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Swiss photographer Raphaël Sandoz captured an incredible timelapse of the gorgeous downhill ride on Gelmer Funicular, a cable-traction train that begins high up in the Swiss Alps near Gelmer Lake, runs along the Grimsel Pass until it terminates in the valley town of Handegg, Guttannen. timelapse of the ride back down from the gelmersee with...The post Amazing Timelapse of an Incredibly Steep Downhill Ride on a Cable Train From High in the Swiss Alps appeared first on Laughing Squid.

DIY craftsman Levsha shared a video showing his step-by-step process for building a beautiful micro sized chess set set out of shiny brass and precious wood. Every tiny chess piece is a perfect miniature version of those within a standard set. …It’s a little souvenir for friends. To make these chess pieces you will need...The post Skilled DIY Craftsman Shares How to Make a Beautiful Micro Chess Set Out of Brass and Wood appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While magician Ah Gan was demonstrates a series of tricks on video, his rather humorless friend repeatedly revealed the secrets behind said tricks in complete silence, without a flicker of emotion crossing his pokerface. Chinese magician A Gan enjoys showing off his tricks through his live-streaming channel, but not when his buddy is messing around...The post A Magician’s Tricks Are Repeatedly Spoiled by a Silent Humorless Friend Who Reveals His Secrets appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Motion and graphic designer Florent Porta has created “Les Machines Impossibles“, a series of five short films that brilliantly imagine what goes on with the internal mechanisms inside larger, more complex machines. The films were made in 2017 at the request of the Centre Pompidou Museum for their children’s web series “Mon Œill. The subjects...The post Brilliantly Imaginative Short Films That Explain the Internal Mechanisms Inside Complex Machines appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an aquatic episode of The New York Times series ScienceTake from 2015, host James Gorman shares some very interesting information using research from David Scheel, Peter Godfrey-Smith and Matthew Lawrence. The three men studied the eight-armed cephalopods of Tasmania, Australia, Gorman explained the clever ways in which the solitary creatures use their bodies to...The post The Clever Ways in Which Solitary Octopuses Use Their Bodies To Communicate With Each Other appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Revolving Internet is a fun, slightly dizzying site created by Constant Dullaart that rotates the Google search page in slow moving constant turns around the computer screen. Even though it’s moving, the search field is fully functional to allow the person at the keyboard to type in any URL they see fit. All web...The post ‘The Revolving Internet’ Rotates the Google Search Page In Slow Moving Circles Around the Screen appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Emile Rafael sat down with renowned architect Frank Gehry in front of his iconic namesake Spruce Street building in Manhattan to talk about his visionary art. Gehry was more than happy to share his passion for architecture that imbues a strong sense of movement and fluidity as seen in his beautiful fish shaped building...The post Renowned Architect Frank Gehry Shares His Passion For Giving His Buildings a Sense of Movement appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very informative video by Food Insider/The Science Channel shows the fascinating process by which rainbow colored candy sprinkles are made, what they are made of, how they get to be certain colors and how they are packaged. They also gave a short history about where sprinkles originated. Rainbow cake sprinkles have been around since...The post How Rainbow Colored Candy Sprinkles Are Made appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the animated “Detective Simmons” by StoryCorps, the amazing oral history project that provides recording booths for people to tell their own life stories, a wonderful tribute is paid to an honorable man who knew when and how to stand up for what was right. The commentary was provided by his beloved daughter and grandson,...The post Police Detective Is Fondly Remembered by Daughter and Grandson for Standing Up for What’s Right appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Doodling music theorist and musician 12tone took a deep dive into the classic song “Message in a Bottle” by The Police. He astutely focuses on the song’s use of quintal harmonies, power chords and the wandering passage the music takes before it find the root (E Major) while noting how this sense of melodic meandering...The post How Meandering Quintal Harmonies Give the Song ‘Message In a Bottle’ a Sense of Being Lost at Sea appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the limited Cary Joji Fukunaga Netflix series Maniac, Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) and Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) are two mentally fragile volunteers who take part a strange pharmaceutical trial and find that they’re not quite sure where they are as they start experiencing mind bending multiple reality scenarios that constantly involve...The post Two Fragile Volunteers Take Part in a Mind Bending Pharmaceutical Trial in the Netflix Series ‘Maniac’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While diving in the beautiful blue waters of Hurghada, Egypt, an unsuspecting diver named Tobias Sachs found himself at the center of an absolutely mesmerizing bait ball made up of thousands of fish. The tiny fish were using the power of many to protect themselves and perhaps even Sachs, from an incoming whale shark attack....The post Thousands of Fish Swarm Diver in