequence for the television series Friends. It wouldn’t be so unusual for this to happen, as WandaVision did after all, try on quite a few different...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘WandaVision’ Reimagined as the Intro to ‘Friends’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mariah Reading ?? (@mariahreading) Ecological artist and park ranger Mariah Reading combines her love for nature and drive for the preservation of National Parks and protected spaces with her natural talent to create beautiful landscape paintings that match the surrounding scenery....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artistic Park Ranger Recycles National Park Trash Into Beautiful Landscape Paintings That Match the Scenery first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swiss filmmaker Pascal Schelbli has created “The Beauty”, a powerful and very relevant animated short that imagines plastic waste turning into living creatures as soon as they hit the water. Used bubble wrap becomes blowfish, discarded tires turn into eels, water bottles become bottle-nosed dolphins, and shopping bags transform into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Powerful Animated Short That Imagines Plastic Waste Turning Into Fish and Other Animals Living in Oceans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by JR (@jr) In light of the closure of museums around the world due to the COVID-19, the remarkable Ted Prize-winning French street artist and photographer JR employed his talent for socially relevant large scale installations to create “The Wound”, a brilliant...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliant 3D Mural That Visually Splits Open the Facade of Palazzo Strozzi to Reveal the Art Inside first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gracie Scullion of Carnegie Park, Pennsylvania showcased her unique ventriloquistic talent of lagging her voice. Scullion demonstrated using simple words such as “hi”, “okay”, “nice”, and “hey” with the vocalization following a second later. She later explained that she finds words that don’t require her lips to touch. She first...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Teenager Demonstrates How She Can ‘Delay’ Her Voice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A group of scientists studying the Geldingardalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland decided to prepare sausages and toast matching buns using the lava that was running downhill. The volcano, which erupted on March 19, 2021 after 6,000 years of being dormant, was small and considered safe to approach with caution. Scientists...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cooking Hot Dogs on Lava From the Iceland Volcano first appeared on Laughing Squid.

XTRAP performed “Piano Fingers”, an amazingly synchronized finger tutting routine that kept pace with a highly danceable piano soundtrack. The group added to the illusion of disembodied digits by wearing neon green gloves that essentially glowed in the dark. (translated) Original Tutting Art by XTRAP … Finger illusion … via...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Glow in the Dark Synchronized Finger Tutting first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Elena Plaxina of Simpatico Gufo is selling a downloadable crochet pattern that can be used to make an adorable amigurumi octopus. The project is recommended for those at an intermediate level and the pattern is complemented by photos of each stage. With the help of the original description of crochet,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Amigurumi Octopus Crochet Pattern first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The supervillians of the DC Comics/Hannah Barbera animation Legion of Doom each rap a verse the explicit Wu-Tang Clan song Uzi (Pinky Ring) in a mashup by Adam Schleichkorn who may be better known as “Mylo the Cat”. Starring in order of appearance Sinestro as U-God, The Riddler as Raekwon,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Animated Supervillains of DC’s ‘Legion of Doom’ Rap the Wu-Tang Clan Song ‘Uzi (Pinky Ring)’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joshua Rudder of the linguistic channel NativLang has created a highly informative animation that looks at the wide variety of languages spoken within the continent of Africa. To make understanding a bit easier, Rudder goes back to the origins of each language to find the common family from which they...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Origins of African Languages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a dialectical episode of The Language Files (previously) written by Gretchen McCulloch of Lingthusiasm, host Tom Scott explains why William Shakespeare could never have been French, as some proclaim, due to his prolific use of iambic pentameter. Scott explains that this particular rhythm to words, known as lexical stress...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Shakespeare’s Prolific Use of Iambic Pentameter Shows That He Was English and Not French first appeared on Laughing Squid.