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An absolutely adorable little rescued pet rat named Bean climbed into an open box of tissues and promptly fell asleep in a semi-supine position, with her tiny belly, cute little feet, and defined little chine exposed to the world. Despite her human Esther‘s efforts to wake her up, Bean’s eyes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Pet Rat Who Falls Into a Deep Sleep Inside a Tissue Box Can Only Be Woken Up With Treats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Author Michael Witwer, filmmaker Kyle Newman, and game historian Jon Peterson have collectively written Heroes’ Feast, an official Dungeons & Dragons cookbook that features 80 fantastic recipes that are inspired by the game. The recipe chapters are marked by race specific cuisines that include Human, Elven, Dwarven, and Hafling. There...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Heroes’ Feast: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook’ With Recipes for 80 Game Inspired Dishes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineering and Architecture created an incredible and detailed animation that showing the specific process by which the Charles Bridge (Karlův Most) in Prague, Czech Republic was built. This historic bridge, which crosses the Vltava River, began construction many years before its actual completion in 1402. The bridge has undergone much...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Animation That Shows How the 14th Century Charles Bridge in Prague Was Built first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@beaverbabyfurrylove Anatomy of Dam Building 101. Start by moving any object you can find to the door. ##DoItBold ##dialitforward ##animalsdoingthings ? original sound – Beave A very busy baby beaver named Beave who was rescued by a DEC licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist adorably began building a damn inside a doorway...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Busy Baby Beaver Builds Dam Inside Rescuer’s House Using an Amusing Variety of Household Objects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting New York City in 2020, travel vlogger Johnny Harris (previously) wanted to find out what was behind the incredible literal and figurative immensity of New York City. I felt like New York had this outsized presence in our country, that everyone thought that the United States was New...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Literal and Figurative Immensity of New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A slightly bewildered Tom Scott (previously) attempted to explain the once-thought settled, ongoing linguistic debate over the correct pronunciation of GIF (Graphics Interface Format) and acknowledged that each side has reasons to believe that their side is right. Scott states that the argument over this three-letter acronym is descriptivism in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Both Sides of the Ongoing Linguistic Debate Over the Pronunciation of the Acronym GIF Can Be Correct first appeared on Laughing Squid.

This house in my neighborhood every year nails Halloween decorations. pic.twitter.com/eX19mACqUv — Gelly Bean (@funangela) October 18, 2020 A resident in the Irvington district of Indianapolis, Indiana quite aptly captured the spirit of 2020 by decorating their home for Halloween with a “This Is Fine” window display that features a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hilarious ‘This Is Fine’ Window Display in Indianapolis That Aptly Captures the Spirit of Halloween 2020 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City piano teacher Magdalene Rolka quite amusingly used an animation effect in the video chat program she was using to disguise her face as both a unicorn and a dragon in order to make the lesson more interesting. Rolka, who is a “music educator of children ages 4-99”,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Piano Teacher Performs as a Unicorn and Dragon to Motivate Her Remote Learning Students to Practice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While giving a lesson over Spanish mountains, tandem paragliding instructor Scott Mason of Skywing Adventures in Andalucia, Spain demonstrated his bespoke “parahawking” technique while floating over Grazalema State Park. This involved a gorgeous black vulture flying, who was behind Mason and his student, gracefully landing upon a GoPro selfie stick...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Trained Black Vulture Gracefully Lands on GoPro Selfie Stick in Midair During Tandem Paragliding Lesson first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Shirley (@mattsurelee) on Oct 20, 2020 at 3:16pm PDT Matt Surelee takes a look at what various face coverings say about the people who wear them. Related PostsThe Worst Attraction in Every StateThe Best Attraction in Every StateFamous Actors in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Your Face Covering Says About You first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Things I have drawn (@thingsihavedrawn) on Jan 6, 2019 at 8:33am PST Tom Curtis, the creative dad who turns his young sons’ drawings into surreal photos, is still going strong with this amusing project, creating some rather hilarious, if not slightly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dad Turns His Sons’ Drawings Into Surreal Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ronit Baranga (@ronitbaranga) on Oct 13, 2020 at 4:49am PDT “All Things Sweet and Painful” by Israeli artist Ronit Baranga is a wonderfully surreal sculptural exhibition in which dessert and tea sets come to life simultaneously, in a circular effort to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Surreal Sculptures of an Elegant Dessert Table Gone Awry When the Sweets and Tea Set Try to Eat Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by hej studio (@hejstudio_) on May 15, 2020 at 12:04am PDT Danish design studio Hej has created a playful series of face masks made out of food. The thought behind this series was to make the idea of wearing a face mask...