a Mesmerizing Bait Ball to Ward Off an Incoming Whale Shark appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Ringer took a look at the development of the beloved Jim Halpert throughout the entirety of the American version The Office, noting how his personal appearance improved with his increasing story arc. They specifically focused on how Jim’s evolving hairstyles took place alongside the trajectory of his happiness and best described it with their...The post How Evolving Hairstyles of Jim Halpert on ‘The Office’ Mirrored the Trajectory of His Happiness appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Corridor Digital partnered with Google to create an amazing human replication of a spinning zoetrope without employing any special video effects. The perfectly synchronized, stop-motion scenario was created on a Samsung Chromebook Pro and is certainly on par with any of the zoetropes we’ve written about in the past. Corridor Digital is a group of...The post An Amazing Real-Life Spinning Human Zoetrope appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A talented street musician named Serin in Rome is becoming known for his incredible covers of classic Pink Floyd songs, which he performs right in front of the Pantheon. Among the songs that visitors to the city have captured on video are “Comfortably Numb“, “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” and Time, “Another Brick in the...The post Street Musician Performs Brilliant Covers of Classic Pink Floyd Songs In Front of the Pantheon in Rome appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by ODEITH (@odeith) on Jul 16, 2018 at 11:37am PDT In April 2015, we wrote aboutThe post Incredible 3D Illusion Anamorphic Street Murals of Insects That Appear to Be Popping Off the Walls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Electrical engineer Tobias Kuhn of Electron Dust has created a neat Arduino project in which he used four microphones to keep PID controlled ping pong ball bouncing on a plate machine. The purpose of this project per Kuhn, is to keep the ball going for as long as possible. Not quite your usual ball and...The post Four Microphones Keep a PID Controlled Ball Bouncing on Plate Machine For as Long as Possible appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While performing at the Le Poisson Rouge in New York City in April 2018, the incredibly talented Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain live streamed a beautiful cover of the iconic David Bowie song ‘Heroes‘ – a truly fitting tribute to the late musician in his adopted hometown. On the 5th April 2018 at Le Poisson...The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs an Incredible Cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ in NYC appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As he’s done in previous years, San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day created a fascinating video featuring 24 hours on the dusty playa during Burning Man 2017, just weeks before the 2018 event. An intentionally-overlong trip through one man’s Burning Man. Your mileage, and your Burning Man may vary. …This starts as a solo project and...The post 24 Hours at Burning Man 2017 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On Monday, July 30, 2018, unsuspecting New York City subway passengers a were surprised to find a gentleman seated upon a leather couch in a most relaxed position, riding through the city in the utmost comfort. But for the fact that the sofa was blocking the doors and taking up seats, he could be on...The post A Relaxed Man Rides the New York City Subway in the Utmost Comfort Upon a Brown Leather Couch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Over the years, different airlines have tried different ways to make their in-flight safety videos more interesting. In 2018, Turkish Airlines did the same by enlisting characters from The LEGO Movie franchise to give an amusing presentation to their passengers on their international flights. Are you ready for the safety video with the smallest cast...The post Turkish Airlines Enlists Characters From ‘The LEGO Movie’ to Star in Their In-Flight Safety Video appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Horror artist Ashley Newman of “It Came From Under My Bed” has created a fabulously disconcerting series of pot pies with realistic, anthropomorphic faces that have a variety of expressions baked right into their top crusts. These pies and other fascinating handmade objects are available for purchase through Newman’s Etsy Store and business is booming....The post Fabulously Disconcerting Anthropomorphic Human Faces Baked Into Top Crusts of Handmade Pot Pies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Luksand Wunder has created a frustratingly brilliant second part to the original The Most Unsatisfying Video in the World Ever Made, which again features a number of amusing scenarios that show an action in process but cuts off access to the most gratifying part of the video – the follow through. The Most Unsatisfying Video...The post The Most Unsatisfying Video in the World Part Two appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings), who has demonstrated numerous ways one can sit on a chair, enter a room and walk, among other actions, showed 50 different hilarious ways to get into a pool. A Man Who Doesn’t Understand Bitcoin Inaccurately Explains the World of Bitcoin in...The post 50 Hilarious Ways to Get Into a Pool appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Ien Chi of the 2011 film “Tick Tock“, decided that he wanted to “ditch school to whistle“, basically taking time off to participate in an international whistling competition taking place in Leasburg, North Carolina. Along the way, Chi met some amazing people who were happy to share their personal stories