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In September 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show where they talked with the host about the breakup of The Beatles, particularly whether or not Yoko was the cause. She didn’t split the Beatles …The Beatles were drifting apart on their own. …everything’s fun off and on you know so,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post John Lennon and Yoko Ono Discuss the Breakup of The Beatles and Other Subjects With Dick Cavett in 1971 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1910, British naturalist and filmmaker F Percy Smith created “The Acrobatic Fly”, a fascinating film that demonstrated the remarkable strength, coordination, cooperation and agility of common houseflies. Smith displayed the talent of his subjects through several exercises such as juggling objects such as a blade of grass, a tiny barbell or even another fly....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Vintage Film From 1910 That Showcases the Strength and Agility of Common Houseflies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Los Angeles professor, animator, and comic artist Fran Krause (previously) has released The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection, a wonderful compilation of his Deep Dark Fears webcomics, which express perfectly irrational, niggling, idiosyncratic reader submitted fears that are translated into illustrated form. Here he brings readers more of the creepy, funny, and idiosyncratic fears...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Collection of Reader Submitted ‘Deep Dark Fears’ Translated Into Comic Form by Illustrator Fran Krause first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning musician Rob Landes quite skillfully and lightheartedly performed the Super Mario Bros. theme music on a violin at four increasing experience levels of gameplay – noob, amateur, hardcore, and elite. How does the Super Mario Theme music sound played at 4 different levels on violin? via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsMariachi Band Performs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Super Mario Bros. Theme Music Performed on a Violin at Four Increasing Experience Levels first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Europe’s first underwater restaurant, aptly named Under, has just opened in Lindesnes on the southern tip of Norway. While the entryway of the restaurant is on land, the unique submerged dining room sits in a half-sunken structure that rests upon the seabed just five meters below the surface of the frigid North Atlantic. Designed by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Under, An Underwater Restaurant on the Southern Tip of Norway Featuring Wonderful Views of Marine Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Beginning in 1968, a wisecracking orange tabby cat named Morris peppered daytime television with commercials about his being “the world’s most finicky cat” and his loyal human who always provides 9Lives cat food to satisfy Morris’ gargantuan appetite. In 1986, a calendar was released featuring photos of the finicky feline along with adorably snide asides...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post 1986 Calendar Featuring Morris the Cat Making Snide Remarks on How Technology Is Changing the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Travel vlogger Johnny Harris waxed poetically about an iconic, ubiquitous image of Hallstatt, a village that sits below the Austrian Alps. Harris commented that he’s gazed upon this image many times throughout his life, his frustrating search to see more of that little town in photos and his realization that he had to see it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How an Iconic Photo of a Picturesque Austrian Town Encouraged a Travel Vlogger to Want to See More first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Did you know that there is a chef proudly presenting his friend chicken hidden on the map of the USA? Well, there is and that’s the easiest way to find out where Kentucky is located! via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsMimal, The Elf Hidden in the Map of the United StatesClever Necktie Features Hidden...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Chef With Fried Chicken Hidden on Map of the USA first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Frenchly, a site for Francophiles based in the United States, asked several native speakers of French to pronounce fairly common words in English. Several words, such as “rural” and “brewery”, have relatively simple spelling but are rather difficult to pronounce even for native English speakers, while words such as “colonel” and “throughout” don’t look anything...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post French People Try to Pronounce Words in English first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning filmmaker Tyler Fairbank has captured the beauty of the changing seasons as reflected in New York City’s Central Park in gorgeous 8K high definition. This stunning timelapse is completely comprised of still images taken within the two and a half mile park over the course of two years and each frame features composited, identically...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning HD Timelapse That Captures Two Years of Changing Seasons in New York City’s Central Park first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ahmet Serif Yildirim, a director, motion designer, and tattoo artist in Berlin has created a brilliant but unsettling 3D animation that depicts various phobias in great detail. Amongst the fears Yildirim has illustrated is arachnophobia (spiders), ophidiophobia (snakes), trypophobia (patterns of holes), thalassophobia (ocean), glossophobia (stagefright), spectrophobia (mirrors) and hodophobia (travel). via Vimeo Staff Picks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unsettling 3D Animation Depicting Various Phobias first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful and very steady shepherd named Rush quite confidently balanced a rotating fidget spinner on his dolichocephalic nose and skillfully walked towards his human without a single disruption. When the spinner stopped spinning, Rush patiently waited until someone could put it in motion again. This is my dog. His name is Rush and he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Steady Dog Masters the Art of the Fidget Spinner first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Just a few weeks before his unexpected and tragic death on December 8, 1980, legendary musician John Lennon (formerly of The Beatles) went into the studio to work on a demo of the last song he unknowingly would ever record, a tender song entitled “You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love)”. The appearance of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Last Song John Lennon Ever Recorded first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a teaser trailer for the long-awaited, highly-anticipated film based upon the all-too-short HBO series Deadwood, a concerned Al Swearingen (Ian McShane) says a few words about the town while its former residents reunite after ten years to celebrate North Dakota statehood. While times have changed, many attitudes have not. