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A little boy named Jenson Webster went for a snowy sled ride with his beloved border collies Nova and Fenn. While the family didn’t have a proper sled for Jenson to ride, his mum Laura did have a laundry basket handy that both allowed the boy to sit and for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Little Boy Goes Sledding Inside a Laundry Basket While Being Pulled by His Dogs Through the Snow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Old-timey, ukulele-playing musician Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq., who previously had No More F***s to give and sang a fitting tribute to the year 2020, has surfaced again with a jaunty acoustic cover of “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”. A jaunty classic by the legendary Eric Idle from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Old-Timey Cover of the Monty Python Song ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful beagle puppy named Princess Leia performed a jaunty, yet slightly nasal tune on what remained of a squeaky toy that she used as a nose flute. The dog was so happy with the results that she happily performed several more. According to her human Angel Marie, Princess Leia...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musical Puppy Plays Jaunty Tunes on a Nose Flute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The United States Postal Service has announced that they will be releasing a wonderful series of postage stamps featuring the beloved and very familiar droids from the entire Star Wars franchise. Representing more than four decades of innovation and storytelling, the droids featured in this pane of 20 stamps are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post US Postal Service to Release a Series of Star Wars Droid Postage Stamps to Promote STEM Learning first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed a wonderfully funky cover of the classic ZZ Top song “Gimmee All Your Lovin'”. Vocalist Leisa Reia sang the verses, while the rest of the group provided beautiful harmonies. Founder George Hinchliffe and Richie Williams played a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs a Funky Cover of the ZZ Top Song ‘Gimme All Your Lovin’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A daring cat who had been walking along a fence in Alberta, Canada stealthily hopped onto the back of an unsuspecting Palomino horse. Upon feeling the nudge, the startled horse began moving around the yard, giving the little feline a quick ride. When the horse had enough, the cat was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Daring Cat Goes For a Quick Ride on the Back of an Unsuspecting Palomino Horse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An extremely dire PSA from the 1960s warns against the dangers of sniffing glue. Told in the style of a slide show, the narrator explains the way in which glue causes its sniffers to wreak all sorts of havoc, both internally and externally. The narrator further states that the problem...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Big Trouble in a Little Tube’, A Dire 1960s Slideshow PSA That Warns Against the Dangers of Sniffing Glue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A Dutch sailor flew a drone through every corner of a submarine as part of a live event for a Royal Netherlands Navy recruiting campaign. The event, entitled “Onderzeedienst Live”, took place in October 2020 was targeting new graduates who might want to join the Navy. Now that you are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dutch Sailor Flies a Drone Inside a Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine For a Recruiting Campaign first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn web developer Towler very cleverly placed a pair of menacing eyes on a comfy clamshell cat bed in order to make it look like his beloved tabby was being consumed by a hungry monster whenever kitty wanted to take a nap. Towler certainly got a kick out of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Puts Eyes on a Clamshell Pet Bed to Make It Look Like His Cat Is Being Eaten by a Hungry Monster first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Following in the pawsteps of other dogs before him, an adorable little chocolate lab puppy named Deke decided that he wanted to help out with the house cleaning, so he climbed atop a working Roomba. Deke then rode the robotic vacuum across the room until it made its way back...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Little Puppy Rides a Roomba Back to Its Base first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of their album American Beauty in November 2020, the Grateful Dead released a beautifully animated music video for one of the album’s most popular songs “Ripple”. The video, which captured the hopeful and mystical spirit of the song so well, was animated by T....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Animated Music Video For the Grateful Dead Song ‘Ripple’ Made 50 Years After Its Release first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese Buddhist monk Kossan1108, who performs remarkable covers of classic rock songs with traditional instruments, musically accompanied and sang the classic AC/DC song “Thunderstruck”. The holy man performed a spot-on imitation of singer Brian Johnson‘s distinctive howling timbre. AC/DC – Thunderstruck (Buddhist Priest Cover) Related PostsProud Dad Cleverly Edits His...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Buddhist Monk Performs a Howling Cover of the Classic AC/DC Song ‘Thunderstruck’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist, used the simplicity of black and white to convey the hypnotic nature of the Sébastien Guérive song “OMEGA II”. The still camera focuses on the movement of a dancer (alicerfdd) whose arms and legs were manipulated in post-production to create ongoing circles, so...