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Longtime Pennsylvania bird watcher Shirley Caldwell captured beautiful photos through her Erie kitchen window, of an incredibly rare gynandromorph cardinal who had landed on a tree in her backyard. It didn’t take long for her to notice the unique chimeral red (male) and tan (female) markings indicating the dual nature of the bird. The cardinal...The post Pennsylvania Bird Lover Spots a Rare Half-Male Half-Female Cardinal Perched on a Tree in Her Backyard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Narcissist Word Search by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Hidden Meaning of Some Words Based on Their Phonetic DefinitionA Clever Cartoon That Accurately Captures the Drastic Differences Between the GenerationsThe New Skittles Website Is A Twitter Search For “Skittles”The post Narcissist Word Search first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Michigan woodworker Matt Thompson of Thompson Woodworks who once built a marvelous beer dispensing chair in the shape of his beloved state, crafted a wonderful, free standing Rube Goldberg style automatic dog petter for his two doggos of two very different sizes, Bonnie and Clyde. Humans have massage chairs so why shouldn’t our pets have...The post A Creative Woodworker Builds a Rube Goldberg Style Automatic Dog Petter for His Two Beloved Doggos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough ofThe post How ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘Bird Box’ Symbolize the Crippling Anxiety That Comes With Being New Parents first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the hypnotically gorgeous short film “One Breath Around The World”, French freediving champion Guillaume Néry swam to the ocean floor and began gliding running, climbing, exploring and even meeting up with few aquatic friends along his way through the clear Philippine waters for a little over 10 minutes on a single breath. As with...The post French Freediver Explores the Ocean For 10 Minutes on a Single Breath in ‘One Breath Around The World’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Late Show, legendary actor Steve Buscemi talked to host Stephen Colbert about his role as God in the new series Miracle Workers and how his brother Johnny ruined religion and Superman. Colbert then broke out a special toaster that imprinted Buscemi’s face in character as God. While they waited for the...The post Steve Buscemi Reacts to the Incredibly Realistic Deepfake Video of Jennifer Lawrence Wearing His Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dutch filmmaker Jan van IJken (previously) has created “Becoming”, amazing timelapse footage capturing a single cell Alpine newt zygote as it develops, turning it into a multi-cell banana colored tadpole that sprouts tiny legs as it matures over the course of six minutes. This timelapse video from the Dutch director Jan van IJken tracks the...The post A Remarkable Six Minute Timelapse Showing a Single Cell Zygote Developing Into an Alpine Newt Tadpole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

It all started in 2015 after Ryan Reynolds poked fun at fellow actor Hugh Jackman, who was promoting the final Wolverine film Logan on Twitter. Reynolds hilariously donned his Deadpool makeup and a Aussie accent, pretending to be Jackman. Jackman later responded with a humorous video of his own. This amusing online feud has been...The post Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Call a Truce to Their Feud by Creating Ads for Each Other’s Company first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable baby goat named Abel at the Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia, Africa, quite bravely stood his ground while a mob of very playful banded mongooses tried to chase him away. The little gang herpestes hilariously followed closely behind Able and then scattered when he turned around. The hircine youngster seemed to tolerate it...The post A Mob of Mongooses Following Closely Behind a Baby Goat Hilariously Scatter When He Turns Around first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Irish performance artist Threadstories has created a somewhat eerie but highly symbolic series of surreal crocheted masks, some of which have a great deal of movement to them. Each of these masks represent the different ways people portray themselves online where no one can necessarily see them as they really are. Threadstories spoke with Colossal...The post A Surreal Series of Crocheted Masks Representing How People Portray Themselves Online first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nick Parton, a British musician and self-described “Raindog”, performed a brilliantly manic cover of the guitar-heavy, wonderfully frenzied Tom Waits anthem “Going Out West” from the iconic 1992 album Bone Machine. In making this, Parton acknowledged that his version, while structurally the same, sounds nothing like the original by design. Tom Waits is a special...The post A Brilliantly Manic Cover of Tom Waits’ Wonderfully Frenzied Anthem ‘Going Out West’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

xkcd has created a comprehensive Carbonated Beverage Language Map to help reduce confusion with regional refreshment terminology. There’s one person in Missouri who says "carbo bev" who the entire rest of the country HATES. Related Laughing Squid PostsSoda, Pop, or Coke: Maps of Regional Dialect Variation in the United StatesTru Blood O Positive, A Synthetic...The post Regional Terms For Carbonated Beverages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Author Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review, in partnership with Boing Boing co-founder Mark Frauenfelder and Claudia Dawson of Cool Tools have compiled Recommendo, a “best of” book containing 550 of their favorite things that they’ve suggested over the years through their free weekly...The post Recommendo, A Handy Book of Helpful Recommended Favorite Things Compiled From a Weekly Email List first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the animated short “A Model Dog” by illustrator Joel Plosz, a