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On October 13 2018, newly-married bride Olivia Spark, her groom Cal Spark and their entire wedding party were taking pictures at Akron Falls Park in western New York when a little girl in pink glasses caught sight of Spark’s gown and adorably mistook the bride for Cinderella. Sparks happily played the role, telling the girl...The post Five Year Old Autistic Girl Adorably Mistakes a Bride in a Flowing White Dress For Cinderella in Real Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Florida Boxer Rescue shared this adorable photo of three wireless doorbells on their charging pads. via Florida Boxer Rescue Related Laughing Squid PostsFlatulence Deodorizer Pads for the Inside of Your UnderwearAn Escaped Puppy Repeatedly Rings a (Knocking) Doorbell In Order to Get Back Inside the HouseDuncan Lou Who, A Two Legged Boxer Puppy, Learns to...The post Three Wireless Doorbells on Their Charging Pads appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hune Bromin brilliantly images what Seinfeld would have been like if it used interactive decision making points similar to what was featured in “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”. How much do you want the soup? Related Laughing Squid PostsBlack Mirror: Bandersnatch, An Interactive Episode That Lets Viewers Decide How the Story ProgressesWhat a Seinfeld Reboot Would Look...The post What It Would Be Like If Seinfeld Had ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Style Interactive Decision Making appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Zeus, the very stubborn Husky who vociferously refused to give up the front Seat of his human’s car, let out a long and loud whine towards his human when she refused to fill the bathtub for him. Per Zeus’s human, he loves to play in water, but it was time for his walk and his...The post Stubborn Siberian Husky Whines for His Human to Fill the Bathtub When He’s Supposed to Go Outside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Seven20 of Underground Toys LLC has created an official Marvel Thor Mjolnir meat tenderizer. This little hammer is a very clever visual pun that wields traditional meat pounding features on either side along with a silicon grip and a handy wrist strap to keep the hammer from flying across the room at a sworn enemy...The post A Meat Tenderizer Mallet Based on Thor’s Hammer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tokyo musician Sami Elu played for Kuma Films, an original song “The Accountant” on an Ear Pick Piano, an instrument of his own design made out of recycled materials. This stringed percussion instrument appears to be a variation on the Chopsticks Piano he previously built and played. What does an ear pick piano sound like?...The post Musician Performs a Beautiful Song Played on an ‘Ear Pick Piano’ Built Out of Found and Recycled Items appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Southern Guild (@southernguildgallery) on Jun 13, 2018 at 2:40am PDT South African designer Porky Hefer in collaboration with Schiff Fine Art in New York and Southern Guild in Cape Town, created “Endangered” a snuggly series of hand crafted, tactile seating sculptures that depict an orangutan, a...The post Hand Crafted, Comfy Looking Seating Sculptures Depicting Endangered Species by Designer Porky Hefer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The surviving members of Queen have a released a brilliant 43 minute highlight video of the band in concert during the 1970s, just as they were getting started. Included in this video reel are the songs “Liar”, “Killer Queen”, “Keep Yourself Alive”, “Don’t Stop Me Now”, “White Queen”, “Somebody to Love” and (of course) “Bohemian...The post A Brilliant 43 Minute Highlight Video of Queen in Concert at Various Shows During the 1970s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actor Danny DeVito is starring in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller‘s 1968 play The Price. DeVito plays a used furniture dealer who haggles with a grieving son Franz (Mark Ruffalo) over the price of the furniture left behind by his deceased parents. In this role, DeVito is required to peel and eat a hard...The post Danny DeVito Shows How to Peel and Eat a Hard Boiled Egg on Stage While Delivering Lines Clearly appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While filming the 2013 BBC nature series The Polar Bear Family and Me, the adventurous wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan found that a very hungry and very persistent polar bear really wanted bring him home for lunch. The nosy ursine tried every trick she knew in order to try to get in to the reinforced cage...The post A Hungry Polar Bear Repeatedly Tries to Break Into the Reinforced Box Protecting BBC Wildlife Filmmaker appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In August 2018, traveler LIFE You Only Live Once posted a fascinating video of what appeared to be a dead, dried up leaf suddenly turning into a brilliantly colored butterfly. This butterfly, known as kallima inachus or more familiarly as the dead leaf nymphalid, uses this brilliant form of camouflage to hide in plain sight....The post A Beautiful Butterfly Brilliantly Disguised as a Dead Leaf appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vancouver, B.C. engineer David Kronstein aka Tesla500 decided to put his beautiful $3,000 Chronos high-speed camera to the test. After building a secure mount that would completely protect the camera, Kronstein then mounted it onto the blade of a modified lawn mower and put it into motion. This experiment showed Kronstein how well the camera...The post Engineer Mounts High-Speed Camera on Rotating Lawn Mower Blade to Capture It Destroying Objects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers Chung-Yi Weng, Brian Curless and Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman from the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington have created “Photo Wake Up”, a very clever interface that creates the ability for a single 2D human subject within a photo to become 3D animated with an ability to stand, walk and...The post A Clever Interface That Transforms 2D Photo Subjects Into 3D Animations That Can Walk Off the Image appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Anatomy of New Year’s” by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands Related Laughing Squid PostsAnatomy of the Holidays, Breaking Down the Basic Elements of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New YearsAnatomy of Even More Songs, An Insightful Comic That Gets to the Core of Specific Musical GenresThe Anatomy of Going OutThe post