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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has long since been abandoned by humans, who left when it was created after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986. In their place, however, live the domestic animals that the escaping humans were forced to leave behind. Free Documentary takes a look at how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Animals of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Reclaimed the Abandoned Land As Their Own first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Devon Rodriguez (@devonrodriguezart) When artist Devin Rodriguez rides the New York City subway, he’s busy capturing the images of fellow riders on his phone. He then sketches and paints these individuals in a photo realistic style. When he’s done, he offers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Realistic Portraits of New York City Subway Riders That He Then Gives to Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by FREE STORE (@nbkfreestore) Brooklyn artist Myles Smutney has partnered with North Brooklyn Mutual Aid, a community group of neighbors helping neighbors in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, to open a number of “free stores” that encourage people to give what they no longer...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Free Stores in North Brooklyn That Offer Community Donated Goods to Neighbors Who Need Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yves Adams (@yves_adams) While in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Belgian wildlife photographer Yves Adams shot photos of a “never before seen” leucistic King penguin that was amongst the wide array of animals native to the region. This unique...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Belgian Wildlife Photographer Shoots Photos of ‘Never Before Seen’ Rare Yellow Feathered King Penguin first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a livestreamed virtual legal proceeding in the 394th District Court of Texas, attorney Rod Ponton accidentally showed up as a cat. It appears that the Zoom filter feature was left on during a prior session and Ponton was unsure as to how to remove it. Musician Brandon Ethridge was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pianist Provides Lively Accompaniment to the Lawyer Who Showed Up As a Cat to a Legal Hearing on Zoom first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor It’s railway! has put together a wonderful compilation of Chuo Shinkansen bullet trains making their way into and out of Kurikoma-Kogen Station in Myagi, Japan through the freezing cold and in the snow. This is a collection of high-speed passing images taken at the recent Kurikoma-Kogen Station, centered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation of Japanese Bullet Trains Passing Through the Snow at High Speeds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a peckish episode of the Today I Found Out (previously), host Simon Whistler explains why doctors of centuries past wore rather creepy looking masks that quite remarkably resembled a bird’s beak. As it turns out, this specific design was to keep the undesired fluids of a plague patient far...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The History of the Creepy Bird Beak Plague Masks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Renowned dialect coach Erik Singer (previously) provided Wired with a verbal tour of the wide variety of accents that are employed across the United States. Singer, with the help of other linguists and language expert such as Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark, explores each linguistic region,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Linguistic Tour of the Regional Accents Found Throughout the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very clever tortoiseshell cat named Alexis and her human Anika Moritz broke the Guinness World Record for the “most tricks performed by a cat in one minute”. Anika sat cross-legged on the floor across from Alexis and indicated what trick was supposed to be performed using a unique sign...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Cat and Her Human Break Guinness World Record for Most Tricks Performed by a Cat in a Minute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video producer Revideo quite skillfully remastered the video for the “Rickroll” famous Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up” in truly crisp 4K at 60 FPS. With this upgrade, Astley and the other performers look like they’re jumping right off the screen. Remastered music video with Topaz Video Enhance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 4K 60 FPS Remaster of the ‘Rickroll’ Famous Music Video For Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather stubborn 5 year old Siberian husky named Malakai in Tyler, Texas quite amusingly shook his head no several times as he refused to come inside from the snow. Malakai’s human beckoned the dog over and over, but being that snow is so rare in that part of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post East Texas Husky Refuses to Come In From the Snow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

