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Japanese artist KisaragiHutae6 created a really wonderful stop motion paper animation of the classic Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 level. The entire animation was created in his notebook with a bit of old style cutting and pasting onto lined notebook paper. The effect is absolutely amazing. ??????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/560ROIyZcq — ?? ?? 6 (@KisaragiHutae6) February 9,...The post An Impressive Stop Motion Paper Animation of the Classic Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 Level first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aerial director Toby Harriman, who captured the unique beauty of the San Francisco skyline, has also captured amazing drone footage of the mesmerizing, colorful geometric block towers that have risen up above the city to address housing shortages in Kowloon, Hong Kong. For years I have seen pictures of these public housing/apartment tower blocks being...The post Stunning Drone Footage of the Colorful Geometric Block Towers Rising Up Above Kowloon, Hong Kong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the concept of the “Loner Genius”, particularly how its perpetuating mythology gives such individual tacit permission to behave in the most narcissistically dismissive ways possible. The BBC series Sherlock offers an excellent example of such a personality in its title character. Here we...The post How the BBC Show ‘Sherlock’ Strikes Down the Myth That a Loner Genius Doesn’t Need Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In February 2018, the kind souls at the animal rescue shelter “Howl of a Dog” in Resita, Romania reached out to a filthy dog who was wandering around the railyard, do his best to survive out on the streets. Despite the fact that the dog was injured, half-blind, heartbroken and on the older side, he...The post A Sad Injured Dog Living on Romanian Streets Finds a Loving Home With a Family in the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1939, inventor Gilbert Wright created the Sonovox, a talk box that utilized the same general principles of Alvino Rey’s Talking Steel Guitar. Rather than using an amplifier, however, Wright created transducers that were applied directly to the user’s throat and paired with a recording to create all sorts of vocalizations. The legendary Lucille Ball...The post Comedienne Lucille Ball Talks Like a Train in a 1939 Demonstration of the New Sonovox Talk Box first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the economic boom of 2014, the builders of the Sarot Group invested over $200 million to build “Burj Al Babas”, an entire resort estate of miniature Disney-esque castles near the Black Sea Region in the Bolu Province of northwestern Turkey. Each castle sports a turreted exterior and curved staircases over three levels. The group...The post An Entire Village of Miniature Disney-Esque Castles Sits Empty in the Bolu Province of Northern Turkey first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Tanya Stafford set a large soap bubble outside in her snowy Nevada backyard and watched as the bubble froze over into a beautiful, crystallized orb. Sadly the bubble popped shortly afterwards, but Stafford happily performed the feat again and again, each time capturing the almost immediate chemical reaction in hypnotic footage. via Storyful Related...The post Backyard Soap Bubbles Freeze Into Crystallized Orbs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a boding episode, the narrator of RealLifeLore explains how a powerful solar storm could cause a devastatingly massive meltdown of electric grids, systems and devices around the world. The narrator first explains what causes a solar storm, the history of solar storms and what causes solar storms, before launching into the impending technological doom...The post The Impending Technological Doom That Awaits Us When the Next Powerful Solar Storm Hits the Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little yellow bird named Drigo adorably climbed upon a teeny tiny scooter and took a little ride around the kitchen table. Drigo is part of a family of birds who are all being trained together by their human Matthanjonas. Here’s Drigo and Lucio playing a little basketball. via Storyful Related Laughing Squid PostsA Colorful...The post A Little Yellow Bird Goes for a Ride on a Tiny Scooter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While diving in Port Phillip Bay in southern Victoria, Australia, award-winning cinematographer Jarrod Boord captured absolutely stunning footage of a male weedy sea dragon carrying the eggs of his young upon his tail while gliding smoothly through the crystalline water. The footage shows how the male is responsible for carrying the eggs. As the female...The post Stunning Deep Water Footage of a Male Weedy Sea Dragon Carrying the Eggs of His Young on His Tail first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1947, the husband and wife filmmaking team of Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren created “Private Life of a Cat”, a beautiful experimental film about a tabby cat who gives birth to five kittens in a box. While the premise is simple, the artistry and creativity behind the film is as beautiful as the mother’s...The post A Fascinating Experimental Black and White Film About a Tabby Cat Giving Birth to Five Kittens in 1947 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Trash Theory takes a deep dive into the enigmatic history of The Cure and the band’s frequent forays into radio friendly pop music before once again beating a hasty retreat back to their Gothic roots. Much of this oscillation was caused by moods, fallacies and follies of frontman Robert Smith, whose enigmatic personality...The post How Robert Smith’s Moods Dictated The Cure’s Sound first appeared on Laughing Squid.

