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Kevin Chiam, a talented, thoughtful and problem solving designer in Singapore has created Folks Kitchenware, a really wonderful line of cooking tools for the blind and visually impaired so they can independently cook food safely, confidently and with dignity. The tools in the series include a knife with a retractable guard, a chopping board with...The post Thoughtful Designer Creates a Line of Cooking Tools for the Blind to Safely Prepare Food With Dignity appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a long awaited video, the very insightful CGP Grey provides an animated explanation about the ongoing battle between neighboring states New York and New Jersey regarding ownership of the Statue of Liberty and the island upon which she stands. In his usual thorough manner, Grey takes a look at the history of this oddly...The post The Ongoing Battle Between New York and New Jersey Over Who Rightfully Owns the Statue of Liberty appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a conflagrant episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains exactly why fairly regular explosions occur underneath the manhole covers in London. Because he couldn’t demonstrate his theory within urban confines, he took it out to an open field where Darkstar Pyrotechnics set up similar conditions to create an explosion of...The post Tom Scott Explains Why the Manholes of London Explode by Creating a Big Explosion of His Own appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The aptly-titled Netflix documentary series Dogs takes a heartwarming look at the special bond that exists between humans and their beloved canines. Each episode of six goes inside one of these very special relationships and documents the lengths to which each will go for the other. These six intimate stories explore the abiding emotional bonds...The post A Heartwarming Netflix Docuseries About the Special Bond That Exists Between Humans and Their Dogs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike's Tiny Shop (@mikestinyshop) on Oct 21, 2018 at 11:28am PDT Cosplayer Mike Corrie of Mike’s Tiny Things in Martinsville, Indiana has created an incredibly detailed Star Wars AT-AT costume for his beautiful and rather tolerant horse Moana, so she could compete in the costume event...The post Creative Cosplayer Builds Incredible Star Wars AT-AT Costume for His Wonderfully Tolerant Horse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Since its inception in 1995, the Denver Airport has had a reputation for being a bit supernatural due to the due to their unusual (and somewhat spooky) murals, statues and gargoyles that lined the walls and entrances. And with unusual comes lots of conspiracy theories. Rather than fight them off, however, the airport has fully...The post The Denver Airport Fully Embraces Every Conspiracy Theory About Them While Undergoing Renovation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A hilarious Bad Lip Reading of highlights from the 2018 Major League Baseball season. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2016-2017 Football SeasonA Hilarious Compilation Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2015-2016 Football Season – Part OneA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2015-2016 Football...The post A Hilarious Bad Lip Reading of Major League Baseball appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the third episode of the excellent BBC Two series Black is the New Hollywood, actor John Boyega opens up about the meeting during which he found out he got the role of Finn, the former Stormtrooper who joins up with the Resistance in Star Wars. Boyega shared that he was just hanging out with...The post Actor John Boyega Opens Up About How J.J. Abrams Told Him That He Got the Role as Finn in Star Wars appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Light Duel” by the very talented Darren Pearson is a very short, long exposure, stop-motion battle made of 300 photographs that have been hand painted with light, much like his previous works. The duel was brief as the very human Astro Bandit took down the skeletal Shiny Bone Jones with a single shot. Pearson also...The post Light Duel, A Light Painted Stop Motion Skeletal Cowboy Faces a Badass Cowgirl in a Shootout appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a Halloween-themed episode of her talk show Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres put some very funny (and punny) finishing touches on creative Halloween costumes that were modeled by some very amusing kids. Included in the mix were a Nicki Minaj costume that included the shoe that Cardi B threw, a scooter riding bird and a “Star...The post Ellen Puts Some Very Funny (and Punny) Finishing Touches on Kids’ Halloween Costumes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorable three-year old named Holly Lee, who was clad in pink and