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In a lissome report for Cheddar, host Ali Larkin digs into why artists of the Medieval era refused to paint cats in true likeness. While it could be said that a poorly toilet trained cat might have turned a painter against the feline species as a whole, the real reason...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Religion Influenced Medieval Artists to Refuse to Paint Cats in Their True Adorable Likenesses first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tom Scott (previously) embarked on a rather fascinating experiment in order to visually demonstrate the vast difference between one million USD and one billion USD by using physical distance. Scott only had to walk the length of a parking lot in the London Borough of Dagenham to achieve the first...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Difference Between One Million Dollars and One Billion Dollars Measured in Physical Distance first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musical magician Andy Clockwise shared a very clever tip for creating a decent protective face shield using the box from a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The entire process requires online a bit of creative cleaning, cutting, folding, and taping before being put into use. Andy Clockwise shows you how you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Face Shield Using the Top of a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Box first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, just seven years after Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted the song “Alexander Hamilton” at the White House in 2009, the entire cast of the record-breaking Broadway show Hamilton was invited to perform for President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama along with a lucky audience. Some of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Hamilton’ Cast Performs at The White House in 2016 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke shared a very clever video developed by the Shopify Culture team that promotes the proper use of Slack. The catchy, danceable rap song, appropriately named “10 Slack Commandments”, thoroughly explains the features of the popular communication platform. via Boing Boing Related Posts‘Threading the RCA Projector’, A...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Catchy Rap Song Promoting the Proper Use of Slack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Theo Tagholm, aka mustardcuffins, of Studio Tagholm created a dizzying video for the Lumiere song “Doppler”. The film features infinite echoing frames that cover travel footage as it makes its way across the countryside. A new music video technique for the song Doppler. I think they go quite well...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Dizzying Array of Echoing Frames Travel Across the Countryside in the Unique Music Video For ‘Doppler’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Tokri” is a beautiful clay stop-motion animated short by Suresh Eriyat and Studio Eeksaurus that tells the story of a curious young girl who makes an error in judgement that causes her to break her father’s beloved watch. Fearing the loss of her father’s love, she decides to take matters...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Tokri’, A Beautiful Stop-Motion Short About a Girl Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands After a Clumsy Accident first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Home baker Grace, who goes by the name petrichoro, created an absolutely beautiful realistic koi pond mousse cake for Father’s Day. Grace used agar jelly to create the appearance of water. She also made the fish and lilies by hand. Everything on the cake is edible, so long as a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Realistic Koi Pond Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On nice days in Atlanta, musician Chavis Flagg grabs his guitar and portable amp and goes for a ride on his Onewheel electric skateboard along the city’s famed Beltline. Flagg impressively performs amazing solos as he’s cruising along the public trail. Flagg told CNN that skating is only a daytime...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitarist Performs Amazing Solos While Riding Onewheel Electric Skateboard Along the Atlanta Beltline first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Robert Speker, the activities coordinator at Sydmar Lodge Care in London, has worked really hard to keep the residents and the staff entertained while the facility is closed to visitors. One such idea that has caught on quite nicely is the recreation of classic album covers. Those who participated in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Retirement Home Residents and Staff Recreate Classic Album Covers While Facility is Closed to Visitors first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Just three days before his passing on June 29, 2020, the late, greatly missed Carl Reiner made his final performance, which was an incredibly touching scene from a star-studded remake of the iconic fairy tale film The Princess Bride. The elder Reiner played the role of the gruff grandfather (originally...