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Humorous Face Masks Made Out of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French mechanical student Simon Robert, who created a wonderfully sleek, 3D printed Saturn V Rocket Planter, married together two of his favorite fields of science with a DIY miniature space shuttle replica that he made out of various electronics that he soldered together. I made this project that link together...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Miniature Space Shuttle Made of Soldered Electronics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Before the great Morgan Freeman became a legendary actor of tremendous proportions known for his distinctive voice, an entire generation of pre-school kids between years 1970 and 1975 remember him as an incredibly talented and versatile performer on the American educational children’s television series The Electric Company. One such character...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Morgan Freeman Plays a Singing Vincent the Vegetable Vampire in 1970s Episode of ‘The Electric Company’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gerrard Gethings (@gezgethings) on Sep 29, 2020 at 6:19am PDT Animal photographer Gerard Gethings, who created the clever card game Do You Look Like Your Cat?, released a similarly themed book aptly titledFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Do You Look Like Your Dog?, A Humorous Book That Pairs Distinctive Looking Dogs to Matching Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little dog named Ted bravely jumped onto the back of very accommodating wooly sheep who didn’t seem to mind having a canine aboard for a ride. While the sheep only took a few steps, Ted held on like a trooper. Check out Ted the dog as he jumps on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Little Dog Jumps Onto the Back of a Big Wooly Sheep first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2015, a purple puppet named Randy Feltface sat at a desk on a dark stage with only a typewriter at his side and proceeded to tell the life story of Ernest Hemingway in just three and a half minutes. Feltface recounted each of Hemingway’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Life Story of Ernest Hemingway Told in Three and a Half Minutes by a Purple Felt Puppet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a 2009 clip from the seventh season premiere of Two and a Half Men entitled “818-jklpuzo”, a desperate Charlie finds himself in need of a bathroom but finds it occupied. After a few seconds, the door opened revealing Eddie Van Halen and his famous striped guitar. A surprised Charlie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Eddie Van Halen Plays a Guitar Riff Outside the Bathroom in a 2009 Clip From ‘Two and a Half Men’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Russian guitarist yourauntstripe performed a remarkable 71 guitar riffs from Nirvana songs in just five minutes. The guitarist stated that he wanted to pay tribute to the band who had a big effect upon him while he was growing up. Nirvana is the reason I have decided to pick up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarist Plays 71 Nirvana Riffs in Just Five Minutes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Australian media agency Thinkerbell has come up with “Trojan Peas”, a hilarious way to hide a beloved pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream from family members and/or roommates who otherwise surreptitiously steal scoops from the container. This clever camouflaging bag is purposely made to look like a really unappetizing bag of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Unappetizing Bag of ‘Trojan Peas’ That Cleverly Hides Häagen-Daz Ice Cream From Family Freezer Thieves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by YO?RU?K SOFRASI GU?NDU?ZBEY (@yoruksofrasi) on Oct 18, 2020 at 4:17pm PDT A hungry tortoise named Çilingir effortlessly chomped matching geometric designs onto both sides of an evidently yummy slice of cucumber. When he reached the end of the slice, Çilingir held...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hungry Tortoise Chomps Matching Geometric Designs Onto Both Sides of a Cucumber Slice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On a forthcoming episode of the Tested series Ask Adam Anything, host Adam Savage responded quite thoughtfully and honestly to a viewer question about hearing loss and hearing aids. Saveage likened the use of hearing aids to that of wearing glasses and talked about the need to destigmatize hearing loss,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adam Savage Talks Honestly About Destigmatizing the Use of Hearing Aids Due to Hearing Loss first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Milo the absolutely adorable Indian ringneck parrot who previously imitated a squeaky toy, threw a bit of a vocal tantrum when his beloved human told him that she was going out for a very short amount of time. Hooman how dare you leave me for your walk. Heck!! I’m mad...