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In honor of the Christmas holiday, funnyman Ryan Reynolds dressed up in his lonely sweater with a big bow (designed by Tipsy Elves) and attempted to recreate the fun that the sweater had last year. However, this being 2020, it was easier said than done. Every year we try to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds Wraps Hospital in an Ugly Christmas Sweater Made of Lights to Benefit SickKids Foundation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

xkcd imagines what it would be like if Alaska and Hawaii created maps that left off other states as well. Linguists, settling some inscrutable grudge, have been steadily sneaking more backdated synonyms for 'sharing borders' into the dictionary. They've added 'contiguous,' 'coterminous,' 'conterminous,' and next year they're adding 'conterguous.' Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Contiguous 41 States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese Buddhist monk Kossan1108, who rocks amazing covers of classic rock songs with traditional instruments, performed a truly minimalist, yet badass cover of the classic Metallica song “Enter Sandman”. Kossan also conquered the distinct manner in which James Hetfield sings, giving a slightly menacing feel to Kossan’s otherwise peaceful surroundings....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Buddhist Monk Covers Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joy Huang (@joyosity) Joy Huang, a talented flour artist who, among other things, creates adorable animals out of braided challah (egg) bread. In addition to their shape, Huang also gives these doughy creatures adorable names. For example, the squid loaf is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Animals Made Out of Braided Challah Bread first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German online specialty food retailer Jungborn is selling an amusing 3.5 meter (11.5 feet) long Krakow style skinny sausage that is rolled up on a wheel like garden hose. This tasty Die Wurstkabeltrommel (sausage cable drum) has a shelf life of about 8 weeks and a refill salami can be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing 11.5 Foot Long Krakow Sausage That’s Rolled Up on a Wheel Like a Garden Hose first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the music video for the song “Every Moment Is Christmas With You” by Icelandic artist Daði Freyr, a pair of disembodied eyes and mouth (belonging to Freyr) appear on presents, food, candles, people and other holiday items to sing the song to whoever is nearby. The song itself is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Disembodied Eyes and Mouth Appear on Holiday Items in a Daði Freyr Christmas Carol Music Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Neil Burnell (@neiljburnell) Photographer Neil Burnell has created a stunning photo series of the enchanting beauty of Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, which is known for its winding trees, mossy ground, and foggy climate. This beautiful series is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Photos Showcasing the Mystical Beauty of Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor National Park, England first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Beatles Bootlegs shared an amazing clip of the original audio from The Beatles‘s 1965 demo for their iconic song “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”. The demo features a pretty badass sitar intro by George Harrison. Harrison was incredibly influential in introducing the instrument to popular music and even helped...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Beatles’ 1965 Demo for ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ With a George Harrison Sitar Intro first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French musician Grégoire Blanc, who performed a brilliant instrumental cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song “The Great Gig in the Sky” on theremin and Continuum fingerboard, had several years earlier in 2016 accompanied himself on a beautiful and musical saw cover of “Passacaglia No. 6” by George Friedrech Handel...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Accompanies Himself on a Beautiful Theremin and Musical Saw Cover of Handel’s ‘Passacaglia No. 6’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Paul Barton, an artist and musician living in Thailand, who often plays piano for rescued elephants at various sanctuaries and does the same for the wild macaques. This particular group of primates lives inside Phra Prang Sam Yot, an ancient monkey temple in Lopburi. The Fine Arts Department of Lopburi...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Attempts to Play Piano Inside a Thai Monkey Temple While Wild Macaques Climb All Over Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As with previous years, prolific video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has created a heartfelt Christmas mashup that primarily combines the heavy metal sound “South of Heaven” by Slayer with the playful dulcet tones of “Last Christmas” by Wham! McClintock also added in an adapted guitar solo that he played. It’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Heartfelt Christmas Mashup That Combines ‘South of Heaven’ by Slayer With ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by takakukei (@takakukei586) Japanese novelty retailer Village Vanguard is featuring an adorable line of soft, cuddly wearable body warmers that come in the shapes of various animals. One of these warmers is a very helpful octopus with snap-together tentacles that come in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Soft Cuddly Wearable Plush Octopus That Offers a Few Extra Hands Wherever They’re Needed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Some very clever people have found a hack that lets people cut the cake even if there is no knife available. This method uses wine glasses. The goblets are turned upside down so that the cup penetrates through the icing and into the soft, baked goodness within. When the goblet...