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Carl Reiner Makes His Final Performance With Son Rob Reiner in Star-Studded Remake of ‘The Princess Bride’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ravi Hongal, a photographer who is obsessed with cameras, built for himself a three story house in the town of Belgaum, India that looks just like a classic camera. The interior also features photographic themes. His three sons Canon, Nikon, and Epson, are also a testament to Hongal’s love of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Photography Obsessed Man Builds a Camera Shaped House For Himself and Sons: Canon, Nikon and Epson first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, who is thought to be approximately 188 years old, holds the distinctive honor of being the oldest living terrestrial animal in the world. It is believed that Jonathan hatched around 1832, though no exact date is known. This ancient Testudinidae has lived most of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Seychelles Giant Tortoise Named Jonathan Is the Oldest Known Living Land Dwelling Animal in the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A performer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra demonstrated what the performance of a stand-up double bass looks like in super slow motion. The footage captures how the bow connects with and releases from the string in order to make beautiful music. Can you see sound? Absolutely! Here’s what a double...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Orchestra Instruments Captured in Super Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A determined and rather expressive golden retriever named Moose was playing a game hide and seek when he found himself looking in the bathroom for his elusive human Shane. When Moose caught a glimpse of Shane in the mirror as he hid behind the door, however, Moose stopped in his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Is Confounded by His Human’s Reflection in Bathroom Mirror During a Game of Hide and Seek first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a splashy clip narrated by David Tennant from the PBS/BBC series Spy in the Wild 2 – The North, a robotic spy bear cub built by John Downer Productions (previously) attempts to join the resident grizzlies for an afternoon of fishing. The fishing season has started for the grizzly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Robotic Spy Bear Cub Attempts to Join a Family of Hungry Grizzly Bears for an Afternoon of Fishing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Ricky Downes III, a “crazy redheaded bird person who does voice acting, stand up comedy, animation, and memorizes the entirety of The Lion King“, quite amazingly reenacted the first act of Hamilton as different characters of The Muppets. Kermit the Frog, quite appropriately, played the title role while Animal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Muppets Perform the First Act of ‘Hamilton’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A baby girl bubbled up with wonderfully buoyant laughter as she watched her mother repeatedly tried to bounce a green plastic ball with a wooden spoon as they both sat on the kitchen floor in their Manchester, UK home. As each attempt was made, the infant’s laughter grew adorably louder...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Baby Bubbles With Buoyant Laughter as Her Mother Repeatedly Tries to Bounce a Ball on a Spoon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

We previously wrote about the Sony REON Pocket, a really handy personal temperature control device that conveniently fits inside a pocket at the base of the neck of a specially-designed t-shirt. At the time, the developers were raising funds in order to bring their cool invention to market. The fundraising...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wearable Air Conditioner That Fits Inside of a Shirt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bardcore musician Alvaro Galán, aka Algal the Bard, performed an incredible medieval cover of the song “Toxicity” by System of a Down. Galán not only composed this version, but played each and every traditional instrument, thus making the otherwise heavy metal song sound like it was written in the Middle...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Medieval Cover of System of a Down’s ‘Toxicity’ Performed on Traditional Instruments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dmitry of JerryCanBar handcrafts wonderfully handy fire extinguisher mini bars that are a beautiful, unmistakable bright red. The interior of allows for a one-liter bottle of whatever spirit you choose as well as enough room for glasses, a corkscrew, can opener, and/or any other cocktail accessory desired. It attracts attention...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Bright Red Handcrafted Fire Extinguisher Mini Bar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A tiny orphaned baby wombat named Elsie who previously fell asleep as her caretaker human Lindy gave her a nice little rub on her pudgy belly, took a number of steps on her own under the watchful eye Lindy. It was their penultimate day together, so for Lindy, it was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Elsie the Orphaned Baby Wombat Learns to Walk first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2010 NPR invited the great “Weird Al” Yankovic and his band to perform in their offices as part of their Tiny Desk Concert Series. In between clever banter, Yankovic and band performed beautiful acoustic versions of three different parody songs: “You Don’t Love Me Anymore”, “Good Old Days” and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Performs Beautiful Acoustic Versions of His Parody Songs In a 2010 NPR Tiny Desk Concert first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Teenage wildlife photographer Isaiah Lieberenz hilariously captured the sight of a spooked opossum playing dead near his home in Illinois. The little marsupial lay completely still with an open jaw, an action widely known as “playing possum”. In case you ever wondered what a possum playing dead looks like, they’ll...