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Harris Cavin (a.k.a. “SkyhawkDriver“), a high school student and licensed pilot from Tennessee, took his girlfriend Sarah flying on a plane ride and then asked her to go to prom when they landed. via reddit Cora, A Futuristic Fully-Electric Flying Taxi That Soars Through the Sky Without a Pilot‘My Mom Is an Airplane’, An Animated...The post Teenage Pilot Takes His Girlfriend on a Plane Ride and Nervously Asks Her to the High School Prom appeared first on Laughing Squid.

IFHT Films has created a funny step by step guide on how to survive the madness of high school. A post shared by IFHT Films (@ifhtfilms) on Mar 27, 2018 at 10:49am PDT A Rap Music Video About the Painful Struggles That Come With Buying a Home as a MillennialIFHT and CBC Comedy Demonstrate How...The post A Funny Guide on How to Survive High School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Star Wars has released an amusing new blooper reel for Star Wars: The Last Jedi that features Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) being slapped silly by General Leia (Carrie Fisher), BB-8 hiding in a closet with a baby droid, and Finn (John Boyega) ending a scene because of something hanging out of his bum. First ‘Star...The post An Amusing Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blooper Reel Features Poe Getting Slapped Silly by General Leia appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rather insightful video essay, filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay took a deep dive into the sublime Black Mirror episode “USS Callister“. In doing so, Tucker specifically noted how the seeming protagonist suddenly became the antagonist and how this particular subject relates to Episode 73 of The Twilight Zone titled “It’s...The post How the Black Mirror Episode ‘USS Callister’ Was Inspired by an Early Episode of The Twilight Zone appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Canadian artist and drywall contractor Bernie Mitchell creates a beautiful textured relief sculpture of natural scenes using drywall mud as his medium. One such piece features as woods, water and wolves while another shows him creating a snowy mountain. Mitchell also offers helpful tutorials on sculpting with drywall mud. Bernie Mitchell is a drywall contractor...The post Canadian Artist Creates Textured Relief Sculptures Depicting Natural Scenes Using Drywall Mud appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Phil Vance (@filldoforealdo) on Mar 19, 2018 at 8:33pm PDT Artist Phil Vance has created “In Their Own Words“, an incredible series of portraits. Rather than employee standard brush strokes or even the delicate stipple process, however, Vance handwrites the words of his subjects to create their respective likenesses. Amongst the...The post Incredibly Detailed Portraits That Use the Words of the Subjects to Recreate Their Likenesses appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a bolidic episode of The Macroscope, producer Emily V. Driscoll and filmmaker Brandon Swanson of Science Friday paid a fascinating visit to Doctor Laurence Garvie. Garvie serves as a research professor and curator for the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University. During their time together, Garvie enthusiastically showed off different and interesting...The post A Sampling of Fascinating Specimens From the Vast Collection at The Center for Meteorite Studies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a verdant episode of of Vox Almanac, video producer Phil Edwards explained why the columns of so many Greek and Roman buildings and those inspired by them are adorned with the very same leaf pattern. It first started as a myth propagated by Roman historian Vitruvius, which gave credit to sculptor Callimachus for the...The post Why Columns of Greek and Roman Inspired Buildings Are Adorned With the Same Leaf Design appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Because it feels like the whole world is going crazy, online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has released a handy tin foil hat for conspiracy loving felines who are concerned about privacy rights. This protective hat has earholes cut out for a perfect fit and will properly shield a cat’s thoughts from anyone who may be...The post Tin Foil Hats That Shield the Thoughts of Conspiracy Loving Cats (and Their Equally Concerned Humans) appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Berlin pastry chef and cosplayer Sonja of the SugarAndDiceCrafts Etsy shop has created a tasty looking set of edible polyhedral sugar dice (mini) that are sure