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xkcd points out how little progress there has been with the evolution of airplanes and spaceships. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Elaborate LEGO Machine That Folds and Launches Beautiful Paper AirplanesSpaceship Skeletal Surveys, Anatomical Illustrations of Sci-Fi Film & Television SpaceshipsSurreal Spaceship Montages Created by Cutting All Non-Spaceship Scenes From ‘Star Trek’ FilmsThe post Spaceships Are Now Older Than Airplanes Were When We Flew Our First Spaceships appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After working a very long, very tough day battling the horrific Camp Fire in Paradise, California, Captain Ryan Coleman of the Fairview Valley Fire Department was approached by a beautiful, long haired, polydactyl cat who was rescued from the flames. The extremely affectionate cat took immediately to Coleman and happily rode upon the smiling firefighter’s...The post Cat Who Survived the Paradise, California Fire Rides Upon the Shoulders of the Firefighter Who Saved Him appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the BBC Earth series Deadly 60, host Steve Backshall spent a little time with an elegant Humboldt squid. At first the captive cephalopod was quite calm, but eventually became irritated with the persistent host and bit him, letting Backshall know that he’d quite overstayed his welcome. Steve Backshall gets too close...The post Irritated Humboldt Squid Bites a Persistent Nature Host appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the beautiful video “We Are NASA”, narrator Mike Rowe extolls the incredible accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over the past 60 years and enumerates the agency’s plan to return to the Moon and places beyond. We’ve taken giant leaps and left our mark in the heavens. Now we’re building the...The post NASA Announces a Return to the Moon (and Beyond) appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miguel Vasquez (@marvelous_mikee) on Nov 9, 2018 at 11:12pm PST Miguel Vasquez has created a highly unsettling, grotesque 3D rendering imagining what Finn the Human from Adventure Time might look like in real life. Here are some of Vasquez’s previous creations. Finn pic.twitter.com/Kob2SY8hw5 — Miguel Vasquez...The post A Grotesque Real Life Version of Adventure Time’s Finn appeared first on Laughing Squid.

via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Adorable Reese’s Pieces Candy-Coated Striped Snake CakeEvery ‘That’s What She Said’ Ever on The OfficeA Three-Year-Old With an Icing-Smeared Face Sticks to His Lie When Asked Whether He Ate a CupcakeThe post Caution: One Out of Every Three Snakes Is an Asshole appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Standup comedian Joe Kwaczala gives a hilarious step-by-step tutorial showing how to dance to the infamous Soft Cell song “Tainted Love”. While doing so, Kwaczala offers very funny descriptions of each step as he demonstrates it, poking gentle fun at how seriously choreography sometimes takes itself. Today’s dance tutorial is going to be the classic...The post A Hilariously Descriptive Step-by-Step Tutorial Showing How to Dance to 1980s Soft Cell Song ‘Tainted Love’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by SP25 ARQUITECTURA (@sp25arquitectura) on Nov 11, 2018 at 10:05am PST Spanish architects David Olivia and Elisenda Planas of SP25 have created an amazing 100 square meter lava field pouring out of the windows of an abandoned building. The lava is made up of 10,000 strategically lit...The post A Fiery Lava Field Made From 10,000 Pieces of Brightly Colored Origami Pieces Covering 100 Square Meters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Olga Belka, a Russian born diving instructor and artist who lives in Thailand, creates absolutely beautiful portraits and still life paintings of what she sees while under the water. Belka states that she finds the sea to be a constant source of inspiration that she wants to share with the world, particularly with those who...The post Diving Artist Paints What She Sees While Under Water appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LLR???? (@itotomohirollr) on Nov 12, 2018 at 1:29am PST An adorably enormous black and white cat named Chibi Maru, who lives in Japan with his human and three feline siblings, has a very interesting meow. Rather than the usual short syllabled inflection uttered by most cats,...The post An Enormous Cat Meows in an Oddly Humanlike Sing-Songy Voice if He Were Speaking in Tongues appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When Superman flies, he has no visual means of propulsion. He just goes like this… The late Stan Lee was quite a character who was known to be simultaneously “self-effacing and self-aggrandizing”, never had any trouble letting anyone, anywhere know how he felt about an issue. His opinion was particularly clear when it came to...The post A Brilliant Compilation of a Very Forthright Stan Lee Insulting DC Comics In Every Possible Way appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During a 1975 episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, former kindergarten teacher and actress Margaret Hamilton, who convincingly portrayed the “Wicked Witch of the West” in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz quite affably visited with Mister Rogers on set. Hamilton talked about what fun she had as a child dressing up as a witch,...The post Margaret Hamilton Dons Her Wicked Witch of the West Costume to Show Mr. Rogers That She Was Just Acting appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica who has created amazing carvings out of pumpkins and watermelons, went to work on a wheel of Parmesan cheese that cut like marble. Fatica expertly employed his tools, forming an incredibly detailed portrait of a man with a long, flowing beard for a wedding celebrations. While the guests...The post Sculptor Carves an Incredible Portrait of a Man With a Long Flowing Beard Into a Wheel of Parmesan Cheese appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dan Lewis, the masterful fact gathering storyteller behind the exceptoinal Now I Know daily email newsletter and two fascinating books of random facts based upon that newsletter – Now I Know and Now I Know More, is raising funds through Kickstarter in order to launch a YouTube channel of the same name. According to Lewis,...The post A Worthy Kickstarter Campaign to Fund a ‘Now I Know’ YouTube Channel Based Upon the Daily Newsletter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Designer, visual artist and director Lucas Zanotto has created “Minimals”, a brilliant 3D animation that employs the most basic of primary shapes to form adorably sculptural animals that are in constant motion. The sounds of these animals were designed by David Kamp. We previously wrote about Zanotta and his ingenious preparation of the world’s smallest...The post Minimals, A Brilliant 3D Animation Utilizing Primary Shapes to Form Sculptural Animals in Constant Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Odd Couple in 1975, the now sadly departed legend Roy Clark of Hee Haw fame quite nicely shunned the musical requests of both Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison. Instead, he peformed an absolutely incredible cover version of the Cuban Flamenco song “Malagueña” by Ernesto Lecuona. Clark flawlessly captured the rhythm, melody...The post Roy Clark Performs an Absolutely Incredible Flamenco Cover of ‘Malagueña’ on ‘The Odd Couple’ in 1975 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a 1987 interview, John Moschitta Jr, actor and then Guinness World Record holder for World’s Fastest Talker, opened up to reporter Marcus Jones about his career up to that point, the commercials he’s done and his 10 minute school. But the highlight of the interview was when Jones handed the albums sleeve of Michael...The post The World’s Fastest Talking Man Performs the Michael Jackson Song ‘Bad’ in 20 Seconds in a 1987 Interview appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer Polyphonic, who creates informative video essays on an ongoing basis takes a rather insightful look at the emotional difference between Bruce Springsteen’s albums Born To Run (1975) and Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). Polyphonic notes that several upsetting events occurred in the three years in between the albums, and that growing...The post The Emotional Difference Between Bruce Springsteen’s Albums ‘Born To Run’ & ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Synthesia, a company focused on using artificial intelligence for good, has created ENACT, a native dubbing feature that uses generative AI to seamlessly translate video content into various languages. The program synchronizes the lip movements of an actor with that of a voice actor speaking a specific language, thereby lifting the barriers of language and...The post Native Dubbing That Seamlessly Translates Video Content Into Various Languages Through Generative AI appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1986, the members of Queen went to Budapest as part of the band’s final tour with the late great Freddie Mercury as lead singer. The band was given a royal welcome by awaiting fans and dignitaries as they arrived into the city by boat. Because Hungary was part of the Eastern Bloc during the...The post Amazing Remastered High Definition Footage of Fans Celebrating the Arrival of Queen in Budapest in 1986 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Busy Work by Lisa and Matt Bethancourt is an absolutely hilarious multiplayer workplace, customer service-themed computer game that challenges players to answer as many customer emails they can while being constantly interrupted by urgent emails, tasks and texts from co-workers. The competitor who is able to answer the most emails within a two minute window...The post Busy Work, A Frantic Computer Game Challenging Players to Reply to Customers Despite Interruptions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a spellbinding look at how the series