sitting in her car seat, gleefully belted out the lyrics to the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” in anticipation of the Freddie Mercury film of the same name. While Holly performed the song in its entirety, she did so with a bit...The post An Adorable Three Year Old Girl Belts Out the Lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ While Sitting in Her Car Seat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A silly little cat who was parked on the stage at the Esmod International Fashion Show in Istanbul, Turkey, finished cleaning up before trying to engage with models strolling down the catwalk. When attempts at play failed, the perfectly coordinating feline decided instead to show the models how a real “cat-walk” is done. via reddit...The post A Coordinating Cat Walks Like a Model Down the Catwalk at an International Fashion Show in Istanbul appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting 100% Fresh, his upcoming comedy special on Netflix, comedian Adam Sandler performed a very funny rap about always remembering his “Phone Wallet Keys” whenever he goes out, the ubiquitous checklist for the modern age. From “Heroes” to “Ice Cream Ladies” — Adam Sandler’s comedy special hits you with new songs and jokes in...The post Adam Sandler Raps About His ‘Phone Wallet Keys’ in Promo for His Netflix Comedy Special ‘100% Fresh’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An eagle wearing a GoPro HERO7 camera took flight over a crowded Estadio Azteca stadium in the Santa Úrsula neighborhood in Mexico City, which was packed with cheering football (soccer) fans. This wonderful demonstration showcased the “hypersmooth” predictive stabilization features of their newest camera. Hyper smooth video stabilization — get gimbal like stabilization-without the gimbal....The post An Eagle Wearing a GoPro Camera Takes Flight Over a Crowded Stadium Packed With Cheering Soccer Fans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

redditor jesusgains posted a wonderful illusory photo of a bright eyed black cat who was looking at a camera with an upturned face appearing to be a member of another species, more specifically a big black bird. A reverse image search identifies the cat as an American crow. Google reverse image search says… not just...The post A Giant Crow Takes the Place of the Family Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jamie Dupuis is a remarkably talented musician who performs absolutely gorgeous cover versions of classic rock songs with his acoustic harp guitar, added to his repetoire a stunning cover version of the Rolling Stones song “Paint It Black” played on a gorgeous carbon fiber Emerald Harp Guitar. Related Laughing Squid PostsGorgeous Acoustic Versions of Classic...The post A Stunning Cover of the Rolling Stones Song ‘Paint It Black’ Played on a Gorgeous Carbon Fiber Harp Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by pauljacksonlives (@pauljacksonlives) on Oct 4, 2017 at 10:24am PDT Artist Paul Jackson, who describes himself as a full-time daydreamer and his work as “the weirder, the better” and who has previously created startling ink illustrations of animal skeletons escaping their bodies, has created a brilliant full...The post A Brilliant Color Print of Ellen Ripley’s Brain Being Squeezed by an ‘Alien’ Facehugger appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Squishy And Rosy (@cityturtles) on Mar 11, 2018 at 11:36am PDT Squishy and Rosy are two adorable, very photogenic little turtles who live in New York City with their crafting, photographer human Brittney. These good natured terrapins don’t mind modeling with tiny accessories such as knitted...The post Squishy and Rosy, Two City Dwelling Photogenic Turtles Who Model Handmade Miniature Accessories appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a heartwarming animation entitled “OK Google” by Brett Gaylor and Darren Pasemko, an amused father finds a year’s worth of his five year old son Rowan’s questions to Google Home. Many of the questions were typical of a frustrated youngster, but overall his father found that his son was on the right track with...The post A Loving Father Discovers a Year’s Worth of His Five Year Old Son’s Wonderful Questions to Google Home appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a Halloween-themed episode, the fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone took a detailed look at why distortion is so spooky. He offers an excellent explanation of sound shapes, a history of early amplifiers and how distortion is created out of inharmonic overtones, which are additional frequencies that are piled onto artificial sound...The post How the Spooky Sound of Distortion Is Created by Putting Artificial Caps on Emitted Sound Waves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of the autumn season celebration, caretakers at the Oregon Zoo set out a giant pumpkin for Dozer, the