to be a delicious critical hit to the taste buds. These dice are made of Isomalt sugar and edible. Either as a hard candy bonbon or dissolved in a...The post An Edible Polyhedral Sugar Dice Set appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an MIT OpenCourseWare video, Associate Professor of Literature Arthur Bahr read aloud two different passages from classic tales in their original forms. The first was from Beowulf in its original Old English. The second passage Bahr read from was Gawayne and the Green Knight in its original Middle English. Both readings are from Bahr’s...The post MIT Literature Professor Reads Aloud From Classic Tales In Their Original Old and Middle English appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by @candyhunting on Mar 27, 2018 at 6:52am PDT Krispy Kreme teamed up with The Simpsons to begin serving up the first official Simpsons donut, called the “D’ohnut,” in parts of Australia. Australians can now enjoy the iconic donut eaten by Homer Simpson on FOX‘s long-running television series. A post shared by...The post Krispy Kreme Selling Simpsons D’ohnuts in Australia appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A truly brazen and very entitled parrot boldly approached a neighbor in his aviary and stole with a green polka dot pillow from right under the other bird’s wings. The little thief then quite skillfully climbed halfway up a ladder and dexterously laid the pillow in the bed he shared with his beloved lady parrot....The post A Brazen Little Parrot Steals a Green Polka Dotted Pillow From an Aviary Neighbor For His Own Use appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On sweaty episode of Conan, host Conan O’Brien and NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson played a very competitive game of H-O-R-S-E. A post shared by CONAN (@teamcoco) on Mar 20, 2018 at 7:00pm PDT Conan O’Brien Crashes His Staff’s ‘Girls Night Out’ to See ‘Magic Mike XXL’Conan O’Brien Plays and Reviews ‘WWE 2K14’ on a...The post Conan O’Brien and Magic Johnson Play H-O-R-S-E appeared first on Laughing Squid.

John D. Boswell aka “Melodysheep“ has paid heartfelt tribute to the late Stephen Hawking with “The Preciousness of Time“, a visual narration one of the physicist’s most truly inspiring speeches. Using a the words from that speech, titled “It Can Be Done“, Boswell provided mesmerizing images that both recalled Hawking’s physical life on Earth and projected...The post A Visual Narration of an Inspiring Stephen Hawking Speech That Pays Heartfelt Tribute to His Memory appeared first on Laughing Squid.

We are excited to announce that we have just launched our new Laughing Squid Store, which features flash sales on variety of unique and interesting products at a significant discount. Here’s more info. Unlike our previous store, this new store also includes actual Laughing Squid Merch, such as our t-shirt and 14 oz mug, as...The post Announcing the New Laughing Squid Store appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by @maddenandmoon on Mar 26, 2018 at 3:18pm PDT Madden Humphreys is an adorable seven year old boy in Minnesota who was born with a cleft lip and Heterochromia Iridium (different eye colors). While his mom Christina was perusing within her “cleft moms group” and came across a post about an adorable...The post Minnesota Boy Adopts a Cat From Oklahoma With the Same Cleft Lip and Different Colored Eyes as His appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The BionicWheelBot is a robot, created by Festo, that is able to walk around and roll just like an agile flic-flac spider (cebrennus rechenbergi). In order to start rolling, the BionicWheelBot bends three legs each on the left and right of its body to make a wheel. Two legs folded up whilst walking then extend,...The post BionicWheelBot, A Robot That Walks and Rolls Like a Flic-Flac Spider appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cape Town, South Africa brickfilmer James Cawood has recreated the music video for Oasis‘ song “Wonderwall” using LEGO. Cawood also posted a behind scenes video that shows how he brought it to life. Here is the original music video. A post shared by pligmoshin – James Cawood (@pjlegomotion) on Mar 17, 2018 at 1:34pm PDT...The post Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’ Music Video Remade With LEGO appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Universal Pictures released the official trailer for The House With a Clock in Its Walls, an upcoming fantasy horror film directed by Eli Roth and written by Eric Kripke based on John Bellairs‘ children’s horror book of the same name. The film follows