team of two engineers work feverishly behind the scenes to build a robotic canine in response to a demand made by an overbearing boss who is concerned about his father’s wellbeing once the dog has passed. Things change when an event occurs in...The post Engineers Feverishly Work to Build a Robotic Dog for an Overbearing Boss in the Animated Short ‘A Model Dog’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating Vox video essay, editor Phil Edwards takes a look at the oddly paradoxical history of the incredibly distinctive DMC DeLorean. The car started out as a revolutionary idea named after former auto wunderkind John Z. DeLorean. Unfortunately, the company was short lived and funding was difficult to raise as necessary, so in...The post The Oddly Paradoxical History of the Iconic DeLorean first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Meghan McDonough of Quartz contacted David Placek, founder of the legendary Lexicon Branding in Sausalito, California, to speak about how the company came up with such highly effective and memorable names for now iconic products. These brands include Swiffer, BlackBerry, Impossible Foods, Dasani, Febreze, Fios, Pentium and Sonos, just to name a few. Placek explained...The post Founder of Lexicon Branding Shares How They Named Such Iconic Products as Swiffer, Fios and BlackBerry first appeared on Laughing Squid.

ACS Reactions takes a look at the specific ingredients and the chemistry behind creating the cocoa butter based confection white chocolate. The narrator notes that despite its sweet taste, white chocolate isn’t really a true chocolate at all, as it is missing the cocoa liqueur, considered the heart of chocolate. This crucial ingredient carries the...The post The Missing Crucial Ingredient That Prevents White Chocolate From Being Considered a True Chocolate first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a quenching episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from 50 different states within the USA shared their regional name for a sweet, fizzy soft drink. States such as New York, New Hampshire, Virginia and Florida call the beverage “soda”. Other states such as Oregon, Maine, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Montana...The post How 50 Different People From 50 Different States In the United States Refer to a Fizzy Soft Drink (Soda vs Pop) first appeared on Laughing Squid.

This tiger is a true survivor. via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsNew Dot Matrix Printer Music by Midi Desaster‘Eye of the Tiger’ Played on a Dot Matrix PrinterA Cover of Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the Style of 20 Different Super Bowl Halftime PerformersThe post Eye of the Tiger first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A big, beautiful chatty green parrot in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam very gleefully performed graceful somersaults inside the palm of a human’s hand. The acrobatic psittacine had so much fun doing the trick the first time, that it had to be repeated over and again. This parrot loves to lie on my hands and...The post A Chatty Green Parrot Gleefully Performs Graceful Somersaults Inside the Palm of a Human’s Hand first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The rock star robots of The Cybertronic Spree, a Transformers themed tribute band that embraces everything about video games, performed a really righteous cover of the iconic Led Zeppelin viking theme “The Immigrant Song”. The lead singer captured the true essence of Robert Plant‘s vocals from the original song while the rest of the band...The post Transformers Themed Band The Cybertronic Spree Performs Cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Fashion designer and hair artist and self-described “Ivorian Goddess” Laetitia Ky creates sculptures out of the beautiful dreadlocks on her own head. Many of Ky’s sculptures are whimsical, reflecting how she feels, the time of year, specific holidays or just clever images from Ky’s imagination. Yet as she grew more popular, the more she realized...The post Creative Hair Artist Creates Powerful and Fun Sculptures Out of the Dreadlocks on Her Own Head first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dutch photoshopper Ard Gelinck has created a wonderful series of images depicting celebrities from music, film and television as they appear in recent times, posing with their much younger selves. Among these stars are Freddie Mercury, Oprah Winfrey, David Bowie,Elton John Rob Lowe, Ellen Degeneres, Madonna, Sylvester Stallone Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen, just to...The post Iconic Celebrities Pose With Their Younger Selves in a Wonderful Time Traveling Photoshop Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a heartwarming episode of their series deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the iconic “Ross and Rachel” relationship. They first delve into how their ongoing love for each other throughout the series wasn’t always...The post How the Iconic ‘Friends’ Ross and Rachel Relationship Offered Hope to Believe in True Love Once Again first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The aptly named Bubbly Blaster is a wonderfully amusing device that turns an upside down 750L bottle of champagne into a very tasty spray from a spray gun. The Bubbly Blaster can act as a traditional wine stopper and has optional phone cradle or video mount accessories that can help capture all the fun. The...The post Bubbly Blaster, An Amusing Device That Turns an Upside Down Bottle of Champagne Into a Spray Gun first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Travel vlogger Johnny Harris and his wife travel vlogger Iz Harris visited the breathtaking sites of Iceland for 72 hours. While travelling the beautiful country, Johnny began wondering why an increasing number people have visited Iceland over the past few years. He points out two important events that led to the downfall of the Icelandic...The post How the 2008 Financial Crisis and 2010 Volcano Eruption Led to More People Visiting Iceland Than Ever first appeared on Laughing Squid.