African spurred (sulcata) tortoise to crack open and enjoy. Which he happily did, much in the same manner in which his elephant neighbors squished squash during the previous week. Dozer the sulcata tortoise thoroughly enjoyed...The post A Determined African Spurred Tortoise Cracks Open a Giant Pumpkin to Enjoy the Sweet Fruit Inside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco company Hawkeye Labs has created a brilliant app that allows users to fully control their Face ID enabled iOS device with their eyes, allowing those with neurological and motor impairments to fully access the web. This means selecting, scrolling and searching online – all completely hands free. Hawkeye Access lets you use eye...The post Hawkeye, A Brilliant App That Allows Users to Browse the Internet on an iOS Device Using Only Their Eyes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

?????????????????#papercraft#packingart pic.twitter.com/l8Wx38MXt0 — ?? (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) October 16, 2018 A very talented Japanese kirie crafter named Haruki, quite skillfully fashioned a very dapper paper version of the Pringles mustachioed mascot “Julius Pringles” out of an empty can of the brand’s sour cream and onion flavored stackable potato chips. I worked on the empty box of the...The post Japanese Paper Crafter Creates a Dapper Mustachioed Pringles Mascot Out of an Empty Can of Pringles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stella, the wonderfully silly yellow lab in Maine who loves jumping into a pile of freshly raked leaves, hilariously ran for the newest freshly raked autumn leaf pile the moment she was let out of the back of her human’s car and dived right on in. Stella’s home! I can’t wait for my girl to...The post Stella the Silly Yellow Lab Dives Into a Pile of Freshly Raked Leaves As Soon as She’s Let Out of the Car appeared first on Laughing Squid.

This week on “I love you” saw a ladies put pennies in her gas stank. I love you pic.twitter.com/Sikekr10cf — Carlos HaHa Davis (@HaHaDavis) October 21, 2018 While at a gas station, Carlos “HaHa” Davis and a fellow comedian saw that a woman was paying for her fuel with pennies. Without hesitation Davis walked over...The post Comedians Offer to Pay a Woman’s Gasoline Bill When They Find Out That She’s Trying to Pay in Pennies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Flippist Custom Cartoons (@theflippistflipbooks) on Sep 26, 2018 at 10:06am PDT The Flippist shares his prescription for the only medicine he needs. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Adorable Hand-Drawn Marriage Proposal Flip Book That Conceals an Engagement RingA Hand Drawn Flipbook Animation of Olympian Simone Biles’...The post The Only Medicine I Need appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Skyaboo spotted this hilarious chalkboard drawing outside their local coffee shop based on the famous phase by Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride. The drawing was inspired on this comic by Wayno. Related Laughing Squid PostsHello My Name Is Inigo MontoyaMandy Patinkin Reprises Famous Line from ‘Princess Bride’ With Driver During In-Car InterviewActor Benedict Cumberbatch...The post My Name Is Idaho Montoya, You Peeled My Father appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For International Guitar Night 2018, a quartet of incredibly talented musicians from different countries came together to perform an incredible acoustic version of the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck”. Featured in this group is Luca Stricagnoli (previously) from Italy, fretless guitar player Cenk Erdogan (previously) from Turkey, swing guitarist Antoine Boyer and flamenco guitarist Samuelito, both from...The post International Quartet of Talented Guitarists Perform an Incredible Acoustic Cover of AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In October 2017, we wrote about the upcoming heat sensitive editions of the iconic Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451, which can only be only be made readable by applying fire to the pages. Publisher Super Terrain is now offering an opportunity to pre-order one of one hundred and fifty signed and numbered editions. We are...The post A Unique Heat Sensitive Edition of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ That Can Only Be Read by Applying Fire to the Pages appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist and Deadhead Knut Masco has very cleverly mashed together different dance scenes from classic U.S. television series such as The Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy and The Munsters with the music of the Grateful Dead. The effect is very amusing, particularly in black-and-white. Thanks David Klass! Related...The post Clever Mashups of Dance Scenes From Classic Television Shows Set to the Music of the Grateful Dead appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a