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The highly informative CGP Grey retreated to the Forest of All Knowledge with his dog to learn why Northern Ireland doesn’t really have a flag of their own. Since 1972, however, the country unofficially adopted the Ulster Banner as representation in its place. This particular flag has a rich, traditional history, though it is also...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated History About the Officially Unofficial Flag of Northern Ireland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Simone Giertz, the prolific engineer who used to refer to herself theFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Simone Giertz Turns Her Tesla Into a Pickup Truck first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!? pic.twitter.com/14GGJDQhRj — ????????? ? ???? ? (@VPestilenZ) June 17, 2019 Toronto game developer Valentina Lord of Deadhand Interactive shared a really handy video showing how to quickly peel garlic. Lord demonstrated how she uses a small knife...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Quickly Peel Garlic by Stabbing the Clove With a Small Knife While Separating It From the Bulb first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Insider spoke with Michael L. Roberts, the vocal, piano and performance coach who prepared actor Taron Egerton for his role as Elton John in the film Rocketman. Roberts fondly recalled that Egerton had a wonderful voice, but didn’t know how to play the piano at all. Yet after training for just two hours a day...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Taron Egerton Learned How to Embody the Distinct Style of Elton John for the Film ‘Rocketman’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-adventuring Tom Scott paid a visit to Olds Engineering, a metalwork foundry in Maryborough, Australia. Within the walls of the foundry sits a remarkable self-feeding vertical elevator that lifts bulk materials with the motion of a giant rotating spiral. The vacuum tube around the spiral suppresses dust, which greatly limits the risk of explosion....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Remarkable Self-Feeding Vertical Elevator That Safely Lifts Bulk Materials With a Giant Rotating Spiral first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the wonderfully thoughtful memorial ceremony to the late former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, the renowned Sydney Symphony Orchestra performed a fitting cover of the classic Men at Work song “Down Under”. The song was one of Mr. Hawkes favorites, which expressed the pride he had in his country and in the people who...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Sydney Symphony Plays ‘Down Under’ by Men at Work as Tribute to Late Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a helpful explainer video, the feline duo of Cole and Marmalade (previously) along with little sisters Jugg and Zig Zag happily (and unhappily) demonstrate several of the many different sounds that cats make, who these sounds are for and what they actually mean. Meowing, Purring, Trilling, Chattering, Yowling, Hissing and Growling Cats! … Have...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Cats Demonstrating the Different Sounds They Make first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online novelty clothing company Thenice has created a one-piece swimsuit that features anatomically correct internal organs of the human body on both front and back. While this long-sleeved bathing suit is anything but revealing, someone may ask you to cover up nonetheless. via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsA Delicious Life-Size Chocolate Replica of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Anatomically Correct Internal Organs Printed Swimsuit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a gusty episode of the series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains exactly how the city of Chicago garnered the nickname “The Windy City” and its origins are surprising. Rather the name being meteorological in nature, the wind referring to the city was defined more figuratively in the form of political commentary...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Surprising Political Non-Meteorological Origins Behind the Chicago Nickname of ‘The Windy City’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a colloquial episode Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from 50 different states within the USA shared their regional slang terms regarding any subject. While most struggled to come up with something, people from such states as Texas and Louisiana had some of the same terms (“bless your heart”), while other people...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post 50 People From 50 States Share Regional Slang Terms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While out in his yard, a compassionate man named Andrew of Beat Therapy came across a weakened bee who was completely non-responsive. Concerned about the bee’s well-being, Andrew took the bee home, placed her on a dish and fed her a bit of honey. The bee instantly responded and flew away. I read something on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Kind Man Revives an Exhausted Bee Using Honey first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the amusing mashup “Pee Wee’s Jurassic Adventure” by Pixel Riot, a bicycle-riding Pee Wee Herman from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure gleefully chased after the fleeing Dr. Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Dr. Sattler (Laura Dern) and Muldoon (Bob Peck) during one of the most intense chase scenes in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. In an interesting...