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An absolutely adorable little cockatoo named Rio gleefully tried to knock down a set of colorful plastic bowling pins with a big pink plastic ball. While his first attempt was unsuccessful, Rio managed to eventually knock it all down and enjoyed a big laugh at the end. A Bright-Eyed Cockatoo Gleefully Knocks Down a Tower...The post A Jolly Little Cockatoo Gleefully Knocks Down Colorful Bowling Pins With a Pink Plastic Ball appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The freeParasol, being designed by Asahi Power Service, is an amazing umbrella that can hover above a person’s head to protect them from the outside elements. With the use of an attached DJI Mavic Pro drone and artificial intelligence to track your movement, they hope to keep individuals dry without them having to carry an...The post A Drone-Powered Umbrella That Can Hover Above a Person’s Head to Protect Them From the Elements appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured super slow motion footage of an experiment where they spun a vinyl record so fast that it shattered into approximately 50,000 pieces. The slow motion segments were filmed at 12,500 fps with a Phantom v2640 camera. An Extremely Close Slow-Motion Look at a Needle...The post Spinning a Vinyl Record So Fast That It Shatters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Jun 1, 2018 at 2:39pm PDT Impossible Foods just sent us a few sample patties of their amazing plant-based meat. We’ve had the Impossible Burger many times before, including in the form of a White Castle Slider and taco, but this is the first time we’ll have...The post The Impossible Burger, A 100% Plant-Based Burger appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber YouYouYou who does five minute Hip Hop album reviews from his car, was convinced by his viewers to take a listen to Rage Against the Machine‘s amazing 1992 self-titled album for the first time. YouYouYou was absolutely gobsmacked upon hearing the first few lyrics and became more excited from there as he heard more...The post Hip Hop Reviewer Absolutely Astonished Listening to Rage Against the Machine For the First Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Canadian musician and songwriter James Hill, who previously channeled Jimi Hendrix in a brilliant cover of “Voodoo Child” on a ukulele, used a different tact with his uke on a cover of the classic ballad “When You’re Smiling“. Instead of playing his ukulele like a guitar, he put it flat on his lap and picked...The post A Fun Interpretation of ‘When You’re Smiling’ Played on a Flat Ukulele With a Chopstick and Kazoo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber Alex Bostwick aka Bostwiki, who moved to New York City in November 2017, offers up a very clever way to determine your location should you find yourself lost in Central Park using the seemingly random numbers attached to the vintage city lampposts from the 1800s. When the builders put in these 19th century cast-iron...The post A Clever Way to Figure Your Location in Central Park Using the Numbers on Lampposts From the 1800s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

DoodleChaos has created amazing budget versions of Dude Perfect style basketball trick shots using marbles, wood, string, and all sorts of other small contraptions. Complicated LEGO Machine Continually Accelerates Small Balls Through a Roller Coaster at 1,000 RPMA Wooden Marble Machine Uses Gears and Lifts to Endlessly Push Marbles Down 3 Separate TracksThe Members of...The post Amazing Budget Versions of Basketball Trick Shots Using Marbles, Wood, String, and Small Contraptions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Japanese material artist Nosonoso creates wonderful, amazingly real looking animal masks, hair adornments and brooches, all made out of felt. The amount of attention to each remarkable detail make each piece instantly recognizable with a delicate sense of whimsy. ?????????????????????????????? #?????? pic.twitter.com/eGW2XiHYQv — ??? (@nosonoso) May 17, 2018 via Knit Hacker Brooches Made from Pages...The post Amazingly Real Looking Animal Masks, Hair Adornments and Brooches Made Out of Felt appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The “Lego Garden Machine” is an impressive LEGO-built contraption, created by The Brick Wall, that is capable of planting flowers in soil. A great machine for people who do not want to get their hands dirty. A LEGO Breakfast Machine Capable of Frying, Seasoning, and Serving Bacon and EggsCustom Built LEGO Axle SorterLEGO Machine That...The post An Impressive LEGO Garden Machine That Is Capable of Planting Flowers in Soil appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A concerning BBCEarth video shows that the increasing tourism to beaches in Thailand have left a dearth of shells for hermit crabs to make their homes. While some have turned to 3D printing to address this need, the human desire for a saltwater souvenir has eclipsed production. So rather than using shells to create their...The post Hermit Crabs on a Thai Beach Are Using Empty Cans For Housing When Shells Are Taken as Souvenirs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In May 2017, somewhere in Canada a mysterious cat made an appearance. This was no ordinary feline, however, as this cat was oddly broad shouldered with giant muscles and a rather wide stance. Known as Buff Cat, this big kitty has been the subject of some really funny memes and lookalike spotting. But most of...The post A Mysterious Oddly Broad Shouldered Buff Tabby Cat Who’s Become the Subject of Many Memes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kylo Ren gives his honest, spoiler-filled review of the newly released film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, in the Auralnauts‘ amusing new video. Han Solo‘s son previously reviewed The Last Jedi and Rogue One. Kylo Ren Reviews Star Wars: The Last JediKylo Ren Violently Reacts to the