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In a Eunice episode from his hilarious land and sea-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank shares the unique habits of a wide variety of seaworms. Throughout his explanation, Frank elegantly compared these creepy polychaete specimens to human male anatomy. The likeness is particularly obvious in the way these sand strikers pop in and...The post Ze Frank Hilariously Provides Interesting True Facts About the Unique Habits of Sand Striking Seaworms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Q shows how to build an awesome Super Mario Bros. style maze for a rat using cardboard and paint. He then tested it out with an adorable rat named Shelly who figures out how to make it through to the end. How to Build a Musical Model of the Mushroom From ‘Super Mario Bros.’...The post How to Build Super Mario Bros. Style Maze for a Rat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Miguel Vasquez (@marvelous_mikee) on Aug 17, 2018 at 8:44am PDT 3D artist Miguel Vasquez has created a fantastic 3D rendering that imagines what Homer Simpson would look like in real life. Last year Vasquez created real life versions of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick. My 3D re-imagining of what Homer Simpson would...The post Homer Simpson in Real Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the 1969 Festival Actuel in Mont-de-l’Enclus, Belgium, a very pensive, straight-faced Frank Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to perform a loose, somewhat directionless version of “Interstellar Overdrive“. Years later, Zappa told a reporter that he didn’t know what he was getting into with this gig at the time. “That was after the Mothers [of...The post A Pensive Frank Zappa Jams Onstage With Pink Floyd at a Belgian Music Festival in 1969 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A fascinating 2016 video by the Science Channel tells of a compassionate team of archeologists who were able to reconstruct the face of a soldier of Pompeii, who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted and engulfed in unbearable heat and suffocating ash. Created with high resolution photography, x-rays and computer modeling, the reconstruction offers a sense...The post Determined Team of Archeologists Reconstruct the Face of a Soldier Who Died in Ancient Pompeii appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Italian artist Marcello Barenghi, whose amazing work we’ve previously posted, has created a really wonderful rapid timelapse tutorial showing how to create a 3D drawing of a hyper-realistic fried egg. The artist used a combination of colored pencils, airbrush, and graphite to create the drawing’s realism and standout three dimensionality. Barenghi also offers step by...The post A Rapid Timelapse Tutorial Showing How to Create a 3D Drawing of a Hyper-Realistic Fried Egg appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A woman named named Vicki who is a patient at Optimus Prosthetics in Columbus, Ohio and wears a prosthetic leg by Ottobock North America, hilariously rode her horse Bailey through the drive-thru of the local Starbucks on a dare from her brother Tim who works at Optimus. The Starbucks employees were so amused by Vicki...The post Woman With a Prosthetic Leg Hilariously Rides Her Horse Through a Starbucks Drive-Thru on Dare appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In March 2018, Jack Brandtman of Chicago Aussie shadowed second generation fine art conservator Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago as he delicately restored a self portrait of Emma Gaggiotti Richards, an Italian painter whose work was popular with Queen Victoria. Baumgartner’s process, as shown, requires a delicate hand, an exacting eye...The post A Fascinating Demonstration of the Delicate Craft of Restoring Damaged Fine Art to Its Former Beauty appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable, round-bellied, polydactyl rescued homeless Russian blue cat named Bruno, who stands on his back legs when he’s hungry, is as of this date living at the Wright Way Rescue Shelter in Morton Grove, Illinois in search a safe, warm, loving home. There are some things that interested parties should know about this...The post An Adorably Quirky, Big Bellied, Polydactyl Cat Who Stands Upright When He’s Hungry Needs a Home appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Scientists at the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) used daily scientific data to create an absolutely gorgeous computer generated visualization showing what the magnetic field of the sun looked like on August 10, 2018. They further clarified the image by superimposing defining lines so that viewers can easily spot the different areas of the fields....The post A Gorgeous Computer Generated Visualization of the Sun’s Magnetic Field on August 10, 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of his ongoing series that imagines how current technologies and services would look if they had been created in previous decades, Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey took a look at how the ubiquitous on-call car sharing behemoth Uber would have worked in the pre-smartphone, DOS/matrix printer environment of the 1980s. Actress Kinna McInroe-Luitjen provided...The post How the Car Sharing Service Uber Might Have Worked in the Pre-Smartphone Era of the 1980s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings), who has previously demonstrated numerous ways one can sit on a chair, enter a room and walk, among other actions, continued his hilarious video series with 50 different ways to stand. 