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With the release of the long awaited documentary about Mister Rogers entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Mrs. Joanne Rogers made the trip from Pittsburgh to New York City to appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. As she entered the stage, Mrs. Rogers remarked that she knew that Fallon had watched the show...The post Mister Rogers’ Widow Joanne Proudly Shares Fond Memories About Her Beloved Husband of 50 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a pilosan episode from his hilarious flora and fauna-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank happily traversed the extended family tree of myrmecophagous mammals. This amusing trip included various forms of anteater, aardwolf, numbat, pangolin and misfitting echidna. If evolution is handing something out, the echidna’s taking it, which makes it hard for...The post Ze Frank Offers Up Amusing True Facts About Long Tongued Mammals Who Eat Ants and Termites appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by librairie mollat (@librairie_mollat) on Jun 10, 2018 at 10:07pm PDT In 2017, we wrote about Librairie Mollat, an independent bookstore in Bordeaux, France and their wonderfully clever photo series that with strategically posed customers who matched and completed the cover sleeve portraits on the books they sold. More recently The bookstore...The post Bookstore Customers Strategically Posing With Seamlessly Matching Book Covers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited the five ancient caves of the Dambulla Temple Complex that are known for housing 153 golden Buddha statues of all shapes and sizes, 1500 paintings depicting Buddha along with other Sinhala iconography, sculptures and art. These cave temples were built in the first century BCE. The town of Dambulla in Sri...The post An Incredible Massive Temple Inside Five Sri Lankan Caves That Houses 153 Golden Buddha Statues appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn puppeteer Jacob Graham has created the wonderful puppet video series “The Creatures of Yes“. The show runs weekly, carries a positive message of acceptance through regular characters and is specifically made to look like it’s from the past. By using only period equipment from the 1970s and earlier, Graham forms the illusion of antiquity,...The post The Creatures of Yes, A Puppet Show With a Positive Message That’s Made to Look Like Its From the Past appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, Naude Dreyer of Pelican Point Kayaking in Walvis Bay, Namibia was on his way home from work, he came across a young male dolphin who had somehow gotten beached and was struggling to stay alive. Dreyer very carefully picked up the petite cetacean and examined him for injuries. Once satisfied, Dreyer then carefully...The post A Compassionate Kayak Tour Guide in Namibia Returns a Young Beached Dolphin Back to the Sea appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While filming a One Bite Pizza Review at Don Antonio in New York City, Barstool Sports host Dave Portnoy was completely caught off guard when a teenage girl immediately and solely recognized him while surrounded by his assembled A-List review team. This team included Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress and Jake Johnson,...The post Barstool Sports Host Dave Portnoy Is the Only One Recognized on the Street Amongst A-List Celebrities appeared first on Laughing Squid.

I NOW EXIST IN HELL pic.twitter.com/FNSjo1bjaI — Wheel Of Fortune Answers (@wofanswers) June 11, 2018 Wheel Of Fortune Answers is an amusing Twitter account that posts hilariously incorrect answers to numerous puzzles that pop up on television. OH SHIT A GHOST pic.twitter.com/lgmmftUiLF — Wheel Of Fortune Answers (@wofanswers) June 5, 2018 BONELESS HOMEBOYS pic.twitter.com/KVsHeBrk2v —...The post An Amusing Twitter Account Posts Hilariously Incorrect Wheel of Fortune Answers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (“CSAIL) has figured out how to use deep learning, intelligent radio signals in such a way as to sense a person from through a completely opaque wall. The CSAIL researchers behind this project, known as RF Pose, hope to put this technology to use in specific medical...The post Deep Learning Intelligent Radio Signal Technology That Can Sense People Through Solid Walls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS released an new trailer at E3 2018 for Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima‘s upcoming video game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4. The mysterious, yet intriguing trailer follows Sam Bridges (Norman Reedus) as he travels across a ravaged world through deadly rain and carries a baby in a protective tank. A release...The post Norman Reedus Travels Across a Ravaged World in the Intriguing New Video Game ‘Death Stranding’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the ZEbag 6-Bottle Carrying Case, super handy, portable combination carrying case and wall rack that holds up to six bottles of wine. Its clever accordion-style design allows for easy portability and can open up into a convenient vertical wall rack. It...The post A Super Portable, Accordion Style Carrying Case and Wall Rack That Holds Up To Six Bottles of Wine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While cleaning the viewing glass of a large, free running tank at an aquarium, a hard working diver was caught off guard when an affectionate zebra shark nuzzled up close and demanded some attention. Having no choice but to put down his squeegee, the diver took a break to welcome the rather canine zebra shark,...The post An Affectionate Zebra Shark Demands Belly Rubs From the Diver