look at the classic Blue Öyster Cult song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper“. He explains that while supernatural and horror themes are present, the song is actually a love song, that the lyrics are about transcending death together after life is over. Much of this...The post Why Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ Is Really a Love Song Despite Its Obsession With Death appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Eemie (aka Gollop) the cheeky Emu who stole a bag of popcorn while helping her humans unload groceries from the car, enjoyed a refreshing sit upon the backyard garden sprinkler during a warm day in Mount Compass, South Australia. Afterwards, Eemie took a nice cool drink from that same sprinkler before enjoying another sit. Eemie...The post Sun Seeking Emu Takes a Nice Refreshing Sit Upon the Backyard Sprinkler on a Warm South Australian Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the gorgeous short film “Earthrise” by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, the three astronauts from the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders share their vivid impressions of seeing the Earth in color from space. This mission was the very first to travel beyond the Earth’s lower orbit, offering a beautiful view of...The post Astronauts From the Apollo 8 Mission Share Their Vivid Impressions of Seeing the Earth in Color From Space appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While exploring off the Davidson Seamount in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the ROV Hercules, launched from the E/V Nautilus captured the rare sight of an adorably spooky Dumbo octopus. This type of cephalopod is named for the classic Disney character due to their mantle fins, which look like big, floppy ears. Despite being...The post An Adorably Spooky ‘Big Eared’ Dumbo Octopus Puts on a Fearsome Show for the ROV Hercules Camera appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers Matthew Estrada, David L. Christensen, Mark R. Cutkosky from Stanford University and Stefano Mintchev and Dario Floreano from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have discovered a way to coordinate the movements of tiny drones that work together perform tasks with items at least 40 times their size, such as a heavy door. These...The post Tiny Drones Work Together to Open a Heavy Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderfully illustrated animation, artist and filmmaker Colin Levy shared the story of finding his grandfather’s long kept memory book. Byron Levy, like his grandson, was a talented artist who documented everything through drawing. The memory book contained a number of illustrations plus historical anecdotes and random thoughts that occurred throughout Byron’s life. In...The post A Grateful Grandson Learns a Great Deal About His Grandfather After Finding His Long Kept Memory Book appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A class of smiling kindergartners at Hickerson Elementary School in Tullahoma, Tennessee sang the traditional birthday song while also communicating the song into sign language in order to wish the school’s beloved custodian Mr. James a happy 60th birthday. James, who is deaf, was completely surprised by this lovely and heartwarming gesture. Our Kindergarten classes...The post Smiling Kindergarteners Sing Happy Birthday in Sign Language to the School’s Beloved Deaf Custodian appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Chris Cultrera shot footage of a flailing inflatable tube man with the word “Sale” vertically printed on it and seamlessly matched it up with the AWOLNATION song “Sail”. Total perfection! via Digg Related Laughing Squid PostsAttaboy’s YArt Sale PhotosI’m an Expert Haggler at Garage Sales, A Short Film About a Determined CheapskateThe Second Annual Forbidden...The post Sale! appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, William Plessinger, an enthusiastic Star Wars fan, constructed a 17 foot All-Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) Imperial Walker that he placed the front yard of his Columbus, Ohio home during Halloween. In the year that passed, Plessinger made some improvements and put it out again in his front yard for Halloween 2018. Plessinger spoke...The post A Star Wars Fan in Columbus, Ohio Builds a 17 Foot AT-AT Imperial Walker in His Front Yard For Halloween appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Writers Michael Witwer and Kyle Newman have authored Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History, a wonderful collection of the art associated with the iconic role-playing game. Included within this rich volume of history is original art from modules, rulebooks, characters and locations. An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the...The post A Wonderful Collection of Dungeons and Dragons Art That Provides a Visual History of the