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Reunited Folks of ‘Deadwood’ Find That Times Are Changing in the Long Awaited Film Based on the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Lykoi (Greek word for wolf) is a fairly recent breed of cats who are known for their big eyes and sparse coat make them look a lot like (fictional) werewolves, monkeys or even opossums. In fact, these cats are colloquially known as the wolf cat. The breed was established with five felines born in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Lykoi, A Recent Breed of Cat Whose Sparse Dark Coats and Big Eyes Make Them Look Like Werewolves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Professor Hubert Zitt, who is widely known for his fascinating lectures on Star Wars, Star Trek and other science fiction, saw the perfect opportunity to put his distinctive mark on the university where he works. Zitt, along with his father-in-law and several helpful students, transformed the perfectly shaped Zweibrücken Observatory of the Natural Science Association...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post German Observatory Transformed Into a Giant R2-D2 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable pink bellied galah (Australian cockatoo) named Bogie seemingly sprouted a pair of dancing human arms that appeared overnight. Or maybe it was all just a dream… I had the trippiest dream last night that I had arms……… Bogie was so amused by his arms that he decided to put a call out to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Pink Cockatoo Sprouts a Pair of Dancing Human Arms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video essayist and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a deep look at the way legendary actor Ian McKellen employs his bright baby blues to communicated with particular nuance to his scenes. Puschak zeroes in McKellen’s role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film series, noting that as the story’s moral...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Ian McKellen Uses His Eyes to Convey Emotion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery partnered up with Kodak to develop SuperEight, a puckery super Gose that has the perfect pH level to, in combination with other natural ingredients, process Kodak’s Super 8 film. This sessionable super Gose is brewed with eight heroic ingredients: prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices, toasted quinoa and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Dogfish Head SuperEIGHT, A Super Gose Beer With the Perfect pH Level to Develop Kodak Super 8 Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Google has created its very first artificially intelligent powered Google Doodle in celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach‘s birthday on this day in 1685. This wonderfully interactive experience allows users to draw notes on a music staff that automatically become harmonized with just a click. The AI draws from 306 Bach compositions to determine how to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Creates Its First Interactive AI Powered Google Doodle in Celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba, who captured a different side of cats, dogs, and horses by photographing them from underneath a glass table, has added a twist to this very clever series. Instead of the dramatic black backgrounds he previously used, Burba added a little color to the mix. As you might have noticed, the original...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fabulous Photographs of Cats Taken From Underneath a Glass Table With Brilliant Background Colors first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the final season of Game of Thrones swiftly approaching, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take the opportunity to inscribe another chapter of their ongoing analysis regarding the flawed characters of the ongoing series. They take a look at Gregor Clegane aka “The Mountain” and his complete embodiment all that is brutally...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Gregor Clegane aka ‘The Mountain’ Embodies All That Is Brutally Violent in ‘Game of Thrones’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable rescued tabby cat named Pickle began playing with the Newton’s Cradle that was sitting upon his human’s desk. The curious kitty grabbed the sphere that was closest to him and then let go. Pickle noticed how the momentum of the sphere shifted the entire structure, stopped it and then tried it again. He...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Curious Cat Figures Out How to Play With the Swinging Spheres of a Newton’s Cradle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inventor Edwin Van Ruymbeke of Marseille, France, who created the furtive Bionic Bird drone, has crafted another biomimetic flying robot called the MetaFly. This highly flexible and extremely durable drone looks and acts like a delicate insect for exacting flight. The MetaFly can be used both outdoors as well as indoors, is crash-proof, has its...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post MetaFly, A Durable, Flexible Flying Robot That Mimics the Movements of a Delicate Insect for Accurate Flight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a rather forthright video essay, the host of You Can’t Unhear This addresses the mysterious goings on that make very messy work of The Beatles song, “I’m Looking Through You” from the 1965 album Rubber Soul. The narrator address mid-phrase edits, dropped beats and instruments, ghost vocals, stray guitar licks, confusing channel consistency and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Variety of Musical Oddities Make The Beatles’ ‘I’m Looking Through You’ a Very Messy Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a highly intelligent robotic arm that is able to gently pick up objects that it has never seen before and with great precision, place them exactly where and how they belong. The team used 3-dimensional “keypoints” to visually represent the objects. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Robotic Arm That Picks Up Unfamiliar Objects With Great Precision and Places Them Where They Belong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After checking to his family’s vineyard in South Australia, vintner Tim Withrow of Withrow Wines returned to his car and found that a hot and thirsty koala bear had joined Withrow’s dog in enjoying the air conditioning that was left on during the errand. Withrow kindly offered the koala some water and then tried to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hot and Thirsty Koala Bear Seeks Cool Refuge in the Air Conditioned Environment of a Winemaker’s Car first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The third season of the wildly popular series Stranger Things takes place in the summer of 1985, where the kids of Hawkins, Indiana begin to learn there’s more to life than playing games in Mikey’s basement and start to put away childish things. Yet when a new leader builds a new mall that attracts a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Kids of Hawkins Start to Grow Up During the Summer of 1985 in ‘Stranger Things’ Season Three first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In Quentin Tarantino‘s ninth feature film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, famous TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) try to break into a strangely unfamiliar film industry together during the raucously changing year of 1969. Damian Lewis plays a tough Steve McQueen and Mike Moh...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post TV Star and His Stunt Double Try to Break Into Film In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an arboreal TED-Ed lesson written by Valentin Hammoudi and animated by Doug Alberts, narrator Addison Anderson explains the “hydraulic limitation hypothesis,”, which posits that a tree will stop growing once it reaches a certain height. Included in this model are transpiration, capillary action, and root pressure, all of which struggle to function when a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Trees Stop Growing After a Certain Height first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating report for Quartz, reporter Corrinne Purtill talks about the disturbing phenomenon that has invaded the dreams of thousands of people around the world. In these nightmares, a silent, faceless man in a hat presents himself in a vaguely menacing manner just before a terrifying episode of sleep paralysis sets in. Purtill speaks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Disturbing Worldwide Phenomenon of Hat Man Appearing in Nightmares Before Sleep Paralysis Sets In first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A tiny little kitten who was sitting next to stately German shepherd was repeatedly hit in the face every time the dog’s tail swished. After a being hit a few too many times, the kitten decided to fight back. The dog didn’t seem to mind despite the kitten’s relentless attacks, as it was all just...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Kitten Doesn’t Understand How a Dog’s Tail Works first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the 1970s, the dental director of the Ontario Health Ministry created a loveable animated character named “Murphy the Molar” in order to encourage children to develop and maintain good dental health habits for life. Murphy starred in a number of amusing and helpful cartoons that made brushing teeth a little more fun. The Ontario...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Murphy the Molar, A Classic 1970s Animated Dental Health Character Created in Ontario, Canada first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When a cheeky little parrot named Oscar saw that the neighbor’s cat had come to the sliding glass door, he decided to first try to stare the invading feline down. When that didn’t work, Oscar pulled out the charm and began playing an adorable game of peek-a-boo with the safety of the door between them....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cheeky Parrot Plays Peek-a-Boo With a Neighbor’s Cat With the Safety of a Glass Door Between Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hashem Al-Ghaili of Science Nature posted a really informative video essay about the leptocephalus — the fascinating larval stage of developing eels. During this stage, the nacent eels are completely transparent with very simple innards and zero blood cells. Their bodies contain jelly-like substances on the inside …their body organs are extremely small and they...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Transparent Larval Stage of a Developing Eel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

There are those days when it’s really difficult to decide whether or not to give a f**k! Luckily, Justin Heister has come up with a brilliant way to help determine the answer with just a flip of a coin. These oversized novelty coins make it very clear whether or not something is important enough to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Oversized Novelty Coins That Help to Decide Whether or Not to Give a F**k With a Simple Toss first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very handsome horse happily helped out his rural household by picking up a broom in his mouth and began sweeping up the stable from his own stall. While his intentions were good, his skills were a bit rudimentary. Nonetheless his human Laura Davis affectionately him her “new yard sweeping apprentice”. Related Laughing Squid PostsA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Handsome Horse Helps Out by Sweeping Up the Stable first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the premiere of the first episode of Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season less than a month away, the very able, award-winning stunt coordinator Rowley Irlan explains the techniques they use on the set that minimizes risk of injury while maximizing the dynamics of the scene. An example cited by Irwin is the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Game of Thrones’ Stunt Coordinator Explains How He Maximizes Scene Dynamics While Minimizing Injury first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a hilarious ad for Heineken beer by Swedish photographer Patrik Ekenblom, a very serious Henrik Oskarsson compares the superiority of beer over water with a simple musical demonstration. Oskarsson first pours himself a glass of water, dips his first two fingers in and rubs it around the rim of the glass, which emits a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hilarious Heineken Ad Comparing the Superiority of Beer Over Water With a Simple Musical Demonstration first appeared on Laughing Squid.