Cleaning the Aquarium Viewing Glass appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Art director and designer Matthew Regonini of Never Not Making built a wonderful wooden Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler toy box for his son and posted footage of his design process. We previously wrote about Regonini’s wooden AT-ST Walker high chair build. A post shared by Matthew Regonini (@nevernotmaking) on May 14, 2018 at 2:17pm PDT...The post A Wonderful Wooden Jawa Sandcrawler Toy Box appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The BionicFinWave is an incredible underwater robotic fish, created by Festo, that glides through the water with its mesmerizing wavy fins. The robots two silicone fins wiggle from its head to tail, much like marine planarian and cuttlefish, allowing it to “generate a continuous wave.” The BionicFinWave uses its two side fins to move along....The post BionicFinWave, A Robotic Fish That Glides Through Water With Its Mesmerizing Wavy Fins appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Disney released a teaser trailer for Dumbo, a dark live-action animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton that is a remake of the classic movie from 1941. The emotional trailer features Dumbo and his big floppy ears taking flight at the circus. It is scheduled to soar into theaters in March 2019. Circus owner...The post Dumbo and His Big Floppy Ears Take Flight in Tim Burton’s Live-Action Remake of the Disney Classic appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Clever WPEC CBS12 News meteorologist Lauren Olesky demonstrated her multitasking skills last week by solving a Rubik’s Cube while forecasting the weather for the West Palm Beach, Florida area. via KSNV News 3, Geekologie Solving a Lit Rubik’s Cube Candle While It Is BurningTeenager Sets Guinness World Record for Fastest Time Solving Three Rubik’s Cubes...The post Clever Meteorologist Solves Rubik’s Cube While Giving the Weather Forecast appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In “Can you solve the giant cat army riddle?” by animated by math teacher and TED-Ed educator Daniel Finkel and animated by Artrake Studio, narrator Addison Anderson poses a clever riddle to solve. It all starts with a crazed Dr. Schrödinger who wants an army of supersized felines to terrorize the city and a team...The post How to Solve a Riddle That Saves the City From Dr. Schrödinger’s Planned Army of Giant Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on CONAN in October 2017, comedian Nathan Fielder hilariously brought Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon as a backup guest, just in case his interview with the host went bad or if they ran out of things to discuss. With a straight face, the self-deprecating Fielder droned on about his cats while Ms. Sarandon...The post Nathan Fielder Brings Susan Sarandon to ‘Conan’ As a Backup Guest In Case His Interview Goes Bad appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The New York Times paid beautiful tribute to the fascinating life led by the late world traveling chef, author and media personality Anthony Bourdain. Narrator and Food Editor Julia Moskin tells of a restless spirit who understood that food had a central meaning to life, an enthusiast who didn’t subscribe to any particular dogma because...The post A Beautiful Tribute to the Fascinating Life Led by the Tragically Late Anthony Bourdain appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With the premiere of the second season of Luke Cage on June 22, 2018, Netflix released a second trailer to show just how formidable an opponent former Councilwoman Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) aka Black Mariah is to the unbreakable titular character (Mike Colter). You don’t need to be bulletproof to be a superhero. Black women...The post Luke Cage Becomes the Guardian of Former Councilwoman ‘Black Mariah’ Dillard in Season Two appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, a very coordinated and limber Ya Boi Kev (Kevin), who enjoy running around on all fours, graciously offered a quick tutorial for anyone interested in doing the same. He first cautioned to start off very slowly so as not to immediately face plant and suggested that practice makes perfect. In my style four...The post A Coordinated Man Gives a Quick Tutorial On How to Effectively Walk Then Run on All Four Limbs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Microsoft revealed an exciting cinematic trailer during their E3 2018 press conference for Cyberpunk 2077, an upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) and based on the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop game. The dark futuristic game will release for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime in...The post Cyberpunk 2077, A Dark Futuristic Video Game Based on the Cyberpunk 2020 Tabletop Game appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Insider took their cameras inside the famous Cobbs Lane factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire to give a fascinating behind the scene look at how the iconic Doc Martens’ shoes are made. Production manager Stephen Bent quite affably explained each step of the process, which includes cutting the leather, sewing the pieces together, adding stitches to strengthen...The post A Fascinating Behind the Scenes Look at the Cobbs Lane Factory Where Doc Martens’ Shoes Are Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Occidental, California ceramic artist Cindy Searles has released an collection of sea creature hanging air planters into the digital ocean that are absolutely adorable. The pufferfish, jellyfish, whale, octopus, and sugar skull octopus planters are available to purchase