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spooked Opossum Plays Dead for Young Photographer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The original cast members of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s incredible musical Hamilton joined The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform a lively version of Eliza Schuyler‘s love song “Helpless”. Being that the performance was virtual, several of the musicians played whatever instruments they could find around the house....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jimmy Fallon, The Roots and Original Cast of ‘Hamilton’ Perform ‘Helpless’ With Instruments Found at Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable Alapaha blue blood bulldog named Hulk who lives in Leeds, England, seems to be obsessed with laundry. Whenever the washer or dryer is empty, Hulk claims it as his own and even gets a bit testy when either is occupied. If that’s the case, he’s happy to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Bulldog Puppy Climbs Inside the Washing Machine or Dryer Whenever It’s Available to Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During quarantine, Rich McCor, aka paperboyo, used his immense talent for creating paper cutouts to make vignettes of movie scenes using items that he found around his home. The theme came from the number of films the artist was watching while stuck at home. More than ever I’m grateful that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Paper Cutout Vignettes of Movie Scenes Using Everyday Objects Found Around His Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Steve Lukather (guitar), Joseph Williams (vocals, keyboards) and Lenny Castro (percussion), three members of the band Toto, performed a very cheerful rendition of their iconic song “Africa” aka the internet’s favorite song. Even in these current times of social distancing, we can still come together. Williams, who seemed to have...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Members of Toto Cheerfully Perform ‘Africa’ From Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cyriak Harris, the creative mind behind many wonderful surreral short films, created a brilliant but appropriately anxiety-inducing animated music video for the song “The Existential Threat” by the Los Angeles band Sparks, from their album “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”. The existential threat that I always feel Nothing’s happened yet...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliant But Appropriately Anxiety-Inducing Animated Video for The Sparks Song ‘The Existential Threat’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Stefan Murphy of the Mighty Stef performed the iconic theme song from the 1990s Will Smith sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air as if it were a traditional Irish pub ballad. Murphy’s voice perfectly translates the distinctly hip hop song into a somber tale best served with a couple...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Performs ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ Theme Song As a Traditional Irish Pub Ballad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented “Weird Al” Yankovic hilariously mashed together his incredibly lively tribute song “The Hamilton Polka” with clips from the filmed performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s wildly popular musical Hamilton. While the actors sang the songs with incredible rapidity in the original performance, Yankovic’s polka version takes them to breakneck...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Hilariously Mashes Together ‘The Hamilton Polka’ With Clips From the ‘Hamilton’ Movie first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While diving near the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland, England, Ben Burville (previously) encountered a bob of curious seals who swam over to him in order to fully investigate his presence. The seals put their noses to Burville’s helmet, armpits, and hands before one sweetly offered up a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Curious Seals Thoroughly Investigate a Visiting Diver first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Just ahead of the Independence Day holiday in the United States, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission put out a rather humorous, but extremely serious safety video about the proper handling of fireworks (here’s the video from 2015). Since many official 2020 displays have been canceled due to health concerns,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Test Dummies Act Out Deadly Scenarios Caused by the Misuse of Fireworks in a 2020 Consumer Safety Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A startled owl employed the defensive posturing technique of puffing out feathers to appear much larger in order to intimidate a family cat in a Belgian backyard. The alarmed feline became equally puffed up at the sight of the strigidae stranger, leading to a standoff between the two. We looked...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Startled Owl Puffs Up to Appear Much Larger In Order to Intimidate an Equally Defensive Family Cat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented designer Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks built an incredible continuous LEGO marble run system that features an elevator to automatically return the marbles to the start. Allemann also built and alternator that sends incoming marbles in opposite directions Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Continuous LEGO Marble Run System That Automatically Returns Balls to the Start first appeared on Laughing Squid.

