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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.

Looper gives us a glimpse at what Marvel films look like without special effects, including stripped down scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Part of the reason Marvel movies work so well is that their visual effects are so seamless that we can rarely tell the difference between...The post What Marvel Films Look Like Without Special Effects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Japanese artist Kensuke Koike has built a unique Rubik’s Cube that can be solved using photos of people’s faces, instead of colors. We previously wrote about Koike when he used a hand cranked pasta machine to duplicate a photo. LEGO Robot Solves Traditional Rubik’s Cube in a Record-Breaking 3.253 SecondsPuzzle Facade, A Building Transformed Into...The post A Unique Rubik’s Cube That Is Solved Using Photos of People’s Faces Instead of Colors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with James Edward Smith Jr., a restoration instructor at the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in Texas. Smith spoke compassionately about the extraordinary art of providing facial restoration services to those who may have suffered injury to their face or head in death, particularly to the family of the deceased. Smith...The post The Extraordinary Art of Deceased Facial Restoration For Those Who Suffered Injury to Their Face or Head appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Julien Tabet (@julien.tabet) on Mar 10, 2018 at 11:00am PST French digital artist Julien Tabet has created a wonderful series of pastel colored, imaginative animals in unusual circumstances such as the stripes of a zebra suddenly taking flight, a black bird giving spots to a leopard or a fox with wings....The post Imaginative Animals in Unusual Situations Created From Real Images Manipulated With Photoshop appeared first on Laughing Squid.

McPherson Guitars shared a fascinating factory tour that shows every step involved in a full build of a gorgeous instrument from their Carbon Series. McPherson guitars are known for their creativity, their offset sound hole and their embrace of cutting edge materials, such as carbon fiber. The material is acoustically resonant while also being lightweight,...The post A Fascinating Factory Tour of McPherson Guitars That Shows a Full Build of a Carbon Series Guitar appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Footage from 1982 shows an unusual performance by a Tyrolean choir in which all of the members openly flicked their tongues back and forth while performing the wordless a capella version of a song by Austrian composer Franz Mika titled “A Gaudi Muss Sein“. via reddit Lenny Kravitz Hears Street Choir Playing his Song, Joins...The post Members of a Tyrolean Choir Flick Their Tongues Back and Forth While Performing a Wordless Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very creative and helpful Household Hacker put together a list of handy cost-saving ideas that provide creative alternative and can help humans save money while providing a safe, healthy and interactive home for a cat and/or dog. Suggestions such as homemade games and healthy food additions were amongst the shared subjects between the feline...The post Clever Cost Saving Hacks That Provide Creative Alternatives to Expensive Cat and Dog Supplies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Ellen Show to promote their upcoming film The Spy Who Dumped Me, actresses Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon happily succumbed to a game of “Speak Out“. Per the game’s rules, the two donned plastic dental retractors and recited nonsensical phrases such as “I love bean bag popping” and “Patty poked that...The post A Drooling Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis Play a Hilarious Round of ‘Speak Out’ on The Ellen Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While at Nürnberg Castle, visitor Unecht Erfunden and his family poured a pitcher of water into a medieval well that went down 50 meters (164 feet). As it went down, the sound of the water bounced off the walls and then echoed back to them after a short fascinating delay. TheBackyardScientist Pours Seven Different Molten...The post The Fascinating Delayed Sound of Water Being Poured Down a 50 Meter Well at Nürnberg Castle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In support of the Stand Up To Cancer movement, a newly 50 year old Jimmy Kimmel decided this was the year for him to get his first colonoscopy. The nervous host recruited journalist and talk show host Katie Couric to accompany him to the appointment. Couric has been a spokeswoman for colon cancer awareness since...The post Katie Couric Accompanies a Nervous Jimmy Kimmel to His Very First Colonoscopy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cassie, the ostrich-legged bipedal robot by Agility Robotics lab at Oregon State University showed off some slick dance moves during a play date with a four-legged robot. The canine quadruped also had some great moves and made a great dance partner to Cassie. Whenever you take your #robot to visit a Playground, it might make...The post Cassie the Ostrich-Inspired Bipedal Robot Dances With a Robotic Dog During a Play Date appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Santa Cruz del Islote is a tiny artificial within the Archipelago of San Bernardo , that sits two hours off the coast of Colombia. This 200 meter island is home to 1,200 residents, most of whom who are descended from the original settlers, making it four times as dense as the island of Manhattan. Great...The post A Tiny Artificial Island Off the Coast of Colombia That’s Four Times as Dense as Manhattan appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Epic Games, who teamed up with NVIDIA and ILMxLAB at GDC 2018, used characters from Star Wars to publicly demonstrate how they are able to pull off the incredible feat of real-time ray tracing with Unreal Engine 4. During today’s “State of Unreal” opening session at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the three companies presented...The post Epic Games Uses Star Wars to Demonstrate Real-Time Ray Tracing With Unreal Engine 4 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

