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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.

Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar has compiled together a wonderful supercut of clips from various films, both animated and live-action, that prominently features a giant supermoon looming over the characters. According to Avissar, this film was was fairly simple to put together. This one practically edited itself. via The Awesomer Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Supercut of a Supermoon in Films first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather interactive pig named Rowan quite happily showed off his mastery of musical skills on instruments made for children. The porcine musician needed a bit of encouragement at first, but once he got going, there was no stopping him. Rowan is a fun-loving piggy. Who lives in our home....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Talented Pig Shows Off His Fine Musical Skills first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Totty of Trek on the Tube has compiled a wonderful graphic that plots the complex diverging timelines within the entire Star Trek franchise into visual means. This account begins with the Star Trek: Enterprise in 2151 and continues through the various series and the numerous timelines developed by temporal incursions,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Graphic That Plots the Complex Diverging Timelines Within the Entirety of ‘Star Trek’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Chouarain (@marcchouarain) French musician Marc Chouarain, founder of Le Studio Féerique, performed a beautifully entrancing cover of the Hans Zimmer theme from the film Interstellar on a Cristal Baschet. This hypnotic performance during the second iteration of Studio Féerique Live....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Entrancing Cover of ‘Interstellar’ on Cristal Baschet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Finnish Origami artist Juho Könkkölä quite deftly showcased the incredibly intricate process of folding an exquisitely detailed Samurai warrior out of a single piece of paper. Könkkölä used neither cutting nor tearing to create the delicate folds and definitive features, just a bit of time, a bit of water, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Intricate Process of Folding an Exquisitely Detailed Origami Samurai Warrior From a Single Sheet of Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Finnish engineer behind the Device Orchestra (previously) quite brilliantly programmed a toaster, a typewriter, and two electric toothbrushes to perform the iconic Star Wars theme “The Imperial March”. He gave all of the devices googly eyes (including the toast) and the toothbrushes tiny Lightsabers to complete the effect. He...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Toaster Performs ‘The Imperial March’ Star Wars Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In addition to contributing to a long-term plan for ST success, cultivating leadership in others, managing PPL, data, & processes, & improving school leadership … a VP has the duty of helping to create a positive school culture … one that saves the day! pic.twitter.com/udZhQ19SGV — shandeemay (@shandeemay1) January 13,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Vice Principal Writes a Letter to the Tooth Fairy Verifying That a Student Lost a Tooth in School first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Alex Payler performed a unique arrangement of the iconic “James Bond Theme” from the equally iconic film Doctor No on his Yamaha Electone (electronic organ). Payler quite skillfully captured each track of the multi-instrumental theme using various functions on the keyboard. UK YAMAHA Electone artist, Alex Payler, performs his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The James Bond Theme Performed on Electronic Organ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Masayoshi Matsumoto, the incredibly talented balloon artist about whose realistic balloon animals we’ve previously covered, shares how to make these animals through a series of videos that appear to become more challenging as they go along. This channel is here to teach you a little about how to make balloon...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tutorials That Teach the Art of Making Balloon Animals first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A vintage 1999 promo for the Nickelodeon‘s evening programming “Nick at Nite” quite amusingly put together a timeline that connected the specific actions of the Brady family from The Brady Bunch with those of former President Richard Nixon‘s time in (and eventually out of) office. For years it was covered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing ‘Nick at Nite’ Promo Featuring a Timeline That Connects ‘The Brady Bunch’ to Richard Nixon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Typewriter Collector demonstrated an incredibly rare and fascinating typewriter made by Toshiba in 1940 and then remodeled in 1956. This vintage typewriter was the first of its kind. It used a horizontal cylinder that featured Japanese, Chinese, and English characters. They were then chosen by manually rolling the cylinder...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rare Vintage Horizontal Cylinder Typewriter by Toshiba With Japanese, Chinese, and English Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a very early episode of The Carol Burnett Show in 1967, the titular hostess played “Mrs. Invisible Man”, a young mother whose baby was invisible, just like her husband. The drugstore then delivered a tonic to make the infant visible, her husband insisted on trying it out first. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Leonard Nimoy as Spock Makes Surprise Cameo Appearance on ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ in 1967 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Singapore Rediscovers” is a whimsical film short by the vastly imaginative filmmaker Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films that captures the sights of Singapore. Whenever a little girl looks through her pair of homemade binoculars, however, this urban center turns into a surreal carnival with dancing buildings and flying trees...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Singapore Becomes a Lively Carnival Whenever a Little Girl Looks Through Her Homemade Binoculars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wonderful event showcasing the beauty of nature was captured by photographer Marco Valk, who filmed the stunningly graceful movements of a starling murmuration as the birds collectively flew in sequence with one another above Geldermalsen in The Netherlands. It’s one of the great wonders of the natural world and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Photographer Captures the Utter Beauty of a Graceful Starling Murmuration Over the Dutch Countryside first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luna Lee, who is known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed an amazing rendition of multi-layered classic Chicago song “25 or 6 to 4”. Lee skillfully covered the vocals, the bass, the guitar, and even the horn tracks without breaking a sweat. Related PostsA Beautiful Vocal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Rendition of the Multi-Track Chicago Song ’25 or 6 to 4′ Played on a Traditional Gayageum first appeared on Laughing Squid.

‘Around the Block’ is a short film by Scottish filmmaker Jonnie Lewis that offers a first-hand look at the work of street and sidewalk artist David Zinn (previously). Lewis’ camera follows Zinn as he talks about his work, using Zinn’s own animations to accompany and complement the narrative. Zinn stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Around the Block’, A Short Film About Artist David Zinn Who Finds Inspiration in the Imperfections of Sidewalks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Adam Buxton (previously) wrote, directed and provided the audio for a wonderful anecdote about the late, greatly missed David Bowie that director Michael Dignum had shared on Facebook. The Brothers McLeod (previously) provided the animation for this slightly profane, but incredibly humorous memory that gives insight into who Bowie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated David Bowie Recounts a Time When He Was Dressed as a Clown for the ‘Ashes to Ashes’ Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.