McCoy couldn’t convince him to wear a mask after Spock’s Tricorder detected a COVID-19 outbreak. We all know this will not end well for the redshirt… Related PostsConverting the COVID-19 DNA Sequence Into MusicYoung Boy Helps Brave Knight Slay the COVID-DragonTurning Little Free Libraries Into Free Food PantriesCatchy Animated Coronavirus...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Star Trek Redshirt in the Age of COVID-19 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On the tenth anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory being in space, the Goddard Flight Space Center of NASA shared an absolutely magnificent timelapse that documents the activities of the sun over the course of a decade. Every second of the timelapse represents a single day of solar viewing. Over...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magnificent 425 Million Image Timelapse That Documents the Activities of the Sun Over 10 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nate Bonham of The King of Random (previously) incrementally nested balloons of various different sizes inside of each other in order to see what popping each of them would look like in slow motion. So today we’re gonna try not just popping balloons in slow motion but nesting balloons, so...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Slow Motion Footage of Popping a Balloon Inside a Balloon Inside a Balloon Inside a Balloon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a cloaking episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott and series animator William Marler amusingly demonstrate the many ways in which the use of a green screen can go wrong due to issues with lighting, color, key, shutter speed, and framing. Green screen looks terrible sometimes....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Use of a Green Screen Can Go Wrong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rescued chicken named Francis sat in the arms of her devoted human Lisa Biondo Backs and burst out into bubbly, anthropomorphic laughter whenever Backs tickled her feathery sides. Whenever Francis laughed, a rooster crowed and a couple of cats hilariously meowed in the background This is Francis, and if...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Chicken Bursts Out Into Humanlike Laughter Whenever Her Human Tickles Her Feathery Sides first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New Zealand carpenter Henk Herhoeff builds fabulous pieces of whimsical furniture featuring crooked angles and broken lines that make them look as if they should be in a cartoon room somewhere. Each piece is fully functional, although items may not be exactly what they first appear to be. Verhoeff told...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Whimsical Cartoon Style ‘Broken’ Furniture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a deep sea clip narrated by David Tennant from the PBS/BBC series Dolphins – Spy in the Pod, a robotic spy squid looking to peer into the life of dolphins, finds itself being pursued by a couple of rather large potato cod who were in no mood to play....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Robotic Spy Squid Is Destroyed During an Unexpected Encounter With a Couple of Potato Cod first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Phi Compile of the British micro game studio Phigames and his 4 year old son used refrigerator magnets to make a very clever stop motion animation that recreates a Super Mario video game level on their stainless steel refrigerator. My 4 year old son and I attempted some stop motion...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Refrigerator Magnet Stop Motion Animation That Recreates a Super Mario Video Game Level first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dawn Fagan of Marengo, Ohio captured the absolutely adorable scene of her husband Dean cradling their rescued mini-donkey Mr. Donker Donks in his arms. As the two sat together, Dean sweetly serenaded the rescued equine with the very timely song “What the World Needs Now Is Love”. Yes it does....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ohio Man Sweetly Serenades His Pet Donkey With a Timely Cover of ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dublin resident Mevlut Kacmaz captured hilarious footage of a slightly cautious yet cheeky seagull deciding whether or not to enter a Londis convenience store on Grafton Street. After a few moments, the bird boldly stepped through the threshold, grabbed a bag of crisps that was sitting on a bottom shelf,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cheeky Seagull Steals Bag of Crisps From a Shop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Spanish street artist Dados Punto Cero created an incredibly powerful 3D mural of a tetra fish that was made out of a plastic wrapper. The mural is featured on the side of the Chozas de Abajo Town Hall in Cembranos, Castilla y León, Spain. Much of the artist’s work is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Powerful 3D Mural of a Tetra Fish Made Out of a Plastic Wrapper That Promotes Recycling and Reducing Waste first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The great Steve Martin along with the talented musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra played a truly rousing version of Martin’s original banjo song “Office Supplies”. The song is from Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers’ long-awaited album entitled The Long-Awaited Album. I was honored to play with members of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Steve Martin Performs His Rousing Original Banjo Song ‘Office Supplies’ With The Philadelphia Orchestra first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Things Made of Cardboard, who previously built a harmonograph with a robotic arm that draws Lissajous curves with an attached pen, created a simple, but ingenious cardboard sculpture that demonstrates the principle of tensegrity (floating compression) through an optical illusion. I made a sculpture out of cardboard based on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Simple Yet Ingenious Cardboard Sculpture That Provides the Illusion of Floating Structural Compression first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A tiny orphaned baby wombat named Elsie adorably fell asleep as her adopted human Lindy gave her a nice little rub on her pudgy belly. In March 2020, Elsie was brought to ACT Wildlife in Canberra, Australia after being rescued from her dead mother’s pouch. She was extremely underweight, unable...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tiny Orphaned Baby Wombat Adorably Falls Asleep While Her Human Caretaker Rubs Her Pudgy Belly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Ikorudu Bois, a group of three “future filmmakers” in Lagos, Nigeria quite hilariously and meticulously recreate incredibly big budget scenes from films and music videos using low budget household items. Each mimicked scene is performed to near perfection. In fact, Extraction directors the Russo Brothers loved their recreation so...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three Nigerian Boys Meticulously Recreate Big Budget Film Scenes Using Household Items first appeared on Laughing Squid.