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Pee Wee Herman Gleefully Chases Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern in ‘Pee Wee’s Jurassic Adventure’ Mashup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first moon landing, a dedicated team at NASA that includes software engineer and historian Ben Feist spent the better part of the last two years recreating the iconic Apollo 11 mission as it happened in real time in 1969. The incredible result, aptly entitled Apollo 11 in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Real Time Recreation of the Iconic 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Mission Using Historical Flight Data first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For the premiere episode of his new online Discovery series Savage Builds, former Mythbuster Adam Savage built an incredible bulletproof, 3D printed titanium Iron Man suit that actually flies. I swear if Tony Stark was not fictional and he was making an Iron Man suit right now, this is precisely how we would do it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adam Savage Builds a Flying 3D Printed Titanium Iron Man Suit Using the Original Marvel Studios Design first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A terribly beleaguered anthropomorphic Boston Dynamics Atlas robot finally learns how to fight back after being subjected to extreme abuse at the hands of its sadistic handlers in an amusing but satisfying parody created by Corridor Digital. The new robots at Boston Dynamics keep getting more and more sophisticated… Common Digital also shared a behind-the-scenes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Learns to Fight Back After Extreme Physical Abuse by Its Handlers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Los Angeles art gallery Corey Helford Gallery, in partnership with Sanrio, will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the beloved Hello Kitty with a group show that features 100 artists from all around the world. Each artist submitted a piece depicting their own interpretation of the famous feline and her adorable friends. The show begins...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post L.A. Art Gallery Celebrates ‘Hello Kitty’ 45th Anniversary With Show Featuring 100 Artists From Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at MIT have proposed a novel swarm system for bicycles that would allow those riding together or just passing by to synchronize their lights in order to create a collective source of illumination, much like what occurs in nature. This synchronization not only looks good but imbues the riders with the benefit of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Pulsing Bicycle Lights Synchronize With One Another to Become a Collective Illumination Source on the Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedy troupe Eating Things With Famous People took a key scene from the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones and deployed some deepfake vfx software to turn Jon Snow‘s rousing speech to the crowd into a profuse apology to fans of the show. After a couple of weeks of disappointment, Jon Snow –...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Jon Snow Apologizes For ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of Cephalopod Week, Science Friday asked a number of scientists to share exactly why they love these wonderful invertebrate sea dwellers so much. In response, they focused on the cephalopod’s incredible intelligence, their fascinating anatomy, the chameleon-like features and the distinct personality that many found to be present. They’re the closest thing to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Scientists Share Why They Love Cephalopods So Much first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dominic Wilcox, the founder of the wonderful children’s non-profit Little Inventors, has created very clever mirrored periscope glasses that allows people to see one foot taller than their actual height. Wilcox was challenged by Microsoft to think up a creative solution to an everyday problem and he came up with this wonderful invention that takes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Mirrored Periscope Glasses That Lets the Wearer See One Foot Taller Than Their Actual Height first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After Derek Muller of Veritasium took a boat tour of Los Angeles resevoir that was filled with 96 million black balls made from HDPE recyclable, food-grade plastic, he decided to buy 10,000 of these very same balls to put into his own backyard pool to see if he could swim through them. As it turns...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Attempting to Swim in a Pool Filled With Shade Balls first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The talented Russian rock band Leonid and Friends who previously performed an amazingly pitch perfect cover of the classic Earth Wind and Fire song “September”, covered the classic Blood, Sweat and Tears song “Spinning Wheel” with the same finesse and care. Singer Vasily Akimov expertly attacked the vocals in perfect English, while the horn section...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Russian Rock Band Performs a Carnivalesque Cover of the Blood Sweat and Tears Song ‘Spinning Wheel’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Turkish artist Yazi Yolcusu creates absolutely gorgeous calligraphic masterpieces using a fork dipped in ink as his pen. Yolcusu skillfully employs all or some of the tines on the fork to achieve various forms of depth and shading to his excellent lettering. He also has a wonderful sense of humor about his quirky choice of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Calligraphy Created With the Tines of a Fork first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Doctor Jonathan Simmonds of Boston, Massachusetts creates wonderful schematic illustrations of human anatomy in the distinctive style of subway maps, including the London Underground and the New York City Subway, both day and night modes. The maps are available for purchase through the medillustrations Etsy Store. Subway style schematic of the vessels, nerves, lymphatics of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Detailed Human Anatomy Subway Map Illustrated in the Distinctive Style of the London Underground first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During IKEA Democratic Design Days 2019, the Swedish company announced that they would be partnering with the Boston startup Ori Living to create ROGNAN, a wonderful line of robotic, all-in-one furniture that opens and closes with a press of a button. ROGNAN’s small footprint and convenient design makes it perfect for apartment living within...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post IKEA Partners With Ori Living to Create a Line of Small Footprint All-in-One Robotic Furniture for Urban Spaces first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wonder Movies has posted a wonderful compilation of bloopers and outtakes from the iconic 1974 film Young Frankenstein. The incredibly talented and very professional cast, which included Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Chloris Leachman, Madelaine Kahn, and Marty Feldman, took their acting very seriously but allowed themselves to laugh out loud every once in a while....