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Sideshow Collectibles and Legacy Effects worked together to create a monstrous 19″ tall Alien Queen Maquette statue. The breathtaking maquette is available to pre-order from the Sideshow Collectibles shop with an estimated arrival between April and June 2019. The Alien Queen Maquette stands 19” tall, with the monstrous matriarch prowling atop an intricate egg chamber...The post Monstrous Alien Queen Maquette Statue appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Legendary bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) of the fabled metal band Spinal Tap, has finally embarked upon a solo career with a new album entitled Smalls Change Meditations Upon Ageing and a cross-country “Lukewarm Water Tour” sponsored by the British Fund for Ageing Rockers. The title song from the album does not disappoint. Smalls maintains...The post Bassist Derek Smalls of ‘Spinal Tap’ Embarks on a Solo Career With His New Album ‘Smalls Change’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Uncanny Brands, formerly known as Pangea Brands, has created an officially licensed Death Star Popcorn Maker designed to look like the Empire‘s ultimate weapon from Star Wars. It is available to purchase from Amazon and the Uncanny Brands website. A post shared by Uncanny Brands LLC (@uncannybrands) on Jun 23, 2017 at 5:04pm PDT A...The post Star Wars Death Star Popcorn Maker appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A human in Vienna, Austria quite humorously painted a 3D tabby cat head. As it turns out, the head belonged their own beloved and quite tolerant feline, about whom they like to make funny videos. I am always trying to make hilarious videos of my cat to entertain my beloved friends and followers Tiny 3D...The post An Extremely Realistic 3D Painting of a Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Daily Fortnite Moments has created a side-by-side comparison showing the real life origins of the hilarious variety of dance emotes available to players in the ridiculously popular video game Fortnite. James Brown Teaches a Dance LessonReal World Turntable.fm Dance Party at New Work City In NYCEnergy Healer Performs a Ritual Dance With Over 10,000 Honey...The post The Real Life Origins of Fortnite Dance Emotes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have created the AlterEgo, a remarkable wearable headset that can read and transcribe a person’s internal speech through neuromuscular signals and bone conduction in the face and jaw. These signals are then fed into a machine learning system that can make repeated associations over time. The idea of the...The post AlterEgo, A Wearable Device That Transmits Internal Speech Through Neuromuscular Facial Signals appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When a 5.3 earthquake hit near Los Angeles on Thursday, April 5, 2018, a startled bald eagle father (A40) on Santa Cruz Island who was standing guard over his three young hatchlings briefly flew away from the nest perhaps to check out what was happening. Unfortunately, the tiny babies were left all alone. The father...The post Bald Eagle Dad Returns Quickly to His Kids After Flying Away From the Nest During a 5.3 Earthquake appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the fantastic trailer for the long awaited Terry Gilliam film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, actor Adam Driver plays the role of Toby Grisoni, an advertising executive who somehow becomes the companion Sancho Panza to a confused older man (Jonathan Pryce) who believes he’s the legendary Don Quixote. Together the two jump back...The post Ad Exec Becomes Sancho Panza in Terry Gilliam’s Long Awaited ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Blumhouse Productions released an action-packed trailer for Upgrade, an upcoming sci-fi action horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. The trailer follows a paralyzed man, named Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), who is turned into a revenge seeking warrior after getting a miraculous computer chip implant. Upgrade is set to drop kick its was into...The post A Computer Chip Turns a Paralyzed Man Into a Revenge Seeking Warrior in the Trailer for ‘Upgrade’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Looper gives us a look at what some of the scariest horror films look like without special effects. They feature unedited scenes from The Ring, The Conjuring 2, and The Shallows. Traditionally, horror isn’t a genre that depends on digital trickery. Taking a practical approach is often not only cheaper, but more effective when it...The post What Some of the Scariest Horror Movies Look Like Without Special Effects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brennan Lee Mulligan gets into character as the CEO of Tide and urges kids to stop eating Tide laundry pods in a comedy sketch by CollegeHumor. He then attempts to shave his face with a hamburger. The CEO of Tide, and apparently every other company, is having a hard time promoting their new products, because...The post The CEO of Tide Urges Kids to Stop Eating Tide Pods appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1968, the late, great Marvin Gaye recorded the iconic Motown song “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” for his album In the Groove. The isolated vocals from this recording session really showcased just how much powerful talent the man had. The King of Motown, pure genius, No music but pure magic. via Open Culture...The post The Power of Marvin Gaye’s Voice Showcased in Isolated Vocals for ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber Polyphonic, who does incredibly informative video essays about music took a fascinating look at the Fleetwood Mac song “The Chain“, noting that it was the only track on the iconic Rumors album to feature each member of the band as a writer. What’s most interesting about this fact is that the individual members took...The post How the Members of Fleetwood Mac Wrote ‘The Chain’ With Licks and Lyrics Written For Other Songs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After Skool took a prescient