image via NASA The NASA Perseverance Mars Rover, which took off on its mission to Mars July 30, 2020, is expected to make its historic landing today, February 18, 2021, at approximately 3:55 PM EST/12:55 PM PST. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Watch NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Landing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musical meme creator William Maranci (previously) mashed together the cheerful music from the Electric Light Orchestra song “Mr. Blue Sky” with the syncopated lyrics of the Eminem song “Lose Yourself”. The two songs, albeit quite different in narrative, mesh together flawlessly in the end. Maranci further embellished the match with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mashup of the Cheerful Music From ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ by ELO With the Lyrics From Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who plays creative acoustic versions of popular songs, performed a highly rhythmic cover of the Daft Punk song “Lose Yourself to Dance” on a very sparkly, glittery gold guitar and very soft lighting. These choices were specific made in honor of all the silver and bright lights...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Rhythmic Cover of Daft Punk’s ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ Performed on a Glittery Gold Acoustic Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nicolas Bras of Musiques de Nulle Part, who previously created a handmade percussive instrument out of PVC pipe in order to play the song “Popcorn”, showed how to use sympathetic nails and resonating strings to make a wooden violin of various pitches. Building the best nail violin I can,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handmade Wooden Violin of Various Pitches Made From Sympathetic Nails and Resonant Strings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica, who previously carved a number of fantastical creatures into watermelons, pumpkins, and even a round of parmesan cheese, has opted for a much smaller medium – the simple coffee bean. Despite the bean’s Lilliputian size, Fatica was still able to sculpt as much detail as he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Distinctive Faces of Marvel Superheroes and Supervillains Intricately Carved Onto Tiny Coffee Beans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dan Larson of Toy Galaxy recounts the incredibly beleaguered history of the classic, but short-lived Saturday morning cartoon Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series. The series premiered in 1983 and only lasted until 1985. The Dungeons and Dragons cartoon hit the airwaves in 1983 riding the Satanic Panic wave from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Beleaguered History of the Short-Lived ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Saturday Morning Cartoon (1983-1985) first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Product design engineer Jude Pullen, software designer Don Robson and a team of engineers have created an incredibly inventive radio that uses a world globe to browse over 2,000 stations literally from around the world with just a spin. Pullen got the idea for this really cool invention thinking about...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredibly Inventive World Globe That Helps You Explore Over 2,000 Radio Stations With Just a Spin first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Shane Wighton of Stuff Made Here who previously engineered a really nifty automatic golf club, set his sights on an automatic pool cue after losing a few games in public. As it turns out, the implementation of such a device was more difficult than Wighton first imagined. Once he did...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Robotic Pool Cue That Sinks Impossible Shots first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stella • Mabel (@dognamedstella) Stella, the loveable hind-dragging, leaf pile jumping dog, has found something new that leaves are gone and the weather in Maine is too cold for sunning herself on the lawn. Instead, Stella has taken to dive-bombing and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Yellow Lab Loves Destroying Freshly Made Snowmen first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Lord Victor Haegelin and Jérémy Lesquenner of Tintamar Production created a playful stop motion animation that acts out distinctive scenes from a number of his films with just a flip of a floorboard. The only thing that these scenes have in common is the presence of one Leonardo DiCaprio....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Playful Stop Motion Animation of Leonardo DiCaprio Scenes That Change With the Flip of a Floorboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King, who previously summed up the incredibly efficient manner for which Scandinavian crime dramas are known, took on the distinct Hollywood crime genre of Film Noir. Beckett-King did a spot-on if not over the top impression of a tough-as-nails Humphrey Bogart character. Beckett-King also played a Marlene...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Comedian Sums Up How Every Film Noir Movie Ends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marcin (@marcin.music) The very talented Marcin performed a wonderfully percussive cover of the Led Zeppelin song “Kashmir” on a beautiful acoustic jazz guitar inside his building’s empty parking garage. The high ceilings of the garage provided the perfect acoustics for such...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderfully Percussive Acoustic Guitar Cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Kashmir’ Played in an Empty Garage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Seattle photographer Mark Zakurikan used his drone to capture the awesome beauty of a flock of wild geese soaring through the North American sky while flying in sequence with one another. The drone was flying higher than the birds, providing a rare but astonishing view of the birds from overhead....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post High Flying Drone Captures the Awesome Beauty of a Flock of Wild Geese Flying in Sequence From Above first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amancay Murales (@amancay.murales) Buenos Aires artists Camila Despalanques and Rocío Fernández of Amancay Murales have reinterpreted the iconic Vincent van Gogh painting “The Starry Night” as a decorative hand painted pool liner for those who like to swim above the stars....