Anatomy of New Year’s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorable little Corgi named Pepper Potts aka Peppa quite happily laid across his human’s ankles and rode up and down as his human flexed his legs in the same direction. If that wasn’t fun enough, the petite canine kept himself occupied by chewing on his human’s shoe. View this post on Instagram My favorite...The post A Little Corgi Dog Happily Rides Up and Down on His Human’s Flexing Legs While Chewing on His Shoe appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the animated short “Drawn & Recorded: Teen Spirit” by Drew Christie of Kalakala Animation, narrator T-Bone Burnett tells the story behind the famous 1991 Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and how it all stemmed from a drunken night of antics shared by Kurt Cobain and Bikini Kill lead singer Kathleen Hanna. Burnett pulls...The post A Brilliant Animation of the Story Behind Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Narrated by T-Bone Burnett appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very curious trio of dogs reacted to a rather realistic cat head pillow that was given to their human by her husband at Christmas. Each of the dogs barked at the pillow, but one was especially transfixed by the strangely spooky lifelike feline face. A dog gets scared of a cat pillow…so last year...The post A Trio of Curious Dogs Are Completely Spooked by a Very Realistic Cat Head Pillow on the Sofa appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On December 21, 2018, a very rare and beautiful five year old albino orangutan named Alba was released into the forest by the wonderful people at Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, after being treated over the course of one year and eight months for severe stress, dehydration, and a parasite infection that nearly killed her. While...The post The World’s Only Albino Orangutan Who Was Rescued From the Brink of Death Is Returned Again to the Forest appeared first on Laughing Squid.

FoxInaKettle compiled five different videos from Johnny Rucker and other sources, each containing audio of some hilarious in-studio bloopers made by The Beatles over the course of many albums. They then very cleverly added in very accurate text over the static video to describe exactly what was happening. featuring classics such as Thas Boy, Paul...The post A Hilarious Compilation of The Beatles’ Studio Bloopers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

?????? pic.twitter.com/QHvGnqpgCV — ???CAZ??? (@HAZMATCAZZ) December 22, 2018 Baltimore rapper and music producer Hazmatcaz is also a talented impressionist, particularly when it comes to automated voices. One such voice is that of Siri, the very accommodating Apple voice assistant, which Caz vehemently assures is 100% real. for everyone saying that i’m faking the siri you...The post Baltimore Rapper Does a Pitch Perfect Siri Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a pileous video essay for Vox, correspondent Phil Edwards takes a look at the history of the distinct, religious haircut worn by monks, which is called a tonsure. Helping Edwards speak to this point is Daniel McCarthy, Fellow Emeritus at Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland, who is very much an expert on this subject...The post How Changing the Tonsure Hairstyle for Monks Led to Great Discord in the Early Years of the Catholic Church appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In their seemingly hopeful quest to find reasonable alternatives to Earth, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains in a nutshell how life could possibly form, evolve and sustain itself in oceans far beneath the thick frozen surface of rogue planets, provided that the conditions are amenable to such life. …So how could life sustain itself...The post How Life Could Form and Sustain Itself In Water Deep Below the Frozen Surface of a Rogue Planet appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a kaleidoscopic episode of the New York Magazine series The Cut, a San Diego artist Concetta Antico talks about being a tetrachromat, a rare person who possesses an extra photoreceptor in the retina of each eye. Most people only have three photoreceptors, Antico has four, which allows her to see far more colors (up...The post Tetrachromatic Artist Describes How She Can See 100 Million Colors With an Extra Photoreceptor in Each Eye appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Netflix has released a very provocative trailer for the Black Mirror film Bandersnatch featuring a young programmer named Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) who in 1984 begins to lose touch with reality as he embarks upon the enormous project of adapting a a fantasy novel written by a murderer into a cohesive video adventure game. The further...The post Programmer Adapting Novel Into Video Game Loses Touch With Reality in ‘Black Mirror’ Film ‘Bandersnatch’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Sometimes cats can be creative problem solvers, other times… via Miss CellaniaThe post Creative Solutions to a Simple Problem appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rather befitting mashup, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rap the classic Beastie Boys song “Get It Together” with each character taking on a different verse. The cast of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Beastie Boys, Q-Tip, and DJ Hurricane, rapping the classic “Get It Together”. Video by Mylo the Cat aka...The post The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rap the Classic Beastie Boys Song ‘Get It Together’ in Clever Mashup appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the brilliant animation “Shine” by Johannes Flick and Alexander Dietrich, two very competitive males of an uncertain species compete for the affection of an attractive female by wrapping their tails around hanging light bulbs to see who can glow the brightest. The larger male had the clear advantage at first, but he overplayed his...The post Two Male Creatures Fighting for the Affection of Female Compete to See Who Can Glow the Brightest in ‘Shine’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actress Amy Sedaris welcomed the cameras of the New York Magazine series The Cut into her quirky Greenwich Village, New York City apartment for a tour. On hand for the tour was Sedaris’ longtime friend, designer Todd Oldham and Tina, Sedaris’ very cute and very destructive rabbit whom she thought was female for a long...The post Actress Amy Sedaris Gives a Tour of Her Wonderfully Quirky Greenwich Village NYC Apartment appeared first on Laughing Squid.