speech given by late, great President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and added brilliant whiteboard animation to illustrate the meaning it holds more than half a century later. The speech, colloquially known as “The Moon Speech” was given to an audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and was focused...The post A Brilliant Whiteboard Animation of President John F. Kennedy’s Iconically Prescient 1962 Moon Speech appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rather unlikely scene, a pair of rather vocal otters sat at the kitchen table eating their kibble alongside a surprisingly quiet parrot who was very focused upon eating. Sitting below the table, was an impatient duck who was pacing back and forth in hopes of something falling. As it happened, one of the...The post Two Noisy Otters Share a Meal at the Table With a Quiet Parrot While an Impatient Duck Waits Below appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Pejac (@pejac_art) on Apr 3, 2018 at 8:54am PDT Pejac, the Spanish artist who creates wonderful street art, sculptures, films and paintings that combine elements of minimalist fantasy with realism, crossed the Atlantic to put his creative mark upon New York City. While stateside, Pejac created two different site specific projects;...The post Spanish Street Artist Pejac Creates Two Very Different Trees On Abandoned Buildings in NYC appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the International Dark-Sky Association’s Dark Sky Week 2018, filmmakers Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures and Harun Mehmedinovic of Blood Honey left the peaceful comfort of the Grand Canyon and traded it for the concrete hustle of New York City. This frenetic composite timelapse combines the pace of one the most magnificent...The post A Brilliant Timelapse That Combines the Frenetic Pace of NYC With the Starry Skies of Death Valley appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by ???? ?? (@marupgoma_c) on Jan 9, 2017 at 12:46am PST An absolutely adorable four year old white dog named Goma (Sesame), whose genetic mix of Maltese and Papillon traits has given her a wonderful set of giant rounded dark ears. Goma’s ears are so prominent that they’re quite reminiscent of the...The post A Tiny White Dog With Giant Mickey Mouse Ears appeared first on Laughing Squid.

LEGOLAND Japan set a Guinness World Record in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan last month for building the largest LEGO brick cherry blossom tree (supported). The tree, which was made up of over 800,000 bricks, stood 14 ft 4 in tall, 17 ft 9 in long, and 16 ft 2 in wide. A post shared by LEGOLAND...The post LEGOLAND Japan Sets Guinness World Record for the Largest LEGO Brick Cherry Blossom Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Legendary musician Joan Baez chose a powerful song that was written by fellow musician Zoe Mulford to be featured on Whistle Down the Wind, her final album. The song, “The President Sang Amazing Grace“, talks about the horrific shooting on June 17, 2015 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, carried...The post A Powerful Animated Video for ‘The President Sang Amazing Grace’ From the New Joan Baez Album appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Mezco Toyz (@mezcotoyz) on Apr 2, 2018 at 7:58am PDT Mezco Toyz created a realistic Popeye the Sailor action figure for their One:12 collection. Popeye is available to pre-order and expected to release sometime between November 2018 and January 2019. The One:12 Collective Popeye figure includes two masterfully crafted head portraits:...The post A Realistic Popeye the Sailor Action Figure appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Self taught designer and maker Kiriakos Christodoulou of Innovo Design created a flat, 3D printed chess set that is the size of a standard credit card. Christodoulou’s clever chess set, which can easily fit in a wallet, is available to purchase from his Shapeways shop. Arguably the Worlds Smallest Commercial Chess Set with a size...The post A Credit Card Sized Chess Set That Fits in a Wallet appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Yesterday, we wrote about the how the archaic Neanderthal Species continues live on through modern human DNA. In a related video, Geobeats compiled a number of images and scientific sources to explain the distinctive facial differences between Neanderthals and modern Humans along with the specific purpose behind each of the differences. The…Neanderthal migrated to Eurasia...The post The Distinctive Facial Differences Between Archaic Neanderthals and Modern Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an episode of How To Do Stuff, master craftsman Simon Arthrell of Oryx Design shared his secret on how to perfectly sharpen a pencil with a block plane and 150 grit sandpaper. Whenever anyone sees your pencils sharpened using this technique, they will be absolutely amazed at your skills! submitted via Laughing Squid Tips...The post How to Perfectly Sharpen a Pencil With a Block Plane and Sandpaper appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A baby orangutan at a rescue center very calmly held on to his human caretaker’s arm as she gave him a bath in the sink. Even though the caretaker poured scoops of water over his head, belly and elsewhere on his tiny body, the little primate maintained his adorable serenity throughout the process. This baby...The post A Baby Orangutan Calmly Grips His Caretaker’s Arm While She Gives Him a Warm Bath in the Sink appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A Series of Unfortunate Events star Neil Patrick Harris performed a magic trick for Vanity Fair by tying his shoes without using his hands. The Baudelaire Orphans Embark on a Grand Adventure in ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ TrailerA ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Autobiography by Actor Neil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick Harris Answers 73 Questions While...The post Neil Patrick Harris Demonstrates How He Can Tie His Shoes Without Using His Hands appeared first on Laughing Squid.

