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During the final round of Jeopardy during the “2019 Tournament of Champions”, longtime host Alex Trebek posed the question “In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow ‘How the'”. The three contestants took their time in posing their responses. When time was up, Trebek...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surprised Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Has an Emotional Response to Contestant’s ‘We Love You, Alex!’ Answer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Kitty Rose Morgan creates really exceptional paper sculptures, particularly of dogs and cats. Morgan isn’t only limited to domestic animals, as she also makes sculptures of wild birds, tigers and even an upside-down elephant. Morgan stated that its precisely the limitations of this particular medium is what makes Morgan’s sculptures so meaningful to her....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Paper Animal Sculptures by Kitty Rose Morgan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who performs gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs gave a stunning performance covering the Coolio song “Gangsta’s Paradise”. Using a specialized muting capo, Stricagnoli brilliantly captured each element of the song by tamping harmonics from the upper frets of his guitar, strumming from the lower frets and using a tiny microphone attached...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Acoustic Cover of Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ on a Creatively Capo’d Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a rather amusing classic 2010 sketch from Saturday Night Live, a loving father (Fred Armisen) asks his daughter at her wedding if she’d mind if he and his former bandmates (Bill Hader, Ashton Kutcher, and Dave Grohl) played one of their songs together for one last time. The blushing bride agreed. What she didn’t...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Father Reunites With His Punk Rock Band to Play “Fistfight in the Parking Lot” at His Daughter’s Wedding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In advance of The Who’s upcoming album All This Music Must Fade, legendary musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, along with their label, have released incredible, high quality remastered footage of a private show that took place on the B-Stage at Shepperton Studios in May 1978. During the performances, Daltrey tossed his microphone, Moon was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Remastered Footage of The Who Performing ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ in May 1978 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chef Frank Proto, the Director of Culinary Operations at the Institute of Culinary Education demonstrated for Epicurious how to best peel, cut, slice and sometimes smash a variety of fruits like a professional. Proto sliced up such common fruits as apples, oranges, plums, melons and grapefruits along with more exotic varieties such as gooseberry, dragonfruit,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Slice a Wide Variety of Fruits Like a Professional first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In February 2019, researchers at MIT announced that they had developed a smaller, lighter and more agile version of their Cheetah quadrupedal robot that could do backflips. Just seven months later, the researchers took nine of these incredible creations out onto the lawn of Killian Court to test them out. While the robots were always...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Nine Mini Cheetah Robots ‘Playing’ Like Little Children first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In preparation for Halloween, a teacher at Studio 1.6, a visual arts school in Alameda, California very cleverly crafted an adorable bat with unfolding wings. The bat was made with very simple yet strategically arranged supplies. Sneak peak of Halloween project that I prepared for our young students. Paper bat, drawn and cut, white pencil,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Paper Bat With Unfolding Wings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

NYC Parks has put together a really wonderful online map of all public trees planted in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island, in order to encourage its citizens to become stewards of the urban green spaces within New York City. The New York City Street Tree Map is the world’s most accurate and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Interactive Map That Shows All the Public Trees in Each Neighborhood of New York City’s Five Boroughs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While touring the Kunming area of southwestern China, a tourist captured fascinatingly eerie footage of a creepy carp with an extremely human-like face approaching the shore of the lake where it was swimming. The oddly anthropomorphically visaged fish nibbled a bit along the edge and the drifted away. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Elfoid, A Creepy...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creepy Fish With an Oddly Human-Like Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A two year old named Everlee and her dedicated dog Dude carried on several rather loud, but adorable conversations that appeared to be in a language all their own. The little girl was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy that causes speech delays, but Dude, who has been with the family since Everlee was born,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Girl and Her Beloved Dog Have Loud Conversations in a Language of Their Very Own first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2012, we wrote about the highly realistic Marshall Mini-Fridge that featured real amps and knobs found on their signature amplifiers and musical equipment. In 2019, they introduced two new versions of this badass beer fridge. The first is the 2019 Black Edition 3.2 Marshall Medium Capacity Bar Fridge, which is 3.2 cubic feet for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Badass Updated Marshall Stack Mini-Fridges for 2019 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pranking human quite humorously encircled an adorable bunny named Pipkin with a ring of carrots in order to wake him up. Pipkin, who was sleeping very soundly on the floor at first had no idea, but once he got a whiff of the yummy treat awaiting him, Pipkin woke from his extremely deep slumber...