50 Different Ways to Enter a Room50 Different Ways People Wake...The post 50 Different Ways to Stand in 50 Different Situations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A really talented cook with a great sense of humor named Internet Shaquille figured out how to reconstitute leftover pizza to its original glory with a simple french toast batter. This clever method restores the chewiness of the dough without burning the cheese and is very easy to make. All you got to do is...The post How to Reconstitute Leftover Pizza to Its Former Glory With a Simple French Toast Batter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2012, musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt, whose brilliant work we’ve previously posted, created a phenomenal jazz remix of the anthemic Rage Against the Machine song “Killing in the Name“. In doing this, Rehfeldt made the song seem less angry and a bit more bouncy. As with his other videos, Rehfeldt arranged and played all...The post A Bouncy Less Angry Jazz Remix of the Rage Against the Machine Anthem ‘Killing In the Name’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Thousands of army ants in Costa Rica amazingly worked together to build an impressive ropy bridge using their own bodies in order to swarm a highly placed wasp nest. Attack of legionary ants, also known as army ants or marabunta, to a wasp honeycomb. It’s impressive the level of swarm intelligence and collective computation they...The post Thousands of Army Ants Build an Impressive Bridge With Their Bodies In Order to Swarm a Wasp Nest appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1964, musician Pete Drake appeared on The Jimmy Dean Show and played his “talking steel guitar” for a really appreciative audience. The song he chose was “I’m Just a Guitar”, an amusing ditty about how everyone picks on him. The sound of Drakes voice was so unusual, it caused one concerned viewer to ask...The post Legendary Musician Pete Drake Plays His ‘Talking Steel Guitar’ on ‘The Jimmy Dean Show’ in 1964 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an extremely insightful essay about the iconic original series The Twilight Zone, artist Zane Whitener of In Praise of Shadows takes a look at how subjects that appear to be too fantastic for real life were actually written to be culturally relevant through the use of allegory. Whitener cites examples from such episodes as...The post How Rod Serling Used Allegory to Make Episodes of ‘The Twilight Zone’ Feel Culturally Relevant appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In April 2018, British cosmologist and astrobiologist Stephen Webb spoke to a Vancouver TedX audience about seeing a UFO as a child. This event, he stated, made him wonder exactly “Where are all the aliens?“, is there life on other planets in other galaxies? How would they exist or would we need to grow life...The post Cosmologist Stephen Webb Addresses the Age Old Question About There Being Life on Other Planets appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2010, a dramatic drummer with a very distinct style became rather popular when a video of him playing surfaced with the caption “this drummer is at the wrong gig” went viral. Since that time, the drummer, whose name is Steve Moore aka “The Mad Drummer”, has appeared in commercials, on international talk shows and...The post ‘The Mad Drummer’ Who Was at the Wrong Gig Decimates Kevin in a Drum Battle on ‘The Office’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, digital compositor and visual effects artist Rousselos Aravantinos created an impressive age reduction demonstration with actress Michele Valley. In 2018, Aravantinos conducted a very similar demonstration, this time using new technology and increased knowledge of the human body. This time I experimented with new techniques. The goal was to preserve more fine details...The post Stunning Side-by-Side 4K Footage Showing How Visual Effects Can Completely Erase Signs of Aging appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The School of Life explains via animation “How Psychotherapy Works” despite its demanding schedule, by positing three different ways the therapist is able to reach the patient. Their first reason is that psychotherapy encourages patients to reflect and bring to the surface those thoughts that live in the unconscious mind with vocalization in an environment...The post How Psychotherapy Encourages the Vocalization of Self-Reflective Thoughts Without Judgement appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with the incredibly charming and very funny Humberto Vélez, who voiced the irascible Homer Simpson in the Spanish language version of The Simpsons from 1990 to 2005. Vélez showed how he developed his version of Homer, keeping in accordance with what would be both funny and culturally relevant within the vast...The post The Charming Actor Who Voiced the Irascible Homer Simpson in Spanish for ‘The Simpsons’ (1990-2005) appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Geobeats offers a yummy bite size explanation as to why there are holes in Swiss cheese. Rather than it being from the ripening bacteria or pesky little mice, the holes (eyes) were originally caused by hay particles that got into the open bucket mix. When machines came along, this hay particle was added to the...The post Why There Are Holes in Swiss Cheese appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In January of 1969, the late, great Jimi Hendrix performed at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden. For a long time, this amazing show was considered to be lost, but was luckily located in 2004 at the Swedish television station SVT just before heading for erasure. Since that time, the footage has been remastered with remarkably...The post Incredibly Clear Remastered Footage of an Amazing 1969 Jimi Hendrix Show in Stockholm, Sweden appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Korean grocery store E-Mart has created a brilliant campaign that encourages people to eat one banana per day (Hana Hanana Banana). In order to make this task easier for the consumer, the grocery cleverly arranged six bananas in various stages of ripeness and packed them in order of that ripeness, so each day the...The post