4096 has created a new animated video that provides a look at the history of video game controllers. The video seamlessly transitions from the Nintendo Switch (2017) to PlayStation 4 (2013) and end with the Atari 2600 controller from 1977. ‘PBS Game/Show’ Examines the History of Nintendo’s Video Game ControllersA Brief Animated History of Video...The post The History of Video Game Controllers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly talented musicians of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra perform amazing symphonic interpretations of soundtracks from a variety of films. The Orchestra often partners with Danish television to present three night themes such as “The Dual – Morricone draws first“, which included songs from westerns and gangster movies such as The Good, The Bad...The post Amazing Film Soundtrack Covers Performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with Wira Cusuma, an Indonesian farmer who raises Ayam Cemani, a specific breed of black feathered chickens who posses a dominant gene called fibromelanosis, which creates hyper-pigmentation down to the animal’s bones. The bones are black, as are the chicken’s beak, feet, crown and organs. Cusuma stated that while some might...The post Beautiful Hyper-Pigmented Chickens With Charcoal Black Beaks, Feathers, Feet, Organs and Bones appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a confidence boosting animation, the gently insightful School of Life posits the question as to why one is so much harder on yourself than one would be to a friend. When a friend makes a mistake, most people would not immediately call that person a name or tell them that they are useless, but...The post The Intrinsic Value of Treating Yourself Like a Good Friend Rather Than a Bullying Enemy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The prolific French filmmaker Max Contour of Menilmonde created “Barcelona Archi’llusion”, a whimsical video in which he redrew and rearranged the city skyline of the Spanish city according to where he wanted the buildings to be. This was accomplished with a skillful use of photoshop, which Contour details on a webpage dedicated to this project....The post Barcelona Archi’llusion, A Whimsical Short Film That Rearranges the Skyline of the Spanish City appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a dystopian Ted Ed lesson written by Naomi R. Mercer and animated by Phuong Mai Nguyen, narrator Susan Zimmerman explains why the iconic Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid’s Tale is worth the time to read, despite or because of the hugely popular Hulu series of the same name. Mercer notes that one of the...The post How Gilead in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is Based On Strict 16th and 17th Century Puritanical Societies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Jian Yang (@jianyang1979) on May 29, 2017 at 9:30am PDT Prolific doll collector Jian Yang creates wonderfully elaborate, sparkling white wedding and couture dresses for his beloved 9,000+ Barbies out of tissues, toilet paper, napkins or other paper products. While many of the dresses are traditionally European/American bridal, other traditional bridal...The post Gorgeous Barbie Doll Wedding Dresses Made From Toilet Paper, Tissues and Other Paper Products appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist Noah Scalin of Skull-A-Day fame and other amazing projects, created an incredible portrait of the iconic American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges with commercially produced stickers, similar to the ones he used in a self-portrait timelapse. Scalin was recreating a photograph from 1960, in which Bridges was being escorted from school by federal marshals,...The post A Stunning Sticker Reproduction of the Iconic 1960 Photo of Ruby Bridges Being Escorted to School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A colorfully illustrated episode of the animated series After Skool explained the concept of Neanderthals. Specifically, when and where they lived, how they communicated and how these archaic humans might have gone extinct but for the genome that lives on through the DNA of modern humans. There was roughly a 5000 year period where both...The post How the Archaic Neanderthal Species Continues Live on Through Modern Human DNA appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In March 2018, we posted a hilarious video by cartoonist Lauren Lorenzo of the animated series eLL cartoons in which her father and 98 year old grandmother tried communicating with their Amazon Echo Alexa, without much success. The video rightfully went viral overnight. In a newer cartoon, Lorenzo hilariously recounted the day after during which...The post Cartoonist Hilariously Recounts the Day She Had After Her ‘Alexa Ruins Families’ Video Went Viral appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Last week we announced the launch of our brand new Laughing Squid Store which features flash sales on variety of unique and interesting products at a significant discount. One such product is the very handy ECOVACS DEEBOT Mini2 App-Enabled Robotic Vacuum. This powerful little cleaner can take care of all sorts of debris, such as...The post Powerful ECOVACS Mini Robotic Vacuum Cleaner That Can Be Easily Controlled With a Smartphone appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A man in Vroomshoop, Netherlands and his friend turned a Sea-Doo XP jet ski into a motorcycle. He test drove his motorized jet ski by cruising down the street and greeting people who passed by. Stuntman Troy Hartman Performs Aerial Test of His Jet PackComedian Kurt Braunohler Rides a Jet Ski From Chicago to New...The post Dutch Man Turns His Jet Ski Into a