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The Terna Collection by Kichler is a very cleverly designed line of pendant ceiling fans with short curved blades that revolve around the light fixture itself. The shape of the fans is somewhat reminiscent of a cuttlefish mantle margin, which waves as the cephalopod glides through the water. These fans ares also good for those...The post Cleverly Designed Ceiling Fans With Short Curved Blades That Are Ideal For Use in Tight Spaces appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tesla has put together a fascinating timelapse showing how their Model 3 electric sedan is put together, shot from the perspective of the car on the assembly line. Each step of the assembly line is captured as the hollow frame is specifically filled out with its distinctive interior in a very methodical manner. Related Laughing...The post Fascinating Timelapse of How a Tesla Model 3 Sedan Is Assembled From the Perspective of the Car on the Line appeared first on Laughing Squid.

It looks like she’s thinking of taking out the bishop in a couple of moves. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Woman Pulls Off an Epic Jenga Move by Quickly Hitting Out the Bottom Brick Without Knocking Over the TowerNubian Goat Kid Mimics Human’s Dance MovesComedian Wanders Out Into New York City Traffic to Ask Drivers Why...The post Watch Out, The Queen Can Move in Any Direction appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ed Harrington (@nothinghappenedtoday) on May 21, 2016 at 7:05pm PDT AT-AT Cone of Shame by Ed Harrington Related Laughing Squid Posts‘TIMEOUT’, A Brilliant Photo Series That Captures the Rightful Angst of Dogs Relegated to the ‘Cone of Shame’Kitten Attacks the Tail of a Very Patient Cat...The post AT-AT Cone of Shame appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Please consult these handy charts when petting a cat or dog. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsCurious Cat Pushed Into Bathtub by Rude DogThe Amazing Bond That Exists Between Rottweiler Dogs and Their Feline CompanionsDog and Cat Teach Their Offspring to Descend Stairs In Very Different WaysThe post Petting Charts for Cats and Dogs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the animated short “Island” by Max Moertl, an assortment of unique little animals interact with one another and with the nature around them to create beautiful music of their own. Composer David Kamp (previously) provided the sound design. On a small island a bunch of exotic creatures run across each other. View this post...The post Unique Little Animals Make Beautiful Music as They Interact With Nature in the Animated Short ‘Island’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amusingly doodling, rapidly talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down one of his favorite songs – “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull. In doing so, 12Tone points out how the use of atonality, specifically atonal harmonies, makes the song as powerful as it is . ..we’re looking at one of my favorite songs...The post How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So Powerful appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Doors of London (@thedoorsofldn) on Mar 18, 2018 at 9:13am PDT Photographer Bella Foxwell, who describes herself as “door obsessive”, has created The Doors of London, a charming Instagram photo series that captures the simple yet creative elegance of front doors throughout London and (sometimes)...The post A Charming Photo Series Capturing the Simple Elegance of Brightly Colored Front Doors in London appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Simon Whistler, host of the series Today I Found Out recounts the ongoing war that musician Tom Waits has with advertising agencies who insist upon using his songs, his likeness and especially his incredibly distinctive voice despite his continual refusal. At one point, Frito-Lay used a sound-a-like to perform a jingle set to Waits’ Small...The post Tom Waits’ Ongoing War With Advertising Agencies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

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Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist created “Oooh !! My Delicious Coffee”. This incredibly soothing video features waves of coffee and cream washing past the camera lens in varying, equally hypnotic stages. Blanchard mixed together used paint, oil and coffee in order to achieve this comforting effect. The soundtrack by Alexis Dehimi adds to...The post Hypnotic Waves of Coffee With Cream Evoke a Calming Sense of Comfort in ‘Oooh !! My Delicious Coffee’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Italian knife vendor Giacomo Giovannitti filmed himself expertly slicing fruits and vegetables with astoundingly transparent, paper thin results. While this type of prep work takes an immense amount of skill, the super sharp Japanese knife he employed definitely helped the process along quite well. Giacomo Giovannitti, from Bologna, has worked with Japanese knives for over...The post Italian Knife Vendor Cuts Produce Into Transparent, Paper Thin Slices With a Super Sharp Tool of His Trade appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. James O’Donoghue, the Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard who created the brilliant animation visualizing the speed and angle at which the eight largest planets revolve, has created another fascinating animation to accompany interesting news about Saturn. Per an informative paper written by O’Donoghue and other team members, the rings around Saturn are disappearing due...The post How an Icy Rain Is Causing Saturn’s Rings to Disappear appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1973, Blimie and Herman Schreiber opened a small photography store in TriBeCa (Warren