Clever Packaging That Sorts Bananas According to Ripeness So They Can Be Properly Enjoyed Each Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A really sweet rescued pet muscovy duck named Petunia who lives indoors, excitedly greeted her human Chantel Grant at the door when she came home from work. Upon the sight of Grant, Petunia gleefully began quacking and wagging her tail feathers, seemingly in anticipation of the affection (and food) she’d be receiving in short order....The post An Overjoyed Rescued Pet Duck Gleefully Greets Her Human at the Door When She Gets Home From Work appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very insightful video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a nostalgic look at Super Nintendo games of the past, how theme music was written for the games and the very creative strategies employed by composers to work within the restrictive space limitations of just 64kb of RAM. the Super Nintendo...The post The Creative Strategies Used to Make Music for Super Nintendo Despite Severe Space Limitations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While visiting his parents, welder and motocross rider Greg Vannorden straddled his legs over a silly husky named Brodie and pretended to rev him up like a dirt bike. As if on cue, Brodie hilariously went along with the gag and provided the very accurate soundtrack as a motorcycle the moment Vannorden lovingly grabbed his...The post A Silly Husky Hilariously Pretends to Be a Revving Dirt Bike for His Motorcycle Riding Human appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Mária Švarbová (@maria.svarbova) on Jun 30, 2018 at 2:35am PDT For her beautiful ongoing photo series, which began with the book Swimming Pool, photographer Mária Švarbová captured the exquisite symmetry of synchronized swimmers paired with their likenesses as reflected in the stark, still, sterile waters of different pools built in Slovakia...The post Stunning Photo Series That Captures the Exquisitely Stark Sterile Symmetry of Synchronized Swimming appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Warwick Turvey, a very handy logistics professional who lives in Mackay, Queensland, Australia built a really wonderful shed door that folds open and close in a precise geometric manner. In an interview with Caters, Turvey stated that the inspiration for this unique door was “inspired by a combination of video game doors and unique artwork”....The post Imaginative Man Builds a Video Game Inspired Folding Shed Door That Opens Geometrically appeared first on Laughing Squid.

American composer, writer, director, and filmmaker Aaron Alon explains the difficulty of learning the English language, specifically in regard to the vastly different ways vowels are pronounced. To show what it would be like if each vowel had a single phonetic voicing, Alon recited the various sounds of a vowel, then chose the first pronunciation...The post How the English Language Would Sound If Each Vowel Had a Single Consistent Phonetic Voicing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a hilarious video that hits close to home, vlogger James Rolfe of Cinemassacre shares the familiar process of scrolling endlessly through Netflix just to find something to watch. As Rolfe notes, it’s not that there isn’t enough to choose from, but at times the sheer volume of available titles and the oddly categorized genres...The post The Familiar Process of Endlessly Scrolling Through Netflix In Order to Just Find Something to Watch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A focused police dog named Ammo who works for the Redondo Beach K9 Team, watched intensely as his human partner Officer Kyle Lofstrom slowly wound the handle of a classic Jack-in-the-Box toy. When the top popped open and Jack appeared, Ammo wasted no time in hilariously trying to separate the pop-up toy’s head from its...The post An Intensely Focused K9 Police Dog Tries to Rip the Head Off a Jack-in-the-Box After It Pops Up appeared first on Laughing Squid.

This post was sponsored by Parsons at Open Campus via Syndicate Ads. art & design courses and Parsons School of Design, recently named the Open Campus offers courses online and at our New York City campus, helping you achieve your learning goals while providing maximum flexibility to fit into your busy schedule. Graphic & Digital...The post Advance Your Design Career With Parsons at Open Campus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, Seb Skelly, a very talented 22 year old musician who lives in North London, performed an amazing multi-track, brass sextet cover of the much-covered song “Africa” by Toto using five different horns (the same horn was used twice.) Instruments used Left to Right: Trumpet | Solo Horn | Flugelhorn -2 octaves | Soprano...The post British Musician Performs a Brilliant Brass Cover of the Toto Song ‘Africa’ on Five Different Horns appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderful clip from a BBC documentary, the legendary David Gilmour of Pink Floyd talks about his brilliantly distinctive sound that he creates on guitar. Widely known amongst musicians as “The David Gilmour Sound“, this particular technique has been copied thousands of times, but never perfectly replicated. It only takes one note to know...The post David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Shares How He Creates His Brilliantly Distinctive Sound on Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a osculate episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how XOXO became the accepted shorthand for the term hugs and kisses. While the the origins of the “O” in the formula are nebulous, the “X” is on far more solid ground. You’ve seen XO as a sign-off representing love, affection, or...The post How XOXO Became the Accepted Shorthand For the Affectionate Phrase of Hugs and Kisses appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a geographic episode of their wonderful animated series, the