My poor, poor husband.I “Morissetted” him for over a month.But let me ask you this, how the hell could I ever stop? pic.twitter.com/R6UVdjmHuL — Lisa Shmeesa ??? (@LisaRieffel) March 21, 2018 Lisa Rieffel of Los Angeles, California did a fantastic job of teasing her husband, for over a month, by loudly singing various lyrics from...The post Wife Teases Her Husband by Loudly Singing an Alanis Morissette Song at Random Moments appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A determined man in Rostov-on-Don, Russia struggles to walk uphill after the sidewalks all iced over. Thanks to a pole, he was able to complete his slippery journey. Little Pig Slides Slowly Down an Icy Uphill Sidewalk On a Cold Winter’s DayDetermined Dog Deftly Navigates the Sidewalk With a Giant Stick In His Mouth to...The post A Determined Russian Man Struggles to Walk Uphill on Icy Sidewalk appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actor Andy Serkis, best known for his portrayal of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes, teamed up with Epic Games to demonstrate the future of performance capture in gaming. The stunning footage features Serkis tapping into his wide range of facial expressions while reciting William Shakespeare‘s speech...The post Andy Serkis Recites Speech From ‘Macbeth’ to Show Off the Future of Performance Capture in Gaming appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The LAIKA animation studio released a fantastic behind-the-scenes video that gives us a glimpse at how lead armaturist Jeanne McIvor carefully built and repaired the feline puppets for the stop motion animated film, Coraline. Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, New Animated Film by Henry Selick & LaikaThe Other Mother Sent Us A Coraline Button BoxNew Trailer Shows...The post How Armaturist Jeanne McIvor Built and Repaired Cat Puppets for LAIKA’s Animated Film ‘Coraline’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

DUST presents Hybrids, a sci-fi short film written directed by Patrick Kalyn about an ex-special forces soldier and mother who hunts down an alien to avenge her daughter’s brutal death. The original soundtrack, composed by Sam Hulick, is available to purchase from Bandcamp. In the wake of an alien infestation, an ex-special forces soldier’s daughter...The post Hybrids, A Sci-Fi Short About an Ex-Soldier Who Hunts an Alien to Avenge Her Daughter’s Death appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a locus episode of his incredibly informative video essays about music, YouTuber Polyphonic, talked about three different recording studios that were rather unorthodox in their respective natures, but turned out legendary, blockbuster albums. These locations also affected the bands in different ways. The Big Pink in West Saugerties, New York founded The Band; the...The post Unorthodox Recording Studios That Turned Out Legendary Rock Albums appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When Israeli Ran Rosenzweig visited Iceland for the first time, he captured gorgeous 4K drone footage that shows the incredibly unique, fascinatingly otherworldly beauty of the country’s landscape. Included in the footage are the striking black sand beaches, the flowing waterfalls, the long winding roads into the mountains, the steamy geothermal spots, lava fields and...The post Amazing Drone Footage That Captures the Unique Otherworldly Beauty of Iceland From High Above appeared first on Laughing Squid.