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A beautiful bull terrier named Frankie discovered that she had a tiny visitor who wandered into her human’s backyard. Frankie affably greeted the newborn fawn and quickly the two became friends, chasing each other around the yard and even snuggling a bit. Unfortunately for Frankie, the fawn’s mother wasn’t as thrilled with the arrangement. So...The post An Affable Bull Terrier Becomes Fast Friends With a Newborn Fawn Who Wandered Into Her Backyard appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a very amusing BETC advertisement directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen for the French streaming channel Canal+, a young man named Lucas G. spun a fantastic yarn about a shootout, a chase through the woods, a ride down a waterfall on a log, which was then in line to be mechanically split and the accidental...The post A Man Tells a Fantastic Tale About How He Wound Up in Another Man’s Closet Without Any Clothes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2011, guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel performed an absolutely brilliant fingerstyle cover of the Mason Williams 1968 instrumental hit “Classical Gas“. Emmanuel had previously played this piece for an episode of the 2005 Seth MacFarlane cartoon American Dad. via reddit A Hauntingly Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of the Stranger Things Season One SoundtrackA Highly Percussive...The post Tommy Emmanuel Performs a Brilliant Acoustic Fingerstyle Cover of the 1968 Song ‘Classical Gas’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician and artist Craig Colorusso who previously built a set of interactive musical sun boxes, has created Moon Phases, a singular, continuous piece of music that waxes and wanes with the phases of the moon. The piece mimics the phases of the moon by begining in silence with the New Moon and slowly getting more...The post A Sound Sculpture Designed to Play a Single Piece of Music That Waxes and Wanes With the Moon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Anna (@awesome_oso) on Apr 3, 2018 at 12:55pm PDT Moscow artist Anna (Oso Polar) has handmade a super cute and creepy collection of dolls based on all sorts of real and mythological creatures. Anna’s imaginative dolls are available to purchase from her Etsy shop. A post shared by Anna (@awesome_oso) on...The post A Collection of Handmade Cute And Creepy Dolls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Voice actor and father Joe Gaudet used Face Swap filter to turn his baby daughter into John C. Reilly and then proceeded to do an impression of the actor. Gaudet also turned her into Arnold Schwarzenegger. A post shared by Joe Gaudet (@iamjoegaudet) on May 25, 2018 at 8:20am PDT via reddit Ross Marquand Reads...The post Voice Actor Turns His Baby Daughter Into John C. Reilly Using Face Swap Then Does an Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

South African minimalist furniture company Shift Perspective has created a beautiful, limited edition 100% wool rug that maps out a detailed grid view of New York City, its outer boroughs and even parts of New Jersey. Different piles texturally indicate streets, sidewalks, parks, and waterways, giving the rug a true three-dimensional look and feel. This...The post A Beautiful 3D Rug That Maps Out a Detailed Grid View of Manhattan and Surrounding Areas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

NYC filmmaker Tyler Fairbank has captured the absolute beauty of the landscape and the incredible sights of a Safari in Botswana in a gorgeous flow motion hyperlapse. This particular technique allows the photographer to capture specific motion in real time while the rest of the image is moving at a faster rate. From the Okavango...The post A Gorgeous 4K Flow Motion Timelapse That Captures The Incredible Sights of a Botswana Safari appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Long Beach designer Ben Huynh released his fifth edition of the 36 Days of Type project that “invites designers, illustrators, and visual artists to share their view on the letters and numbers from our alphabet.” Huynh’s colorfully mesmerizing video features 3D animated type in the form of office supplies, furniture, and gadgets grooving to the...The post Colorfully Mesmerizing 3D Animated Type in the Form of a Variety of Objects Grooving to Music appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Animals Got Problems (@animalsgotproblems) on Apr 6, 2018 at 8:16am PDT “Animals Got Problems” is a retro-style web comic, by artistic couple Jory John and Alyssa Machle John, featuring cute little animals saying some very depressing things. John and Alyssa’s entire series of comics — released on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...The post Animals Got Problems, A Web Comic Featuring Cute Animals Saying Some Very Depressing Things appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Steve Gould, a television, stage and video presenter of science, very succinctly explained the concept of the Flashed Face Distortion Effect aka the Alien Faces Illusion, a facial distortion illusion created with the fast-paced presentation of faces looking straight into the camera. For his presentation, Gould used side-by-side photos of well known YouTubers, about many...The post The Neural Science Behind the Alien Faces Optical Illusion Shown With Images of Famous YouTubers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Edwin Olding and the team at Grind Hard Plumbing Co modified a Barbie Power Wheels Ford Mustang by setting the chassis over a go-cart frame and installing a Honda CRF 230 dirt bike engine. Olding was able to get the tiny pink car up to 70 MPH. A post shared by Edwin Olding (@edwinseyes) on...The post A Modified Barbie Power Wheels Mustang Go Kart With a Real Engine That Goes 70 MPH appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Julie Nolke and Sam Larson of Feeling