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Encircles His Deeply Sleeping Rabbit With Lots of Yummy Carrots in a Creative Effort to Wake Him Up first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mashup maker KamTacos took the very light and bouncy major key of the iconic John Denver song “(Take Me Home) Country Roads” and replaced it with a minor key. This half-step scale adjustment had a truly profound effect upon the song, making it mournful, anguished and even a bit discordant. Here’s the original happy version...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Mournful, Anguished Sound of the Iconic John Denver Song ‘Country Roads’ Remixed in a Minor Key first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While traversing frigid waters, the passengers and crew of a South African Gemini ship were surprised to find a friendly Beluga whale swimming up to their craft. The whale seemed very eager to play, so several of the rugby fans onboard took turns tossing a 2019 Rugby World Cup ball into the ocean. The boisterous...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Friendly Beluga Whale Plays Fetch With Crew of a South African Ship Using a 2019 Rugby World Cup Ball first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, street artists Blesea and Baby.K transformed an abandoned blockhouse fort on a beach in Réveille, France into the distinctive dragon Shenron from Dragon Ball. This antlered dragon, which was finished on Christmas Day, is able to make wishes come true. “Sacred Dragon, grant my wish” of Blesea and Baby.K realized in December 2017...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artists Transform Shoreline Fort Into Shenron Dragon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video essayist Thomas Flight takes a look at the sublime writing style of Vince Gilligan, particularly the methodical manner in which he develops the characters of in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino, defines them through the problems they face and how they implement solutions to move forward. Flight notes that these solutions...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Methodical Way Vince Gilligan Develops His Characters by Showing How They Solve Problems first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating three-part video essay series, Earth Titan of Titan Top List looked at the origins of certain fruits and vegetables. Counting down from ten, the host noted in great detail how different in looks, taste, and texture the wild originals were from the modern versions we eat today. Have you ever wondered what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Domestication Changed the Look, Texture, and Taste of Some Wild Fruits and Vegetables first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Rogan Brown crafts delicate laser cut paper sculptures that look like living organisms such as coral and bacteria. This effect is by design as Brown seeks to explore the beauty of scientific discovery and present it in such a way as to make it far more attractive and far less off-putting than the real...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Delicate Laser Cut Paper Sculptures That Look Like Living Organisms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented folks at OMY Design have created a wonderful line of giant, illustrated city (and country) maps that are made to be colored in – either as a fun group project for a big group of or a nice, quiet quest for a creative family. The company encourages people to color both inside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Giant Illustrated City Maps Made For Coloring Both Inside and Outside the Lines With Family and Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Eons, host Blake de Pastino explains how modern cats originated from two very different ancient feline source populations that were thousands of years apart from one another. The more commonly known source population came from Egypt, where cats were worshipped as gods. Yet an ancient...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Separate Ancient Feline Source Populations at Different Times Led to Modern Cat Domestication first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist and photographer John Poppleton creates absolutely gorgeous glowing UV paintings that he draws on the bodies of female models and photographs under blacklight conditions. The beautiful shape of a woman’s body lends itself to the ethereal landscape of the art. The idea for his process just came to him one day after many years...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Blacklight Scenes Painted on Naked Bodies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1993, the late, great Kurt Cobain and the members of Nirvana came to New York City for their momentous MTV Unplugged performance. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the show in 2018, the band put out previously unreleased rehearsal videos from that historic show. These videos are also be included on their anniversary...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Classic Footage of Nirvana Rehearsing and Performing at Their MTV Unplugged Show in 1993 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a truly powerful and rather timely sculpture series by Bruno Catalano (Previously) entitled “Les Voyageurs” (“Travelers”), ragged, fractured travelers make their way across different parts of Venice to present themselves at the pleasure of others. They appear alive, but broken in so many places that the human eye can only imagine what they were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Ragged, Fractured Travelers Make Their Way Across Venice in Powerful Sculpture Series by Bruno Catalano first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sculptor Steven Richter, who quite skillfully built a model of the Wicked Witch of the West out of crayons that he melted down to wax, created an incredibly realistic bust of the late, great Stan Lee (previously) while capturing smallest of details. Lee’s iconic mustache was perfectly groomed, his head of gray hair perfectly in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Sculptor Creates an Incredibly Realistic Bust of the Late Great Stan Lee in a Four Minute Timelapse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animation channel Bebop has created an enticing stop-motion animation showing all the preparations involved in making a homemade pizza. The onions were chopped, the pepperoni was sliced and placed upon the red-sauced dough before being covered with a good dollop of cheese. While the preparations looked real, each of the yummy ingredients was made from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stop-Motion Animation of a LEGO Pizza Being Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ben, of PressTube who has shredded a great many unusual items, hit proverbial ASMR gold by putting a 50 meter roll of bubble wrap through a high speed industrial shredder. The results satisfying to watch and even more wonderful to hear. What happens when you put 50 meter of BUBBLE WRAP in a FAST SHREDDER...