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Life Affirming Circular Experimental Dance Video Set to the Sébastien Guérive Song ‘OMEGA II’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Chuck Lamb who has become famous for his multiple roles as the “dead body guy” in a number of films and television shows, told 60 Second Docs (previously) why he chose this particular field as a profession. Florida man Chuck Lamb, aka the “Dead Body Guy”, says he has...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Interview With a Man Who Plays Dead for a Living first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Jonathan Scott of the Scott Brothers Duo performed a beautiful rendition of “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg on a gorgeous pipe organ at Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary. Jonathan Scott performs his solo organ transcription of “In the Hall of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Rendition of ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ Performed on One of the World’s Largest Pipe Organs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alexander Nerovnya (@alex_nerovnya) Russian architect Alexander Nerovnya creates beautifully sleek, glass-fronted cabins, several of which are playfully shaped and outlined like traditional houses as imagined, perhaps, by a child. One such design includes the York House, which sports larger rooms to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sleek Glass Cabin Shaped Like the Outline of a House first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Artistic Viral (@artistic_viral) An informative video that was taken by user R136618 (Döuyin) shows the various steps that are taken in order to create a realistic wig. The hair is brushed out on a board, sectioned off, sewn to a cap,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Informative Video Showing How Wigs Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a tongue-twisting episode of Map Men, comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper Jones spell out the history of British location names that don’t really sound their spelling might indicate. As you can hear, no letter in the English alphabet is safe from being pronounced in dozens of different...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why the Names of British Locations Often Sound Different From The Way They Are Spelled first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by George ?? Lopez (@georgelopez) A woman named Rosa, who has worked cleaning houses in a New York City apartment building for the past 20 years, fell on hard times due to the pandemic. She had lost her housing and had to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Residents of NYC Building Gift Penthouse Rent to Cleaning Woman Who Worked There for 20 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gem collector Mike Bowers split open an agate from Brazil and was surprised to find a pair of twin Cookie Monster faces staring back at him. Bowers complimented this wonderful “unboxing” video with the iconic Sesame Street song “C is for Cookie”. Finally slowly coming out of Covid-19. To celebrate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Agate Found in Brazil That Revealed a Wonderful Pair of Twin Cookie Monster Faces When Split Open first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Puddles Pity Party, the velvet-voiced clown, sang a heartfelt cover of the classic R.E.M. song “Everybody Hurts”. This particular performance was done without the usual set of accouterments that accompany the towering clown, instead, he just let his big eyes and his big voice convey all that he wanted to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Puddles Pity Party Performs an Earnest Heartfelt Cover of the Classic R.E.M. Song ‘Everybody Hurts’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Andy Riley found that he had some time on his hands during the lockdown, so he promptly hand-punched the Soft Cell song “Tainted Love” onto a card and fed it through a hand-cranked music reader. The treacly tune was made even more so with the dulcet tones of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Playing ‘Tainted Love’ on a Hand-Punched Card Fed Through a Hand-Cranked Music Reader first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Niki Colemont, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, spoke with 60 Second Docs about his love for photographing squirrels in and around his home in Belgium. Colemont explained that he is quite fond of how curious his subjects are, how he doesn’t mind waiting for however long in order to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rwandan Genocide Survivor Finds Peace in Taking Humorous Photos of Squirrels and Other Small Wildlife first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nicolas Bras of Musiques de Nulle Part created a handmade percussive instrument out of PVC pipes in order to specifically play the classic Gershon Kingsley/Hot Butter song “Popcorn”. Using a guitar tuner, Bras was able to determine the tone of each pipe so they perfectly matched the notes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handmade Percussive PVC Instrument Built to Play the Classic Hot Butter Instrumental Song ‘Popcorn’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yuki Kawae (@yukikawae) Artist Yuki Kawae creates absolutely mesmerizing rake designs inside Zen gardens that he builds for himself. Kuwae shares a great deal of his work through silent instructional videos. Additionally, his website provides resources for anyone who would like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing Geometric Zen Garden Sand Designs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“More Sweetly Play the Dance” by South African artist William Kentridge is a stark, thought-provoking eight-screen video installation that depicts a moving danse macabre (death dance) shuffling forward. Silhouetted characters of both live-action and charcoal animations from all walks of life follow a marching brass band down an unknown path...