Iconic Game appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A noble German Shepherd named Thorin very gently sniffed out a bevy of baby quails who were chirping away while crawling around on a comfy shag rug. After meeting these little birds, Thorin sat down and stood guard over them, remaining completely affable even when they climbed upon him. It appears that Thorin is quite...The post An Affable German Shepherd Gently Watches Over a Bevy of Baby Quails Crawling Around on a Shag Rug appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elizardbirth (@elizabeth_sagan) on Aug 31, 2018 at 9:19am PDT Artist Elizabeth Sagan has found a unique niche in which to express herself. Sagan creates wonderfully elaborate, imaginative and even whimsical scenes with a giant library of colorful books, which are stacked, fanned and/or arranged around different...The post Artist Creates Wonderfully Elaborate Imaginative Scenes Using a Giant Library of Colorful Books appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During a 2013 performance, members of the very talented Angel City Chorale amazingly created the sound of a thunderstorm with their fingertips as prelude to a beautiful multi-part cover of the Toto classic “Africa”. This concert took place a bit before “Africa” was declared the internet’s favorite song. The group was formed in 1993 and...The post Chorale Members Create a Thunderstorm With Their Fingertips As Prelude to a Beautiful Cover of ‘Africa’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Páraic McGloughlin has created a psychedelic music video using for the Max Cooper song “Platonic” in which a timelapse of a freeway runs freely while a translucent overlay reacts with varying shapes to the beat, cadence and rhythm of the music. I tried to incorporate and inject a feeling of possibility, the unknown, hidden...The post A Psychedelic Video That Reacts to the Changing Beat of the Music From Max Cooper’s Song ‘Platonic’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vector by Anki Home Robotics is a friendly little robot that can do a great many things. Vector can give a fist bump, act as a timer, give the weather, look up anything on the internet and is very, very happy to see you when you get home. Vector has also been specifically coded to...The post Vector, A Friendly Little Robot That’s Specifically Coded to Use Its Wonderfully Helpful Powers For Good Not Evil appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a lexemic episode of “Things You Might Not Know” taken on location at the British Museum, host Tom Scott explains how the medieval Irish language of Ogham used notches carved into stones in order to communicate. While the notches did the main communication, the spaces in between also played a significant role. When it...The post An Old Irish Script Based Upon Carved Stone Notches and Spaces That Presented a Big Unicode Problem appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The researchers of the NASA program “Operation IceBridge“, the longest running aerial surveyor of polar ice, captured absolutely stunning photos of two different icebergs with relatively straight edges and corners forming rectangles, a shape rarely found in this environment. These and other tabular-shaped bergs broke off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf which sits in...The post Researchers for NASA’s ‘Operation IceBridge’ Discover Rare Rectangular Shaped Icebergs in Antarctica appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a subterranean episode of the Fast Company series You Have to See This, host Mark Wilson rides the the number 6 subway line several times to catch a glimpse of the little known, defunct City Hall Loop station, the very first subway station in existence. Unfortunately, the station was taken out of commission in...The post Taking the 6 Line Into the Secret NYC City Hall Loop Subway Station That Was Closed in December 1945 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Auralnauts, who are very funny and quite prodigious video makers, got into the Halloween spirit with ongoing, play-by-play commentary for a fictional fight taking place between A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s Freddy Krueger and Friday the 13th‘s Jason Voorhees. Needless to say, it doesn’t end pretty. Does a mindless immortal killing machine have bad...The post Hilarious Play-by-Play Commentary On a Fictional Fight Between Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented LEGO designer Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks built a Vortex LEGO Candy Launcher. This brilliant machine, like his previous Halloween machines, was created to assist him with tossing out sweets to kids. Allemann built this whirling, whimsical machine out of the LEGO 17101 BOOST Creative Toolbox. This candy machine spins up little...The post A Whimsical LEGO Vortex Halloween Candy Launcher appeared first on Laughing Squid.