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The very mechanically talented YouTuber Kaplamino has created “Spinners”, a Rube Goldberg inspired, handmade analog table top pinball maze. The maze creates a number of elaborate chain reactions using marbles of different sizes in concert with the fluid movement of fidget spinners, which keeps each ball rolling. I already used two fidget spinners tricks in...The post An Elaborate Rube Goldberg Maze That Connects the Fluid Motion of Fidget Spinners With Marbles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Literal Translation of Country Names is a remarkably researched map that plots the etymological origins of every country name in the world. Drawing from sources such as The CIA Factbook and Oxford University Press, the map offers insight into the spirit behind each name. via Maps on the Web A Fascinating 2016 World Map...The post An Incredible World Map That Plots the Literal Translation of Every Country Name In the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

#BillMurray reading a poem about a dog is something you never knew you needed…until now. @isleofdogsmovie #SXSW pic.twitter.com/z7GkTsy4rG — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 18, 2018 During the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, a bespectacled Bill Murray performed a dramatic reading of the iconic Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem Dog with a talented musician accompanying him on...The post Bill Murray Performs a Dramatic Reading of the Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poem ‘Dogs’ at SXSW appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey has created a great VHS style video that imagines what streaming movies on Netflix would have been like in 1995. The Opening Sequence of Daredevil Reimagined As Part of the Law & Order FranchiseA Brilliant Parody Looks at What a 1995 Commercial for ‘The Facebook’ Might Have Been Like‘Star Wars: A...The post What Streaming Netflix Movies Would Have Been Like in 1995 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Bill Hader, cast members got into character as popular 1990s actors and threw down some hilarious fake auditions for Jurassic Park. Pee-wee Herman (Mikey Day), Adam Sandler (Pete Davidson), and Whoopi Goldberg (Leslie Jones) all took a shot at pinning a role down in the...The post Popular 1990s Actors Audition for Jurassic Park in Hilarious Saturday Night Live Sketch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the video for the Run The Jewels song “Oh, Mama“, a rather slick Pulp Fiction styled Rick and Morty go on an interdimensional crime spree, leaving all sorts of bodies in their wake while fearlessly escaping fatal danger without a hair falling out of place. Of course, this being Rick and Morty, there’s always...The post A Slick Rick and Morty Go on an Interdimensional Crime Spree in the Run The Jewels Video ‘Oh Mama’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber Kensuke Koike demonstrated a very clever collage trick with a hand-cranked pasta machine and a photo of a dog. After sending the photo through the pasta machine, he arranged the resulting strips into a duplicate of the same photo. He then put those two photos together, sent them back through the pasta machine and...The post A Clever Collage Shredding Trick That Uses a Hand Cranked Pasta Machine to Duplicate a Photo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures, who are collaborating in the ongoing Skyglow project, captured the muddy beauty of the Colorado River below against a dramatic thunderstorm from above a little visited area of the Grand Canyon. A group of permitted whitewater rafters did their best to stay dry and were...The post A Gorgeous Timelapse Captures the Muddy Beauty of the Colorado River Within the Grand Canyon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vlogger Li Ziqi who very gracefully demonstrated the traditional Chinese art of making paper from scratch and shared her step-by-step process for truly homemade kimchi, showed how to make Crispy Fried Noodles, her favorite dish from childhood. Li first prepared the noodles, skillfully rolling out one long noodle to its desired girth, coiled it up...The post A Hypnotic Visual Recipe for Handmade Crispy Fried Noodles Prepared Outdoors During a Snowfall appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception released the first episode of his new series, See Through Rotary Engines, where he gives viewers a super slow motion look at how the combustion process works from the inside of a Wankel rotary engine. Have you ever wondered how a Wankel engine works differently from a conventional...The post A Slow Motion Look at How the Combustion Process Works Inside of a Rotary Engine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an amusing episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and Bill Hader played the “Face It Challenge,” where they both had to make hilarious faces at each other and try to hold their composure for 10 whole seconds. Of course, both funny gentlemen could not stop laughing hysterically. Bill Gates and Jimmy Fallon...The post Bill Hader and Jimmy Fallon Try Not to Laugh While While Making Hilarious Faces at Each Other appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty episode of “Things You Might Not Know“, host Tom Scott went up in the air with members of the Red Arrows, the aerobatic display team for the Royal Air Force. In doing so, he learned and shared exactly how they fly in formation with such perfect precision. They fly Hawk T1 jets,...The post Members of the Royal Air Force Red Arrows Share How They Fly in Formation With Such Precision appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their Planet Earth series, Great Big Story visited with a hungry giant anteater named Peter, who happily cleaned yogurt off the floor with his great big tongue. Like other animals with whom they visited, Peter is part of an ambassador program that seeks to