NYC is different man pic.twitter.com/diE9KVpvRo — Zad (@ECM_LP) March 15, 2019 New York is often portrayed as a cold, hard city yet those who really know the city, know that its people are amongst the nicest, most helpful in the world. This sentiment was readily apparent when a man carrying a very large, very long...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post New York City Subway Riders Help a Man Carry a Giant Construction Beam Onto the Subway Train first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A Romanian therapy dog named Kratu with a wonderful happy-go-lucky personality won over the hearts of the audience and of the announcers at the Crufts Dog Show in 2018 when he made an adorable attempt to successfully complete the agility course of the program. In all his effervescent splendor, Kratu found that he preferred the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Happy-Go-Lucky Therapy Dog Makes a Hilarious Attempt to Run the Crufts Dog Show Agility Course first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a splashy TED-Ed lesson by Nick Pizzo and illustrated by Miguel Ángel Camprubi, narrator Addison Anderson explains how physics are an invisible but essential component of surfing in a variety of different ways. Whether or not you realize it, surfers are masters of complicated physics. The science of surfing begins as soon as a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Physics of Surfing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The New Yorker goes inside the finely curated world of high-end coffee to learn exactly how these newly developed fourth and fifth waves are different from their previous iterations. In doing so, they talked with the owners of Sey Coffee, Dave Wong and other brew connoisseurs about the newest trend of paying very close attention...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Finely Curated World of Connoisseur Coffee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kaci Hansen of the aptly named Homicidal Homemaker horror themed cooking/cocktail series, has created “The Shining REDRUM Roll Cake”. This intricate log cake is an edible replication the iconic pattern of the red and orange rug that lined the hallways of the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining. You have no...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Redrum Roll Cake, A Brilliant Replication of the Iconic Rug From ‘The Shining’ in a Delicious Edible Form first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While promoting his upcoming film The Informer, Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Altered Carbon) happily answered a series of amusing questions that were oriented towards his native Scandinavia. Just like the test that was previously given to Mads Mikkelsen and Jonas Ã…kerlund, Kinnaman was graded in how thoroughly Nordic his answers were. Kinnaman started...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Swedish Actor Joel Kinnaman Answers a Series of Questions That Determine How Nordic He Really Is first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Albert and Delta, two adorable Labrador retrievers, took turns figuring out how to operate a machine their engineer human (previously) built for them. This game was built around two-dimensional movement, which when properly operated, would lead to a waiting reward. At first, Albert was having a bit of difficulty figuring out what to do, but...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Curious Dogs Figure Out How to Operate Two-Dimensional Game That Releases Yummy Treats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Japanese company Fairy and You has created a very clever line of iPhone cases that look like a piece of toast, which according to the “Buttered Toast Phenomenon” of Murphy’s Law, will always fall butter side down. If this principle holds true, then this clever case will act as a helpful screen saver should...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Buttered Toast iPhone Case That Saves Screens When Landing Butter Side Down Due To Murphy’s Law first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jennifer Cox of CandleLit Deserts in Nashville, Tennessee creates wonderfully delectably realistic candles and soaps that look and smell exactly like yummy desserts and other foods. One such candle looks exactly like a half-eaten bowl of Froot Loops cereal, complete with a real spoon sunk into the seemingly cereal-flavored wax. Yes it’s a candle and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Creative Scented Candle That Tantalizingly Looks and Smells Like a Bowl of Froot Loops Cereal first appeared on Laughing Squid.