Street), Manhattan, which they named B&H (their first initials). As the company grew, the couple changed locations and moved to Chelsea (on 7th Avenue and 17th Street). In 1997, having further outgrown their space, the company moved to its current location...The post A Brief Narrated History of Legendary New York City Photo Video Store B&H Which Was Founded in 1973 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Data designer Pedro M. Cruz (previously) created an absolutely inspiring, award-winning animation from raw data that visualizes immigration to the United States from 1830 – 2015 as rings seen on a cross-slice of a growing tree. Every 100 immigrants from a single country are represented by dashes that form together and add to the growing...The post United States Immigration From 1830-2015 Beautifully Visualized as Color Coded Rings on a Growing Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram – AquaCat – Let's go fishing! #aquaman #dc #superhero #cat #catsofinstagram #movie #justiceleague #fanart #fajarekas A post shared by Fajareka Setiawan (@fajarekas) on Dec 17, 2018 at 3:59am PST Indonesian artist Fajareka Setiawan of Polar Engine Studio has created a brilliantly illustrated series in which superheroes are cleverly depicted as...The post Superheroes Cleverly Depicted as Illustrated Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Finnish musician Toni Patanen and ocarina maker performed a multi-track cover of the Toto classic “Africa” aka the “the internet’s favorite song”. What made Patanen’s cover so unique is that he played the song on instruments made entirely out of squash and sweet potatoes. The irony of playing “Africa” with food is incredible. Patanen also...The post Musician Performs Unique Cover of ‘Africa’ by Toto on Instruments Made Out of Squash and Sweet Potatoes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the National Institute of Allied Arts, Zimbabwe‘s 2017 “Vocal and Instrumental Eisteddfod”, a group of student from Hillcrest College performed a brilliantly choreographed marimba routine that combined the sound of the instrument interspersed with voice and dancing, all perfectly executed. It’s no wonder that these students won the event’s Marimba Challenge Cup that year....The post Zimbabwean Students Win for Their Performance of a Brilliantly Choreographed Marimba Dance Routine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Beneath the Ink by Minnesota filmmaker Cy Dodson of Triumph Pictures is an incredible portrait of Billy Joe White, a Zanesville, Ohio tattoo artist who has made it his mission to help make the world a better place with ink. Citing his concern about the horrific events that occurred in Charlottesville during 2017 and inspired...The post Ohio Tattoo Artist Wants to Make the World a Better Place by Turning Hateful Tattoos Into Beautiful Ink appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In two different Netflix featurettes connected to Bandersnatch, the incredibly popular interactive episode of Black Mirror, series creator Charlie Brooker, Netflix VP of Product Todd Yellin and various members of the acting and production team all talk about how big a challenge it was for all involved to create and keep track of each portion...The post Charlie Brooker Talks About the Challenge of Creating the Interactive Black Mirror Episode ‘Bandersnatch’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In answering a family challenge requiring all Christmas gifts to be homemade, Utah designer Christopher Patty created a really cool wooden jukebox that reads and plays music from printed cards for his dad. While the exterior appears very analog, there was some simple, but clever engineering that went inside. This year my family decided that...The post A Handmade Analog Style Wooden Jukebox That Reads Playable Music From Printed Magnetic Cards appeared first on Laughing Squid.

New York Magazine‘s Vulture has put together a fascinating montage that shows the remarkable amount of weight that actor Christian Bale has lost and gained for 12 specific roles throughout his career. The most extreme weight loss was for the 2004 film The Machinist for which Bale lost an astounding 62 pounds to play the...The post A Montage of the Remarkable Amount of Weight Christian Bale Has Lost and Gained For Film Roles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A mephitic episode of of the Great Big Story series Flavors takes a look at how the “most dangerous cheese in the world” is made. This rare Sardinian cheese, called “casu marzu” (literally: rotten cheese), starts with a sheep’s milk pecorino base which is fermented with larvae from the aptly named cheese fly. The larvae...The post How the Rare Traditional Sardinian Delicacy of Maggot Fermented Sheep Cheese Is Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In April 2016, the Japanese robotics company Ory Laboratories opened up a test cafe using their robots as servers. While the idea of robotic waitstaff is pretty amazing in itself, even more remarkable was that these robots were being remotely controlled by people who are shut-in at home or in hospital with severely paralyzing disabilities,...The post A Cafe in Tokyo Features Robotic Servers Remotely Controlled by Paralyzed Humans at Home or a Hospital appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In another adorable preview from the the BBC show Spy in the Snow, a fluffy group of Emperor penguin chicks instinctively formed a defensive circle when a predatory petrel bird threatened one of their own. The defiant babies were doing a good job holding off the petrel, but a fiercely protective Adélie penguin jumped into...The post Fluffy Baby Emperor Penguin Chicks Create Defensive Circle in a Brave Stand Against a Predatory Bird appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In continuing quest to