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Vox producer Bridgett Henwood takes a look at the “Deus Irae” (God’s Wrath), four simple notes within the Dorian minor scale that are arranged in such a way to signal death or danger in films. The meter of this phrase also causes an odd discomfort upon hearing, lending it to be interpreted as ominous. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Four Simple Notes Can Sound So Very Ominous first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Faber-Castell produced a wonderful video that offers a behind the scenes look at how their iconic colored pencils are created. The camera captures each step of the process, showing the combination of hand tasks with machine work. This footage, along with the quiet soundtrack, creates a lovely mesmerizing ASMR flow. Producing 2.3 billion pencils a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderfully Mesmerizing Behind the Scenes Look at How Faber-Castell Makes Their Iconic Colored Pencils first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DJ Cummerbund has quite seamlessly stitched together a bizarre but brilliant mashup that combines the musically complex, iconic Rush instrumental “YYZ” with the Kelis R&B pop single “My Milkshake”. While these two songs have nothing whatsoever in common with each other, DJ Cummerbund somehow found a way to make them fit, though he doesn’t seem...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliantly Bizarre Mashup of the Complex Rush Instrumental ‘YYZ’ With the Song ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented students on the award-winning PAC dance team at Walden Grove High School in Sahuarita, Arizona, who in 2018 performed a brilliant Harry Potter-themed halftime homecoming show, returned in 2019 showcasing an absolutely heroic Marvel Avengers theme. The routine ingeniously interpreted the storylines of both Avengers:Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame through dance. The PAC Dance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Students Perform Marvel-ous Avengers Themed 2019 Homecoming Dance Routine at an Arizona High School first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mac cleaning software CleanMyMac X created an amusing anti-littering campaign to bring awareness of the problem with people littering in Kiev, Ukraine. It features “Junkman”, a guy dressed up as a pile of trash and who realistically crouches in different places around the city. Whenever passersby would discard their own refuse onto his unseen back,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Trash Pile Rises Up to Scare People Out of Littering first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vote for senior year to be over #NFID20 @hederjon pic.twitter.com/r3n7m2FTHj — Dean Alekman (@deanalekman2) September 12, 2019 As they did with seniors in 2017 and 2018, administrators at North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan allowed the members of the graduating class of 2020 to dress up like their favorite characters, role models, historical...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Michigan High School Seniors Dress Up As Their Favorite Characters For Their School ID Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As a part of her ongoing “Horror Film” series, Serbian bodypainting artist Mirjana Kika Milosevic turned her face and body into a surprisingly adorable big-eared gremlin using makeup, contact lenses and other prosthetics. This particular session was done at the request of a fan and with the approval of Milosevic’s little dog. Milosevic stated that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Bodypainting Artist Turns Herself Into a Surprisingly Adorable, Big-Eared Gremlin Who Likes Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Object arranging artist Adam Hillman, who previously arranged brightly hued candy, produce and other items into into color-ordered, visually pleasing geometric shapes, has brilliantly recreated several classic works of art with unusual mediums. Included in this series are the “The Scream” by Edvard Munch with colored paperclips, Katsushika Hokusai‘s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Classic Works of Art Recreated With Paper Clips, Tic Tacs, Peanut Butter and Other Unusual Mediums first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Benjamin Jabe, a rather enthusiastic father has been documenting his journey of trying to teach his absolutely adorable three and a half year old daughter Izzy how to play his favorite game, Dungeons and Dragons. To get Izzy engaged, Jabe set up a campaign with a simple premise, but the potential for a great deal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Enthusiastic Father Teaches His Three and a Half Year Old Daughter How to Play Dungeons and Dragons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On a day with no script, Mario and Fafa the Groundhog of Glove and Boots hilariously engaged in a couple of improvised word games. Fafa started first with “The Word Game”, which required them both to say a word at the same time, figure out what the two words have in common and then yell...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mario and Fafa of ‘Glove and Boots’ Engage in Hilarious Improvisational Word Games on ‘No Script Day’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Director Ouchhh partnered with a classical music trio and to create “Say Superstrings”, a brilliantly immersive experimental performance for the Ars Electronica Festival. The cellist wore an EEG headset that read his brain activity as he played onstage. The information was then sorted into Delta, Theta, Beta and Gamma waves and sent back to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Changes in Musician’s Generated Brain Activity Visualized In Real Time While He’s Performing Onstage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn writer and beer expert Joshua M. Bernstein, who previously wrote Homebrew World: Discover the Secrets of the World’s Leading Homebrewers, has written Drink Better Beer: Discover the Secrets of the Brewing Experts, a definitive how-to book about enjoying well-crafted beer. For this new book Bernstein spoke with a variety of experts in the field...