Peckish challenged Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd to learn how to do a double footed hockey stop. Boyd accepted the challenge and, after 6 hours and 15 minutes of practice, was able to perform a proper hockey stop. A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on May 15, 2018...The post Determined Man Quickly Learns How to Do a Double Footed Hockey Stop appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In “a clever Ted Ed Riddle” animated by Artrake Studio and narrated by Addison Anderson, math teacher and TED-Ed educator Daniel Finkel posed the question “Can you Solve the Wizard Standoff Riddle?”, which involves choosing the right wand to ensure victory for your magic school. You’ve been chosen as a champion to represent your wizarding...The post How to Solve the ‘The Wizard Standoff Riddle’ to Become the Hero of Your Magic School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a drenching episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Eons, host Blake de Pastino explained why it rained for the two million years during the late Triassic Period, the first period of the Mesozoic Era. These rains, known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, happened as Pangea began to separate and caused complete extinction of...The post Why Rain Constantly Fell for Two Million Years During the Earth’s Late Triassic Period appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Coddies (@coddiesofficial) on Apr 30, 2018 at 8:30am PDT After a trip to a small island off Thailand, Jack Bennet decided that he wanted to disrupt the British summer footwear industry with a splash. With this in mind, Bennet founded Coddies, a company that makes unique casual slides in in the...The post Coddies Fish Flops, Unique Casual Summer Footwear In the Shape of Open Mouthed Fish appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the 2018 remake of the 1973 film Papillon, which was based on an autobiography of the same name, actors Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) recreate the roles of Henri Charrière and Louis Dega. These roles were originally played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman respectively. The film tells the...The post Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek Plan to Escape From a French Guiana Prison in Remake of ‘Papillon’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Grant O’Brien of College Humor offered five handy tips on cooking for a single solitary person. The first two tips, (ordering takeout and cereal with alcohol), didn’t involve cooking at all, while the next two tips really brought home how lonely he really was. The final tip was shown only in banners as O’Brien had...The post Five Helpful Tips That Make the Most of Cooking for a Lonely Party of One appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The really wonderful human at Camels and Friends who has rescued wolves, minks, baladi dogs and Patagonian Maras and rams, shared an amazing if not, slightly uncomfortable video of her Dromedary camels Baby and Nessie, as they were eating a prickly pear cactus that had long needles on its exterior. The camels quite enjoyed the...The post Two Dromedary Camels Easily Crunch Through Long Needles While Eating Prickly Pear Cactus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Boy Band is a comedy film, written and directed by Stephen and Joel Levinson, that premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 14, 2018. The film follows members of a successful 1990s boy band, known as The Heartthrob Boyz, who all became old and fat without even realizing it. The innovative group of...The post Boy Band, A Comedy Film About a 1990s Boy Band Who Became Old and Fat Without Realizing It appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who demonstrated how to properly pick up a cat and how to safely approach a dog, very affably offered step-by-step instructions for properly brushing a cat’s teeth. Using his own cat Clawdia as an example, Dr. Burstyn shared how to get a cat accustomed to the process,...The post Helpful Step-by-Step Instructions Showing How to Safely and Properly Brush a Cat’s Teeth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Atlantic animator and producer Atthar Mirza created a fascinating two-minute video that explores the visual history of light. It covers everything from wood fires by early man to modern day hydrogen fusion. 400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals discovered fire. This ignited a relationship between people and photons that changed the course of mankind—and...The post An Animation Exploring the Visual History of Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Viva Dirt League, a gaming comedy troupe in Aukland, New Zealand created a rather amusing parody of the distinctive Planet Earth documentary style. This parody was made complete with a Sir David Attenborough sound-alike narrator who commented on the mating rituals of humans in their natural club habitat. Unfortunately, the advances by the male of...The post An Amusing ‘Planet Earth’ Parody on the Mating Rituals of Humans in Their Natural Club Habitat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke showed off her amusing wide range of facial expressions by recreating business stock photos for Vanity Fair. Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee ImpressionFirst Trailer Released for ‘Terminator Genisys’, The Fifth Film in the Ongoing Series Starring Arnold SchwarzeneggerGame of Thrones’ Emilia...The post Emilia Clarke Recreates Business Stock Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Three adorable Transformers Kids showed off their functional homemade Optimus Prime, Starscream, Bumblebee costume in awesome footage posted by Robby Eccleshall on Facebook. Here’s another look pic.twitter.com/sd2yXtwwSd — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 Backstage photos pic.twitter.com/wpECV8GiV7 — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 via Technabob An Adorably Dreadlocked Dog Dresses as a Mop In...The post Three Adorable Little Kids Show Off Their Functional Homemade Transformers Costumes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderful species specific enrichment exercise, a whoop of chimpanzees at the Project Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia, gleefully played in and around a colorful ball pit, but only after their human caretaker showed them how. These playful chimps were rescued from life of experimentation after the National Institute of Health decided in...The post Rescued Chimpanzees Gleefully Play in a Colorful Ball Pit After Their Caretaker Shows Them How appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Zack Bornstein, Jamie Brew, Rob Dubbin of Botnik Studies along with animator Felipe Dipoi, musician Kyle Rodriguez and and narrator Jonathan Roumie created a hilariously absurd video that explains the concept of Bitcoin through artificial intelligence. The data for the video was gathered through a predictive keyboard algorithm that parsed through dozens of Bitcoin...The post A Hilariously Absurd AI Explanation of Bitcoin Using Data Gathered via Predictive Keyboard Algorithms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story star Emilia Clarke sat down with Jimmy Fallon on an episode of The Tonight Show and unleashed her hilariously embarrassing Wookiee impression. She then chatted about how she sneaked away, during a screening of Solo, to watch the royal wedding. Cute Photos of Two Boys and a Dachshund Dressed as...The post Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

MetaBallStudios made a great new visualization that compares the sizes of well-known video game monsters like Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, a deathclaw from Fallout, and the god Gongen Wyzen from Asura’s Wrath. ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’, A Video Game Featuring People Hunting Robotic Monsters in a Lush Post-Apocalyptic LandBBC Officially Announces a Brand-New Monster for the Newest...The post Comparing the Sizes of Monsters in Video Games appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented pianist Lord Vinheteiro stared straight into the camera and performed an interpretive piano arrangement evolution of meme music beginning with “Greensleeves” at around 1500 AD and concluding in present day with the Luis Fonsi song “Despacito“. This range covered a lot of very popular songs including the Rickrolling theme song “Never Gonna Give...The post An Amazing Piano Arrangement of the Evolution of Meme Music From 1500 AD Through Present Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a welcoming episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all over the world show how they say hello and say goodbye per their native tradition. In this episode of Many People from Many Countries, 70 people reveal how to say...The post 70 People From Around the World Show How They Traditionally Say Hello and Goodbye in Their Country appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Never one to miss an event, Bad Lip Reading delivered funny spin on the very, very proper Royal Wedding. Amongst the more notable moments were Prince Harry and Meghan were at the altar naming their favorite Harry Potter character, the chorus learning how to “glide and glint” and Prince William and Harry sitting alone together...The post A Bad Lip Reading of Select Portions of the Royal Wedding Between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For the film The King, award-winning filmmaker Eugene Jarecki travelled across the United States in a 1963 Rolls Royce once owned by Elvis Presley in order to learn more about the legendary singer’s life and how his meteoric rise and downfall is analogous to the current political climate of the United States. Along his journey,...The post The King, A Powerful Road Trip Film That Likens the Current Political Climate to the Life of Elvis Presley appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Photographer / Filmmaker (@xavierportela) on May 8, 2018 at 1:56am PDT For his vivid photo series “New York Glow“, Belgo-Portugese photographer Xavier Portelo hopped aboard a helicopter, climbed into the sky and captured stunning overhead shots of Times Square , the Empire State Building and other city neighborhoods, all drenched in...The post Stunning Overhead Shots of a Glowing Pink and Turquoise New York City Taken From a Helicopter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When proud Tesla Model 3 owner Andre Mercier returned to his car at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, he immediately noticed the presence of a gorgeous pileated woodpecker, who appeared to be very interested in something about the car (perhaps the faux wood dashboard). Mercier nervously watched as the woodpecker rounded the...The post A Bold Woodpecker With Expensive Taste Tentatively Taps on the Windshield of a Tesla Model 3 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Michael Rice of Elite Reef in Denver, Colorado, has created a number of really beautiful timelapse videos that captures the lush growth of handmade coral reefs of his own original designs. One such video features a rather gorgeous variety of corals springing to life. Coral time lapses captured….featuring palythoas, favia, pavona, duncans, frogspawn and chalice....The post A Hypnotic Timelapse Showing a Uniquely Designed Coral Reef Lushly Springing to Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On Monday’s episode of Ellen, host Ellen DeGeneres made some of the biggest summer movies from 2018 even better by adding a whole lot of dancing. She featured movie characters grooving in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. A Supercut Tribute to Some of the Most Amazing Women...The post Ellen Adds Dancing to 2018 Summer Movies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Fondoodler, a unique product that we