Motorcycle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey has released a new episode of their Wonders of the World Wide Web series that takes a look at what the messaging application, WhatsApp, would have been like if it came out in the 1980s. MS-DOS, dial-up internet access, and a wireless pager is all that would have been needed to...The post What WhatsApp Would Have Been Like in the 1980s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Netflix released the first trailer for Cargo, an upcoming zombie film written by Yolanda Ramke and directed by Ramke and Ben Howling. The trailer follows Andy Rose (Martin Freeman), who has been infected by a zombie, as he ventures out to save his daughter within 48 hours, before the infection takes him over. Cargo is...The post Martin Freeman Has 48 Hours to Save His Daughter in the First Trailer for Netflix’s Zombie Film ‘Cargo’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ryan Reynolds has partnered with Omaze to auction off the opportunity for a lucky winner to acquire a “custom-made, pretty ‘n’ pink Deadpool suit” and “send a big F-you to cancer.” Proceeds from the auction will go to LetsFCancer, a non-profit charity that provides prevention, early detection, and support to those affected by cancer. GET...The post Ryan Reynolds Auctioning Off a Unique Pink Deadpool Suit to Benefit a Breast Cancer Charity appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber DuckSoss posted an amusing video where he welcomes us all to the great state of Iowa and its abundance of cornfields that stretch out as far as the eye can see. Taken from the highest point of the great state of Iowa. Field of Corn in Dublin, OhioWeird Facts About All 50 StatesMimal, The...The post Welcome to Iowa and Its Abundance of Cornfields appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Pat McAfee of The Pat McAfee Show captured suspensful footage his father, Tim McAfee, strategically pushing a single wooden block through the middle of a giant Jenga stack. He was then able to quickly and successfully pull the block out with one quick yank and keep the game going. AN ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC EASTER MOMENT FROM...The post A Man Successfully Yanks a Single Wooden Block From the Middle of the Giant Jenga Stack appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating Ted Ed lesson written by ecologist Anika Hazra and animated by Giulia Martinelli, narrator Pen-Pen Chen explains how to easily identify insects that otherwise look the same. The secret is in their mouths. There are nearly a million known insect species in the world, but most have one of just five common...The post How Scientists Can Easily Identify the Order to Which an Insect Belongs By Looking at Its Mouth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vlogger Li Ziqi who very gracefully demonstrated the traditional Chinese art of making paper from scratch and a step-by-step process for truly homemade kimchi, took on a project of much greater scale. After watching an instructional video, Li set to work carting and laying bricks, filling in rocks, scooping up dirt and rolling out mud...The post Homemade Bread Made in a Homemade Outdoor Wood Fired Oven Shaped Like an Open Mouthed Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For his short film “Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen“, Los Angeles filmmaker David Fried traveled over 18 hours to Longyearbyen, Norway to find out more about this northernmost populated town within the Arctic circle, what kind of people live there, how they thrive in their surroundings, the effect that global warming is having on the town...The post Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen, A Visit to the Arctic Norwegian Town Where the Dead Can’t Be Buried appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In April 2017, the talented cello rock band Break of Reality performed a truly dramatic cover of the iconic Soundgarden song “Black Hole Sun“. This version is particularly haunting as the cello perfectly matches the vocal timbre of the tragically late Chris Cornell, who passed away just a month later, in May 2017. This song...The post A Haunting Cover of the Iconic Soundgarden Song ‘Black Hole Sun’ by Cello Rock Band Break of Reality appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Anna Henry, a musician who was suffering from the common and benign movement disorder called essential tremor, decided to undergo deep brain stimulation to calm the effects of the disorder. The surgery took place at the Memorial Hermann-TMC in Houston Texas, where, after the doctors inserted electrodes into her brain, a wide awake Henry played...The post Musician Plays Her Flute During Tremor Relieving Brain Surgery to Show That Her Hands Are Steady appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Rémi Gaillard, the brilliant French prankster, literally stopped traffic with a pair of willing accomplices. The accomplices stood on either side of the road and pretended to be a railroad signaling system that put down barriers to keep cars at bay, while Gaillard, dressed as a little choo-choo train, safely crossed over the roadway. Grève...The post Prankster Rémi Gaillard Stops Traffic as a Little Choo Choo Train That Needs to Safely Cross the Road appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Centuries of Sound is a wonderful podcast and blog by James Errington that compiles original and historical music mixes from each year of recorded sound from 1859 to the present. Errington not only compiles the music, but also researches the artists, the style and the technology used in the specific year. As of this date...The post Centuries of Sound, Original Historical Soundtracks From Each Year of Recorded Sound Since 1859 appeared first on Laughing Squid.