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Drink Better Beer, A Well Crafted Book Explaining How to Tap Into the Art of Enjoying a Perfectly Poured Beer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Burl of Burl’s Art (previously) found himself an old shovel and decided to turn it into a working guitar. As with previous projects, Burl shared each step of the process. At the end, he acknowledged that while others had come before him, it was a pretty simple straight-forward build. It sounds really good too. I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Turning an Old Rusted Shovel Into a Functioning Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a really fascinating video essay for Quartz, narrator and producer Molly Rubin digs deep into the chronic illness of migraine disease. Rubin looks into what the disease is, what it is not (not a headache), how it has been treated in the past and how it can be treated going forward, despite limited NIH...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Ongoing Stereotypes About Women Led to Severe Underfunding of Research for Chronic Migraine Disease first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British vlogger Half-Asleep Chris, a dedicated human to two very handsome black cats named Ralph and Tom, found that the time had come when he finally could let his fuzzy boys go outside on their own. After Ralph disappeared for a long time one night, Chris decided that he would put a GPS tracker on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Concerned Human Puts a GPS Tracker on His Adventurous Cat Who Went Missing Overnight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Gwen Murphy has created Foot Fetish, a wonderfully eclectic surreal series of shoe sculptures. Each pair features a unique set of formed, painted faces that peer out from inside. The personalities appear to come out with the type of shoe. An exotic d’orsay features a long, green face with high cheekbones, while a pair...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surreal Sculptures Featuring Shoes With Faces first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Shanghai artist Tango Gao,who was challenged by a friend in 2010 to create and post one cartoon a day, has amassed a really wonderful collection of minimalist black-and-white drawings in which one object becomes another, depending on context. In some cases, animals lend their shapes to various human needs, while others are a matter of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Series of Contextual Minimalist Drawings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, photographer Greg Harlow captured absolutely stunning footage of a beautiful waterfall rainbow flowing from Yosemite Falls, shot from Glacier Point inside Yosemite National Park in California. Like the naturally occurring phenomenon that makes flowing water of Horsetail Fall appear to turn into lava as the sun sets, this “rainbow phenomenon” only occurs under...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Footage of a Beautiful Yosemite Falls Rainbow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stock footage company Dissolve has created an amusing follow up to their original “Faux Show” which featured a number of generic television show openings created entirely using stock footage clips. The aptly named “Faux Shows 2” is also made up of wonderfully inventive fake television shows made entirely from cleverly arranged stock footage. Titles include...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Faux Shows 2, A Clever Compilation of Fake Television Shows Made Entirely Using Stock Footage Clips first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Star Wars themed band Galactic Empire, who previously performed an out of this world heavy metal cover of the Star Wars main theme song, further embraced their respective dark sides with a gorgeously layered heavy metal cover of the iconic song “The Imperial March”. Being that the band consists of characters from the antagonist side...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Star Wars Dark Side Band ‘Galactic Empire’ Performs a Sinister Heavy Metal Cover of ‘The Imperial March’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Shalaco climbed aboard his Onewheel XR and rode 200 miles around the Playa to capture beautiful images of all the incredible and varying art that was built for the 2019 Burning Man event. He then layered his amazing footage with a bluesy guitar soundtrack that put a finer point on the tour. Got my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Tour of the Art at Burning Man 2019 Taken While Riding a Onewheel XR Around The Playa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Treasures in the Trash” by filmmaker Nicholas Heller (previously) is a wonderful portrait of a longtime New York City Sanitation Department worker named Nelson Molina. While on his daily routes, Molina found all sorts of treasures in the trash he collected and put them in an unused but active city garage in East Harlem. Molina’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post New York City Sanitation Worker Creates Museum of Found Treasures in the Trash He Collected for 34 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Every day, you get to choose who you’re going to be. We think the best choice is to be the person your dog thinks you are: kind, loving, caring, compassionate.” Actor Wil Wheaton (The Big Bang Theory, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and his wife Anne Wheaton have created “Be The Person Your Dog Thinks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are’ T-Shirt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Wetlands” by filmmaker Persia Beheshti is a beautifully choreographed experimental film about an underground mermaid society in Virginia. In the film, Mermaid Undine mesmerizingly narrates a beautiful ballet of fellow mermaids while explaining her deep-seated connection to water. ‘Wetlands’ is an experimental documentary which captures the world of mermaids in Virginia. The mystical allure of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Virginia Mermaid Explains Her Deep-Seated Connection to Water in a Mesmerizing First Person Narrated Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story paid a visit to Robert Moehling, a South Florida farmer who takes advantage of the warm climate to grow a wide variety of tropical fruits, which he sells at his Homestead farm stand called Robert Is Here. Moehling explains how he got into farming tropical fruit at a very young age, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Robert Is Here, A South Florida Farm Stand That Carries a Wonderful Variety of Unusual Tropical Fruit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During an “Audience Member Theme Song” segment on a 2016 episode of CONAN, the red-haired host and band were in the midst of scanning the members of the audience to be subjects of made up songs when they happened upon a man who looked so much like John Lennon, it seemed as if the former...