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stark 8 Screen Video Installation of Live Action and Charcoal Animated Characters on an Uncertain March first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot created a marvelous sound project that involves 70 zebra finches and a room full of amplified guitars. The strings of the instrument appear to be no different to the birds than a telephone wire or the branches of a tree. As the birds land, nest, peep,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 70 Tiny Birds Play a Room Full of Electric Guitars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on Late Night With Seth Meyers, The always wonderful Senator Bernie Sanders was asked about his now-iconic inauguration look and the subsequent memes that have been made of him sitting in that position. Sanders smiled and responded that he was just attending the event in the most comfortable...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Bernie Sanders Reacts to His Inauguration Photo Becoming a Meme on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame put together a wonderful inductee tribute to the incomparable Tina Weymouth, the pioneering bassist, producer, and founder of two really influential bands, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club. The documentary alternates historical footage with live interviews featuring Weymouth, husband Chris Frantz, and others who have...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Tribute to the Pioneering Bassist Tina Weymouth of ‘Talking Heads’ and ‘Tom Tom Club’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stephanie Sammann of Real Science takes a deep dive into the remarkable yet alien biology of the amazing octopus. Sammann explores the origins of this eight-limbed cephalopod, how the octopus evolved, their incredible intelligence and the strong defensive mechanism that allows them to hide in plain sight. A part of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Remarkable Biology of the Octopus Examined first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer Ebros Gift Company is selling a rather odd decorative statue that combines a broccoli floret with a faux human skull. While the pairing is unusual, the end result seems almost natural. The top of the floret gives the skull an illusion of very curly hair, while the stem...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rather Odd Broccoli Skull Decorative Statue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While inside a cooling tower of a powerplant in Vilvoorde, Belgium, musicians Winne Clement and Koen van Roy performed an improvised duet to test the acoustics. Clement played an overtone flute of his own design, while van Roy played baritone bass. It was the first time the two men had...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musicians Test the Acoustics Inside a Cooling Tower With an Improvised Saxophone and Flute Duet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex Russell (@alexforsythrussell) Brooklyn artist Alex Russell has created two incredibly detailed maps of the New York City neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Each map spotlights local businesses, parks, waterways, and restaurants. The whimsical nature of the maps showcases...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Whimsical Illustrated Maps That Showcase the Local Businesses of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 2019, vlogger Jared Owen created a highly informative and brilliantly crafted 3D animation explaining how the Apollo Lunar Module was constructed. Owen virtually shows how the module lands and then takes apart the structure to explain how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Informative 3D Animation That Shows How the Apollo Lunar Module Was Constructed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The late Peter Bastian, a talented multi-instrumentalist from Copenhagen, Denmark, played a jaunty tune on a straw that he held between his fingers. Bastian had skillfully made the drinking implement sound like it was a double-reeded woodwind rather than just a tube of rounded plastic. Peter Bastian is playing a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Plays Plastic Straw Like an Instrument first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by C A Sculpture (@casculpture) Artist Connie Adams creates absolutely stunning horse sculptures out of galvanized metal wire and scrap. Several of these sculptures are more than life-sized and able to hold a human being, while others are smaller mounted pieces that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Horse Sculptures Made From Galvanized Wire first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ben Ouaniche (previously) of Macro Room set up an elaborate button controlled contraption to hold 10 colorful balloons. When he was done, he stood in a marked spot and hit the balloon button, capturing slow-motion footage of the balloons bursting open upon hitting his face, covering him with paint. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Slow Motion Footage of a Contraption That Smashes Colorful Paint Filled Balloons Onto the User’s Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg Koren (@gregkoren) Bernie Sanders made quite a fashion statement at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden that instantly took over the Internet as a meme. The popular Senator from Vermont and former Presidential candidate looked very cozy and casual in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Website That Lets You Add Bernie Sanders Sitting at the Inauguration to Any Location on Google Maps first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cerahome has created a wonderfully whimsical set of professionally smoked, lead-free crystal cocktail glasses that feature jellyfish tendril stems. The glasses are appropriate for wine, beer, and a variety of mixed drinks. The glasses come in a set of two. Cerahome Transparent Martini Glass Creative Jellyfish Glass Cup Juice Glass...