New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story TrailerKylo...The post Kylo Ren Reviews Solo: A Star Wars Story appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the 1970s in the United States, the Levi Strauss Company wanted to create really memorable commercials about their new line of products in addition to their legendary jeans. With the help of narrators such incredible voice actors as Ken Nordine and Ernie Anderson, Levi’s was able to speak to the confusing times with familiar...The post Classic 1970s Animated Television Commercials for Levi’s Jeans With Fantastic Psychedelic Themes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Movie characters show off their fancy footwork in a wonderful compilation video, created by Brazilian film critic and editor Diego Carrera, that celebrates dancing in movies. Carrera‘s upbeat video, which features everything from The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) to Call Me by Your Name (2017), is set to the song “Night Moves” by Roosevelt....The post A Celebration of Dancing in Movies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ollie Bye has created a fascinating, color coded animated map that marks the timeline of every notable event that occurred during each stage of the rise and fall of the British Empire. The animation starts with the Heptarchy in the year 549 to Empire beginning in the 16th century and finally the Constitutional Monarchy as...The post A Color Coded Animated Map Marking Each Notable Event Within the Rise and Fall of the British Empire appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“She was struggling so I decided to help her” When a wonderfully thoughtful eight year boy in Milledgeville, Georgia named Maurice Adams Jr. saw from the car window that an elderly woman with a walker was struggling to climb the concrete steps into a local park, he asked his mom if he could help her....The post A Thoughtful Young Boy Gets Out of Car to Help an Elderly Woman With a Walker Climb Safely Up Stairs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a mercurial episode of Half as Interesting, Sam from Wendover called attention to a pair of islands that sit between the United States and Russia within the Bering Strait. The smaller of the two islands, Little Diomede is a sparsely populated Alaskan (U.S.) Island, while Big Diomede is a Siberian (Russia) island that’s solely...The post Two Bering Strait Islands Are Only Two Miles Apart But Are Separated by 21 Hours in International Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

GQ traveled deep into the wilderness with Silicon Valley star Zach Woods to hear some of his hilariously bad tips on how to survive in the woods. We took Silicon Valley’s awkward mother hen into the wild, dressed him in the splurgiest tech wear, and learned how to be men. (read more) A Creepy Silicon...The post Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods Gives Hilariously Bad Tips on How to Survive in the Woods appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British inventor Colin Furze took the frame of an old bicycle, tore it apart, and rebuilt it with heavy duty springs. He demonstrated how it handled with a bouncy ride around town. You know when you have an idea, buy some stuff, start putting it all together then stand back and think WTF am I...The post Colin Furze Builds a Bicycle Frame Out of Springs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Incredible 720p HD footage from the film “Live at the Paramount” shows the members of Nirvana (with Dave Grohl on drums) performing a really raw and honest set of songs from their now-seminal album Nevermind during a 1991 Halloween Night show at the Paramount Theatre in their hometown of Seattle. Included in the set was...The post Incredible 720p HD Footage of a Live Nirvana Performance of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ From 1991 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British designers Keivor John and Richard Harvey of Harvey & John collaborated with Last Drop Distillers to create Pours, a beautifully designed decanter that detects a glass underneath, sends liquid up the stem, which then bows to perfectly pour the chosen spirit within. a playful exploration of the traditional decanter. Pours is an innovative social...The post A Beautifully Designed Decanter That Gracefully Bows To Pour When a Glass Is Detected Underneath appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2009, the Australian digital animation studio Zero One created “A Day in Pompeii“, an incredibly intense visualization that recreated what may have occurred during the last 48 hours before the complete destruction of Pompeii. The video used historical data to surmise the timing of each Mount Vesuvius eruption and fission that completely felled the...The post An Intense Animation That Imagines What Might Happened During the Last 48 Hours of Pompeii appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented and barefoot Peter Bence performed a highly percussive piano cover of the the internet’s favorite song -“Africa” by Toto. What made this performance so remarkable was that Bence used every part of the instrument to create different textures and colors within the song. One of the greatest songs ever written by @toto99com...The post Barefoot Musician Performs Incredible Piano Cover of Toto’s ‘Africa’ Using Every Part of the Instrument appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A rescued raccoon named Tito noticed that there was another creature in his human’s backyard and needed to check it out. Tito first sniffed at the animal and then tentatively reached out with his paw, but quickly drew it back when he felt the sharp quills of a prickly hedgehog named Theo. This exercise of...The post A Rescued Raccoon Tentatively Attempts to Play With a Prickly Hedgehog in His Human’s Backyard appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Scooby Doo Project was a live action animated comedy short that