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man in ‘Conan’ Audience Looks So Much Like John Lennon That They Thought He Had Time Travelled first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Upon reading a Wikipedia article that explained how New York won the rights to Staten Island over New Jersey by a boat race, a dogged CGP Grey decided to seek further evidence about said race. He first contacted the Conference House on Staten Island to learn more. He also consulted numerous books, bibliographies, and newspapers,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Inconsistent Mythology Around a Race That Gave New York the Rights to Staten Island Over New Jersey first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gifted pianist Lord Vinheteiro who always stares straight into the camera during his video performances, performed an interesting experiment in which he played a number of different pianos at different price points to show the difference in sound. He first started with a very used Baldwin upright piano that cost $499, incrementally increasing the price...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Comparing the Sound of Pianos at Price Points Starting at $499 Reaching Incrementally Upward to $2,500,000 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Serbian bodypainting artist Mirjana Kika Milosevic turned her face and body into a really creepy jack-in-the-box that bounced to-and-fro on a spring. As with her other bodypainting projects, this illusion was completely formed with the highly strategic application of makeup. Sleep well tonight my beautiful skulls booahaha Related Laughing Squid PostsTalented Body Painting Artist Transforms...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Bodypainting Artist Uses Strategic Makeup To Turn Herself Into a Creepy Jack-in-the-Box on a Spring first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With a Höfner violin bass strapped across his chest and pick in hand, the Lefty Bassman quite remarkably performed a chronological medley of iconic bass lines performed by Paul McCartney between the years of 1962 and 1970. The medley also showed how much McCartney had evolved over those eight very crucial years within The Beatles....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Remarkable Medley Showing the Evolution of Paul McCartney’s Bass Lines Between 1962 and 1970 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the fourth and final season of the absolutely sublime Sam Esmail series Mr. Robot coming upon us, it is all too fitting that Coney Island Brewing Company would make a limited run beer in honor of the fictional hacking collective fsociety that took up residence right under the iconic ferris wheel in the Brooklyn...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post fsociety IPA, A Limited Edition Beer by Coney Island Brewery in Honor of the Final Season of ‘Mr. Robot’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor who goes by the pseudonym Preston Garvey created a fascinating compilation of songs that more often than not come to mind when thinking about different countries around the world. The list is neither comprehensive nor scientific, but is a good representation nonetheless. Please remember, this is STEREOTYPICAL, not traditional (can still be) or...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Compilation of Stereotypical Music That Comes to Mind Regarding Countries Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A big fuzzy dog named Sawyer followed closely behind his beloved human as he walked down the hall. The boy had broken his leg and was using crutches, which concerned the devoted dog. In solidarity, Sawyer proudly put a sympathetic limp into his own step as they both entered the room. via Digg Related Laughing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Sympathetically Limps Behind a Boy on Crutches first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Concerned about the state of the world, Canadian author and illustrator Elise Gravel created a wonderfully timely illustrated poster that explains the oddly elusive concept of empathy to kids in very simple terms. She also posits why empathy should be considered a superpower. The poster is free to print out for educational use. Parents, teachers,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Empathy Is a Superpower first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of their fascinating series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on Friends, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at how the twin characters of Phoebe Buffay and Ursula Buffay and how they truly embody the “Evil Twin” concept. In a previous episode, Minoff and McCullough...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Evil Twin Ursula Represents the Person Phoebe Could Have Been But Wasn’t Due to Her ‘Friends’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While exploring off Southwest Baker Island in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, the ROV Hercules, launched from the E/V Nautilus (previously) captured the very rare sight of a “big eared” (mantle fins) Cirroteuthidae Octopus. This incredibly large cephalopod repeatedly inflated its body like a circus tent in order to make itself larger in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A ‘Big Eared’ Deep Sea Octopus Inflates Its Body Like a Circus Tent to Warn the ROV Hercules to Back Off first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Douglassville, Pennsylvania bakery Malizzi Cakes & Pastries created an absolutely gorgeous peacock cake with the birds draping tail feathers spread out onto cupcakes trailing behind like a train. The cake was custom made for an August