bring awareness to the possibility that this 25...The post A Hungry Giant Anteater Happily Cleans Yogurt Off the Floor With His Great Big Tongue appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For the music video that accompanies the Lucinate song “Big Noise“, nine different animators employed the “Exquisite Corpse” concept to tell a single story . With this process, animators Héloïse Petel, Steve West, Jeremie Carreon, Pranay Patwardhan, Nikita Deshpande, Calvin Xingpei Shen, Gerhard Human, Pierre-Julien Fieux, Andrew Khosravani and Conde Pablo, progressively took up where...The post Nine Different Animators Progressively Build Upon a Single Story for the Lucinate Music Video ‘Big Noise’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For her photo series and book “Perfect Imperfection“, award-winning Australian photographer Alex Cearns has captured the elegant resilience and sweet spirit of dogs who were born disfigured and/or with disabilities. What shines through in each of these photos is not what makes these dogs different, but rather the shared joy of life itself. In this...The post Perfect Imperfection, Australian Photographer Captures the Elegant Resilience of Disabled Dogs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Marvel released a new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, the upcoming superhero film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo which is a sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). The action-filled trailer finds the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) arriving on Earth to violently collect infinity stones for his Infinity Gauntlet....The post Thanos Arrives on Earth to Violently Collect Infinity Stones in a New Avengers: Infinity War Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the heels of the This Is Us season finale, cast members Mandy Moore (Rebecca), Milo Ventimiglia (Jack) and Justin Hartley (Kevin) sat down with the Wired series Autocomplete Interview to answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves and the show itself. Among the topics searched were: Can Mandy Moore can sing? (yes), Is...The post ‘This Is Us’ Cast Members Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Themselves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Massdrop has released an amazing Scrabble themed mechanical keyboard and keycap set that are officially licensed by Hasbro. The keyboard features 87-keys using Cherry MX Brown switches and colors similar to the official Scrabble board game. Massdrop‘s custom Scrabble keyboard and keycap set are available to purchase from the Massdrop shop. via Gizmodo Colorful Custom...The post Scrabble Mechanical Keyboard and Keycap Set appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cambridge University bid farewell to their longtime colleague and world renowned theoretic physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who sadly passed away on Pi Day (March 14), 2018, with a heartfelt video tribute. This beautiful montage was set to the soundtrack of Hawking’s own words from a speech he had given during his 75th birthday celebration. So...The post Cambridge University Bids Farewell to Stephen Hawking With a Heartfelt Video Tribute appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While visiting the Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand, visitor Hannah Frenchick donned a plastic purple raincoat and sat down on the ground. Before she knew it, an adorably affectionate baby elephant had knocked her down, sat on her and proceed to cover her with lots of muddy cuddles. This was me sending the...The post An Affectionate Baby Elephant Attacks a Woman In a Purple Raincoat With Lots of Muddy Cuddles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Rian Johnson explains why Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) isolated himself from the galaxy and sheds some light on the legendary Jedi’s internal struggle in footage from the Star Wars: The Last Jedi bonus documentary, “The Director and the Jedi.” Luke Skywalker Enters the Millennium Falcon in a Dark New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ TrailerAn...The post Rian Johnson Explains Luke Skywalker’s Internal Struggle in Star Wars: The Last Jedi appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Earlier this week, Nerdist created an audition tape for Tommy Wiseau that portrays the actor and director as the Joker. YouTube user Bup took things a step further and edited Wiseau’s amazingly creepy Joker footage into actual scenes from the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight. 1979 Interview Shows Tom Waits As Possible Inspiration For...The post Tommy Wiseau’s Joker Edited Into ‘The Dark Knight’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Double Negative, the British production house that created the VFX Oscar-winning futuristic Los Angeles landscape of the Denis Villeneuve film Blade Runner 2049, provided an amazing narrated behind-the-scenes look at how this distinct environment came together so beautifully, including a full breakdown of the process that won such acclaim On the back of last night’s...The post How the Oscar Winning Futuristic Los Angeles Landscape Was Created for ‘Blade Runner 2049’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When Simon’s cat got himself stuck up high atop a tree branch and meowed loudly for help, his harried human Simon climbed a ladder for prompt retrieval. Up at the branch, however he found that his stubborn feline didn’t actually want to be rescued he just wanted some company. To make matters worse, the cat’s...The post Simon’s Cat Refuses to Let His Human Rescue Him From the Tree Branch Where He Got Stuck appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Israeli photographer Ariel Leshinsky enjoys chasing starlings to capture their incredible murmurations and the dramatic aerial patterns that they make. Some of these patterns can even be resolved by the human eye into familiar