of Harry Potter films effectively brought the sound of magic to films. Puschak specifically focuses on the talent of the sound designers who created an aural sense of enchantment without putting to heavy a hand on it....The post How Harry Potter Brought the Sound of Magic to Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? ???????? (@rfedortsov_official_account) on Dec 16, 2017 at 5:44am PST In 2016, we wrote about Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman in Murmansk, Russia who shared photos of the fascinating, rare and somewhat disturbing discoveries he’s made while doing his job. Since that time, Fedortsov has been...The post Russian Fisherman Shares More Fascinating Photos of the Unusual Deep Sea Creatures He’s Found at Work appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British department store John Lewis is known for their wonderfully creative and heartwarming annual holiday adverts and the 2018 version is certainly no exception. This touching scene features Sir Elton John at his piano playing his 1970 hit “Your Song” while mentally traveling backwards through time. He lands in different stages of his life until...The post Sir Elton John Travels Back Through Time to His Very First Piano in the 2018 John Lewis Christmas Advert appeared first on Laughing Squid.

P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever is a hilarious alphabet instruction book written by Raj Haldar (rapper Lushlife) and Chris Carpenter with illustrations by Maria Beddia. The book creatively highlights some of the most peculiar spelling and grammatical rules within the English language by inserting examples within amusing sentences. Let’s get real?the...The post P Is for Pterodactyl, A Hilarious Alphabet Book That Highlights the Bizarre Rules of the English Language appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After a short break from her noble mission to convert commercial sweets into healthier versions, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes returns to create a gourmet version of the “Sno Ball”, a coconut and marshmallow covered cream filled chocolate cake that debuted in World War II....The post Pastry Chef Creates a Delicious Gourmet Version of the Classic Coconut Covered Sno Balls Snack Cake appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Inqubate’s brother asks: “Since when is there a Christmas Squid?” Related Laughing Squid PostsMerry Fucking Christmas Gift Wrapping PaperAn Excited Dog Eagerly Rips the Wrapping Paper Off Her Christmas Gift to Reveal a Giant Tennis BallX-Ray Photos of Christmas PresentsThe post Christmas Squid Wrapping Paper appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hosico Cat (@hosico_cat) on Oct 21, 2018 at 2:46am PDT An absolutely adorable big eyed, short legged cat name Hosico, who lives in Russia, quite tolerantly allowed his humans to put a paintbrush onto his beautiful little face while demonstrating “how to paint a cat”. Like...The post A Realistic Painting of Fuzzy Fat Cheeked Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Rally champion Wyatt Knox of Team O’Neil Rally School offers up an instructive five minute lesson showing how to safely drive a car with manual transmission for the very first time. Knox very patiently goes through the process in a helpful step-by-step fashion in order to ensure that the student/viewer is first comfortable with the...The post An Instructive Five Minute Lesson Showing How to Safely Drive a Car With a Manual Transmission appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an altitudinous episode of the Cheddar video series “Cheddar Explains”, the reasons why certain sections of the Manhattan skyline are completely void of skyscrapers is examined. For a long time, it was believed that underground bedrock prevented building in these areas (which would actually make it ideal), yet further research explains that it was...The post Why Certain Sections of the Manhattan Skyline Are Completely Void of Skyscrapers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The researchers at the Dynamic Robotics Lab at Oregon State University (OSU) hilariously dressed up their incredible two-legged ostrich-inspired agility robot Cassie as an AT-ST Walker (All Terrain Scout Transport Walker) from Star Wars for Halloween 2018. It was the perfect costume for a bipedal robot without a face. Who has two legs and just...The post OSU Engineers Dress Their Bipedal Ostrich Inspired Robot as a Star Wars AT-ST for Halloween 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When comedian Michael Rapaport came across this adorable video of Wilfred Warrior, a beloved big eyed, frowning chinchilla Persian, he provided a fantastically profanity laced voice-over. Throughout the short video, Rapaport insults Wilfred, calls for his mother and talks sweetly to a cat sitting in the window while Wilfred remains (obviously) blissfully oblivious to Rapaport’s...The post Comedian Michael Rapaport Insults a Frowning Big Eyed Persian Cat in a Profanity Laced Voice Over Video appeared first on Laughing Squid.