a young boy named Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) who moves into his...The post ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Trailer Features an Evil Haunted House With Its Own Heart appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented musician Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist took a bit of a dark turn with a haunting arrangement of the already moody Pink Floyd dong “Hey You“. Adding to the arrangement’s feel was the clear, clean sound of a sweet Stratocaster and the beautiful bends of a whammy bar. A dark and moody cover...The post A Haunting Solo Guitar Arrangement of the Pink Floyd Song ‘Hey You’ Played on a Sweet Stratocaster appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Using fascinating dioramic felt puppetry by Catherine Prowse, the ever-insightful School of Life explains the importance of having time alone to oneself in order to have the room to think, to understand what may be happening without the distractions of others and to plan one’s life in a quiet way. Being alone also allows for...The post The Importance of Having Time Alone to Oneself In Order to Function More Easily In Social Situations appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The timelapse focused YouTube channel GPhase posted an incredible cross sectional view of a sprouting kidney bean plant over 25 days. The footages shows the sprout first pushing through the soil and reaching ever upward, while the roots anchor down to keep the plant steady. Kidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how...The post An Amazing Timelapse Revealing a Cross Sectional View of a Sprouting Kidney Bean Plant Over 25 Days appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On Mar 20, 2018, Sudan, the very last male northern white rhinoceros, sadly passed away from age related complications and with his death an entire species became extinct. Filmmakers David Hambridge and Andrew Harrison Brown traveled to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya to speak with Sudan’s beloved caretakers Jemu Mwenda and Joseph Wachira about...The post The Last Male Standing, A Powerful Film About the Caretakers of Sudan, the Last Northern White Rhino appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a dryadic episode of Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visited the tiny Florida town of Weeki Wachee, the home of gorgeous natural springs and a legendary underwater mermaid show that began in the 1940s. While the show was very popular up through the 1960s, the cynicism of the 1990s along with the shiny newness...The post The Weeki Wachee Underwater Mermaid Show From the 1940s Enjoys a Newfound ‘Retro’ Popularity appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In February, Conan O’Brien and Conan producer Jordan Schlansky traveled to Italy to tape a new special, Conan in Italy, that is set to air on TBS April 11th. Team Coco posted behind the scenes footage of O’Brien and Schlansky sitting down to hilariously prepare for their wild ride through Italy. A post shared by...The post Conan O’Brien and Producer Jordan Schlansky Hilariously Prepare for Their Trip to Italy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A concerned elephant named Dok Mai who lives at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, very gently guided a reluctant calf away from the swinging tires of the playground and towards the area where their meal was being served. The stubbornly playful young pachyderm put up a bit of a fight, but eventually...The post A Concerned Elephant Gently Guides a Stubbornly Playful Calf Away From the Playground To Eat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation created a powerful adaptation of an Apotek hjärtat Apolosophy interactive digital shampoo ad at the Odenplan metro station in Stockholm. The original motion sensitive ad showed a woman’s shiny hair blowing in the breeze created with the passing trains. Using the same digital billboard, the “Hair Raising Message”...The post Motion Sensitive Digital Display at a Stockholm Metro Station Sends a Hair Raising Cancer Message appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amazing Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome is back and this time she demonstrates how to make a charming looking cherry pie based on the Adventure Time animated television series. A post shared by ? Pies Are Awesome ? (@thepieous) on Mar 6, 2018 at 12:40am PST How to Make a ‘Red Rum...The post A Charming Adventure Time Cherry Pie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a bittersweet clip from the BBC Earth series Nature’s