very perceptive School of Life explains why certain people eschew more populated places for more lonely, desolated locations in order to find a sense of comfort, happiness and peace within themselves. They posit that these empty places offer a person the necessary space for getting...The post Why People Find Comfort in Lonely, Desolate Places appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a cinematically defiant video essay, Sage Hyden of Just Write explains why, despite common teachings, a good story doesn’t have to require the main character undergoing a life-changing arc. Hyden backs it up with a number of popular films that prove the point including Gladiator, Star Wars, Inside Out, Back to the Future, The...The post How an Effective Story Can Be Told in a Film Without the Main Character Undergoing a Life Changing Arc appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented doodling music theorist 12tone braved the hard driving riffs of the anthemic Rage Against the Machine song “Killing In the Name” in order to explain the other techniques used to make the song as powerful as it is. He specifically points out how the use of guide tones, tempo changes, muted note...The post The Hard Driving Riffs That Make ‘Killing in the Name’ by Rage Against the Machine So Powerful appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on the wonderful Graham Norton Show in 2015 and seated next to the legendary Cyndi Lauper, actor, writer and comedian Seth MacFarlane hilariously covered a couple of Lauper’s greatest hits in the distinctive voices of the Family Guy characters Stewie and Peter Griffin. The songs McFarlane covered were “Time After Time” as Stewie...The post Seth MacFarlane Hilariously Sings Cyndi Lauper Songs in ‘Family Guy’ Voices As He Sits Beside Her appeared first on Laughing Squid.

We recently posted about the tiny country that once existed between the United States and Canada which was thought to be resolved in 1835 and ratified in 1842. Yet despite this deal, there is still a tiny island in the disputed waters of the Gulf of Maine called Machias Seal Island that remains an official...The post A Tiny Island In the Gulf of Maine That Remains a Disputed Gray Zone Between the U.S. and Canada appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Marvel Studios is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a film festival featuring all 20 films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe screened in IMAX theaters from August 30th through September 6th, 2018. It’s the 10th Anniversary of @MarvelStudios and we’re celebrating. For the first time ever, you can experience all 20 films from the MCU, only...The post Marvel Studios Is Celebrating Their 10th Anniversary by Screening All 20 MCU Films in IMAX Theaters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

RealLifeLore looks at what each of the 50 U.S. states are best and worst at. How does your state rate? US Map Showing The TV Series Best Representing Each StateUS Map Showing The Food Best Representing Each StateUS Map Showing The Movies That Represent Each StateThe post What Every State in the U.S. is Best and Worst At appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Caters News sat down with Dennis Crompton, who is the co-owner of Norman Walsh footwear in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK to talk about the history of the popular trainer (sneaker), which was designed for runner Roger Bannister who first broke the four minute mile. Crompton also spoke about how he and his brother Jon purchased...The post Co-Owner of Last Remaining Shoe Manufacturer in Britain Shares His Plans for a Post-Brexit Economy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by QIXUAN LIM (@qimmyshimmy) on Sep 13, 2017 at 11:47pm PDT We very recently posted about Ashley Newman’s fabulously disconcerting facial pot pies, which were admittedly a bit discomfiting, but the work of Lim Qi Xuan aka Quimmy Shimmy this kind of project one step further. While Lim’s projects are not edible,...The post Disturbingly Stylized Polymer Clay Macarons With Anthropomorphic Faces of Babies Molded on Top appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism analyze detective Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who despite his obnoxious hyper-masculinity and disdain for his brother-in-law Walter White (Bryan Cranston), was a good man on a heroic mission....The post How Hank Schrader of ‘Breaking Bad’ Became a Real Hero in a World of Sympathetic Anti-Heroes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A clever couple in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania demonstrated an alternative way to employ the use of a traditional can opener that was not only extremely efficient but also explained the reason for the attached magnet being exactly where it is. My wife and I showing our general audience a different and more efficient way to opening...The post A More Efficient Way to Use a Traditional Can Opener appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by felice varini (@felicevarini) on Apr 21, 2018 at 11:31pm PDT Site-specific Swiss artist Felice Varini installed giant, bright yellow, removable concentric circles upon the walls of a historic French fortified city of Carcassonne, transforming the ancient exterior into a spectacular anamorphic illusion. The circles are made of painted sticky aluminum foil...The post Artist Installs Bright Yellow Illusory Concentric Circles on the French Fortified City of Carcassonne appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who previously demonstrated several different ways in which to properly pick up a cat and hold him like a baby, shares how to best name your cats so that they respond more quickly. The beautiful long-haired Lancelot was happy to be in the room to help with...The post How to Best Name Cats in Such a Way That They Respond More Quickly to Their Beloved Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.