from Searles’ Etsy shop. via Brown Paper Bag, My Modern Met Delightful Ceramic Cephalopod Planters for Air...The post Adorable Ceramic Sea Creature Hanging Air Planters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Yoyoka Soma is quite an accomplished musician. At the tender age of eight, this drumming prodigy has already has performed live with her family’s band Kaneaiyoyoka with whom she’s put out two CD’s. Yoyoka also won a drum kit during week six at the 2018 Hit Like a Girl Contest for her impressive performance of...The post Eight Year Old Drumming Prodigy Impressively Holds Her Own While Playing Along With Led Zeppelin appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Giulia Bernardelli (@bernulia) on May 4, 2018 at 10:20am PDT Italian artist Giulia Bernardelli, whose incredible artwork we have written about in the past, is back with a new collection of beautiful illustrations created from spilled coffee and chocolate. Bernardelli’s entire series of work is available to view on Instagram. A...The post Artist Creates Beautiful Illustrations From Spilled Coffee and Chocolate appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful cat named Auri twice attempted to jump onto her human’s desk, only to find that it was missing its glass top. Despite this setback, the cat landed quite gracefully on all fours. She then went about her business conveying the adorably feline attitude of “I meant to do that”. My cat, Auri, attempted...The post An Unsuspecting Cat Gracefully Attempts to Jump Onto a Desk That Is Missing Its Glass Top appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Microsoft took the stage at E3 2018 and revealed a trailer for Halo Infinite, the next chapter in the Halo franchise. According to the head of 343 Industries, Chris Lee, the game will focus on the Master Chief and continue his saga after the events of Halo 5. A confirmed release date has yet to...The post Master Chief Returns to the Fight in ‘Halo Infinite’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating episode of the video series I Need More Space, narrator TJ Cooney explained the surprising origins of the standard countdown to blastoff. As it turns out, this specific action was first used in a 1929 Fritz Lang film Woman in the Moon. Lang had hired Hermann Oberth, a founding father of rocketry,...The post The Surprising Origins of the Countdown to Launch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bethesda released a trailer at E3 2018 for Fallout 76, their online survival role-playing video game and prequel to the Fallout series. It is available to pre-order for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC from Amazon with a release date of November 14th, 2018. Under the threat of nuclear annihilation, you’ll experience the largest, most...The post Fallout 76, Bethesda’s Prequel to the Fallout Series appeared first on Laughing Squid.

It’s almost like a secular Cathedral Historian Anthony W. Robins and New York Times journalist Sam Roberts gave a wonderful visual tour for Architectural Digest that showcased every magnificent detail of the beautifully restored Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan. These two well informed guides offered historical information of the many iconic spots with the...The post A Visual Tour Featuring Every Magnificent Detail of the Beautifully Restored Grand Central Terminal appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bad Lip Reading has returned with a hilarious compilation of bad lip readings that took place at NBA games during the 2017-2018 season. A Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2017-2018 Football SeasonA Hilarious Compilation of Bad Lip Reading From the NFL 2016-2017 Football SeasonA Hilarious Compilation Bad Lip Reading From the...The post A Hilarious Bad Lip Reading of Select Moments From the 2017-2018 NBA Season appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Manhattan British design house Neomam Studios (previously) has created for their client Budget Direct Travel Insurance, a wonderful graphic series that reimagines iconic city skylines as they would look in the future. The designers used architectural data culled from the past, the present and from articles predicting urban growth. Included in this skyline series is...The post How City Skylines Around the World Might Look in the Future Based Upon Past and Present Data appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The wonderful humans of the Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine quite generously offered a new home to three kittens named Bob, George and Ed. These barncats-to-be got to know the resident goats, albeit a bit reticently at first. But before long, one of the kittens was sitting calmly in a box filled with hay,...The post A Trio of Rescued Orange Tabby Kittens Get to Know the Resident Goats of Sunflower Farm Creamery appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who demonstrated how to properly pick up a cat, how to safely brush a cat’s teeth and how to approach an unfamiliar dog, partnered up with an affable pooch named Cedric to demonstrate how to best administer a pill to a dog. Dr. Burstyn noted that it’s...The post A Helpful Vancouver Veterinarian Shows How to Properly and Safely Administer Medication to a Dog appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Cat Explorer by Leap Motion is a fascinating, interactive VR demo that lets users virtually explore the anatomy of a cat. This transformative technology allows users to look under the skin and isolate areas of concern with simple hand movements that are easy to learn. It also opens up new channels within healthcare, education...The post A Fascinating Interactive Virtual Reality Demo That Lets Users Explore