What age were you when you first saw the 8 in the middle of the 8 of diamonds? ? pic.twitter.com/GjRLkyl7Vu — Plink (@PlinketyPlink) November 17, 2018 Plink points out that some people may not be aware that there is an eight is hidden in the Eight of Diamonds in certain decks of playing cards. via...The post The Eight Hidden in the Eight of Diamonds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1980, Talking Heads along with producer Brian Eno, released the song “Once In a Lifetime” to moderate success. With the advent of MTV a year later, the song became wildly popular as a meditative poem to the American middle class. Music vlogger Polyphonic recounts the its appropriately weird history, noting that the whole series...The post The Appropriately Weird History Behind the Iconic Talking Heads Song ‘Once In a Lifetime’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scientist and science vlogger Kurtis Baute set out to prove that the world is round with a simple, yet strenuous experiment using two sticks, an orange and a long straight bicycle ride along a very flat road between Regina and Stoughton in Saskatchewan, Canada. Baute also set up sundials at each location, putting an even...The post Scientist Proves the Earth Is Round Using Two Sticks and an Orange While Bicycling a Saskatchewan Road first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the extreme cold that hit the state of Montana during the first week of February 2019, a pair of humans found that their cat Fluffy had gotten trapped outside somehow. After they found her injured and buried in a deep snow, they brought Fluffy to Dr. Jevon Clark of the Animal Clinic of Kalispell...The post Montana Veterinarian Slowly and Carefully Brings a Frozen, Unresponsive Long Haired Cat Back to Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cheddar takes a look at the booming industry of focus music, specifically how these tracks organically minimize distractions by working with the listeners brain. This is less invasive than it sounds, as the same concept is used with musack. According to Kevin Woods, director of science for Brain.fm, the best music for concentration is completely...The post How Focus Music Is Designed to Minimize Distractions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dave Packer of Sheepfilms (previously) has created “Baguette Locomotion”, an amusing animation that imagines how the thin loaves of crusty bread would move if they could. Packer then asked others to determine the best of the four options he put forward. One response received Packer’s tacit approval. Here's a survey. How would a baguette move?...The post A Wonderfully Amusing Animation That Imagines How Baguettes Would Move If They Actually Could first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Longtime Pennsylvania bird watcher Shirley Caldwell captured beautiful photos through her Erie kitchen window, of an incredibly rare gynandromorph cardinal who had landed on a tree in her backyard. It didn’t take long for her to notice the unique chimeral red (male) and tan (female) markings indicating the dual nature of the bird. The cardinal...The post Pennsylvania Bird Lover Spots a Rare Half-Male Half-Female Cardinal Perched on a Tree in Her Backyard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Narcissist Word Search by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Hidden Meaning of Some Words Based on Their Phonetic DefinitionA Clever Cartoon That Accurately Captures the Drastic Differences Between the GenerationsThe New Skittles Website Is A Twitter Search For “Skittles”The post Narcissist Word Search first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Michigan woodworker Matt Thompson of Thompson Woodworks who once built a marvelous beer dispensing chair in the shape of his beloved state, crafted a wonderful, free standing Rube Goldberg style automatic dog petter for his two doggos of two very different sizes, Bonnie and Clyde. Humans have massage chairs so why shouldn’t our pets have...The post A Creative Woodworker Builds a Rube Goldberg Style Automatic Dog Petter for His Two Beloved Doggos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough ofThe post How ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘Bird Box’ Symbolize the Crippling Anxiety That Comes With Being New Parents first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the hypnotically gorgeous short film “One Breath Around The World”, French freediving champion Guillaume Néry swam to the ocean floor and began gliding running, climbing, exploring and even meeting up with few aquatic friends along his way through the clear Philippine waters for a little over 10 minutes on a single breath. As with...The post French Freediver Explores the Ocean For 10 Minutes on a Single Breath in ‘One Breath Around The World’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Late Show, legendary actor Steve Buscemi talked to host Stephen Colbert about his role as God in the new series Miracle Workers and how his brother Johnny ruined religion and Superman. Colbert then broke out a special toaster that imprinted Buscemi’s face in character as God. While they waited for the...The post Steve Buscemi Reacts to the Incredibly Realistic Deepfake Video of Jennifer Lawrence Wearing His Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dutch filmmaker Jan van IJken (previously) has created “Becoming”, amazing timelapse footage capturing a single cell Alpine newt zygote as it develops, turning it into a multi-cell banana colored tadpole that sprouts tiny legs as it matures over the course of six minutes. This timelapse video from the Dutch director Jan van IJken tracks the...The post A Remarkable Six Minute Timelapse Showing a Single Cell Zygote Developing Into an Alpine Newt Tadpole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