Miracle Orphans, a two day old southern white rhinoceros named Manji, who was severely injured by the same poachers who killed his mother, was brought to a the Wild Is Life Sanctuary where he was immediately given the care he needed to survive. Manji was...The post A Rescued Baby Southern White Rhino Is Prepared For a New Life as Part of a Herd in a Wild Reserve appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amphirhinal report for Vox, video producers Christophe Haubursin and Julia Belluz explain why one’s nose looks so much bigger in selfies than it does in photos taken by others. This is due to visual distortion due to the distance between camera and face. Longer distances will appear to flatten features, while shorter distances...The post Why Selfies Can Make a Person’s Nose Appear to Look Bigger Than It Actually Is appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Roboticist Audrick Fausta (a.k.a. “Drikybot“) danced alongside two of his groovy robots while competing and qualifying at the World of Dance competition in Paris. A post shared by Audrick FAUSTA (@drikybot) on Feb 12, 2018 at 2:18pm PST submitted via Laughing Squid Tips A NASA Roboticist Explains Why They Would Send C-3PO to Space but...The post Roboticist Dances With Two of His Groovy Robots at the World of Dance Competition in Paris appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In early March 2018, we wrote about “Welcome Home” a brilliant ad for the Apple HomePod that was directed Spike Jonze and featured singer, dancer and model FKA twigs in the role of a tired woman whose apartment began to expand with the sound of music playing. Ad Week posted a short mini-documentary directed by...The post A Comprehensive Look Behind the Scenes of the Spike Jonze ‘Welcome Home’ Apple HomePod Ad appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a season one episode of the Cooking Channel‘s series, Unwrapped, Marc Summers narrates as plant manager Tony Tassone gives us a look at how Hershey’s tasty and twisty Twizzlers are made from start to finish at a factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. via The Awesomer How to Make an ‘Operation’ Board Game Cake That Actually...The post How Twizzlers Are Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Miss Piggy sings along to Rihanna‘s song “Diamonds” in a marvelous Muppets mashup created by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original song. Miss Piggy Sings ‘Doo-Wop (That Things)’ by Lauryn Hill to John Ritter, George Hamilton, and Tony CliftonKermit the Frog Sings ‘You Belong to Me’ In a Clever Mashup of...The post Miss Piggy Sings Along to ‘Diamonds’ by Rihanna appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A group of NASA astronauts (Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Hoffman, Chris Hadfield, Jerry Linenger, Leland Melvin, Mae C. Jemison, and Mike Massimino) sat down with Wired to answer 50 of the web’s most searched questions about space. Does space ever end? Can birds fly in space? How much money do astronauts make? Matt Damon and Julianne...The post A Group of NASA Astronauts Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Space appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Dorothy Collective has released “The Barometer of Popular Music – Open Edition“, a beautiful metallic screen print that incorporates 300 song titles that reference weather any way, shape or form inside a golden barometer. The print is available for purchase through the Dorothy Collective site. A NEW screen print combining two of the studio’s...The post A Beautiful Metallic Screen Print That Incorporates Songs About Weather Inside a Golden Barometer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very playful red fox who lives out in the field next to the home of YouTuber Tom Pullan quite gleefully entertained himself with what appears to be a discarded boot, tossing it back and across the field and even bouncing it off the wooden fence a few times. Per Pullan, the happy little vulpine...The post A Playful Wild Red Fox Gleefully Entertains Himself by Tossing a Discarded Boot Across a Field appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tom Waits is a brilliant musician known for his unique use of the English language, his roaring gravelly voice and a truly diverse musical style. But with 16 studio albums, three live albums, seven compilation albums, 24 singles and two soundtracks to his name, some may have difficulty in finding a place to start. Luckily,...The post Tom Waits Compiles a Spotify Playlist of His Songs To Introduce Listeners to His Varied Musical Style appeared first on Laughing Squid.