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation of Bloopers and Outtakes From the Set of ‘Young Frankenstein’ in 1974 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly generous man in Fort Mill, South Carolina captured wonderfully heartwarming footage of the orphaned raccoons, baby deer, and other wildlife who live with him for as long as they need him. Once the animals are ready, he releases them back into the wild where they can live a full, free life. I just...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Generous Man Opens Up His Home to Orphaned Raccoons, Deer and Other Wildlife Who Need Help first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting her human’s parents, a very regal Siberian husky named Mysti stood next to the television where The Magic Flute was playing and began crooning alongside the opera singers. Mysti, who loves to sing, was readily able to keep up with the talented performers, even when they hit extremely high notes. A tuneful husky...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Vocal Siberian Husky Croons Alongside Opera Singers Performing ‘The Magic Flute’ on Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online novelty store AXAYINC has created a line of very amusing latex dog mask muzzles that have exaggerated human features. One version has bright red pouty lips while another shows off big crooked teeth and a third has an unshaven chin chomping on a big cigar. The masks are safe for wear, although not appropriate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Series of Human Face Dog Muzzles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable wide-eyed cat kept falling prey to a silly human who repeatedly pretended to toss a card across the table that he mysteriously hid in-between his fingers. via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsPesky Parrot Repeatedly Steals the Pencil From His Loudly Protesting HumanWillie Nelson Demonstrates a Long Storytelling Card Trick to His Sister...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Silly Human Repeatedly Confuses His Wide Eyed Cat by Pretending to Throw a Playing Card Across the Table first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Danny Scheible, the creator of Tapigami, created an incredible portrait of legendary comedian and actor Bill Murray over the course of two hundred hours and used over a mile of vinyl tape. Scheible decided upon Murray as his subject because of his wide appeal and because “Who Doesn’t Love Bill Murray”? This Portrait of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Portrait of Bill Murray Made Out of Tape first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Doctor Sleep is a fascinating sequel to The Shining finds Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) as a grown man trying to live with the enormous amount of psychological trauma put upon him by his father and other ghosts at The Overlook Hotel of his youth. After getting himself sober, Danny begins to use his rediscovered psychic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Grown-Up Danny Torrance Reawakens His Psychic Powers in ‘The Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In June 2018, Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) announced that in 2019 they would be bringing back the classic Looney Tunes characters in the form of 1,000 minutes of multimedia cartoon shorts quite aptly named Looney Tunes Cartoons. WBA certainly kept their promise. While at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, they debuted “Dynamite Dance”, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Warner Brothers Releases ‘Dynamite Dance’ Bugs Bunny Cartoon As Part of New Looney Tunes Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2009, photographer and racing fan Tsuyoshi Tahara started a Grand Prix style competition in Kyoto, Japan where teams of three would race against each other by riding backward-facing office chairs. The goal of the competition was to see which team could make the most completed laps around a 200-meter course. The competition, now in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Office Chair Racing Grand Prix in Kyoto, Japan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For the unique ad campaign “Lie Like a Parent”, Kraft repackaged their famous ranch dressing in a tube as “salad frosting” to help parents make eating salad seem more appealing to their children. This campaign rationalizes that so many parents already tell innocuous lies to their children about so many things on a daily basis,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Kraft Releases Ranch Dressing in a Tube As ‘Salad Frosting’ So Parents Can Get Kids to More Eat Greens first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video essayist Thomas Flight (previously) juxtaposed the footage from the HBO series Chernobyl with actual documentary footage taken from the horrific disaster that occurred at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 in order to show how closely fiction followed fact. While the timeline in the series was sped up and at least one...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Side-by-Side Comparison of HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ With Actual Documentary Footage From the 1986 Disaster first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented Guilhem Desq who previously played a brilliantly soulful instrumental upon an electric hurdy gurdy released an absolutely brilliant music video that features his traditional instrument playing itself before launching into a fantastic voyage across land, air, and sea. Desq not only composed and played the music for the video but also created...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Self-Playing Hurdy Gurdy Takes a Surreal Voyage in Music Video for Guilhem Desq’s Le Château Magique first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian illustrator Margherita Grasso illustrates vignettes from her own life to show how playful, loving and full of personality that beloved family cats can be. Whether it’s helping her human with a yoga pose or happily playing dress up with a little human or even getting a little rambunctious over a delectable treat, Grasso makes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Series of Colorful Illustrations That Show Just How Wonderful Cats Really Are first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French artist Alice Pegna creates sleek minimalist spaghetti structures such as clothing, jewelry, and headwear. Due to the straight line nature of the strands and the use of other strands as support create complex geometric shapes within the structures become part of the haunting negative space that is a deliberate part of the design. Spaghetti...