spaghetticondom911 points out that if Friends character Ross Geller is face-swapped with Nicolas Cage, it just makes him look even more like Ross. Here’s the normal version of Ross from the same scene. This bizzare image comes from part two of the Nicolas Cage Mega Mix by derpfakes. Related Laughing Squid PostsClassic Movies: Now With...The post Ross From Friends Face-Swapped With Nicolas Cage Just Makes Him Look Even More Like Ross first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a very clever and subtle message about drinking in moderation during events like the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championships, the legendary Irish brewery touts their brand new Guinness Clear, a questionable translucent version of their distinctive beer, going through much of the same motions as in their more traditional advertising. The actor shows...The post Guinness Clear, A Cleverly Subtle Message From the Legendary Irish Brewery to Drink in Moderation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015 Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi released What We Do in the Shadows, a wonderfully dark humored pseudo-documentary about vampires. Over the past four years, the film has gained quite a dedicated following and now FX Networks has adapted the film into aThe post What We Do in the Shadows, A Vampire Comedy Series on FX Based Upon the Beloved Cult Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing Disney/Pixar animated short by SparkShorts, an earnest bright pink ball of yarn named Purl does her best to be successful at a male dominated startup quite aptly named B.R.O. The first day was a bit rocky, but as Purl got the lay of the land, she learned how to fit in. It...The post Purl, A Disney Pixar Animated Short About an Earnest Pink Ball of Yarn Working at a Male Dominated Startup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly frustrated CGP Grey explains why the current method of boarding airplanes in the United States is not working and proposes a better, faster way to accomplish this momentous task. In doing so, Grey uses the primary principles from the Steffan method to make boarding a far faster process. Grey suggests that it be...The post A Better Way to Board an Airplane first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a follow-up to his analysis of the Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb”, the fast talking doodler 12Tone takes on “Money”, an equally interesting song by the same band. He starts off with the the cash register as an organic loop before launching into the unusual structure of seven beats, rather than six or eight....The post How Pink Floyd Used Odd Metering, Organic Loops and Travelling Bass Line to Create the Iconic Song ‘Money’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While exploring the waters off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the NOAA scientists aboard the Okeanos Explorer caught sight of a glittery crossota millsae. This brilliant hydrozoa (often mistaken as a jellyfish), was given the name “Psychedelic Medusa” for its changing iridescence. The colors became evident as the medusa floated along the current...The post Beautiful Footage of an Iridescent Jellyfish-Like Deep Sea Creature Nicknamed the ‘Psychedelic Medusa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The immensely strong and wonderfully kind Hafthór “Thor” Björnsson aka The Mountain from Game of Thrones quite humorously offered to carry strangers around in a large front facing baby carrier as a show of his immense strength in an amusing ad for the Norwegian grocery company Kolonial. Thor took an outspoken elder woman to feed...The post The Immensely Strong Hafthór Björnsson Carries Strangers Around in a Front Facing Baby Carrier first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Freediver Petr Kapoun quite bravely swam directly under the ice of a frozen Lake Milada in the Liberac region of the Czech Republic. Kapun tackled this challenge swimming with long, graceful backstrokes, with face up towards the ice on the first lap and then face down on the way back. Upon emerging from the cold...The post Freediver Petr Kapoun Swims Directly Under the Ice of a Frozen Lake Milada in the Czech Republic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Oliver Woods and the team Typified, have created an intuitive paper poster that is printed with “smart ink”. This ink connects and responds to a tiny computer to show the weather, updating the forecast when necessary. While it’s not at all difficult to find the weather forecast on a computer or phone, Typified wants to...The post An Intuitive Paper Poster Printed With Smart Ink That Connects to a Tiny Computer to Update the Weather first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video producer John Daub of the series Only in Japan spent a day working at a Snow Monkey Park, specifically the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden on the Kyushu Island city Õita, Japan. Daub accompanied the park workers as they travelled up into the mountains and over to the hot springs where these adorable macaques congregate....The post Working For a Day at a Japanese Snow Monkey Park first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a neighborly interview with StoryCorps, performer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, recalls with great fondness, that beautiful day in 1968 when Fred Rogers asked him to soak