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Indian Ringneck Parrot Throws a Verbal Tantrum When His Human Says She’s Going Out for a Short While first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wayne Coyne (@waynecoyne5) on Oct 17, 2020 at 2:22am PDT The Flaming Lips performed a rare live show at The Criterion Arena in Oklahoma City on October 14, 2020. While large gatherings are truly not advisable during this time of COVID,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Flaming Lips Perform Live Concert Inside Giant Bubbles to an Audience of People in Giant Bubbles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Producer, musician, luthier, and composer Galeazzo Frudua of Beatles Vocal Harmony created a collection of videos featuring the isolated vocals from some of the most famous songs by The Beatles. The effect, created with the use of software, is both disconcerting and beautiful at the same time. Thanks to a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Disconcerting Beauty of Isolated Vocal Tracks From Some of the Most Famous Songs by The Beatles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Dance Theater of Harlem Company celebrated Harlem Week 2020 with a virtual that took them on a pirouetting tour through New York City streets. The troupe stopped at such iconic places as the 145th and St. Nicholas Subway Station, The City College of New York at 137th Street, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dancing Through Harlem With the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company During Harlem Week 2020 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??Persian Kitties Eric & Ollich (@eric_and_ollie_) on Sep 23, 2020 at 3:53am PDT A pair of absolutely adorable Persian cats named Eric and Ollie in England were hilariously dressed up as USPS and UPS delivery workers for Halloween. Each cat also...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Persian Cats Dressed Up as USPS and UPS Delivery Workers With Packages for Halloween first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A group of orphaned baby grey-headed flying foxes who were rescued from the devastating 2020 Australian fires in February 2020 and brought to Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland, sat safely inside their swaddles and sampled a variety of fruits that were given to them. Despite the fact that several pieces...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Orphaned Baby Bats Rescued From the Australians Fires Eat a Variety Fruits While Safely Swaddled first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Google has introduced a very helpful AI search feature that uses proprietary music recognition technology that can find a specific song by whistling, humming or singing the tune. The search only requires 10-15 seconds of the tune for recognition. This unique search can be done on different devices, including the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Introduces an AI Search Feature That Identifies Songs by Whistling, Humming or Singing the Tune first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by John Fusco (@johnfusco) on Sep 26, 2020 at 5:20am PDT A group of orphaned black bear cubs who live at the Killham Bear Center in New Hampshire descended upon a pile of crisp autumn apples. As the ursine youngsters were gleefully...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Orphaned Black Bear Cubs Make Collective Sounds of Contentment While Gleefully Eating a Pile of Apples first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anthony Dickens (@anthony.dickens) on Aug 11, 2020 at 10:50pm PDT Musician Anthony Dickens of Studio Make Believe built the Circle Guitar, an original instrument that only requires the fretting hand to do the work. The rhythm side of the instrument is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique Self Playing Guitar With a Circular Mechanical Device That Does the Strumming first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MANTRAP by Heathyr Lawrence (@heathyrlawrence) on Oct 3, 2020 at 11:02am PDT Retailer Mantrap 1989 by Heathyr Lawrence has created a wonderfully bewitching bat face mask that can be worn as part of a costume for Halloween or every day as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Bewitching Bat Face Mask for Halloween and Beyond first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Los Angeles resident Adam Lisagor (previously) of Sandwich Video and photographer Noah Kalina (previously), who lives in upstate New York, have joined forces for the podcast “All Consuming”. The two friends test out various direct to consumer products from their respective homes on opposite sides of the United States. They...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘All Consuming’ Podcast, Featuring Adam Lisagor and Noah Kalina Reviewing Direct to Consumer Products first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In keeping with his Halloween tradition, music meme creator William Maranci (previously) has hilariously combined the Beastie Boys song “Intergalactic” with the perfectly fitting “Ghostbusters” theme song by Ray Parker Jr. While this idea has been broached before, Maranci decided to put his own twist onto it. I’m required by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hilarious Halloween Mashup Combining the Beastie Boys’ ‘Intergalactic’ With the ‘Ghostbusters’ Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the third installment of their 2020 reboot of “Thursday Mashups in October” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet created a 3 ½ minute compilation of 60 hit songs from 1992 made with “Real Love” that says “I Will Always Love You” just like a “Bullet...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A ‘Real Love’ Compilation of 60 Hit Songs from 1992 That ‘Will Always Love You’ Like a ‘Bullet in the Head’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful and colorful scarlet macaw parrot who was looking out a sunny window, when he quite insistently demanded from his human a cover for his head by uttering the simple word “hat”. Shortly thereafter a human hand appeared with an oversized baseball cap and placed upon the parrot’s little...