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Minimalist Clothing, Jewelry and Headwear Made Out of Spaghetti Strands That Form Natural Geometric Shapes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Frenchly (previously), a site for Francophiles based in the United States, asked several Parisians to properly pronounce fairly common words in English like “hedgehog” and “though”. The outlier in this session was the word “physchophysicotherapeutics”, which rarely comes up in conversation and is probably rather difficult for many native English speakers to pronounce as well....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Parisians Try to Properly Pronounce English Words first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Timothy and Aurélia Sanders of Curious Charts have created a wonderfully badass “Heroic Girls in Movies” scratch-off poster that features 46 illustrated heroines of the silver screen. The artistic duo wanted to inspire their young daughter with examples of strong females who can think, fight and be unapologetically proud of who they are. You won’t...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Badass ‘Heroic Girls in Movies’ Scratch Off Poster first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German photographer and fluid artist Roman de Giuli has created “Chroma Galaxies”, a sparkling miniature universe created with vivid paints. This swirling world was created within a Petri dish and captured under an 8K macro lens, giving it the sense of being much larger than it actually is. …specialized in practical effects and experimental fluid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Sparkling Miniature Galaxy Created Out of Vividly Swirled Paints Captured Under a 8K Macro Lens first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Eleanor Lutz (previously), the self-described designer with a molecular biology degree has created a fascinating, highly detailed map, color-coded map of the entire solar system including the positions of every asteroid that was in orbit on December 31, 1999. The number of asteroids with which Lutz had to work is simply staggering. This week’s map...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Detailed Map of the Solar System Including Every Asteroid That Was in Orbit on December 31, 1999 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a really insightful video essay that looks at bothFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Began as the Same Story But Ended Very Differently first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a truly haunting Ted-Ed Lesson written by Brian A. Pavlac and animated by Lisa LaBracio, narrator Adrian Dannatt describes the long horrific history of “witch-hunts” from the 15th century through the 18th century, where innocent women were accused of practicing witchcraft due to unfortunate circumstances or societal ills. A witch hunt often began with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Long Horrific History of Witch Hunts That Led to Innocent Women Being Accused of Practicing Witchcraft first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of their continuing 50th Anniversary celebrations, the iconic and beloved characters of Sesame Street traveled to the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. to perform their very own Tiny Desk Concert (previously). The joyous performance included such classic songs as “The Sesame Street Theme (Sunny Days)”, “The People In Your Neighborhood” and the Will.i.am...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Beloved Characters of Sesame Street Perform a Joyous Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR Studio in D.C. first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Robomaster S1 by famed drone-maker DJI is a sleekly designed, FPV programmable remote-controlled educational robot tank that lets children have fun while developing skills like learning to code, working with AI technology and customization. The Robomaster S1, with 46 expandable components, helps kids to build upon their knowledge in an entertaining, exponential manner. Plus,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post DJI RoboMaster S1, An FPV Remote-Controlled Educational Robot That Helps Kids Learn to Code first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Astronomy photographer Phil Hart captured absolutely breathtaking footage of the total solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017, compiled the footage and created a short film entitled “The Moon in Motion”. The film, which captures the eclipse in its entirety, used seven remote cameras and took Hart the almost two years since the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Breathtaking Footage of the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Taking Place Over the Tetons and Idaho first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animated Knots by Grog is a wonderful site that offers step-by-step instructions for tying over 200 different knots for a variety of different uses. The categories are wide and include boating, climbing, decorative, fishing, household, search and rescue, surgical and even neckties. This group of expert knot tyers wants everyone to be ready for anything...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Knots by Grog, A Handy Video Series With Step-by-Step Instructions for Tying Knots of Any Kind first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer and data scientist Michael Toth of Artful Data has created a minimalist map of the United States that showcases the thousands of thousands of rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, and canals within her borders. The data for this poster was retrieved from the United States Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset for utmost accuracy in representation....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Intricately Detailed Map Showcasing the Thousands of Rivers and Waterways in the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.