with him. Chi was...The post Filmmaker Learns About the Healing Power of Whistling Through People He Met at a Competition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Yoshida Haruka of the Open Reel Ensemble showed how he plays unrolled reel-to-reel tape like a drum to achieve a unique electronic sound. Known as “tape tapping”, this specific art requires good percussion skills and a good supply of electromagnetic tape. When you tap the tape, it sounds like a electro-magnetic drum. via reddit Rob...The post Percussionist Plays Unrolled Reel-to-Reel Tape Like a Drum to Achieve a Unique Electronic Sound appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Lola Dupre (@loladupre) on Jul 18, 2018 at 8:01am PDT Artist Lola Dupre has created a wonderful series of interpretive, hand paneled paper collages that depict popular cats and dogs of Instagram, such as Nimbus Whippet, Whiskey the Vizsla, Fargo, Trails and Bears along with some or her own studio cat...The post Wonderfully Interpretive Paper Collages Depicting Popular Cats and Dogs of Instagram appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The UkuRobot, a very cleverly designed robotic ukulele, eerily performed a haunting cover of the “Love Theme” from the iconic film The Godfather in an empty room. This incredible machine can play a variety of songs, such as the theme from “Requiem for a Dream” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day. via TechCrunch,...The post A Cleverly Designed Robotic Ukulele Eerily Plays a Haunting Cover of ‘The Godfather’ Theme appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary (@lighthousefarmsanctuary) on Apr 10, 2018 at 7:19pm PDT For three years, a blind bison named Helen was at the Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary in Scio, Oregon without making a single friend. The guarded bovine was nervous around other animals and while she was living in a safe environment, it...The post A Lonely Guarded Blind Bison Finds a Best Friend in a Young Jersey Cow at an Oregon Sanctuary appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The filmmakers of Macro Room offered a dramatic demonstration of the extreme macro capabilities of an Laowa Probe Lens as shown from the perspective of a moving bullet, which traced the trajectory of the macro lens through an assortment of everyday objects. The Four Seasons as Seen Through a MicroscopeInexpensive Ways to Create a Close-Up...The post A Dramatic Demonstration of a Macro Probe Lens Shown From the Perspective of a Moving Bullet appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During an interview, Hank Azaria reflected on the sheer genius of the legendary Mel Blanc, the signature voice of Looney Tunes during the Golden Age of Animation. Azaria specifically pointed to a the “Rabbit Fire” episode during which Bugs Bunny impersonated Daffy Duck and Daffy Duck impersonated Bugs Bunny in an elaborate plan to confuse...The post The Sheer Genius of Mel Blanc Voicing Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Impersonating Each Other appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Le Vif Weekend (@levifweekend) on Jul 27, 2018 at 7:32am PDT A shiny new skyscraper with an incredible artificial waterfall cascading 108 meters (350 feet) down has joined the Guiyang, China skyline. This building, known as the “Liebian Building“, sits in the heart of the city’s financial district and provides a...The post A Shiny Skyscraper in Guiyang, China Features an Incredible 108 Meter Waterfall Built Into the Exterior appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the third episode of “Lego in Real Life” by BrickBrosProductions, the same boy who prepared a yummy breakfast out of LEGO bricks, tried his hand at building a colorful wooden duck pull toy. The materials for this project included a LEGO pencil, LEGO measuring tape, LEGO paints and even LEGO “wood” interacting with real...The post A Boy Builds a Colorful LEGO Duck Pull Toy Using Materials Made Entirely Out of LEGO Bricks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Almost every day, a really affable elephant named Lekshmi and her human Kannan make frequent visits to the family of Baiju Attukal, kind neighbors who provide both pachyderm and man with yummy treats. Sometimes, the playful Lekshmi even tries to come into the house, but is mostly content to remain in the doorway or in...The post An Affable Elephant and Her Human Make Frequent Visits to a Kind Neighbor For Some Yummy Treats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bad Reputation is a long-awaited, well-deserved documentary about the amazing Joan Jett, her incomparable talent and fabulously defiant career, which started out during a time when female guitarists were few and far between. Using a combination of interviews and archival footage, the film weaves an beautiful tribute to an incredible woman who always has been...The post Bad Reputation, A Heartfelt Hardcore Documentary About Joan Jett’s Fabulously Defiant Music Career appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In another brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool, British philosopher Alan W. Watts, who previously posited that life should not be considered a journey because the end is not the primary goal and that happiness is always more valuable when it is sought, explained through a wonderful parable how difficult it is to determine if...The post Why It’s Impossible to Know if a Situation Is Good or Bad Without Seeing How It Will Affect the Future appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British accordion expert Leslie Thompson gave a really wonderful explanation about the instrument, specifically why there’s such a large range of bass buttons available. Being that the number of reeds are the same whether there are 48 or 120 buttons, its the