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorful Parrot Requests and Receives His Hat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by East Aurora, New York (@eastaurorany) on Oct 13, 2020 at 2:56pm PDT Incredibly creative homeowners in East Aurora, New York decorated their house with a fully articulating giant inflatable spider that appears to crawl down a web that’s been strung from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Articulating Giant Inflatable Halloween Spider Crawls Down Web Strung From the Roof of House to Sidewalk first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of their fifth anniversary on YouTube, The Brick Wall (previously) created an absolutely amazing automated pizza assembly line made out of LEGO. The line automatically places sauce and toppings atop the pizza. After the pizza is baked in an oven, the machine then expertly cuts even slices for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Automated LEGO Pizza Assembly Line first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Justin Bryant (@1126artstudio) on Jul 21, 2020 at 8:16am PDT Nashville merchandise designer Justin Bryant of 1126 Art Studio has created a brilliant poster series in which the innocent classic children’s board games such as “Mouse Trap”, “Don’t Break the Ice”,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Classic Kid’s Board Games Reimagined as Horror Films first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of their Halloween line, Dunkin’ has introduced a Spicy Ghost Pepper donut that will be available for a limited time. The spice comes from a strawberry icing that’s mixed cayenne and ghost peppers atop a simple donut. Proving that the number one brand in donuts can rock a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dunkin’ Introduces a Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gerrard Gethings (@gezgethings) on Oct 9, 2020 at 8:41am PDT Do You Look Like Your Cat is a really amusing and clever card game by animal photographer Gerard Gethings and Debora Robertson. In the game, players match photographs of distinct-looking cats...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Do You Look Like Your Cat?, A Clever Card Game That Pairs Distinctive Looking Cats to Matching Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather industrious cockatoo named Keiko diligently sat on the dresser and repeatedly stuck his adorably big beak into the top drawer where his human’s socks resided. Each time he emerged, Keiko was holding a pair of socks that he immediately discarded onto the floor despite his human attempting to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cockatoo Diligently Empties His Human’s Sock Drawer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After consuming too much coffee, the velvet-voiced Puddles Pity Party decided to do a punk-ish cover of the Lorde song “Royals”. Puddles stated that he was inspired to do this cover by watching videos of legendary punk guitarist Steve Jones. I asked myself recently, “Royals! How many styles can you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Puddles Pity Party Performs a ‘Punk’ Style Cover of the Lorde Song ‘Royals’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Polish musician MaroMaro, who performs amazing covers of classic rock and rap songs on Stylophone, played a remarkably impressive cover of the iconic guitar solo intro from the Van Halen song “Eruption”. Maro stated that he played this to honor the memory of the late, greatly missed Eddie Van Halen....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Impressive Stylophone Cover of the Iconic Guitar Solo Intro From the Van Halen Song ‘Eruption’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sideserf Cake Studio (@sideserfcakes) on Sep 26, 2020 at 7:58am PDT Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes (previously) in Austin, Texas created an amazingly realistic octopus cake for a child’s birthday. The confectionary cephalopod sat upon an equally realistic reef with two...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredibly Realistic Octopus Birthday Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the music video for the Emmit Fenn song “Who Dat”, director Patrick Jean amusingly animated a street pigeon. The bird first picked up the beat with his neck feathers and strut confidently down the sidewalk, showing off a bit of slick footwork along the way. Sometimes you just got...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Strutting Pigeon Shows Off Some Slick Footwork in an Amusing Music Video for ‘Who Dat’ by Emmit Fenn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a disquieting Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Cindy J. Aaronson and animated by Aim Creative Studios, narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott explains the physiology behind crippling panic attacks, how the fear of a repeated panic attack can often lead to further attacks and what can be done to minimize anxiety. At...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Physiology Behind Crippling Panic Attacks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting Parc National De Kirindy Mite in Madagascar, wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured truly hypnotic footage of a mother sportive lemur holding and caring for her baby while safely ensconced inside the hollow of a tree. The mother appeared to stare cautiously at Weiller’s camera with her big,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hypnotic Footage of Mother and Baby Sportive Lemur first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a rapacious report for PBS Eons, host Kallie Moore explains how and why certain plants became carnivorous. Moore points out that these plants, through evolution, learned how to get the nutrients they needed from insects and other small animals, attracting them some very tricky traps. Each carnivorous plant uses...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Some Plants Evolved to Become Carnivorous first appeared on Laughing Squid.