It all started in 2015 after Ryan Reynolds poked fun at fellow actor Hugh Jackman, who was promoting the final Wolverine film Logan on Twitter. Reynolds hilariously donned his Deadpool makeup and a Aussie accent, pretending to be Jackman. Jackman later responded with a humorous video of his own. This amusing online feud has been...The post Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Call a Truce to Their Feud by Creating Ads for Each Other’s Company first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable baby goat named Abel at the Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia, Africa, quite bravely stood his ground while a mob of very playful banded mongooses tried to chase him away. The little gang herpestes hilariously followed closely behind Able and then scattered when he turned around. The hircine youngster seemed to tolerate it...The post A Mob of Mongooses Following Closely Behind a Baby Goat Hilariously Scatter When He Turns Around first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Irish performance artist Threadstories has created a somewhat eerie but highly symbolic series of surreal crocheted masks, some of which have a great deal of movement to them. Each of these masks represent the different ways people portray themselves online where no one can necessarily see them as they really are. Threadstories spoke with Colossal...The post A Surreal Series of Crocheted Masks Representing How People Portray Themselves Online first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nick Parton, a British musician and self-described “Raindog”, performed a brilliantly manic cover of the guitar-heavy, wonderfully frenzied Tom Waits anthem “Going Out West” from the iconic 1992 album Bone Machine. In making this, Parton acknowledged that his version, while structurally the same, sounds nothing like the original by design. Tom Waits is a special...The post A Brilliantly Manic Cover of Tom Waits’ Wonderfully Frenzied Anthem ‘Going Out West’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

xkcd has created a comprehensive Carbonated Beverage Language Map to help reduce confusion with regional refreshment terminology. There’s one person in Missouri who says "carbo bev" who the entire rest of the country HATES. Related Laughing Squid PostsSoda, Pop, or Coke: Maps of Regional Dialect Variation in the United StatesTru Blood O Positive, A Synthetic...The post Regional Terms For Carbonated Beverages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Author Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review, in partnership with Boing Boing co-founder Mark Frauenfelder and Claudia Dawson of Cool Tools have compiled Recommendo, a “best of” book containing 550 of their favorite things that they’ve suggested over the years through their free weekly...The post Recommendo, A Handy Book of Helpful Recommended Favorite Things Compiled From a Weekly Email List first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the animated short “A Model Dog” by illustrator Joel Plosz, a team of two engineers work feverishly behind the scenes to build a robotic canine in response to a demand made by an overbearing boss who is concerned about his father’s wellbeing once the dog has passed. Things change when an event occurs in...The post Engineers Feverishly Work to Build a Robotic Dog for an Overbearing Boss in the Animated Short ‘A Model Dog’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating Vox video essay, editor Phil Edwards takes a look at the oddly paradoxical history of the incredibly distinctive DMC DeLorean. The car started out as a revolutionary idea named after former auto wunderkind John Z. DeLorean. Unfortunately, the company was short lived and funding was difficult to raise as necessary, so in...The post The Oddly Paradoxical History of the Iconic DeLorean first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Meghan McDonough of Quartz contacted David Placek, founder of the legendary Lexicon Branding in Sausalito, California, to speak about how the company came up with such highly effective and memorable names for now iconic products. These brands include Swiffer, BlackBerry, Impossible Foods, Dasani, Febreze, Fios, Pentium and Sonos, just to name a few. Placek explained...The post Founder of Lexicon Branding Shares How They Named Such Iconic Products as Swiffer, Fios and BlackBerry first appeared on Laughing Squid.

ACS Reactions takes a look at the specific ingredients and the chemistry behind creating the cocoa butter based confection white chocolate. The narrator notes that despite its sweet taste, white chocolate isn’t really a true chocolate at all, as it is missing the cocoa liqueur, considered the heart of chocolate. This crucial ingredient carries the...The post The Missing Crucial Ingredient That Prevents White Chocolate From Being Considered a True Chocolate first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a quenching episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from 50 different states within the USA shared their regional name for a sweet, fizzy soft drink. States such as New York, New Hampshire, Virginia and Florida call the beverage “soda”. Other states such as Oregon, Maine, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Montana...The post How 50 Different People From 50 Different States In the United States Refer to a Fizzy Soft Drink (Soda vs Pop) first appeared on Laughing Squid.