his feet in a kiddie pool together on a very hot day. This simple, friendly gesture carried a great deal of meaning...The post François Clemmons Recalls the Day Mister Rogers Invited Him to Soak His Feet in a Kiddie Pool Together first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The quite aptly named Magnetic Games (previously) shows how a magnetic field works with an attractive demonstration of collected magnetite sand as it gathered around a powerful magnet. The resulting slow motion footage of each iteration is absolutely hypnotizing to watch. Here’s the footage of Magnetic Games collecting this sand in September 2018. Related Laughing...The post Hypnotizing Slow Motion Footage of Magnetite Sand Gathering Around a Powerful Magnet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sam from Half as Interesting, who is a big fan of winter sports, explains the conditions that make Oymyakon, Siberia the coldest permanently inhabited city in the world with the greatest temperature variance. Coming in a close second is Verkhoyansk, another Siberian town that’s relatively close by. In fact this whole mountainous area is blanketed...The post How High Atmospheric Pressure Over a Siberian Town Makes It Earth’s Coldest Permanently Inhabited Place first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Just in time for Super Bowl LIII, Bad Lip Reading is back with a hilarious bad lip reading of football games that took place during the 2018-2019 NFL season. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2017-2018 Football SeasonA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2016-2017...The post Bad Lip Reading of the NFL 2018-2019 Football Season first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Davidlap, who previously soloed with his hands on fire and performed an almost literal “walking bassline” while wearing toe socks, hilariously replicate the very distinct sound effects from Star Wars by rubbing different objects along the strings of his guitar. Some of the most beautiful sounds of Star Wars played on the guitar. I...The post Star Wars Sound Effects Replicated on a Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a call back explainer video on HipHopDX, rapper MURS breaks down exactly why he considers The Beastie Boys to be the greatest hip hop group of all time, according to very specific criteria he set forth. The band met these requirements, which include the presence of every member on a great majority of songs,...The post Rapper Murs Breaks Down Why He Believes That the Beastie Boys is the Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1976, a really beautiful psychedelic album called 3:47 EST seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and carried such a familiar sound that it lead a number of people to believe that The Beatles had gotten back together. Music vlogger Polyphonic (previously) tells the story of a Canadian band who went by the name Klaatu. The...The post The Band Behind the Album That Made Everyone Believe That the Beatles Had Gotten Back Together first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the short stop-motion animated short film “Indomation” by Mason Drumm, a wooden mannequin comes home, orders some pizza, settles in on the sofa and turns on the television. Jurassic Park is playing when the person hears a sound. It turns out to be a very hungry Indoraptor dinosaur who seemingly jumped out of the...The post A Dinosaur Invades a Wooden Mannequin’s Home in a Stop Motion Short That Pays Tribute to ‘Jurassic Park’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German photographer Lennart Pagel captured beautifully hypnotic footage of icy methane bubbles just under the surface of a frozen lake in Alberta, Canada. These bubbles were in the midst of floating upward in layers to the surface before the lake froze solid. Still mesmerized by the millions of frozen methane bubbles I found in the...The post Hypnotic Footage of Icy Methane Bubbles Floating Up to the Surface of a Frozen Lake in Alberta, Canada first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer and artist Benjamin Von Wong (previously) worked with Zero Waste Saigon and Starbucks Vietnam to gather 168,000 used plastic straw for his incredible installation “Parting of the Plastic Sea”. This 10 foot installation represents an important action that people around the world can easily take – a polite refusal of a plastic straw. Because...The post Sea of 168,000 Used Plastic Straws Is Parted in Unique Art Installation With a Strong Environmental Message first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An informative episode of Cheddar Explains talks about the dichotomous history of popcorn at the movie theaters. When silent films came out, the theater managers banned popcorn because the noise and the smell would distract moviegoers from keeping up with the plot. Once talkies came about, popcorn vendors would sell their wares outside the theater...The post How Forbidden Popcorn Became an Unexpected Financial Windfall That Kept Movie Theaters Alive first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT along with a team from the MIT MCube Lab developed a very precisely moving robot that uses machine learning hardware to play a mean game of Jenga. The robot gracefully removes a wooden piece in two motions and the place it at the top of the...The post Graceful Robot Learns to Play a Mean Game of Jenga first appeared on Laughing Squid.