ScreenSlam shared incredible behind the scenes footage of voice actors from Pixar‘s 1995 animated film, Toy Story, making vocal magic as they record their characters. It features Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in the same room engaging in a heated argument as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Jim Varney becoming the lovable Slinky Dog, and Don...The post A Behind the Scenes Look at the ‘Toy Story’ Voice Actors Recording Their Characters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Kamwei Fong (@kamweiatwork) on Mar 21, 2018 at 11:13am PDT Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong of Bo&Friends has created a wonderfully whimsical series of ink illustrations that features big cats with big fluffy tails that carry distinct messages of self-directed motivation. One such illustration depicts a cat’s tail as the Great Wave...The post Whimsical Ink Illustrations of Big Cats With Tails That Carry Self-Directed Motivational Messages appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nate of The King of Random demonstrates how to hydro dip items at home using water, spray paint, and a large bucket. How to Make a Lovely Golden Avengers Lamp Using Action Figures and Spray PaintHow to Build a Low-Budget ‘Terminator’ T-800 Endoskeleton ArmHow To Make a Nativity Scene Using TamponsThe post How to Hydro Dip Items at Home Using Water, Spray Paint, and a Large Bucket appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While traveling in Germany, someone with a smartphone captured an amazing performance of a talented musician playing the flute, wisely using the acoustics of the train station to bounce the sound around. To the surprise of the viewer, the performer then began beatboxing while playing his flute, adding a separate interesting layer to the breathy...The post A Talented Street Musician Beatboxes While Playing the Flute Inside a Train Station in Germany appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Japanese designer Shota Mori, who built a quick release system for his iPhone back in 2013, is back with a new sport called “Jet Samurai” that he demonstrated for his technology class. Glorious footage, posted by SoftBank, features two samurai wearing jetpacks taking to the sky for a katana battle. via IT Media, SoraNews24 Samurai...The post A Mid-Air Battle Between Two Jetpack Samurai appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly powerful, award-winning ad from the The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation (KNGF) shows a young soldier in battle unable to move. Suddenly another soldier comes to up to his frozen body, nuzzles him and begins licking his face. The soldier wakes to find that he’s no longer on the battlefield, but in his...The post A Powerful Ad Showing How Guide Dogs Can Help Veterans Deal With the Disabling Effects of PTSD appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Andrew Hunter of Ska Tune Network performed an awesome ska cover of Kazumi Totaka‘s Mii Channel theme song. Here is the original song. via reddit Wind Symphony Students Prank Band Director by Playing the Mii Channel Theme SongA Hauntingly Beautiful Cover of the Stranger Things Theme Song Played on a Harp and...The post Multi-Instrumentalist Performs an Awesome Ska Cover of the Mii Channel Theme Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In August 2017, a tiny baby skunk in Silver City, New Mexico adorably chased after an even tinier remote control version of himself back and forth across the wooden floors of the living room. The little skunk finally caught up with his mechanical doppelgänger underneath the legs of his rather amused human. We have tons...The post A Tiny Baby Skunk Adorably Chases After a Fast Moving Remote Controlled Version of Himself appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With the March 23rd release of Isle of Dogs, the excellent film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism dug into the telltale signs of a Wes Anderson film. Specifically, they looked at the surreal playfulness of the production design, the imposing symmetry of a scene, the emotional maturity of the characters, the deliberate use of language...The post The Telltale Signs of a Wes Anderson Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the fascinating commercial for G Active electrolyte water by Gatorade, temporary three dimensional human forms made out of the product engage in a variety of implied gym exercises with splashy feet all created “in camera” without the help of CGI. Director Cole Paviour, DP James Medcraft and SFX Supervisor Patrick Thursby graciously shared the...The post Human Images Created by a 3D Water Printer Actively Exercise in a Brilliant Ad for Active G Water appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a jumpy episode of Dabchick the Puppet by talented puppeteer Barnaby Dixon, the titular bird opened a package containing stretchy rubber puffer stress ball. After testing out its bounciness, Dabchick was thrilled to help create a new puppet with the glowing “furry” ball that sprouted a pair of dancing legs borrowed from his friend...The post Dabchick Helps Barnaby Dixon Make a Glow-In-the-Dark Puffer Ball Puppet With a Pair of Dancing Legs appeared first on Laughing Squid.