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Incredibly Satisfying Sound of a Giant Roll of Bubble Wrap Winding Through an Industrial Shredder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a neighborly effort to help rescued dogs find their forever homes, The Fargo Brewing Company in Fargo, North Dakota repackaged a batch of their beloved Fargo Original Lager with labels that feature the wonderful faces of unique, adoptable canines who are having a bit of difficulty getting adopted. This special run is called the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fargo Brewing Company Puts Photos of Adoptable Dogs on Their Cans to Help Them Find Forever Homes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The aptly named Potter the Pomsky who is part Husky and part Pomeranian, happily rode around the living room on his “Muggle Broom” Roomba while dressed as his namesake Harry Potter. The addition of “Hedwig’s Theme” from the film’s soundtrack was a great addition to the scene, though Potter didn’t appear too enthusiastic about the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Dog Rides a Roomba Dressed as Harry Potter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the rising popularity of the very timely and rather glib “OK Boomer” meme about being out of touch, talk show host Conan O’Brien, was subjected to a grueling inquisition by three multigenerational panelists made up of a Milennial (Andy Richter), and members of Generation X and Generation Z to determine if he were a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Conan O’Brien Is Subjected to a Grueling Inquisition to Determine Whether or Not He’s Actually Boomer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Speech-Language pathologist Christina Hunger who works a great deal with children, has developed an ingenious way to teach her dog Stella, an adorable Catahoula/Blue Heeler mix, to communicate with her. Hunger feels that animals have quite a bit to say to their humans, but don’t really have a way to do so. With this in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Speech-Language Pathologist Teaches Her Dog to Communicate Through a Custom Button Talking Board first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lauri Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel created a special crushing attachment to fit a standard Pringles can. He proceeded to crush a number of soda cans to see how many would fit as many as possible inside said potato chip container. The answer is 120. You won’t believe How Many Soda Cans Can You...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Filling an Empty Pringles Can With as Many Soda Cans as Possible That Were Crushed by a Hydraulic Press first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Puzzlemaker Creezy has created an incredibly intricate Rube Goldberg chain reaction machine that has one simple rule: to follow the blue ball all the way through to the end. There are lots of moving parts and an incredible amount of distraction, but so long as that sphere is rolling, then the object remains clear. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Intricate Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction Machine With the Sole Purpose of Following a Blue Ball first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, Brazilian video editor Caio Rossi of R3DUX Studios created a brilliant mashup featuring relevant scenes from The Simpsons with the iconic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb”. The resulting video is both powerful and depressing at the same time, especially with the Portuguese subtitles. In 2018, Rossi created even more Pink Floyd mashups, this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliant Mashup of The Simpsons With the Iconic Pink Floyd Song ‘Comfortably Numb’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pennsylvania textile artist Boots has created a really fun and clever line of coordinating t-shirts that featuring nutrition labels for the typical items of a Thanksgiving (or Christmas) dinner. This includes the requisite turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and string beans amongst many other goodies. These fun matching food shirts are great for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Thanksgiving Dinner Nutrition Label T-Shirts first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ukranian Rubik’s Cube expert Evgeny Bondarenko decided that he wanted to share his favorite activity with those who are blind. Bondarenko quite expertly peeled off the iconic stickers from the cube and painstakingly filled in the blank squares with unique designs he created using a 3D printing pen. Each design is completely tactile, allowing the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Uses 3D Printing Pen to Painstakingly Create an Accessible Rubik’s Cube For Blind People first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While sailing on the ship Avontuur with the environmentally conscious cargo company Timbercoast, cook Lasse Scharz did his very best to ensure the crew’s meal would by healthy, nutritious and in one piece by the time they were ready to eat. Employing his very experienced sea legs, Schwarz quite ably swayed to and fro with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Sailboat Cook Ably Sways To and Fro With the Motion of the Rough Seas While Preparing Food for the Crew first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Using amazing footage from the late, great insect photographer Andreas Kay (previously) who sadly passed away in October, the very entertaining Ze Frank examines the interesting fashion choices of the tiny leafhopper, treehopper and planthopper insects for his zoologically themed True