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Hack of Using Wine Glasses to Cut Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Daniel Netzel of Film Radar explores how the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit captures and celebrates the beauty within the game of chess. Netzel looks at how the game offers great symmetry, equality, and discipline while also noting that it is an incredibly solitary game in which individuals have to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Celebrates the Symmetrical Solitary Beauty Within the Game of Chess first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented woodcarver and artist Bobby Duke (previously) gave a rather amusing tutorial showing how to make a variety of graceful insect sculptures using plastic cutlery and the right amount of heat. This project not only creates attractive artwork but also cuts down on plastic waste. Instead of throwing away your...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Making Graceful Insect Sculptures With Plastic Cutlery first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very funny, extremely prolific, and talented Ryan Reynolds directed an amusing and very timely advertisement for Match.com in which Satan and the year 2020 fall in love with one another. They feed one another hot chili peppers, attend flaming dumpster fires, and steal toilet paper together as the soon-to-be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Satan and the Year 2020 Fall in Love With Each Other in a Fiery Match.com Ad Directed by Ryan Reynolds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

April: "What would a mashup of the @FriendsTV and @Snoopy Peanuts theme songs sound like?"My brother in law Andy: pic.twitter.com/sYwqF2wcwV — drew olanoff (@yoda) August 3, 2020 Musician Andy Larson, who is brother-in-law to Laughing Squid friend Drew Olanoff, performed an amazing piano mashup of the iconic Peanuts theme song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pianist Plays an Amazing Mashup of the Peanuts Theme ‘Linus and Lucy’ With the Theme From ‘Friends’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese guitarist Kawai Billy of the band Hachinohe Music Journey, sat on the couch and performed a tasty rockabilly riff with a little blue parakeet sitting atop his fretting hand. The bird happily rode up and down the guitar neck with the repeated quick changing of chords. Talk about a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarist Plays a Rockabilly Riff With Bird on His Hand first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Coin” is a beautiful, award-winning felt stop-motion animation by Siqi Song that tells the story of a young Chinese girl who grows up collecting the lucky coins inside dumplings that her mother makes for every Chinese New Year. When the girl is finally old enough to leave home, she...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Young Woman Searches For the Lucky Coins She Left on a Train in a Beautiful Felt Stop-Motion Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The She Series from A Mighty Girl features beautifully illustrated empowering prints by artist Karen Hallion. Each print feature a profile of an extraordinary woman from history, film, or fiction along with a single word that best describes what her work particularly inspires. For example, The print of Rosa Parks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Empowering Single Word Profile Prints of Extraordinary Women From History, Film, and Fiction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by #kuchegrabbeurs (@kuchekup) Artist Matt Eskuche has created a line of wine glasses with weirdly wobbling stems. The glasses definitely hold wine or any other liquid, but the question is for how long? As it turns out, Eskuche deliberately creates his own...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wine Glasses With Weirdly Wobbling Stems first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented nature photographer Andreas Kay, who sadly passed away in October 2019, captured incredible footage of what appears to be a walking snowflake or kernel of popcorn. While this tiny creature is neither of those things, it is a flatid planthopper nymph that’s covered in bulbous waxy secretions that assist...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tiny Flatid Planthopper Nymph Insect That Looks Like a Walking Piece of Popcorn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct Water Bridge in The Netherlands is a beautifully designed piece of transportation architecture that appears to be an optical illusion when viewed from above. In reality, the road continues under 3 meters of water for 25 meters before re-emerging onto the other side. This unique design allows...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Beautiful Veluwemeer Aqueduct Water Bridge in the Netherlands That Keeps Road and Boat Traffic Flowing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented Swedish musician Gunhild Carling performed a mind-blowing solo on bagpipes while playing with a full swing jazz band. Carling, who is known for playing several different instruments at the same time, also showcased her incredible dancing talent while waiting to solo. via Neatorama Related PostsGunhild Carling Plays...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Swedish Multi-Instrumentalist Gunhild Carling Performs a Mind Blowing Jazz Solo on Bagpipes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a hovering episode of The Slow Mo Guys (prevoiusly), host Gavin Free carefully balanced a red apple upon the streaming force of compressed air, making it appear to endlessly spin and change shape while defying gravity. This continued until the fruit split open due to external pressure. Compressed air...