objects or animals. Among these patterns is a whale, a seal, a shark coming out of the water and even an...The post Determined Photographer Captures Recognizable Aerial Patterns Made by Starlings In Flight appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very creative musician Rob Scallon, clad in full fatigues and stationed in what appeared to be an underground WWII bunker of sorts, pulled out his signature guitar and began playing it one-handed through a pedal that mimicked the tremolo pattern of a telegraph machine. This really cool pedal by Coppersound is aptly called the...The post The Oddly Soothing Sound of an Electric Guitar Being Played Through a Telegraph Machine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a viral episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how the word ‘meme’ originated, for what the word was intended and the controversial biologist who came up with the word in the first place. “Meme” was coined by the often controversial evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book, The Selfish...The post The Biological Origin of the Word ‘Meme’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tomb Raider actress Alicia Vikander very graciously sat for the cameras of Vanity Fair to offer a quick lesson on common expressions and slang in Swedish, explaining both the literal and idiomatic translations of each phrase. Some of the phrases appeared old fashioned to Vikander, while others were completely new to her. ‘Släng Dig I...The post Tomb Raider Actress Alicia Vikander Gives a Quick Lesson on Swedish Slang Terms and Expressions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of his excellent Major to Minor video series, Chase Holfelder performed the familiar Toys’R’Us “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” theme very slowly and in a minor key, turning the happy little jingle into a rather introspective, mournful wail. This version of the song is perfectly appropriate at this time, as the company announced...The post The Mournful Wail of The Toys ‘R’ Us ‘I Don’t Wanna Grow Up’ Theme Song as Performed In a Minor Key appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a therapeutic episode of the Wired series Technique Critique, surgical resident and marathon winner, Dr. Annie Onishi critiqued 49 fictional medical procedures from both films and television shows, offering her honest expertise as to which procedures are real, which ones could possibly happen and those that would never, ever happen. Annie Onishi, general surgery...The post Surgical Resident Honestly Critiques Fictional Medical Procedures From Film and Television Shows appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an icy cold episode of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys used a “bullet time” rig to capture super slow motion footage of an ice sculpture being blown to bits. The sculpture was, of course, designed to look like Dan and Gav. Super Slow Motion...The post Blowing Up an Ice Sculpture in Super Slow Motion Using a ‘Bullet Time’ Rig appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the film aptly titled Eighth Grade, written and directed by Bo Burnham, an awkward 13 year old named Kayla (Elsie Fisher), who stretches the truth about her life in YouTube videos, sets a goal to live up to her online persona by attempting become friends with her classmates during the last week of middle...The post Eighth Grade, An Awkward Teen Tries to Live Up to Her Online Persona During the Last Week of School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Umasqu (@umasqu.studio) on Jan 10, 2018 at 4:01am PST The Hunter’s Wall is a collection of animal head mounted trophies, created by Tzachi Nevo of Umasqu Studio, that are made from wood, not from actual animals. The Bear, Bull, Deer, Elephant #1 and #2, Fox, Lion, Panda, and Zebra are available...The post Wooden Mounted Animal Head Trophies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artisan candy maker Gregory Cohen, owner of Lofty Pursuits in Tallahassee, Florida traveled north to New York City in order to properly celebrate National Egg Cream day. The egg cream as it is currently known, was invented at the soda fountain across the street from the old Yiddish Theater at the corner of 7th Street...The post The Colorful History of the Egg Cream, A Chocolate Seltzer Drink That Contains Neither Eggs Nor Cream appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ross Peacock of Rossatron posted a new video where he discusses what makes a dragon truly great when they are featured in television shows and films. A few points that Peacock hit on were that the massive beasts need a strong sense of character, weight, and need to inflict a blood curdling fear in their...The post What Makes a Great Dragon in TV Shows and Films appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Finger Hands are creepy finger puppets shaped like tiny human hands created by the fine folks at Archie McPhee. They have expanded on that idea and dropped a new line of even smaller Finger Hands for Finger Hands, which will also work for action figures. The sets of 10 dark and light skin tone Finger...The post Tiny Finger Hands For Your Finger Hands appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The folks at Looper posted a new video where they give us a glimpse at what some popular films look like without special effects. They feature scenes from Harry Potter, Life of Pi, and Beauty and the Beast. This is a follow-up to their video featuring scenes from movies prior to their special effects being...The post What Films Look Like Without Special Effects appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a pec popping episode of Conan, host Conan O’Brien put on a bald cap and trained to be Dwayne Johnson‘s stunt double for the upcoming film, Rampage. Things went south for O’Brien pretty quick though. Rampage is set to smash its way into theaters on April 13th, 2018. Conan O’Brien Plays and Reviews ‘WWE...The