aired during and after Cartoon Network‘s Halloween Scooby-Doo marathon in 1999. The Blair Witch Project parody was released shortly after director Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s found footage film hit theaters. The Scooby gang get lost in the woods while trying the solve...The post The Scooby Doo Project, A Blair Witch Project Parody That Aired on Cartoon Network in 1999 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Yiying Lu, the talented designer behind the famous piece “Lifting A Dreamer” aka “Twitter Fail Whale”, who was just named one of the Most Creative People in Business 2018 and is a very good friend of Laughing Squid, gave an amusing talk to a San Francisco Ignite audience about how she went about creating the...The post ‘Fail Whale’ Designer Yiying Lu Explains How She Designed and Certified the Official Dumpling Emoji appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tested editor Norman Chan met up with Jonathan Tippett, the founder of Furrion and creator of the Prosthesis mech. Chan got the low down on how the 15-foot tall, 8,000 pound mech suit works. This 8000 pound mech is directly controlled by Jonathan using his arms and legs, without any stabilizing gimbals or gyros. Jonathan...The post A Look at How Furrion’s Giant 15-Foot Tall, 8,000 Pound Prosthesis Mech Suit Works appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the Official Spelling Bee 2018 finals, Google Trends posted a colorful map of the United States that plotted the single, most popular word in each state that was most searched via Google for its proper spelling from May 2017 to May 2018. Like previous iterations of the map, it also included how...The post A United States Map Showing Each State’s Top Google Searched Word for Correct Spelling in 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Rednecks With Paychecks captured spectacular footage of adults crashing plastic toy vehicles at their rainy 2018 Barbie Jeep Downhill event in St. Jo, Texas back in March. A rainstorm in the middle of our Barbie Jeep Downhill Race wasn’t going to stop the action! It only made the hill that much more brutal! A post...The post Spectacular Footage of Adults on Barbie Jeeps Crashing While Racing Downhill In the Rain appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Two Australians behind the BarryDennen12 YouTube channel created a fantastic Back to the Future themed video that features an F1 race car shooting out sparks, hitting well over 88 MPH, and traveling back in time during the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. via Boing Boing Red Bull Racing F1 Car Drives 190 MPH Through The Lincoln...The post F1 Race Car Hits 88 MPH and Travels Through Time During the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On May 30, 2018, British filmmaker Paris Zarcilla went upstairs to his bedroom to grab a sweater and instead found that a beautiful black and white cat had given birth to adorable kittens right underneath his bed. Despite the fact that the cat wasn’t his, Zarcilla immediately fell in love with this lot of felines...The post British Filmmaker Unexpectedly Discovers That a Unfamiliar Cat Had Given Birth Under His Bed appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A mother named Mel captures the hilarious moment on film when her 19-month-old son, Frankie, started throwing a tantrum after not being able to sit down on a tiny doll house chair. Little Frankie Box just couldn’t understand what was happening when he tried to park his behind in a tiny wooden chair at home...The post Toddler Throws a Tantrum When He Discovers He’s Unable to Sit Down on a Tiny Doll House Chair appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Orion Dajnowicz of Haggard Racing Co. and his friends made a functioning spare tire for a car out of numerous rolls of duct tape. They tested out the duct tape tire by performing a few burnouts. Dajnowicz and his crew also tried to make a tire out of rubber bands. via LikeCOOL, Gizmodo A Man...The post Making a Functioning Tire Out of Duct Tape appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a lovely day at Town Moor Park in the north eastern English town of Newcastle, music stuent Mark Insley sat on a bench and began playing his melodeon to a herd of cows who were apparently wandering around the park. Upon hearing the dulcet tones of the instrument, the cows stopped and gathered around...The post Music Student on a Park Bench Sweetly Serenades a Herd of Wandering Cows With His Accordion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a tart episode of the unsolved mystery series Nothing Is Revealed, host Alex Gartner embarked on a search for the rather mysterious commenter who has been propagating and praising Captain Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie online for the past seven years. Gartner first posited that the commenter was of an advanced age, due to the...The post The Search for the Mysterious Commenter Behind the Online Praise for Captain Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a remastered clip from the iconic film The Song Remains the Same, the members of Led Zeppelin perform a jaw-dropping version of “Dazed and Confused” in front of a 1973 Madison Square Garden audience. What’s most notable about this footage is not only that Jimmy Page played his guitar with a cello bow, but...The post Jaw Dropping Remastered Footage of Led Zeppelin Performing of ‘Dazed and Confused’ Live in 1973 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amazing Vegetable Orchestra whose biodegradable instruments are wholly created out of produce, are currently “krautfunding” in order to put out their fourth album – The Green Album. For this new album, the band has created new instruments and done much of the recording, but they need further assistance in other areas of production. After...The post The Orchestra Who Plays Instruments Made From Vegetables Is ‘Krautfunding’ for Their New Album appeared first on Laughing Squid.