London design studio Animaro has created the Solstice, a beautifully unique kinetic wooden hanging wall clock that interacts with the environment. The petals that surround the clock face gradually expand and contract with each passing hour of the day and in accordance with the movement of the sun. This same calming opening and closing effect...The post A Unique Kinetic Wall Clock That Gradually Expands and Contracts With Each Passing Hour of the Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsWhat the Inside of an International Space Station Toolbox Looks LikeReddit3016, A Fictional Version of reddit With Daily Updates From the Year 3016Westboro Mingle, A Parody Dating Site for the Westboro Baptist ChurchThe post What Fall Looks Like appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a snappy episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer Estelle Caswell takes a look at the iconic John Coltrane jazz instrumental “Giant Steps”. In order to do so, Caswell recruited musicians Braxton Cook and Adam Neely to help her understand and deconstruct the complicated key changes and ricocheting tempo that kept legendary pianist...The post How John Coltrane Constructed Complex Key Changes in His Iconic ‘Giant Steps’ Using the Circle of Fifths appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Early prototype of Apple Pay. pic.twitter.com/zlLK6AL7WZ — Per Buer (@perbu) November 8, 2018 Per Buer shows off an early prototype of Apple Pay. via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsChristie’s Holds Online Auction of Rare Apple Products‘Keep It Simple’, A Book About the Early Years of Design at AppleAirType, A Concept Prototype for a Keyboardless...The post An Early Prototype of Apple Pay appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of the Slo Mo Guys, filmed themselves in super slow motion hitting blobs of jelly (jello) with a tennis racket. The pair decided to revisit this trick, this time using more colorful blobs of rainbow gelatin, which turned into multi-hued serpentine bits after a strike of the racket....The post The Oddly Beautiful Results of a Colorful Blob of Jello Struck by a Tennis Racket Shown in Super Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

From October 23 through October 25, 2018, comedian and The Carson Podcast host Mark Malkoff stayed awake for an amazing 48 hours straight while offering his volunteer services to AFYA Foundation in Yonkers, New York. AFYA is a medical supply recovery organization that ships necessary humanitarian and medical supplies to more than seventy countries globally,...The post Comedian Mark Malkoff Stays Awake For 48 Hours Straight While Volunteering for a Very Good Cause appeared first on Laughing Squid.

via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsA Bunny Eating Raspberries Ends Up With Unintentional Coat of LipstickA Cat Walks Through a Panoramic Photo and Becomes a Hilarious, Many-Legged Cat-Centipede CreatureReal Life Version of Maxine, A Crabby Hallmark Greeting Card CharacterThe post Grandma Caterpillar Putting on Lipstick appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a deliciously provocative teaser trailer for the highly anticipated 8th and final season of the Game of Thrones series, a rather vengeful Cercei Lannister tabulates her painful losses in a multi-season montage by stating aloud that one either “wins or dies” in the struggle for the crown, while a determined Jon Snow prepares for...The post Game of Thrones Characters Realize What They’ve Been Fighting For in Teaser For the Series Final Season appeared first on Laughing Squid.