first wrote about back in November 2016. The Fondoodler is a super simple, food-safe reloadable hot gun that melts most types of string, shredded, block or sheet-style cheese in a cylindrical canister, just like...The post The Fondoodler, A Food-Safe Reloadable Hot Gun That Can Doodle, Draw and Design With Cheese appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Heart of Sky is a short animated sci-fi film, brought to life in 2016 by the creative visual storytellers at Mirari & Co., about how life might have been created on earth. They drew their inspiration for the film from ancient Mayan mythology and references from the cultural narrative, Popol Vuh. In the past...The post The Heart of Sky, A Short Animated Sci-Fi Film About How Life Might Have Been Created on Earth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Brian David Gilbert, about whom we’ve previously written, wrote and performed a clever little jingle about the most unusual of subjects – the cause, treatment and the absurd side effects of a painful case of shingles. ♪ Hi my name is Brian I have shingles I’m told that this is strange because this often...The post A Clever Jingle About a Painful Case of Shingles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ben Uyeda of HomeMade Modern demonstrates how to make a concrete fire pit using silicone molds of 3D printed blocks. Uyeda’s small, medium, and large 3D files are available to download from Autodesk. A post shared by Ben Uyeda (@benjaminuyeda) on Apr 22, 2018 at 7:43pm PDT via The Awesomer A DIY Spiral Staircase Created...The post How to Make a Concrete Fire Pit Using Silicone Molds of 3D Printed Blocks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona (@naolito) on May 8, 2018 at 5:15am PDT Barcelona artist Nacho Diaz (Naolito) has created a relatable collection of illustrations featuring super cute characters in hilarious before and after situations. Prints of Diaz’s drawings are available to purchase from their website. A post shared by Nacho Diaz Arjona...The post Relatable Illustrations of Cute Characters in Hilarious Before and After Situations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Science Channel went behind the scenes at Chapman‘s factory in Canada to find out exactly how they go about making their delicious looking ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cones. via The Awesomer Cone Crust Pizza, An Ice Cream Cone-Like Crust Offering by Pizza HutSriracha Ice Cream SandwichesGorgeously Sleek Black Ice Cream Cones Made...The post How Ice Cream Sandwiches and Cones Are Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the latest episode of School of Dad by The Dad, a boy gets excited about a new actor finally stepping in to play Han Solo in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story film. His baffled father interrupted to teach his son about the importance of legendary actor Harrison Ford‘s acting career, Ford’s iconic...The post A Baffled Father Must Teach His Confused Son the Importance of Harrison Ford as Han Solo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ears never blink, we’re always listening. New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle, co-founder of cdza and a member of New Museum incubator NEW INC, has created Sound Voyage. Like his other projects, Sound Voyage is an immersive audio experience, but this one gives the user access to natural soundscapes from around the the world...The post Sound Voyage, An Immersive Audio Experience With Customizable Soundscapes From Around the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A colorful video by the PBS series Reactions explains how chameleons uniquely change color with the use of nano crystals called iridophores, which produce iridescent light. This extra light means the chameleon has extra colors to use as means of communication with others and in order to regulate temperature. And while chameleons share color changing...The post The Amazing Natural Nanotechnology Embedded in the Camouflaging Skin of Chameleons appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A sanguine animation by the insightful School of Life addresses the problem with over-achievement, specifically the depression that hits once a goal is reached. For the over-achiever, it’s the action of getting things done rather than the result and upon completion, a sense of unintentional but inevitable failure can set in. In other words, over-achievers...The post How the Quest to Over-Achieve Can Lead to an Unintentional But Inevitable Sense of Failure appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon has created “Commodity City“, a documentary that takes a revealing look at the infamous five district, 4 million square meter Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Known as the largest market in the world, Kingdon showcases the human side of the 75,000 booths w.ithin Commodity City is an observational documentary...The post A Revealing Look Inside Yiwu International Trade City, the Largest Consumer Market in the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who performs beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, nervously addressed a Mannheim, Germany TEDx audience to discuss and demonstrate how he makes his guitar, a single instrument, sound like an entire band. When I write music I know I’m not trying to make as many noises and sounds as...The post Guitarist Alexandr Misko Explains and Demonstrates His Incredible Finger Style Talent to a TEDx Audience appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Vivera (@vivavivera) on May 15, 2018 at 8:01am PDT In 2016, we wrote about the Impossible Burger (and more so since then), specifically how the company was able to recreate not only the taste and smell of a beef burger, but also the juicy texture and the unique mouth-feel of the...The post Dutch Company Plans Release of a Plant-Based Steak That Looks, Smells and Tastes Like Real Meat appeared first on Laughing Squid.