BBC Earth has partnered with OceanX Media to provide a beautifully soothing ten hour loop of open ocean footage that features undersea creatures of all types of species, shape and sizes. Be wowed by the brilliant hues of our blue planet and the incredible animals that live there with this 10 hour loop. This wonderful...The post An Incredibly Soothing Ten Hour Oceanscape Featuring Amazing Creatures of the Sea appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a quieting animation, the gently insightful School of Life explains the vital importance of knowing how to calm and soothe ourselves in a crisis, much in the way were were soothed as infants or in the same manner in which we would soothe another person who may be experiencing a crisis. Soothing is one...The post The Vital Importance of Knowing How to Self-Soothe In the Same Manner of Soothing Someone Else appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tim Hwang, who has come up with a number of very good, outward thinking ideas, has launched “The Trade Journal Cooperative“, a quarterly subscription of niche trade publications, which are accompanied by “a newsletter from our Editorial Board that provides a wealth of insightful commentary, historical analysis, and various amusing tidbits from our explorations”. Our...The post The Trade Journal Cooperative, A Quarterly Subscription of Curated Niche Industry Publications appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Pokémon Company shared exciting news in Tokyo that they will be releasing the first Pokémon role-playing games for Nintendo Switch, titled Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! Both titles, created by GAME FREAK, will be able to connect to the mobile Pokémon Go game to enhance the fun. Pokémon: Let’s Go,...The post Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee RPG Games Coming to Nintendo Switch in November 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When a rather vocal and indignant French Bulldog in Austin, Texas named Walter was left waiting in the car while his human engaged in conversation, yelled out the window at at the top of his lungs because he was feeling left out. Hilariously, Walter sounded less angry and more like an opera singer due to...The post An Indignant Dog Left Waiting In the Car Yells at the Top of His Lungs In Beautiful Operatic Voice appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the past we’ve written about the Kendama, a Japanese wooden ball and string toy that takes a great deal of skill and practice to successfully operate. Luckily for those who want to learn, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on a 2-Pack of the Duncan Groove Kendama. While you can’t pick...The post Duncan Groove Kendama Two Pack Featuring Kendama Ball & String Toys Combined With a Yo-Yo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bethesda Game Studios has released a cryptic teaser trailer for Fallout 76, the newest addition to their ongoing post-apocalyptic Fallout video game series. The trailer begins in a simple suburban home with a comforting, monophonic cover of the John Denver song “Country Roads” playing in the backround and a general sense of normalcy about the...The post Fallout 76, Bethesda Cryptically Teases Next Chapter of Their Post-Apocalyptic Video Game Series appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the day before Mother’s Day in 2015, Adriana Aviles, the four year old daughter of Major League Baseball player Mike Aviles, was diagnosed with leukemia. After intense treatment, which included a bone marrow transplant, little Addy is now considered to be cancer-free. Three years later on Mother’s Day 2018, a healthy seven year old...The post A Tearful Seven Year Old Girl Joyously Meets the Man Who Donated Bone Marrow That Saved Her Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While driving along the very busy Long Island Expressway on May 18, 2018, New York City Councilman Francisco Moya, who represents District 21 in Queens, came across the sight of a frightened cat who was stranded on the median. The compassionate Moya pulled over to the shoulder of the road, began talking calmly to the...The post Compassionate City Councilman Rescues Stranded Cat From a Median on the Long Island Expressway appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Merchoid is featuring officially licensed Star Wars Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighter picnic blankets for families and friends to enjoy at a park or a galaxy far, far away. via Geekologie Star Wars Themed Desks and Beds for KidsMiniature Remote-Controlled ‘Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon, TIE Fighter, and X-Wing FighterRemote-Controlled Quadcopter Drone That Looks Like the...The post Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighter Picnic Blankets appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Toronto, Ontario art director Scott Park has created Eighty², featuring awesome illustrations of 80 characters from 57 popular 1980s movies. Prints are available to purchase from the Hero Complex Gallery. images via Scott Park Illustration submitted via Laughing Squid Tips ‘Hall of Heroes’, Illustrations of 80 Famous Female Characters From Films and TelevisionIllustrations of 63...The post Eighty², Awesome Illustrations of 80 Characters From 57 Popular 1980s Movies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Solo in Carbonite” is a clever handcrafted Star Wars parody, created by Toronto conceptual photographer Justin Poulsen, where a Red SOLO Cup (Han Solo) is shown being lifted out of a carbon-freezing chamber. photos via Justin Poulsen submitted via Laughing Squid Tips The Star Wars Carbon Freeze Me Experience at Walt Disney WorldVideo & Images...The post A Red SOLO Cup is Lifted Out of a Carbon-Freezing Chamber in a Hilarious Star Wars Parody appeared first on Laughing Squid.