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spinning an Apple on a Stream of Compressed Air Until it Explodes Captured in 28,500 FPS Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Baker (@tonybaker) When comedian Tommy Black posted an adorable video of his baby daughter as she was struggling to keep her eyes open while sitting upright, fellow funnyman Tony Baker decided to add in some amusing narration. Baker pretended that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Comedian Provides Amusing Narration to Video of Friend’s Baby Girl as She Struggles to Stay Awake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The music video for the incredibly catchy song “Hurri-Mitanni (Güzel Haber)” by Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions features a wide variety of characters who walk and dance in the streets using different disguises that efficiently block who they are and what they look like. Although these characters appear to desperately want...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Powerful Music Video for Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions Explores Inescapable Anonymity of Screens first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While playing with his daughter, guitarist André Atunes saw an American television evangelist passing judgment upon COVID-19 and banishing it from the United States for good. Atunes did what any good father would do and hilariously turned the preacher’s words into a respectably rocking heavy metal tune. Judgement on COVID-19...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Portuguese Guitarist Hilariously Turns US Television Evangelist’s COVID-19 Rant Into a Heavy Metal Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jaquet Droz (@jaquetdroz) Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has created a wonderful line of Automata Repeater Watches that feature wonderfully interactive hand-painted watch face scenes. One watch in this colorful line is the Tropical Bird Repeater, a gorgeous watch featuring animated tropical...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Automata Repeater Watch Featuring Animated Tropical Birds Around a Painted Waterfall first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Niklas Roy and Felix Fisgus have created “Smart Fairy Tale”, a smart storytelling machine that is controlled remotely through a QR scan on a smartphone. A rolling red ball triggers the story process through stops and starts along the way, leading the path to a narrative. A little red ball...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Colorful Smartphone Controlled Fairy Tale Machine first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Tyler Larson of Music is Win (previously), traveled to the Gotta Have Rock and Roll studio in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey in order to play a vintage 1954 Fender Stratocaster guitar that was owned and solely played by legend Eric “Slowhand” Clapton. Larson very carefully took the iconic guitar...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarist Plays Eric Clapton’s Original ‘Slowhand’ Stratocaster Before It Goes to Million Dollar Auction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) quite interestingly reimagined classic song “Every Breath You Take” by The Police as a heartbreaking honky-tonk country ballad. This odd pairing mades the song sound even more sinister than it actually is. The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” as an old-time country...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Police Song ‘Every Breath You Take’ Reimagined as an Old-Time Honky Tonk Country Ballad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Farmer Marc Stewart of Thisledoe Farm in Bedford, Virginia stood on a hillside and methodically groomed his beloved Scottish highland cow, Hamish. While trimming Hamish’s gorgeous red coat, Stewart talked about Hamish’s enormous build and gentle nature, noting how the enormous bovine tilts his massive horns in order to avoid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Farmer Talks About Bovine Respect While Grooming an Enormous Long-Horned Scottish Highland Cow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An The Maker, an 18 year old German student and prolific coder, has created SpaceHey, a brilliant fan-based clone of the classic social network MySpace circa 2007. This clever parody service is fully functional and interactive, allowing users to digitally hark back to simpler times. Of course we signed up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 18 Year Old German Student Creates a Fully Functional Fan-Based Clone of MySpace Circa 2007 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Mixtape for the Milky Way – Video Games” by Jeremy Messersmith, is a poignant song about growing up during a specific point in time. Messersmith partnered with artist Eric Power to create an accompanying video that captures that very same poignancy. The collaborative result is a brilliant animation that features...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliantly Animated Music Video for a Poignant Song About a Childhood Spent Playing Video Games first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A humorous advertisement directed by Matias & Matias for the Norwegian Postal Service features an angry Julenissen (Santa Claus) who tells his therapist that he feels become outdated and finds himself wishing for those bygone eras in which he was welcomed inside every home across the land. He lauds a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Angry Santa Claus Renews His Faith in Christmas in a Humorous Ad for the Norwegian Postal Service first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gracie Sclamberg very thoughtfully hit her musician brother Leo over the head with a plastic soda bottle in perfect time to the intro to the iconic AC/DC song “Back in Black”, which Leo was playing on guitar. Leo was wearing two bowls over his head, but they didn’t last long...