MyIdentityDoctor has created a handy “Delete My Browser History” medical alert bracelet to help make sure your questionable browsing habits are erased in case something unfortunate happens. Related Laughing Squid PostsDelete My Browser History Medical BraceletA Color-Customizable Bracelet That Pairs With a Smartphone to Send Notifications Through Vibration, Sound, and LightLittle Outliner, A Browser-Based Outlining...The post Delete My Browser History Medical Alert Bracelet appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderful Dreamworks animated short “Bilby” by Liron Topaz, Pierre Perifel and JP Sans an anxious big-eared macrotis finds himself to be an unwitting guardian of tiny baby bird who had been abandoned in the Australian Outback. Knowing from his own experience that the Outback was a very dangerous place for the both of...The post A Cynical Marsupial in the Australian Outback Becomes a Fierce Protector of an Abandoned Baby Bird in ‘Bilby’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a stylish video essay, Daniel Netzel of Film Radar takes a look behind the scenes at how costume designers work to make the clothing a natural part the storyline. Netzel lists four habits of successful costume designers who make it look easy, when it’s not. This includes understanding and analyzing the script, speaking with...The post How Costume Designers Embrace Characters In Order to Make Their Clothing a Natural Part of the Storyline appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn multimedia artist Hunter Fine and writer Gil Arevalo have created “Escape From HelL”, a hilarious board game that pits hipsters from Williamsburg against one another in a race to be the first to arrive in Manhattan. Normally, this would be very simple to accomplish, however the singular L train, upon which many Brooklynites rely...The post Brooklyn Hipsters Race to Get to Manhattan During L Train Shutdown in ‘Escape From HelL’ Board Game appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a channeled episode of the world traveling series Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visits Providence Canyon, a picturesque site known by many as “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon” to marvel at its beauty, examine the soil and to posit a question about what is considered to be a natural wonder. While the canyon itself is...The post How ‘Georgia’s Grand Canyon’ Was Accidentally Formed by Settlers Who Didn’t Understand Area Soil appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Foxes really are the best dog/cat combo. via Johannes Grenzfurthner Related Laughing Squid PostsSniffer and Tinni, The Story of Friendship Between A Fox and A DogDogs Playing D&D, A Dungeons & Dragons Version of a Classic ‘Dogs Playing Poker’ PaintingZao Fox Village, A Japanese Animal Preserve Where Foxes Roam Freely Among the Humans Who VisitThe post The Truth About Foxes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the coming new year, Irish video editor James Casey of The Solomon Society has compiled an incredible montage that features scenes from may of the films released in 2018. Included in this montage are such films as Black Panther, A Star Is Born, The Favourite, Avengers: Infinity War, Crazy Rich Asians, Spiderman:...The post The Films of 2018 Compiled Into an Incredible Montage appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kinetic artist DoodleChaos has created a mesmerizing compilation featuring a series of marble sorting trickshots set in different formations. These chain reactions utilized magnets, levers and even a toy xylophone in order to ensure each colored marble rolled into its assigned place. Magnets, levers, and other contraptions sort the red, blue, and yellow marbles into...The post A Mesmerizing Compilation of Marble Sorting Trickshots appeared first on Laughing Squid.