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Swimming Pools With the Iconic Vincent van Gogh Painting ‘The Starry Night’ Hand Painted on the Liners first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aiman Samat of JKK Films quite humorously inserted his cat Wayne into the trailer for the film Kong vs Godzilla so that a giant version of the black feline was simultaneously terrorizing people and destroying buildings alongside the legendary creatures. I put my cat Wayne in the Godzilla vs Kong...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Black Cat Named Wayne Terrorizes People Alongside King Kong and Godzilla in an Amusing Trailer Mashup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The legendary Mark Hamill used his incredible voice acting skills to perform the lines of the characters in the illustrated book “Will You Wear a Mask” by Tom Ruegger. The poem, told in the beloved anapestic tetrameter style of Dr. Seuss, features Hamill playing the role of both a shopkeeper...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mark Hamill Plays Opposing Characters Discussing the Need to Wear a Mask in a Dr. Seuss Style Rhyme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the NASA Perseverence Mars Rover landing taking place on February 18, 2021, Krispy Kreme has baked up a yummy chocolate-filled doughnut that is topped with a red pearlized swirl and cookie crumbles to resemble the host planet of the landing site. Aptly named the “Mars Doughnut”, this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Krispy Kreme Creates Limited Edition ‘Mars Doughnut’ to Celebrate Landing of the NASA Perseverance Rover first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Joel Haver cleverly imagined the awkward conversations that non-player characters (NPCs) might have when the person playing the video game is killed due to a disconnected controller. Despite the main character’s death, the NPCs find that they still have to go through the motions of their battles despite having...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Happens to Non-Player Characters When the Player Is Killed Due to a Disconnected Controller first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Trent Shy, a talented stop-motion animator from Charleston, South Carolina has created two incredibly free-flowing claymation tributes to some of his most beloved blue and green characters from pop culture. Shy first addressed those in green such as Pickle Rick from Rick and Morty, Kermit the Frog, Gumby, and Yoda...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Free-Flowing Stop-Motion Claymation Tributes to Beloved Green and Blue Pop Culture Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented 25 year old Sri Lankan pianist Eshan Denipitiya, who previously played an absolutely wonderful medley of Queen’s classic hits, performed a magical medley that incorporated the songs from the Harry Potter series. The musician was especially pleased to play this medley as John Williams is one of his most...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magical Piano Medley of ‘Harry Potter’ Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist LeopARTnik, who creates animations to cause smiles, laughter, and happiness, quite amusingly drew arms onto a pair of black-capped lories. These colorful parrots were also each given a badass guitar to shred tasty licks while banging their respective heads to a heavy metal beat. Blackheads, black eyeliner… they are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Badass Birds Shred Tasty Licks on Animated Guitars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper Jones of Map Men take a long-reaching look at what the current continents may look like in approximately 250 million years. Before looking forward, the men look at the history of tectonic plate shifting, such in the case of Pangaea. It’s this specific...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What the World Might Look Like in 250 Million Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Elderfox Studios took photographic footage taken by various Mars space rovers and compiled them into an absolutely astonishing 4K rendered video that reveals the surface of Mars. The original photos used in this short but stunning documentary were from NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, Cornell University and ASU. Although the cameras are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mars Rover Footage Compiled Into an Astonishing 4K Video That Reveals the Surface of the Planet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stella • Mabel (@dognamedstella) Stella, who loves jumping in piles of leaves, demonstrates how dogs react to various urgent situations. A Wonderful Compilation of Stella the Silly Dog Gleefully Jumping Into Piles of Freshly Raked Leaves via Miss Cellania Related PostsA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Dogs React to Various Urgent Situations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedic musician Tom McGovern stood inside his closet and performed a respectable cover of the classic John (Cougar) Mellencamp song “Jack and Diane”. Rather than singing all of the lyrics, however, McGovern somehow got stuck on the first line of the second verse (“Suckin’ on a chili dog”) and proceeded...