the Anatomy of a Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an unretained episode of Simon’s Cat Logic, animator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explain what to do when your cat goes missing, the best places to first look, what items to leave out to encourage the cat to return and how best to spread the word. Toland spoke from experience when his...The post Simon’s Cat Logic Offers Helpful Advice on What to Do When Your Beloved Cat Goes Missing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2013, a beautiful blind English springer spaniel named Kellar played a successful game of fetch with his beloved human, who called out verbal cues to help the dog locate the ball. Kellar proved to be quite good at the game. Kellar has been blind since birth, but due to the diligence of his trainers,...The post A Blind Dog Plays a Successful Game of Fetch Using Verbal Cues Called Out by His Beloved Human appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a heartfelt homage to the tragically late Chef Anthony Bourdain who died on June 8, 2018, renowned sushi artist Chef Masa Takayama fondly remembered and mourned his friend as he was, a wonderful guest who appreciated Takayama’s mother’s cooking, a determined soul who appreciated the best of life after a hard-won journey and an...The post Chef Masa Takayama Mourns the Death of Friend Anthony Bourdain With Whom He Often Broke Bread appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Austin Light (@austindlight) on Apr 24, 2018 at 10:33am PDT Author and illustrator Austin Light has seen his fair share of bad stock photos, while working in the marketing world. To spruce things up a bit, he used his artistic skills to add funny cartoon animals to the awkward stock photos....The post Funny Cartoon Animals Added to Bad Stock Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While out golfing at the Moose Run Golf Course in Anchorage, Alaska, Alissa Stefan and her son Trevor captured hilarious footage of a trio of bear cubs playing a roughhouse version of the game “Capture the Flag” on the 7th hole of the course. While two of the cubs were duking it who actually captured...The post A Trio of Bear Cubs Play a Funny Roughhouse Game of Capture the Flag on an Alaskan Golf Course appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Lenses Factory HK (@lensesfactoryhk) on May 25, 2018 at 1:15pm PDT The group of creative prop makers and cosplayers at Lenses Factory HK built a custom Spider-Man mask that features functioning, hands-free eyes. A post shared by Lenses Factory HK (@lensesfactoryhk) on Jun 3, 2018 at 3:20am PDT A post shared...The post A Custom Spider-Man Mask With Functioning Eyes 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, a phenomenon to which she amusingly responded. More recently, in more personal...The post Cartoonist Animates the Pros and Cons of Her Two Favorite Cities: New York City vs Los Angeles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Michael Hickox released an action-packed stop-motion animated short that takes a look at what the popular video game, Fortnite Battle Royale, would look like in the world of LEGO. A Funny Fake Movie Trailer for Fortnite Battle RoyaleTwo Characters From PUBG Find Themselves Fighting Colorful Enemies From the World of FortniteWhat Fortnite Would Have...The post LEGO Fortnite Battle Royale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey imagines what the voice and text chat app, Discord, would have been like in the 1980s in a new animated episode of his Wonders of the World Wide Web series. What Siri Would Have Been Like in the 1980sWhat Twitch Would Have Been Like in the 1980sWhat Amazon Would Have Been...The post What Discord Would Have Been Like in the 1980s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Universal Pictures released the first trailer for First Man, the upcoming biographical historical drama adventure space film directed by Damien Chazelle. Ryan Gosling will gear up as Neil Armstrong and make an impossible journey to the moon. First Man is set to rocket into theaters on October 12th, 2018. First Man, the riveting story of...The post Ryan Gosling Makes His Maiden Voyage to the Moon as Neil Armstrong in the First Trailer for First Man appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researcher Dr. Jens Frahm of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttigen, Germany who showed how the tongue moves while speaking and singing via real time MRI, had beatboxer Gaucho (Timo Schnepf) demonstrate how the tongue moves while freestyling using the very same impressive technology. The tongue in beatbox mode: Gaucho (Timo Schnepf)...The post Amazing Real Time MRI Footage That Shows How the Lips, Tongue and Throat Move While Beatboxing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The irate German from the Speed Comparer channel who sternly explained how to properly pronounce the names of cars made in his beloved homeland, returned for a second round. This time he enjoyed some nice German chocolate and a small but enjoyable German beer while lecturing on locally known names such as Maybach, AMG, Geländewagen,...The post An Irate German Sternly Explains How to Properly Pronounce the Names of More German Cars appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Dogs In Food (@dogs_infood) on May 27, 2018 at 7:08am PDT The Instagram feed Dogs In Food posts absolutely wonderful and very amusing manipulated photos that seamlessly insert adorable tiny dog faces into different kinds of foods and drinks. Some are very easy to spot, while others might take an extra...The post An Amusing Photo Series That Seamlessly Inserts Tiny Dog Faces Into Different Kinds of Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.