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sister Hits Her Brother Over the Head With a Plastic Bottle While He’s Playing ‘Back in Black’ on Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Baron Ryan (@americanbaron) Comedian Baron Ryan quite hilariously attempted to explain the importance of timing in comedy when he was bombarded by poorly timed “dad jokes” that came his way in different personified forms. Baron did his best to stem the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Explanation of Comic Timing is Repeatedly Interrupted With Poorly Timed Personified Jokes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A really cute little basset hound puppy named Sir Perceval dragged his adorably long ears through the water bowl after hydrating himself to his own satisfaction. Percy also lumbered down the long hallway with long ears in tow in order to receive some affection. Tiring business lugging these ears around...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Little Basset Hound Puppy Drags His Adorably Long Ears Through His Water Bowl first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kevin Parry (previously), a stop-motion animator at LAIKA, laid upon the ground and filmed himself to appear as if he were skateboarding along mountains and peaks made of masking tape on his living room floor. Parry also explained how he created this clever stop-motion short in detail. This is a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Skateboard Stop-Motion Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A man in Dallas used a flashlight to prove that his bald head was more glossy than another man’s who was sitting at the same table during a lunch break. The man was prompted to perform this demonstration after a disembodied voice came over the loudspeaker to ask “Whose head...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Bald Man Uses Flashlight to Prove His Head is Shinier first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Rockefeller (“Rocky”), the tiny Saw-whet owl who accidentally traveled over 170 miles from her home in Oneonta, New York to the middle of New York City inside the Rockefeller Center 2020 Christmas Tree, was returned to the wild after a couple of weeks of rehabilitation at the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Tiny Owl Rescued From the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Is Released Back Into the Wild first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by PAMPSHADE by Yukiko Morita (@pampshade) Japanese designer Yukiko Morita of Pampshade creates beautiful handmade delicate lights that are made from loaves of bread and rolls. Morita got the idea when she was working at a bakery. At the end of her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautifully Delicate Lights Made From Breads and Rolls first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Diana Sudyka | illustrator (@tinyaviary) Chicago artist Diana Sudyka creates absolutely gorgeous nature illustrations on vintage “sent” envelopes from the early 1940s. The envelopes feature nostalgic drawings of the flora and fauna Sudyka encountered in her childhood in rural Illinois to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Nature Illustrations on Vintage Envelopes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbara Franc (@barbara.franc) British artist Barbara Franc, who creates animal sculptures out of wire and recycled metal scraps, also uses discarded textiles as her medium. One such example is a trio of textile hounds that Franc made for London Craft Week....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Dog Sculptures Made From Recycled Textiles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ágnes Herczeg (@agnesherczeg_lace) Textiles artist Ágnes Herczeg creates incredibly detailed, beautifully crafted miniature vignettes using the traditional textile techniques of needle lace, which requires small repeated stitches, and pillow lace, which requires braiding. Herczeg uses threads of different widths and origins,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautifully Crafted Miniature Vignettes Made Using Traditional Needle and Pillow Lace Textile Techniques first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ipnot (@ipnot) Japanese thread artist Ipnot who created a whimsical series of embroidered foods that looked good enough to eat, has added a wonderful 3D technique to her craft that features items such as trees, flowers and leaves, household items and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful 3D Embroidered Objects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“We” by Rita Lauro and Martina Stiftinger is a visually enchanting abstract 3D animation in which random objects repeatedly connect with and separate from one another, some reluctantly and others hurriedly. This animation is analogous to the social norms that people seek to follow within their daily interactions with one...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Random Objects Repeatedly Connect and Separate In a Visually Enchanting 3D Animation About Social Norms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

John Moon hates homemade cranberry sauce so much, he wrote a catchy song about it. Tbh… we like both ? https://t.co/JZaxab11Pj — Ocean Spray (@OceanSprayInc) November 26, 2020 ? This claim is undisputed https://t.co/PnVLHkNA5E — Ocean Spray (@OceanSprayInc) November 19, 2020 Moon was also so frustrated with the lack of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nobody Wants Your Homemade Cranberry Sauce first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When she was 11-years old in 1976, the incredibly talented Björk sang the Tina Charles song “I Love to Love” for a school recital. This was her first recorded song. The teachers were so impressed with her voice, that they sent the recording to the national radio station where it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 11 Year Old Björk Sings ‘I Love to Love’ in Her First Recorded Song From a School Recital in 1976 first appeared on Laughing Squid.