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“Coin Operated” by Nicholas Arioli is an award-winning bittersweet animated short about a little boy who wants to go to the moon. After discovering a nickel-operated spaceship in front of the local grocery, the little boy builds a lemonade stand to pay for future rides. Coin Operated is an award winning 5 minute short animation...The post A Boy Builds a Lemonade Stand to Fund Future Trips on a Spaceship in the Animated Short ‘Coin Operated’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While visiting the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, Australian surf photographer Dylan Brayshaw flew his drone over the water and captured the remarkable sight of an Orca pod, consisting of a mother and two babies, coming up alongside a woman who was doggedly swimming against the tide. The playful whales repeatedly encircled the swimmer without...The post Drone Footage of Playful Pod of Orcas Swimming Alongside a Brave Woman at a New Zealand Beach appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Slovakian filmmaker Majo Chudý has captured in two different videos, the gorgeous sight of different flowers blooming in gorgeous timelapse photography. In “Flowers Blooming”, Chudý took 24000 photos over the course of six months. In “Flowers Blooming 2”, he took more than 40,000 photos over the course of nine months. [in “Flowers Blooming”] Orchid had...The post Gorgeous Timelapses of Flowers Quickly Blooming appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Belly Flop” is an award-winning short film by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon of Triggerfish Animation Studios that features an adorably persistent little girl in a striped bathing suit named Penny who fearlessly tries to teach herself to dive. Her inspiration is a snobbish, but talented blonde girl who effortlessly executes complicated dives at increasingly...The post A Persistent Little Girl Tries to Teach Herself to Dive by Copying a Snobbish But Talented Diver in ‘Belly Flop’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a brief but informative clip from behind-the-scenes of the Coen Brothers Netflix film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, score composer Carter Burwell explains how he stitched together the Oscar-nominated soundtrack of the film in order to create a unified sound amongst six very different stories. Sometimes the music plays the the hopes and dreams...The post Composer Who Scored Coen Brothers Film ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Briefly Explains the Soundtrack appeared first on Laughing Squid.

I thought he was the greatest. Why was he left behind? The Leonardo DiCaprio documentary Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, which is based upon the book of the same name, takes a deep dive into the masterful art, ideas and life of sculptor Stanislaw Szukalski. Szukalski grew up in Poland and moved...The post A Powerful Netflix Film About Stanislaw Szukalski, A Brilliant But Obscure Sculptor & Self-Proclaimed Genius appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The School of Life offers an insightful look at the way modern society perceives luck, particularly noting how luck is really the antithesis of individuality. Instead, many believe that they are in charge of making choices within their own lives and therefore responsible for both the consequences and the benefits of these decisions. Though some...The post How Modern Society Views the Concept of Luck appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2016 we posted about a beautiful series of color coded maps of the river basins around the world created by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs. Since that time Szucs has completed a river basin map of the entire world with the same gorgeously lush effect. …after years of data hunting, then weeks of processing and...The post A Beautiful Map Featuring Every River Basin in the World Highlighted In Bright Rainbow Colors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

This is a really grout pun… via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsHow The West Was Pun, Solo Art Show by Hanksy at Gallery1988 in Los AngelesI Am FrootA Woman Bravely Demonstrates What Happens to Her During Narcolepsy and Cataplexy AttacksThe post I Am Grout appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A helpful eagle owl named Yolka politely waited at Nika Zubra‘s window to deliver a letter. The helpful strigidae was first a bit reluctant to let go of said bounty, but eventually handed it over without complaint. Perhaps it was an eagerly awaited acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. View this post...The post A Helpful Owl Politely Waits at the Window to Deliver a Letter to the Human Inside the House appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a valorous episode of the incredibly insightful video series ScreenPrism, narrators Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough talk about how the character of Captain America (Cap), as portrayed by Chris Evans, embodies the spirit of the country’s best self by sticking close to his unbending moral code. As the character evolves on film from an...The post How Captain America Embodies the Spirit of the United States’ Best Self Due to an Unbending Moral Code appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the short animation “Lost and Found” by Australian filmmaker Goldy, a crocheted green dinosaur woke up from a good night’s sleep and blew a kiss to its longtime love, a crocheted fox who was tossing stones into the well. Unfortunately, a moving feature of the well knocked the fox fell off the edge and...The post A Determined Crocheted Dinosaur Unravels Himself to Save the Love of Its Life From Drowning in a Well appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Marc Martel, whose voice is so highly reminiscent of the legendary Freddie Mercury that his vocals were featured as Mercury’s in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, performed absolutely incredible versions