wedding for one very lucky couple. via Neatorama Related Laughing Squid PostsMischievous Kitten Plays With the Feathers of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gorgeous Peacock Cake With Cupcake Tail Feathers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the short film “Martha the Monster”, a congenial but insecure monster named Martha, a part-time actor who’s trying to make it in stand-up comedy, finds that her bid to assimilate into a world made specifically for humans isn’t working out too well. After a disastrous night with a confident strange monster, Martha learns that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Insecure Sensitive Monster Struggles to Get Along in a World Specifically Made for Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2014 we wrote about the Oru Kayak, a 12 foot kayak that folded up to fit into a 33 x 29-inch carrying case for easy transport. Since that time, the company has been working on improved portability and came up with “The Inlet”, a compact kayak that uses the principles of origami to make...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Lightweight Portable Origami Folding Kayak first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful Labradoodle named Khloe who lives in Okmulgee, Oklahoma with her family, decided to take action when an adorable toddler named Joslyn repeatedly swayed to and fro in front of her in an effort to tell the dog to sit. After complying with Joslyn’s request, Khloe then put her giant on top of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Gently Forces an Indecisive Toddler to Sit Down first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little cafe in Tokyo aptly named the 2D Cafe has been very whimsically designed to appear as if it’s a two-dimensional coloring book. This impression lies in a clever optical illusion of flatness, which is achieved using white and cream paint with strong, black borders. The simplicity of the environment allows the colorful menu...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cafe in Tokyo That Is Whimsically Designed to Look Like the Two Dimensional Pages of a Coloring Book first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In order to make way for a new high-speed rail, engineers in Xiamen, China figured out how to rotate an enormous bus terminal that weighs over 30,000 tons by 90 degrees (288 feet) around its circular center building. The entire process was captured in a fascinating timelapse. While this was not the primary goal of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Timelapse Footage of a 30,000 Ton Bus Terminal Being Rotated 90 Degrees in Xiamen, China first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian design firm Carlo Ratti, in partnership with energy company ENI have created the wonderful “Feel the Peel” campaign. This environmentally conscious project features a giant circular citrus juicer that holds approximately 1,500 oranges. After juicing the fruit, the machine dries the discarded peel into a bioplastic filament for a 3D printer to make biodegradable...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Giant Circular Juice Machine That Turns Discarded Peels of Squeezed Oranges Into 3D Printed Juice Cups first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Korean musician Luna Lee, known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed an absolutely badass cover of the iconic Jimi Hendrix anthem “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”. Lee brilliantly covered the bass, lead and rhythm parts all at the same time. Here’s a live version of the original. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘With or Without...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Truly Badass Gayageum Cover of ‘Voodoo Child’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Drone racer Viggo Koch very skillfully sent his flying machine into the air to chase after Valkyria, a roller coaster at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. Valkyria is considered to be the highest and longest coaster in all of Europe, yet the drone kept up and captured absolutely amazing footage of the ride....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Racing Drones Chase After Valkyria, The Longest, Highest Roller Coaster in All of Europe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Portuguese street artist Vile (Rodrigo Miguel Sepúlveda Nunes) creates amazing optical illusion wall murals that make his name appear to be cut into the wall and through whatever may be lurking on the other side. Yet his only tools are spray paint and talent. Vile has been honing his craft from a young age before...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Street Artist Appears to Cut His Name Into Walls Using an Amazing Optical Illusion Spray Paint Technique first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brand architect Mustafa Ömerli has created a really insightful series of black and white typeface illustrations that use the design of letters within the word to define what the the word means. This complex simplicity is how Ömerli approaches his business in general. We believe in simple ideas and create unified brand experiences. …Brands speak,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Black and White Typographic Illustrations That Define the Word Within the Design of the Letters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures have created “Ancestral Nights”, a gorgeous timelapse tour of “Dark Sky” parks across the southern United States. Each location boasts an ancient structure through which the sky can be seen. The film endeavors to imagine how these same skies appeared to early settlers of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Timelapse of the Skies Over Ancient Structures Throughout the American Southwest first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Found has created really amusing knee and thigh-high socks that sport a slimming, illustrated chicken leg design that also includes bottom feathers. These novelty socks can give anyone chicken legs, no matter their weight. The funny designed socks make your legs look leaner, Soft Materials and Cute Design especially suitable for activities …Halloween socks,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Novelty Chicken Leg Socks first appeared on Laughing Squid.