This post was sponsored by TASER Pulse+ via Syndicate Ads. You’re smart, fast-paced, and connected. Your self-defense should be, too. The TASER Pulse+ brings safety in today’s connected world. From the brand trusted to keep law enforcement officers safe, the Pulse+ is packed with the same stopping power, able to immobilize a threat for 30...The post The TASER Pulse+: Smart, Connected Self-Defense appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the highly anticipated second film from the brilliant mind of Jordan Peele entitled Us, a family of four, Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyongo) and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex), take a car trip to Adelaide’s beachside hometown for vacation where they meet up with the Tylers (Elisabeth...The post Family Battles Their Own Doppelgängers After a Weird Day at the Beach in the Jordan Peele Horror Film ‘Us’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented musician Jamie Dupuis performed a beautiful acoustic harp guitar cover of the classic Christmas songs, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”. He also performed a brilliant six-string acoustic guitar cover of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”. As played, both of these songs capture the essence of the holiday season and are...The post Beautiful Acoustic Guitar Covers of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ and ‘Dance of the Sugar Fairy’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The mischievous feline duo of Cole and Marmalade along with their two little sisters, star in an adorable compilation of all of their holiday misdeeds. Also featured are the brightly colored accompanying shaming stickies from their frustrated, yet amused humans, that were put right on the spot where each incident took place. Meowy Catmas everyone!...The post Adorable Compilation of Cole and Marmalade’s Holiday Misdeeds With Shaming Stickies Calling Them Out appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a very seasonal video essay, music vlogger Polyphonic takes a look at the iconic Yuletide music of “The Nutcracker” and the instrument upon which the music was originally played. This instrument, called the Celesta, which was invented by Parisian Victor Mustel in 1886. The instrument had a heavenly sound with which Tchaikovsky fell in...The post How Tchaikovsky’s ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ Became Synonymous With Christmas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a seasonal episode of History Dose, creators Chris and Joe explain why the Puritans of colonial New England had the colonies ban the holiday for 22 years in 1659. They were concerned about Pagan influence, public drunkenness, the demanding nature of carolers and the unnecessary revelry around the holiday. When the popularity of Puritan...The post Why Puritans in Colonial New England Had Christmas Celebrations Banned for 22 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While at BrickCon 2018, Beyond the Brick TV host Joshua Hanlon caught up with Caleb Watson, a member of the Seattle LEGO users group. Watson had built a brilliant recreation of the famous Boulder chase from the iconic film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. This incredible build utilize six different motors...The post Motorized LEGO Recreation of the Boulder Scene From ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After the heartbreaking loss of our adored feline company mascot Ika Zaru in October 2016 and the passing of our beloved co-worker Taki Zaru in November 2018, we decided that we wanted to employ two adorable newcomers, who also happen to be siblings, from the Bideawee shelter in New York City. FOMO is an adorably...The post Laughing Squid Welcomes Two New Furry Feline Co-Workers: A Tabby Named FOMO and Black Cat Matilda appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Amazon has a nifty new feature that tracks your package after it is stolen from your porch. via TechLoaf Related Laughing Squid PostsArizona Man Launches Tongue-in-Cheek Crusade to Catch Thief Who Stole His Amazon PackageAmazon Yesterday Shipping, Delivers Packages A Day Before OrderedAmazon Wants to Ship Packages Before You Order ThemThe post Amazon Stolen Package Tracking appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a highly impressive, detailed analysis, vlogger and musician Howard Ho sets out to prove whether or or not the the classic Bruce Willis action film Die Hard from 1988 is actually a Christmas movie. Ho does a deep dive into the basic themes within the film (other than it being an action film) and...The post How the Sophisticated Application of Music Within the ‘Die Hard’ Score Makes It a Traditional Christmas Movie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michelle Rial (@michellerial) on Dec 23, 2018 at 12:30pm PST Gift Wrapping Timeline by Michelle Rial Related Laughing Squid PostsAmusing Charts Made With Found ObjectsAdvice From The Beatles Based on Their Song LyricsA Series of Charts for People Obsessed With the Crime Podcast ‘Serial’The post Gift Wrapping Timeline appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dutch video editor Matthijs Vlot has created another of his his brilliant mashups to recreate the first verse of “Africa” by Toto aka the Internet’s favorite song. The mashup is mostly movies but a little bit of Breaking Bad shows up once or twice. BRAND NEW VIDEO: Toto's Africa by the Movies. https://t.co/Z1RRSDo29F — Matthijs...The post The First Verse of the Toto Song ‘Africa’ Recreated Through a Brilliant Mashup of Film and Television Clips appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jirí Zemánek of the Czech engineering group A²C at Czech Technical University in Prague, have etched really beautiful stroboscopic designs onto shiny blank Christmas ornaments. Zemánek created custom designs which were loaded onto the EggBot Pro by Evil Mad Scientist. The machine is specifically designed to draw intricate 3D patterns on delicate egg shells, however...The post Christmas Ornaments With Hypnotizing Stroboscopic Patterns That Appear to Be In Continuous Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

? A young woman in Oklahoma named Halle Fuqua had been volunteering at the Humane Society of Stillwater, taking particular care of a beautiful dog named Rambo with whom she fell in love. Per her father Lance, Hallee’s heart broke when she learned that Rambo had been adopted, but on December 18, Hallee was happily...The post Parents Secretly Adopt Daughter’s Favorite Dog From Shelter Where She Volunteers as a Christmas Surprise appeared first on Laughing Squid.