learn and play the top 100 guitar solos of all time, musician Kelly Dean Allen performs the iconic solo from the Pink Floyd song “Money”. Allen first plays the solo in time with David Gilmour on the recording and then breaks it out, playing it perfectly to a standard blues background...The post Guitarist Plays a Pitch Perfect Replication of the Iconic Solo From the Pink Floyd Song ‘Money’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing animation created by Christopher Rutledge and Myles Emmons for Adult Swim, a young man with giant ears finds himself absolutely overwhelmed by every little sound he hears on the street. He tries to walk away, but the sound of a jackhammer engaging with the pavement sends the poor guy completely over the...The post Man With Giant Ears Is Completely Overwhelmed by Street Sounds in the Animation ‘Sensitive Hearing’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On December 26, 2018, Stephanie in Edmonton, Canada was completely caught off guard when her young son asked her about the bear in the logo of the Toblerone bar he was eating. Stephanie’s response was “What bear?”. Don’t worry Stephanie, you’re not alone! My son had his first Toblerone today. “What’s the bear for?” Me:...The post The Bear Hidden in the Toblerone Chocolate Logo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rufescent episode of Now You See It, host Jack Nugent explores the use of the color red to convey a variety of emotions that are all very passionate in nature. He notes that the color evokes reaction and points to the heartbreaking scene in the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List. The scene...The post How the Use of the Color Red Simultaneously Evokes a Sense of Both Life and Death in ‘Schindler’s List’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dino Ignacio (@ignaciogram) on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:54pm PST Dino Ignacio, creator of the legendary parody site Bert Is Evil, is back with Bert Box, a wonderful illustration based on the Netflix series Bird Box. Related Laughing Squid PostsROFLcon Is Filling Up Fast, Register NowA...The post Bert Box appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“ÖBST” by 3D artist Jan Eisner of The Marmalade production house in Frankfurt, Germany, quite amusingly imagines how certain fruits would move in order to get closer to one another. Eisner posited that bananas would entwine, pears would belly laugh and grapes would roll around with each other all day long. Eisner stated that this...The post An Amusing Animation Imagining How Certain Fruits Would Move In Order to Get Close to One Another appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Writer Marina Benjamin, who has lived with the frustrating condition of lifelong insomnia, shares a highly descriptive passage from her new, aptly-titled book Insomnia. Accompanying this passage is a beautifully disconcerting visual meditation by the New York Magazine series The Cut, which selectively employs related images to represent Benjamin’s words. For memoirist Marina Benjamin, sleep...The post A Beautifully Disconcerting Visual Meditation About the Frustration of Living With Lifelong Insomnia appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dylan Dubeau of the video series Not Exactly Normal traveled from Toronto, Ontario to Denver, Colorado in order to go to the Flat Earth Society Conference 2018. Dubeau spoke with attendees and vendors, trying to learn more about why they believe the Earth is flat, despite empirical scientific evidence stating otherwise. The answers most commonly...The post What It’s Like Inside the Flat Earth Society Conference appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by pilot (@pilotbacon) on Dec 27, 2018 at 11:38am PST Freelance television writer Pirot Viruet tweeted that she received an amazing Christmas gift from her mother – a giant hand crocheted Monopoly game board blanket. The design is fully set to scale, so the blanket will not...The post Thoughtful Mom Crochets a Giant Playable Monopoly Game Board Blanket for Her Beloved Daughter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Texas artist Michelle Nirumandrad of Captured Sky created gorgeous interpretations of the sky using different colors of paint that blow across the canvases strapped onto her body while she’s skydiving. The painting takes place during the freefall portion of her jump before she’s engaged her parachute and even after she’s safely being carried to the...The post Artist Uses Wind From Skydiving Freefall to Blow Paint Across Canvas Creating Beautiful Paintings of the Sky appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a promontory episode of Half As Interesting, fast talking narrator Sam from Wendover explains how the shortest international border in the world is an 85 meter (278 feet) long sandy strip created by a storm that connects the rocky Spanish peninsula Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera to Morocco in mainland Africa. This connection...The post How a Narrow Strip of Sand Connecting a Spanish Island to Africa Became the World’s Shortest Border appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stranger Things (@strangerthingstv) on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:01pm PST Netflix has just announced that Stranger Things will return for Season 3 on July 4, 2019, with the show kicking off 34 years earlier on July 4, 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana. One summer can change everything....The post Stranger Things Returns For Season 3 on July 4, 2019 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Toscano Bricks takes a look back at some of the biggest and best movies of 2018, recreated in LEGO. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow Fan Films Helped Shape The LEGO MovieA LEGO Tribute To the Biggest Movies of 2015LEGO Movie Posters for Best Picture Oscar NomineesThe post The Top Movies of 2018 Recreated in LEGO appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Domino artist Lily Hevesh a.k.a. “Hevesh5” sent out a very thoughtful wish for a Happy New Year through 6,000 colorful toppling dominoes. The dominoes, which had been precisely laid out over the course of four days, went down in minutes, but not without brilliant “fireworks” at the end . The first few go rounds of...The post Thoughtful Wishes For a Happy New Year Expressed in 6,000 Toppling Dominoes With Fireworks at the End appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A tourist visiting Gatorland in Orlando, Florida captured amusing footage of a great egret who calmly caught a ride on the tail of a surprisingly cooperative alligator, amongst a swamp full of other alligators. I was at Gatorland hanging out with friends and I saw this bird surfing on a gator. Related Laughing Squid PostsBeautiful...The post A Stately Great Egret Calmly Catches a Convenient Ride on the Tail of a Cooperative Alligator appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Caroline Eriksson (@caroline.d.eriksson) on Dec 29, 2018 at 7:09am PST Norwegian cake designer Carolina Eriksson built a truly impressive giant Alien Xenomorph sculpture. In order to make this, Eriksson took homemade gingerbread, which was toughened up for durability, formed it around an iron frame while it...The post A Giant Alien Xenomorph Made Out of Gingerbread appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Quis est vir bonus puer? Quis est vir bonus puer? Quis est vir bonus puer?” Related Laughing Squid PostsDavid Letterman NBC Years and EarlierA Minimalist Single-Line Illustration of Four Iconic Batman CharactersA Series of Musicians Audition for a Part in the Mos Eisley Cantina Band From ‘Star Wars’ for May the FourthThe post Satanic Ritual to Summon the Goodest Boy Ever appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a very timely Vox video essay, Laura Bult and Mallory Branagan rather helpfully explain the history and the meaning of the original lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne” – the iconic song that most in the United States sing to greet the incoming new year. The song has been adapted for American ears, but the...The post A Helpful Explanation About ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and Its Historical Meaning Outside of Greeting the New Year appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????????? Masayo (@kiriesousakukamasayo) on Dec 30, 2018 at 7:28pm PST Japanese kirie artist Masayo Fukuda has created a gorgeous, highly realistic octopus that she delicately cut and textured from a single piece of paper. This piece is so incredible that the artist herself sees it as...The post A Beautiful Highly Realistic Japanese Kirie Octopus Delicately Cut From a Single Piece of Paper appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Game developer and designer Rich Whitehouse has created DOOMBA, a script that converts Roomba cleaning maps into level maps for the classic 1993 FPS video game DOOM. The script runs on Whitehouse’s game development tool Noesis and donations are encouraged to fund his various projects. I soon realized that there was a clear opportunity to...The post DOOMBA, A Roomba That Creates DOOM Level Maps appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating clip from the BBC show Spy in the Snow, a trio of teenage polar bears kick a snowball shaped camera around in between playful bouts of fighting. The snowball cam was purposely left behind by the larger and much faster blizzard cam as a decoy. Can Blizzard Cam save itself from the...The post Trio of Teenage Polar Bears Kick a Snowball Shaped Camera Around In Between Playful Bouts of Fighting appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. James O’Donoghue, a Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard had some spare time over the holidays, during which he created a brilliant animation of the eight largest planets in our solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). Using NASA imagery or each planet, O’Donoghue plotted the exact rotation periods (in hours...The post A Brilliant Animation Showing How Fast and at What Angle the Largest Planets in Our Solar System Rotate appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In what appears to be another ongoing online illusion along the lines of “Yanny v. Laurel?” or the “Blue Dress”, redditor Thomas Schroder posted a clip from Sesame Street showing the ever-cheerful Grover talking with Rosita about camera angles. When Rosita suggests that they move the camera, Grover utters a statement that can be heard...The post A Fascinating Audio Illusion That Tricks the Mind Into Thinking Grover Said a Swear Word on Sesame Street appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The great John Malkovich joins the list of actors who have played Agatha Christie‘s iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in an Amazon Prime serial adaptation of Christie’s The ABC Murders. Malkovich wears his Poirot like a well-made suit as he attempts to unravel a particularly gruesome series of murders that follow a particular alphabetical pattern....The post John Malkovich is Detective Hercule Poirot in a Serial Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The ABC Murders’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Itchy Feet Comic (@itchyfeetcomic) on Dec 30, 2018 at 8:00am PST Itchy Feet takes a look at some of the unique ways that countries celebrate New Year’s around the world. Related Laughing Squid PostsRecord Store Day Celebrates Independently Owned Record Stores & Their Unique CultureXOXO, A...The post The Unique Ways That Countries Celebrate New Year’s appeared first on Laughing Squid.