post Conan O’Brien Puts on a Bald Cap and Trains to be Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Stunt Double appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bill Smith of No Dialogue stripped the dialogue from season 8 episode 23 of ABC‘s Shark Tank television series. This left Billy Thompson and Randy Choi‘s pitch for their sweat proof Thompson Tee shirts filled with extremely awkward reactions. They say it best when they say nothing at all. Curious Museum Guest Gets Unexpected Surprise...The post A Shark Tank Pitch With No Dialogue, Only Extremely Awkward Reactions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a brilliant behind-the-scenes look at the film The Shape of Water, the visionary director Guillermo del Toro opened up about the transformative power of love while members of the cast shared their thoughts about about the utter beauty of this unconventional love story between two most silent characters in the film. Love is the...The post A Brilliant Look Behind the Scenes of the Visionary Guillermo Del Toro Film ‘The Shape of Water’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A truly compassionate man who came across a nest of abandoned baby goldfinches, very patiently fed the little birds by hand. Using a tiny spoon, the man properly ensured that each baby got his/her turn before another round was given. Hand reared goldfinch babies – feeding time via Digg Rescued Baby Deer Is Reluctant to...The post Compassionate Man Patiently Hand Feeds Baby Goldfinches Who Were Abandoned by Their Mother appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Swiss artist François Junod sat down with Great Big Story in his Sainte-Croix atelier to talk about the amazing and beautiful automatons he creates using traditional techniques that go all the way back to ancient Egypt. Junod explained that the art of automata marries his creative and engineering interests together and that the real difference...The post Swiss Artist Creates Amazing Automatons That Come Alive With Ingenious Traditional Engineering appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When student Testudo Aubreii was given an assignment to create a “cross genre” trailer, he brilliantly reimagined the 1975 slapstick comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a rather solemn, historical period action drama. Aubreii definitely deserves an “A” on this, as he definitely exceeded expectation. Here is a school project where I...The post The Trailer for Monty Python and The Holy Grail Brilliantly Reimagined as a Period Action Drama appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing analysis of the blockbuster HBO series Game of Thrones, the insightful folks at ScreenPrism compared the ideology of Littlefinger against that of Varys. These are two very different characters who both have acted in a similar manner to affect an optimal change. It’s what each man considers to be optimal...The post The Underlying Moral Differences Between Littlefinger’s Selfishness and Varys’ Crafty Altruism appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Since we’ve been posting a number of videos deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, it seems only right to understand how the set was created. Luckily, Great Big Story had the opportunity to speak with the renowned production designer John Shaffner about his thought process behind the purple...The post The Set Designer of ‘Friends’ Shares Why Monica’s Apartment Had Purple Walls and a Mysterious Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Dallas, Texas sports and comedy group Dude Perfect returned to hit the court in their latest amusing video and act out all sorts of common March Madness stereotypes. March Madness Stereotypes. Love ’em or Hate ’em, we all know ’em. A post shared by Dude Perfect (@dudeperfect) on Mar 12, 2018 at 3:00pm PDT...The post Common March Madness Stereotypes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cora is a futuristic, fully-electric flying taxi for everyday life that soars through the sky with no pilot. The autonomous prototype was developed by Kittyhawk and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page. Cora began as a dream. An air taxi so personal and so simple it could take the trips you make everyday, the ones...The post Cora, A Futuristic Fully-Electric Flying Taxi That Soars Through the Sky Without a Pilot appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stephen Hawking, the enormously respected, award-winning quantum physicist, cosmologist and author died peacefully on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 after having lived with the motor neuron disease (MND) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for over 50 years. In tribute to this great man, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in partnership with National Geographic TV, posted a commercial-free...The post The Great Stephen Hawking Interviewed by Neil deGrasse Tyson Just Ten Days Before His Death appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brothers Christian and Damien Devaux founded World Chase Tag, an exhilarating competitive sport that combines parkour, obstacles, and the classic childhood game of tag. This is a team format that is played by two teams in each match. Each team has a maximum of six athletes. The match is divided into sets. Each set consists...The post World Chase Tag, A Competitive Sport Combining Parkour, Obstacles, and the Childhood Game of Tag appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tastemade showed how to make a literal cheeseburger, with the bun, veggies and all the usual fixings completely made out of a delectable assortment of various cheeses cut into appropriate shapes. This feat was really neat in and of itself, however the tattooed preparer then paired the cheeseburger with a plate of french fries and...The post A Literal Cheeseburger With All the Usual Fixings Completely Made Out of Cheese appeared first on Laughing Squid.