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cover of John Mellencamp’s ‘Jack and Diane’ With Most of the Lyrics Sung As ‘Sucking on a Chili Dog’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly melodic bird named Tico began singing and whistling while his human Frank Maglio sat and played the iconic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” on a six-string guitar. Tico’s powerful voice, albeit without much enunciation, gave singer Robert Plant a good vocal run for his money. Maglio and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Melodic Parrot Whistles and Sings Along While His Human Plays ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and Other Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An engineer with The Q, who previously replaced his bicycle wheels with running shoes, took his creativity a step further with giant circular saw blades. He carefully removed the tires and the spokes from the original wheels and engineered the entire bicycle to handle such heavy and sharp blades. Ladies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Replaces the Wheels on His Bicycle With Giant Circular Saw Blades So He Can Ride Across the Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A British woman named Maude, who’s happiest in or near the water, captured absolutely mesmerizing footage of a beautiful starling murmuration that was gracefully floating over a body of water next to a dock. The birds performed an elaborate defensive dance in separate groups before finally coming together in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing Footage of a Starling Murmuration Gracefully Flying in Sequence Over Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Zoom cat lawyer meets René Magritte in this wonderful artwork immortalizing his now famous phrase. via Johannes GrenzfurthnerFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Je Ne Suis Pas Un Chat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an effort to promote his mobile phone service Mint Mobile, the extremely talented Ryan Reynolds narrated a faux documentary about a man named Alex Roland, who was an early investor in Bitcoin. Roland, it seems bought $500 worth of Bitcoin in 2010. That small purchase from 11 years made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mint Mobile Faux Documentary About a Man Who Lost His Bitcoin Password Narrated by Ryan Reynolds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

photo via Gjenge Makers Materials engineer and entrepreneur Nzambi Matee is the founder Gjenge Makers, an environmentally-conscious start-up company in Nairobi, Kenya that makes alternative building materials and products made from plastic waste. One such product is a super-sturdy plastic paver brick that is stronger than concrete and comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nairobi Woman Brilliantly Recycles Plastic Waste Into Paver Bricks That Are Stronger Than Concrete first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the Netflix series Waffles + Mochi, former First Lady Michelle Obama joins her two puppet friends on a worldwide culinary adventure as the titular pair embarks on a journey to become chefs. Having lived in the freezer for most of their lives, Waffles, a fuzzy blue snow monster, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Michelle Obama Joins Friends ‘Waffles + Mochi’ on a Worldwide Culinary Adventure in New Netflix Kids Show first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Maverick in Monterrey, Mexico has created a wonderful interactive audio experience that recreates the bustling ambiance of your favorite bar that includes some of the sounds that so many of us have been missing while stuck at home during the pandemic. Aptly called “I Miss My Bar”, the site includes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘I Miss My Bar’, An Interactive Audio Experience That Recreates the Bustling Ambiance of Your Favorite Bar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Villu Jaanisoo (@villusoo) Estonian sculptor Villu Jaanisoo who lives and works in Finland created a giant sculpture of an extremely elegant elephant, which was made using tons of recycled tires and steel. The sculpture was erected in 2018 and sits inside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Elegant Elephant Sculpture Made of Recycled Tires first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer AliExpress is selling a very cute set of tiny colorful house-shaped ultrasonic humidifiers that can easily be moved anywhere you go. The humidifiers are charged via USB, which also supports onboard LED lights and a misting fan. 3 in 1 250ml Mini House Humidifier Ultrasonic Car Humidifiers with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny House Shaped Ultrasonic Humidifiers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician John D. Boswell of Melodysheep (previously) has created an explosive yet life-affirming video that shows what kind of cosmic events occur within the universe in the same infinitesimal amount of time it takes to just blink an eye. In the fraction of a second it takes to blink your...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Explosive Cosmic Events That Occur in the Infinitesimal Amount of Time It Takes to Blink an Eye first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@smallbuanimation What I think the Mandolorian is About #mandolorian #themandolorian #StarWars #babyyoda #grogu #animation #funny #cute #parody #fyp ? original sound – Smallbu Animation Emmy-winning husband and wife animation team of Lindsay and Alex Small-Butera, collectively known as SmallBu, created an amusing animation that imagines the plot of The Mandalorian...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Animation About the Plot of ‘The Mandalorian’ Based Solely on Friends’ Twitter Posts About the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Benedetto of the hilarious self-explanatory parody products site Unnecessary Inventions (previously) has very cleverly conceived the very handy “MagSanitize Pro”, a rather relevant, albeit faux, hand sanitizer dispenser that seamlessly attaches to the back of MagSafe iPhones. This pairing allows the user to frequently sanitize their hands while “on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Subscription-Based Hand Sanitizer Dispenser That Magnetically Attaches to MagSafe iPhones first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stephanie Sammann of Real Science, who previously took a deep dive into the remarkable yet alien biology of the octopus, set her sights on the incredible biology, social structure, amazing strength and sheer number of ants that exist around the world. Samman also explains why these creatures are so singularly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Biology Behind the Social Structure of Ant Colonies first appeared on Laughing Squid.