of the classic Queen songs “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” with just himself and his piano Back in 2011, Martel performed “Somebody to...The post Freddie Mercury Soundalike Marc Martel Performs an Amazing Cover of ‘We Are the Champions’ on Piano appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Louis Plamondon aka Sleepy Skunk has released his annual movie trailer mashup for the year 2018. This year’s mashup is incredibly seamless and quite mesmerizing at times, particularly due to the soundtrack. Some of the film trailers Plamondon used include Alpha, A Quiet Place, Hereditary, Mortal Engines, Avengers: Infinity War, Mandy, Beautiful Boy...The post A Mesmerizing Mashup of 2018 Movie Trailers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 8 launch, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine shares the story of this historic mission, which took astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders “round the moon and back” during Christmas 1968 and for the very first time in history. This historic mission launched on December 21,...The post The Story of How Three Astronauts Aboard Apollo 8 Went ‘Round the Moon and Back’ on Christmas 1968 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“David’s Voice” by Chad Carbone and Graham Hill, is a truly touching, thought provoking short film about David Worobec, a classically trained vocalist who, despite his remarkable talent, has trouble finding his place in the world. With the help of his dedicated mother, Worobec creates masterfully elaborate miniature stage performances with action figures specifically cast...The post Touching Film About a Talented But Anxious Man Who Creates Tiny Stage Performances With Action Figures appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The always traveling Tom Scott visited with Vanessa Fleisch, the proud mayor of Peachtree City, Georgia. Peachtree City is a planned community 20 minutes outside of Atlanta, that sports miles of small asphalt paths that are the perfect size for golf carts, the preferred method of transportation amongst the citizens. The mayor happily showed Scott...The post Atlanta Suburb With Miles of Asphalt Paths Encourages Use of Golf Carts as a Primary Means of Transportation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the third episode of Wired Masterminds, puzzle expert (cruciverbalist) and magician David Kwong explains and demonstrates the deliberate process that he uses in order to create challenging crossword puzzles for The New York Times on a regular basis. A crossword puzzle is a type of word puzzle where there’s always an across and down....The post The New York Times Puzzle Expert Demonstrates the Deliberate Process Behind Creating Crossword Puzzles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On August 20, 1977, the NASA Voyager 2 Probe launched into space to study other planets. After passing through the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune over the past 41 years. On December 10, 2018, the spacecraft exited the protective heliosphere bubble and entered into the deep region of interstellar space, a feat performed...The post The NASA Voyager 2 Probe Exits the Heliosphere to Enter Interstellar Space 11 Billion Miles From Earth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While making a delivery to the Chicago home of Amanda Atkins, an unsuspecting UPS driver named Oscar Luciano was happily dancing in place when a friendly squirrel popped out from the the side the porch and jumped onto his shoulder, then onto his back. The little sciuridae then popped up above the drivers head before...The post Friendly Squirrel Jumps Onto an Unsuspecting UPS Driver in the Doorway Who Was Delivering a Package appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Life is not fair…when you’re a dog. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsWoman Decorates Her Prosthetic Leg with Christmas Lights for the HolidaysA Happy Plate of Food Meets an Untimely EndCompassionate Woman Reads ‘Biscuit and the Pup’ Aloud to a Rescue Dog at the Pittsburgh Humane SocietyThe post Christmas Hypocrisy: Dog Edition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hey look, someone on TV is wearing a Santa hat, drink! via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsCharlie the Venus Flytrap Dons a Santa Hat, Googly Eyes, and a Beard to Celebrate ChristmasHow the LOLcats Saved ChristmasSecret Santa Recipient Gets a ‘Gift Not Included’ for ChristmasThe post Christmas Drinking Game appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gus Johnson sings a heart-wrenching song about why Christmas in Los Angeles sucks. Related Laughing Squid PostsSkeletor Sings a Sinister Remix of Mariah Carey’s Song ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’Bing Crosby Sings a Death Metal Version of the Classic Christmas Song ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’Krampusfest 2014, A Los Angeles Celebration of the Demonic...The post Christmas in Los Angeles Sucks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 2018 holiday season, the very talented multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hunter of Skatune Network performed a badass cover of the Vince Guaraldi Trio instrumental “Linus And Lucy” from classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas based on comic strip Peanuts. You’re a rude boy, Charlie Brown! ??? https://t.co/hVy2Yz9EdJ pic.twitter.com/ozH400qXkX — Skatune Network...The post A Badass One Man Ska Cover of ‘Linus & Lucy’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Davidlap who, like bassist Davie504 asks his fans to challenge him through social media and like Rob Scallon enjoys finding unusual ways to play his instruments, quite amusingly put on a pair of brightly colored toe socks and proceeded to play a nice blues jam with his hands on a guitar and a bass...The post Musician in Toe Socks Plays a Walking Bass Line With His Feet While Playing a Mean Guitar With His Hands appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In this plentiful season of “Bohemian Rhapsody” covers, musician Michael Charles Smith and three students from the Marimba Lab after school program at Riverdale Grade School in Portland, Oregon, performed a soft, soothing version of the classic Queen song on marimba. The gorgeous dulcet sounds of the instrument turned this iconic rock song about a...The post A Soothing Cover of the Queen Song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Gently Played on a Four Person Marimba appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OWL paperlamps (@owlpaperlamps) on Jun 28, 2017 at 4:09am PDT Owl Paperlamps, based out of Lisbon, Portugal, creates DIY lamp kits that employ the principles of origami and geometrically fold into adorable papercraft animals, such as a little barn owl, a colorful parrot or two, a...The post Lamp Kits That Fold Into Geometric Papercraft Animals appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes of the MIT Media Lab has created Elowan, an incredible cybernetic robot that is powered by bio-electrical signals generated by a simple photophilic house plant via metal electrodes that were placed into the soil in order to encourage dialogue between plant and machine. The results were self-evident as the...The post An Amazing Robot Powered by Electrical Signals Generated From a House Plant Reacting to Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Joseph Lindquist quite cleverly recut the Chantix commercial that features actor Ray Liotta talking about how he quit smoking and merged it with numerous scenes of Liotta playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas, an iconic mob film from 1990. The results are seamlessly hilarious. I cut Goodfellas into that Ray Liotta #Chantix Ad: https://t.co/0xgBqHkwoR...The post Ray Liotta’s Chantix Commercial Cleverly Recut With Numerous Scenes From His Role in ‘Goodfellas’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An Anatolian shepherd named Madison faithfully waited at the site of his former Paradise, California home for his human Andrea Gaylord to come back. Unfortunately for Madison, his home was at the epicenter of the horrific Camp Fire. Madison somehow survived the fire and bravely stayed there to protect the property while Gaylord searched in...The post Brave Dog Who Waited at Site of Home Burned During California Wildfire Reunites With His Beloved Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Renowned film writers such as Bryan Woods and Scott Beck from A Quiet Place, Ashleigh Powell of The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, Micah Fitzerman Blue from You Are My Friend, Jac Schaeffer of Timer and Charlie Wachtell and David Rabinowitz of BLACKKKLANSMAN plus a few others, each shared with Variety their favorite movie line...The post Screenwriters Share Their Favorite Movie Lines appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On May 5, 2018, the NASA InSight Lander was launched into space with a highly sensitive seismometer onboard. Just a few days after making landfall on the surface of Mars, the seismometer picked up the beautiful sound of the blowing winds coming off of the Elysium Planitia, a broad plain that straddles the planet’s equator....The post The NASA InSight Lander Documents the Sound of Wind Upon the Surface of the Mars Elysium Planitia appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jewish A Capella group six13, who previously musically celebrated the overlap of Thanksgiving with Chanukah in 2013, sang a festive a cappella adaptation of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” in its entirety, substituting in Chanukah-themed lyrics in place ofThe post A Festive Chanukah-Themed A Cappella Adaptation of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed In Its Entirety appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD) of Epic Rap Battles of History hilariously put on their best Silicon Valley tech-bro faces in a legendary faceoff between wunderkind Elon Musk and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (as he looked appearing before Congress). Each billionaire was able to zing the other right where it hurt, so...The post Elon Musk Challenges Mark Zuckerberg in a Silicon Valley Tech Billionaire Style Epic Rap Battle of History appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gus Johnson, a comedian with a really goofy sense of humor, takes a hard look at the U.S. version of The Office using the same professional techniques employed by legendary script supervisors. In doing so, Johnson spots a number of errors that went previously unnoticed. These errors include cast looking directly into the camera, the...The post A Humorously Tough Scene Dissection of Various Episodes From the U.S. Version of ‘The Office’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ legendary White Album, the fast talking musician 12Tone, who happily uses doodles to explain difficult concepts, shares exactly what makes the George Harrison song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” so incredibly brilliant. He points out the descending bass line cliché in the intro, the initially passive...The post Comprehending the Musical and Lyrical Brilliance of the George Harrison Song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Multimedia artist Daniel Gourski and DJ Jonas Appel have created “Docks”, a brilliant, highly rhythmic music sample made entirely from abandoned industry equipment. Gourski and Appel creatively banged, scraped and knocked at the waterside equipment with all sorts of objects, without causing any damage while recording this piece. Against our fast-moving world, in which media...The post A Brilliant Highly Rhythmic Music Sample Created From Abandoned Industrial Equipment on the Docks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram This week: a handy map of every city in #europe. #travel #maps #cartophilia A post shared by Itchy Feet Comic (@itchyfeetcomic) on Oct 7, 2018 at 8:00am PDT Illustrator Malachi Ray Rempen of the travel and language-themed comic Itchy Feet has hilariously plotted out a fair generalization of the typical...The