size of the keyboard that dictates the size of the accordion. The weight...The post An Experienced Accordionist Explains Why There Are So Many Buttons on the Instrument appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Animal behaviorists Julia E. Meyers-Manor, Emily M. Sanford and Emma R. Burt conducted a fascinating experiment in which individual humans sat in a room with a clear door that could be easily pushed open. Each of the humans pretended to be in distress in full view of their respective dogs to see how they would...The post A Fascinating Experiment Showing How Dogs React When They Perceive Their Human to Be in Distress appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story tells the remarkable history of Ralph Teeter, a brilliant electrical engineer who needed to rely upon others to drive him around due to his blindness. During a series of nausea-inducing rides due to the fuel sparing 35 MPH rule, it occurred to Teeter that there might be a way to efficiently keep...The post How a Blind Electrical Engineer Was Inspired by His Inefficient Driver to Invent Cruise Control appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While performing at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California, legendary musician Joe Walsh explained the process he used while writing his iconic song “Life’s Been Good” to an appreciative live audience. He first mentioned how the song was a combination of other songs he was planning to write, which explains why each musical part is so...The post Musician Joe Walsh Hilariously Explains the Meaning of ‘Life’s Been Good’ to a Live Audience appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who previously demonstrated several different ways in which to properly pick up a cat, responded to a specific question about carrying a cat like a baby. Using the shoulder-loving Mr. Pirate to demonstrate, the kind doctor responded affirmatively but offered a few cautionary words about safety for...The post Why It’s Okay to Hold a Trusted Cat Like a Baby appeared first on Laughing Squid.

David Klass came across this hilarious tribute to “Whip It” by Devo. I don’t know who shot this photo or were these wonderful works of art are located, but it looks like a gallery/museum I need to visit! Toby the Whippet Sets a Guinness World Record for the Fastest Time to Pop 100 Balloons by...The post Whippet, Whippet Good appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a volatile episode of of The Slow Mo Guys, hosts Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy set up and detonated a series of explosives around the School Of Mines in Golden, Colorado. The video culminated in an incredibly massive chain reaction explosion, which they captured in slow motion at 200,000 frames per second. This video...The post An Incredibly Massive Chain Reaction Explosion Captured in 200K Frames Per Second Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on the “Judge Cuts” segment ofThe post Talented Cats Perform Amazing Acrobatic Feats With Their Humans on ‘America’s Got Talent’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In her ongoing quest to create gourmet versions of popular foods, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, found her sweet spot in creating a gourmet version of the iconic Oreo cookie while staying true to its original charm. These charms include the distinctive snap of the...The post Pastry Chef Creates a Gourmet Version of the Iconic Oreo Cookie That Stays True to Its Original Charm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Creeping from r/Cinema4D Canadian artist Justin LeDuc created a digital rendering of a hovering gigantic Grim Reaper grasping the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, wrapped a red robe. This creeping Golden Gate Reaper looked so real, a number of people thought that it was. The misconception was furthered by the fact that the footage...The post A Creepy Hovering Gigantic Grim Reaper Menacingly Grasps the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While performing live in Vancouver, the band Toto played a really great cover of the Weezer song “Hash Pipe”. This comes just six weeks after Weezer performed a live cover of the Toto song “Africa” on Jimmy Kimmel Live at the behest of a Twitter campaign started by Mary Klym, a 15 year old girl...The post Toto Performs a Live Cover of the Weezer’s ‘Hash Pipe’ Six Weeks After Weezer Covered Toto’s ‘Africa’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays introduced a lot of people (myself included) Carol Kaye. Kaye was a rare female in the world of session musicians, but she made a name for herself very quickly with her prodigious ability to play guitar and bass. Throughout her career, Kay worked with Phil Specter...The post How Prolific Session Musician Carol Kaye Created Some of Music’s Most Iconic Guitar and Bass Lines appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism posited a very interesting question regarding the Planet Earth series of videos narrated by Sir David Attenborough, particularly why it has continually ranked higher than popular scripted shows such as Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad ? In answer to their own...The post How the Anthropomorphic Storytelling of ‘Planet Earth’ Lets Humans Feel Empathy for the Animals appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Wildlife photographer Peter Haygarth staked himself out on the edge of a body of water at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve in South Africa for over 15 hours in order to see what would come his way. The wait was worth it and his resulting images capture the reflective serenity of thirsty lions taking a...The post Wildlife Photographer Captures the Reflective Serenity of Thirsty Lions Drinking Water at Night appeared first on Laughing Squid.