Facts series. These hoppers are part of the Auchenorrhyncha family which is related to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Hilarious True Facts About the Incredibly Fashion Forward Cutter Insects Who Are Masters of Disguise first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sculptor Steven Richter quite skillfully and amusingly built an incredibly accurately accurate model of the Wicked Witch of the West from the classic children’s tale The Wizard of Oz out of a combination of colored crayons. After getting all the details right, Richter quite ceremoniously melted her down, just like the “I’m melting” scene in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Melting a Wicked Witch of the West Made of Crayons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artistic photographer Mariyan Atanasov has quite cleverly visually disembodied the tall buildings of Sofia, Bulgaria making the pieces appear from the sky. As they fall back into place in a very systematic and organized manner as if it were a giant game of Tetris played with skyscrapers. Urban exploration of abstract shapes of tetris in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Falling Disembodied Sections of Buildings in Bulgaria Are Methodically Rearranged as a Game of Urban Tetris first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The MezmoTop is a beautifully heavy, precision spinning top with a swirling design that, when in motion, mimics the delicate fall of raindrops into a body of water. This artisanal kinetic spinner was conceived by Kristoph Krisjans (previously) who specializes in high-end desk accessories. Combined with the precision machined desktop stand mezmoTopâ„¢ makes a timeless...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Precision Spinning Top With Mesmerizing Kinetic Motion That Mimics the Fall of Raindrops Into Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Computer scientist Neal Argarwal has created an incredible, interactive visualization showing how the various objects measure up to each other in terms of relative size. The larger sized objects appear as the viewer hits the arrow keys or uses the trackpad. With the right arrow, objects become greater and greater in size, while the left...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Interactive Visualization of the Scale of Objects in Space first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Rubik’s Cube is an elaborate puzzle that can often confound minds both large and small. For those who’d like a bit more ease of use with the same colorful feel, the Boob Cube is just the ticket. This very simplified version of the original puzzle has only has two pieces to move and requires...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Boob Cube, A Simplified Two Piece Rubik’s Cube first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Andreas Kay, who recently passed away, captured amazing slow footage of a beautifully flat-footed tortoise beetle as the cassidoid prepared to take flight into the green underbrush of the Amazon Forest in Ecuador. The beetle first righted each leg in a short dance before springing aloft into the humid jungle air. Tortoise beetles, Cassidinae...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Slow Motion Footage of a Tortoise Beetle Taking Flight Into the Ecuadorian Amazon Forest first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very creative Burl of Burl’s Art, who has previously created an amazing assortment of unusual guitars made from unusual materials, was determined to try his hand at making a bright red guitar out of 800 sheets of paper. This build was a bit more difficult than his usual projects due to the fragile nature...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Building an Electric Guitar Out of 800 Pieces of Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alaina Gassler, a really industrious eighth-grader who lives in West Grove, Pennsylvania, created an ingenious system that essentially eliminates the treacherous blind spots that plague every driver on the road. Gassler’s system was built with a webcam, a 3D printed part and an LED screen that would create projections that gives the driver complete information...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Industrious 8th Grader Develops an Ingenious Projection System That Eliminates Driver Blind Spots first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Arnold, the very intelligent octopus at Octolab, was given another puzzle to solve. A transparent plastic wall with adjustable slots was put between him and his beloved barrel. Arnold had to squeeze through these slots, which grew increasingly smaller, in order to reach the other side of the wall with his barrel. We’re constantly being...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Octopus Squeezes Through Increasingly Smaller Slots in Plastic Wall Separating Him From His Beloved Barrel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Street artist Jason Revok creates amazing geometric building murals around the world. While painting one such mural in Detroit, Jesse Cory from 1xRun captured Revok as he used a device with 12 spray paint cans to create a 100 foot mural painting multiple colors all at the same time. Related Laughing Squid PostsStreet Artist Paints...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Street Artist Paints Waves of Different Colors at the Same Time Using a Multiple Spray Paint Can Device first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of Halloween, a very creative Michel Devon created wonderfully spooky Rice Krispies Treats that look just like bloody raw hamburger patties. No meat is involved in making the treats, rather the bloody color was made out of corn syrup, cocoa powder and green food dye, which was used to color the marshmallow mix...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Bloody Raw Hamburger Rice Krispies Treats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, we wrote about Anelida, the incredibly compassionate human belonging to Santi the angora cat and Walter the golden retriever, who rescued a meowing cat with an injured foot. Just two years later, Anelida was approached by another limping cat who needed assistance. After a day or two, the cat led Anelida to her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Injured Cat Seeking Help Leads Compassionate Human to Her Litter of Tiny Kittens Hidden in the Bushes first appeared on Laughing Squid.