post Hilarious Illustrations That Generalize the Typical Layout of Cities Across Europe and the United States appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A trio of musicians perform a uniquely beautiful cover of the internet’s favorite song aka “Africa” by Toto on a traditional Japanese koto, with a Tsugaru-shamisen and steel drum as accompaniment. The koto, which is the official instrument of Japan, has 13 strings that are plucked with 13 movable bridges that affect tone and timbre....The post A Uniquely Beautiful Cover of ‘Africa’ by Toto Performed on a Traditional Japanese Koto appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Part of the journey is the end. In the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame, an unarmed Tony Stark finds himself alone on Titan and calls Pepper Potts through his demolished suit in order to say goodbye. Down on the ground, the surviving superheroes, stunned by the sudden loss of so many...The post Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark Says Goodbye While Surviving Superheroes Scramble to Save What’s Left appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Max the Corgi (@cookingwithfatmax) on Sep 24, 2018 at 4:04pm PDT An adorably smiling Corgi named Max is a real foodie who lives in San Francisco with his human, New York Times tech writer Brian X. Chen. Every time Chan is in the kitchen, Max readily...The post Cooking With Fat Max, A Smiling Corgi Sits at the Table to Review the Quality of His Human’s Homemade Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram 2000 photos merged into one image of a butterfly wing. A post shared by Chris Perani (@christopherperani) on Dec 4, 2018 at 7:58am PST Extreme-macro photographer Chris Perani specializes in taking microscopic photos of butterflies, which he then seamlessly stitches together to create beautiful macro images of butterfly wings. Each...The post Thousands of Microscopic Photos Seamlessly Stitched Together to Create Macro Images of Butterfly Wings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Mauritshuis at the Hague and Google Arts & Culture have worked with 17 international cultural partners across Europe and the United States in order to create “Meet Vermeer”, a unique ultra-high resolution Augmented Reality exhibition that brings the complete works of Dutch artist Johann Vermeer into a single accessible place (36 paintings from 18...The post Meet Vermeer, An Augmented Reality Gallery Featuring the Complete Works of Dutch Artist Johannes Vermeer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented musician and dedicated gamer Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar performed a quiet but absolutely beautiful classical guitar medley of songs from the soundtrack of “Red Dead Redemption 2”. Red Dead Redemption 2 guitar medley featuring That’s The Way It Is, May I Stand Unshaken, Cruel Cruel World, See The Fire in Your Eyes,...The post A Quietly Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of Songs From the Soundtrack of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the “official tease” for the eighth and final season of the long-running HBO series Game of Thrones, a sheet of crackling ice meets a burning trail of fire, perhaps indicating that battle lines will be drawn amongst the houses as Night King‘s newly acquired undead dragon faces off against Daenerys Targaryen‘s very live ones....The post Ice Meets Fire in the Teaser Trailer for the Eighth and Final Season of ‘Game of Thrones’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very cranky little bobcat kitten, to whom wildlife officials from the Center for Biodiversity referred as “Mr. Murderbritches”, hissed, growled and swatted at the helpful humans who were trying to his transport carrier to set him free. Once the men got the carrier open, however, the irascible little feline felt the need to threaten...The post Cranky Bobcat Kitten Threatens the Humans Opening His Carrier Before Releasing Himself Into the Wild appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MONDO (@mondonews) on Dec 5, 2018 at 12:35pm PST Designer Logan Faerber has brilliantly illustrated a trilogy of posters that match up with the infamous Cornetto Movie Trilogy, which consists of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. Faerber shared his love for...The post Brilliantly Illustrated Cornetto Movie Trilogy Posters: ‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Hot Fuzz’ and ‘The World’s End’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer and vlogger Polyphonic takes a look at how Led Zeppelin and the subsequent progressive rock bands of the 1970s such as Rush and Genesis, incorporated the timeless mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien into the lyrics of their storytelling songs. Polyphonic posits that musicians on the road feel a particular kinship with those from Middle...The post How the Timeless Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien Inspired Progressive Rock Bands of the 1970s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Typographer Fábio Duarte Martins of the Norwegian design company Anti Hamar created the Optician Sans font for their client Optiker-K that very cleverly uses both the historic Snellen and the current Sloan letters used on eye charts around the world. The client liked the typeface so much that the company decided to release it as...The post Optician Sans, A Free Font Based Upon the Letters Historically Used on Eye Examination Charts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Legendary script supervisor Martha Pinson, who has worked with such luminary directors as Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, Oliver Stone, Milos Forman, Brian De Palma and Peter Yates, sat down with Vanity Fair to dissect a scene that was deliberately strewn with serious continuity problems. Pinson spotted many of these errors, explained what was wrong and...The post Legendary Script Supervisor Dissects a Scene to Correct Continuity Errors Being Made in Real Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.