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Whimsical Crystal Glasses With Jellyfish Tendril Stems first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tim Davies (@tim_davies_design) British artist Tim Davies, who previously created a wonderful 16 foot tall air-powered inflatable spider puppet with fully articulating legs and a giant inflatable octopus named Ocho, has returned with a beautiful inflatable deep sea isopod puppet that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Illuminated Giant Inflatable Deep Sea Isopod Puppet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French craftsman Olivier Gomis skillfully glued and pressed together hundreds of colored pencils that he then woodturned into a beautiful spiral vase. Gomis stated that he used no epoxy resin in the process. Alright you’ve probably seen coloured pencil being turned a million times on YouTube, but have you ever...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Woodturned Spiral Colored Pencil Vase Made Without the Use of Epoxy Resin first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Deniz Sa?d?ç (@denizsagdicart) Turkish textiles artist Deniz Sagdiç creates absolutely incredible and exquisitely detailed facial portraits using the fibers from recycled denim. Each portrait within her “Ready Remade” and “Denim Skin” series tells a story, not only about the subject but...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Exquisitely Detailed Portraits Made of Recycled Denim first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While in Los Angeles during January 1969, the members of the Grateful Dead performed two of their classic songs, “Mountains of the Moon” and “St. Stephen”, on the set of Playboy After Dark. Before the performance, Jerry Garcia bantered a bit with Hugh Hefner about the hippie scene in San...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Grateful Dead Performs Live on ‘Playboy After Dark’ After Being Secretly Dosed With LSD in 1969 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ted Chin • Photoshop Art (@tedslittledream) Digital artist Ted Chin has created a wonderful composite photo series that’s aptly entitled “Ted’s Little Dream” which features imaginatively surreal scenes in which animals of the sky, sea, and earth are paired with very...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Imaginative Composite Photo Renderings That Merge Various Animals With Unlikely Environments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer and filmmaker David Friedman (previously) created a “vanity supercut” of his first name by gathering a number of different utterances of the name “David” as seen in various films and television series and compiling them all into one convenient video that he featured in his newsletter Ironic Sans. Being...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Vanity Supercut of the Name ‘David’ in Film and TV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Unbreakable”, created by Roof Studio for INSMED, is a touching animation about a toy bunny named Barbara who comes off the assembly line coughing, wheezing, and popping her stitches. The toy factory rejects her and puts her out into the street. A determined Barbara, however, visits every shop in town...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Coughing Toy Bunny Who Keeps Ripping Out Her Stitches Searches For a Cure in a Touching Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a swirling episode of The Slow Mo Guys (previously), host Gavin Free put a portable ultrasonic homogenizer stick, which runs at an astonishing 30,000hz, to use on variety of objects, each with a different texture and purpose. In order to capture the results in slow motion, macro footage, Free...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Slow Motion Macro Footage of a Whirling Ultrasonic Homogenizer Used on a Variety of Items first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of his “Unfinished London” series, comedian Jay Foreman (previously) takes a humorous look at the current borders of greater metropolitan London, all of which were set in 1965. Foreman further explains how the borders came to be, what changes were made to previous borders, the different advantages of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Current Borders of London Were Determined first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has put together an unlikely pairing of the Metallica song “Enter Sandman” with the 1980s hit “Hip to Be Square” by Huey Lewis and The News. The resulting mashup is oddly catchy in its own right. Music used in this mashup: Metallica – Enter Sandman...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oddly Catchy Mashup of ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica With ‘Hip to Be Square’ by Huey Lewis and The News first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Moon’s Not That Great” is a short, award-winning animated film by Mathieu Libman that tells the story of a female astronaut who returns from a pioneering trip from the moon. As she returns to Earth she encounters a filmmaker who wants to tell her amazing story. Despite his excitement,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astronaut Is Told ‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ as She Returns From Lunar Mission in an Insightful Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.