This tiger is a true survivor. via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsNew Dot Matrix Printer Music by Midi Desaster‘Eye of the Tiger’ Played on a Dot Matrix PrinterA Cover of Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in the Style of 20 Different Super Bowl Halftime PerformersThe post Eye of the Tiger first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A big, beautiful chatty green parrot in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam very gleefully performed graceful somersaults inside the palm of a human’s hand. The acrobatic psittacine had so much fun doing the trick the first time, that it had to be repeated over and again. This parrot loves to lie on my hands and...The post A Chatty Green Parrot Gleefully Performs Graceful Somersaults Inside the Palm of a Human’s Hand first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The rock star robots of The Cybertronic Spree, a Transformers themed tribute band that embraces everything about video games, performed a really righteous cover of the iconic Led Zeppelin viking theme “The Immigrant Song”. The lead singer captured the true essence of Robert Plant‘s vocals from the original song while the rest of the band...The post Transformers Themed Band The Cybertronic Spree Performs Cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Fashion designer and hair artist and self-described “Ivorian Goddess” Laetitia Ky creates sculptures out of the beautiful dreadlocks on her own head. Many of Ky’s sculptures are whimsical, reflecting how she feels, the time of year, specific holidays or just clever images from Ky’s imagination. Yet as she grew more popular, the more she realized...The post Creative Hair Artist Creates Powerful and Fun Sculptures Out of the Dreadlocks on Her Own Head first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dutch photoshopper Ard Gelinck has created a wonderful series of images depicting celebrities from music, film and television as they appear in recent times, posing with their much younger selves. Among these stars are Freddie Mercury, Oprah Winfrey, David Bowie,Elton John Rob Lowe, Ellen Degeneres, Madonna, Sylvester Stallone Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen, just to...The post Iconic Celebrities Pose With Their Younger Selves in a Wonderful Time Traveling Photoshop Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a heartwarming episode of their series deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the iconic “Ross and Rachel” relationship. They first delve into how their ongoing love for each other throughout the series wasn’t always...The post How the Iconic ‘Friends’ Ross and Rachel Relationship Offered Hope to Believe in True Love Once Again first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The aptly named Bubbly Blaster is a wonderfully amusing device that turns an upside down 750L bottle of champagne into a very tasty spray from a spray gun. The Bubbly Blaster can act as a traditional wine stopper and has optional phone cradle or video mount accessories that can help capture all the fun. The...The post Bubbly Blaster, An Amusing Device That Turns an Upside Down Bottle of Champagne Into a Spray Gun first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Travel vlogger Johnny Harris and his wife travel vlogger Iz Harris visited the breathtaking sites of Iceland for 72 hours. While travelling the beautiful country, Johnny began wondering why an increasing number people have visited Iceland over the past few years. He points out two important events that led to the downfall of the Icelandic...The post How the 2008 Financial Crisis and 2010 Volcano Eruption Led to More People Visiting Iceland Than Ever first appeared on Laughing Squid.

spaghetticondom911 points out that if Friends character Ross Geller is face-swapped with Nicolas Cage, it just makes him look even more like Ross. Here’s the normal version of Ross from the same scene. This bizzare image comes from part two of the Nicolas Cage Mega Mix by derpfakes. Related Laughing Squid PostsClassic Movies: Now With...The post Ross From Friends Face-Swapped With Nicolas Cage Just Makes Him Look Even More Like Ross first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a very clever and subtle message about drinking in moderation during events like the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championships, the legendary Irish brewery touts their brand new Guinness Clear, a questionable translucent version of their distinctive beer, going through much of the same motions as in their more traditional advertising. The actor shows...The post Guinness Clear, A Cleverly Subtle Message From the Legendary Irish Brewery to Drink in Moderation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015 Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi released What We Do in the Shadows, a wonderfully dark humored pseudo-documentary about vampires. Over the past four years, the film has gained quite a dedicated following and now FX Networks has adapted the film into aThe post What We Do in the Shadows, A Vampire Comedy Series on FX Based Upon the Beloved Cult Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing Disney/Pixar animated short by SparkShorts, an earnest bright pink ball of yarn named Purl does her best to be successful at a male dominated startup quite aptly named B.R.O. The first day was a bit rocky, but as Purl got the lay of the land, she learned how to fit in. It...The post Purl, A Disney Pixar Animated Short About an Earnest Pink Ball of Yarn Working at a Male Dominated Startup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly frustrated CGP Grey explains why the current method of boarding airplanes in the United States is not working and proposes a better, faster way to accomplish this momentous task. In doing so, Grey uses the primary principles from the Steffan method to make boarding a far faster process. Grey suggests that it be...The post A Better Way to Board an Airplane first appeared on Laughing Squid.