There will never be a world without Stan Lee. He’s the heart of the Marvel Universe. On Monday, November 12, the great Stan Lee took his last breaths and bid farewell to this mortal coil. In his newly realized absence, the employees of the Marvel Universe and Walt Disney Company paid beautiful tribute to this...The post The Employees of Marvel and Disney Pay Tribute to the Larger Than Life Legacy of the Late, Great Stan Lee appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a nuanced episode of one of his insightful video essays, from the series Now You See It, host Jack Nugent explains through the use of interviews with directors and actors, why certain films are perceived to have specific subtexts (or conspiracy theories) even when they weren’t intended to be interpreted that way and asks...The post Why Films Are Perceived to Have Certain Subtexts Even Though the Director Didn’t Intend it That Way appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Motion artist Derek Hugger, who created the breathtaking hummingbird kinetic sculpture “Colibri”, has followed up with another exquisite kinetic sculpture he calls “Carapace“. This wooden single-cranked, tilting sculpture mimics the smooth, graceful and deliberate movements of a sea turtle swimming through the ocean. Carapace is my most complex kinetic sculpture yet. …it is comprised of...The post An Exquisite Wooden Kinetic Sculpture That Mimics the Graceful Movements of a Swimming Sea Turtle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While on a deep sea mission within the Monterey Bay, researchers from MBARI discovered a brand new species of deep water sea squirts (tunicate) that they’ve named Culeolus barryi, in honor of fellow researcher Dr. James P. Barry. This previously undiscovered species of translucent invertebrates live on stalks, which lift them off the seafloor and...The post The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Discovers a New Species of Deep Water Sea Squirts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a portentous video essay for Vox, producer Coleman Lowndes explains why the highly decorated, overly trimmed Victorian mansions (McMansions of their time) of the Gilded Age went from being a symbol of wealth and comfort to a frightening symbol of impending danger and doom. Critics of the time began to associate the houses with...The post How Abandoned and Eroding Victorian Mansions of the Gilded Age Came to Symbolize Impending Doom appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Half as Interesting shares the bizarre story of Sir Alfred Mehran, an Iranian national who was rendered stateless due to his participation in protests against the monarchy. He was eventually granted refugee status in Belgium, but desired to gain citizenship within the United Kingdom after learning that his biological mother was Scottish. He travelled to...The post The Bizarre Story of Sir Alfred, The Stateless Man Who Lived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for 18 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Director Charlie Todd and the NYC comedy collective Improv Everywhere hilariously took a disgusting pair of unusable pay phone booths at 24th Street and 6th Avenue and transformed them into very usable outdoor coworking spaces. A faux WeWork representative who was played by Agent Addie Weyrich, greeted interested pedestrians who were fascinated by the concept...The post Improv Everywhere Transforms a Pair of Unused NYC Pay Phone Booths Into Outdoor Coworking Spaces appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In August 1972, renowned Italian designer Massimo Vignelli created a beautifully modern streamlined map of the New York city subway that matched the forward thinking attitude of the city, but was eventually cast aside in favor for a more traditional approach. The issue was that Vignelli’s map didn’t pay enough attention to distance between stops...The post Why New Yorkers Preferred a Less Attractive But Properly Scaled Subway Map Over a Modern Redesign appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Speaking of Stan Lee’s cameos… Related Laughing Squid PostsStan Lee Cameo Appearances in Marvel MoviesMTV Points Out and Explains Nearly Every Hidden Easter Egg Found in Marvel FilmsStan Lee Rants About Admirers Calling Themselves His ‘Biggest Fan’The post Stan Lee Thanks His Fans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating BBC Earth video, nature host Liz Bonnin joined a team that traveled down deep into the waters of the Galápagos Islands and captured the rare sight of an absolutely enormous Mola Mola (ocean sunfish). This particular species is the largest bony fish in the world, with some weighing up to over 2,000...The post An Enormous Ocean Sunfish Gets a Full Body Cleaning Using Fish That Happily Nibble Parasites Off Its Skin appeared first on Laughing Squid.