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A post shared by QUEENIE FERRO (@queenie.bo.beenie) on Oct 2, 2017 at 8:31am PDT An absolutely beautiful German Shepherd named Queenie, who once served her country as a K9 dog, was surrendered to be euthanized when she developed degenerative myelopathy, a disabling disease that prevented her from doing her job. Luckily Brooke Allewelt, a very...

The Knuffingen Airport, on display at Miniatur Wunderland in Germany, is the world’s largest model airport, which took six years to build and is based on the real life Hamburg Airport. The incredible airport exhibit, which first opened in May 2011, features over forty aircraft that take off and land and ninety vehicles that automatically...

In a campy episode of Now You See It, host Jack Nugent explains the appeal of films that are so bad that they’re good, the process behind making these films and the over-the-top dialogue, exaggerated effects and awkward actions that elevates these devastatingly rewatchable films to the cult status of guilty pleasure. Why do we...

A post shared by Ryan James MacFarland (@ryan_macfarland) on Nov 15, 2017 at 3:05pm PST Kimiko Nishimoto, a beautiful 89-year old Japanese photographer, who’s known for photographing detailed images of flowers, has embarked upon a whimsical self-portrait series entitle Playing Kana in which she puts herself into really amusing, surreal situations. The photos are really...

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar celebrated the release of Super Mario Odyssey by performing a pleasing classical guitar cover of the Super Mario Bros. theme song. Here is the original song. A Wonderful Cover of the ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ Soundtrack With All the Sound Effects Created Using a GuitarMusician Plays Super Mario...

A large saber-toothed cat puppet was seen by pedestrians as it walked across Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles back in 2012. The amazing puppet was on its way to the La Brea Tar Pits Museum where it began its new journey as the star performer in the Ice Age Encounters show. The saber-toothed cat was...

The Dorothy Collective has released “Inside Information: Director’s Cut,” a wonderful cutaway art print that imagines the film themed sections of a classic Arriflex 35 IIC movie camera. The art print available to purchase from the Dorothy shop. The distinctive Arriflex 35 IIC is one of the most significant motion picture cameras of all time,...

Laughing Squid is celebrating its 22nd anniversary today. The company that I founded on November 16th, 1995 in San Francisco has come a long way. Thanks to all of you for going on this amazing ride with us! A Look Back at How the News Covered ‘Pac-Man’ in the Early 1980sParanormal Activity 2Laughing Squid 15th...

Kickstarter has announced the launch of Drip, a new platform that helps artists to receive funding on a continuous basis, while building a community of those interested in their particular endeavours. Amongst the early adopters of this continuous fundraising model are such artists as Reggie Watts, Mike Rugnetta, Feminist Frequency, Molly Soda, azikiwe mohammed and...

The BoxLock is a smart padlock designed to protect home deliveries from package thieves. Atlanta, Georgia Get BoxLock founder Brad Ruffkess and his team are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with the production costs of the handy device. Lock in simple, 24/7 protection from package theft with BoxLock, the first internet-connected padlock specifically...

The Auralnauts created an amusing new video where they replace the iconic evil voice of Darth Vader, originally contributed by James Earl Jones, with the voice of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) after his mask malfunctions. Star Wars Parody Featuring Darth Vader Dubbed Over With Young Anakin Skywalker’s VoiceThe Philosophical Origins of Darth VaderThe Untold Story...

Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines partnered with Toma Leche to make an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine smart hat that automatically cleans off a pesky milk mustache. Hats are Back at Paul’s Hat Works in San FranciscoA Color-Customizable Bracelet That Pairs With a Smartphone to Send Notifications Through Vibration, Sound, and LightDwayne “The Rock”...

Tony Hawk sat down with Wired to answer common skateboarding related questions that were asked by people on Twitter. Tony Hawk uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about skateboarding. Will there ever be another Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater? What skateboarding trick was the hardest to learn? Are you ever too old...

Celebrities read mean tweets about Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week to celebrate his 50th birthday. An outtakes video from the special episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live shows Larry David trying to keep from laughing, but hilariously failing, as he read some pretty mean tweets about the late night host. Celebrities Read Mean Tweets About Jimmy...

A beautiful African Grey parrot named Petra hilariously she vocally instructed the her own Amazon Echo to turn on all the lights in the room. Thanks to the some extra technology that Petra’s human installed, Alexa was more than happy to accommodate. Petra Mimics what she hears in the morning. Door opens. “Alexa. All lights...

For Halloween 2017, the creative culinary blogger Necro Nom-nom-nomicon aka Tye Lombardi made an absolutely incredible, edible roasted version of the iconic Facehugger from the 1979 film Alien. The recipe is a bit complicated and requires a bit of time, but Necro Nom-nom-nomicon offered up easy to follow, step by step instructions on her site....

British giftmongers HUNDRED MILLION LTD have created Bound For the Ground, a cleverly designed shiny white ceramic pour over coffee dripper in the fabulous shape of a low poly 3D skull that can be taken anywhere at anytime (with the proper amount of care) for the perfect cup of pour over brew. The designers are...

Simon Pegg sat down with Magic Radio last year to share one of his many amusing party tricks, including doing great impressions of all four members of The Beatles in a mere twelve seconds. Simon Pegg Pranks the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Film Cast‘PBS Idea Channel’ Explores Why Hollywood Remakes Movies‘Absolutely Anything’ Trailer Showcases What...

While signing autographs before the taping of the ceremony to award David Letterman the very prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Murray swapped hilarious stories about the guest of honor. The two funnymen also discussed Letterman’s work ethic, his quirky personality, his unique sensibility and his “specialness” Before taping...

xkcd creator Randall Munroe created a highly flowchart that provides suggestions on where to live based on your temperature preferences. An Intelligent Countertop Oven That Interacts With a Smartphone App for Precision CookingVisual Temperature, A Chair That is Spilling its Guts OutBlue, Simple Weather App That Displays Forecast with Colors

A rather melodic cockatiel named MAY-cyan whistled out a fabulous medley of two iconic Queen songs – “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Radio Gaga” while sitting upon the yellow leather jacketed arm of a doll made in the image of the late great Freddie Mercury. Sometimes MAY-cyan performs the same medley a bit differently....

In a really amusing animation illustrated by Karli Melder and hojtastic, the rather forthright comedian Brent Pella shared a somewhat odd and disquieting experience he had while flying on Spirit Airlines. Before takeoff, Janice the flight attendant announced that they were concerned about weight distribution and asked passengers to move to the back. Pella complied,...

In a new underwater “Shrimpsons” couch gag for the seventh episode of season 29, The Simpsons family and a majority of Springfield residents are turned into fish and other sea creatures. Meet The Shrimpsons. They are just like THE SIMPSONS, but they’re fish! The Worlds of ‘The Simpsons’ & ‘Futurama’ Collide in New Couch Gag...

In the wonderfully humorous online series “Couple Thinkers” by the American sportswear company Gant, former Late, Late Show host Craig Ferguson and his beautiful wife Megan travel around the world to pose questions and seek answers from various experts in different subject areas. Amongst these experts is entrepreneur/environmentalist Kimbal Musk, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, biologist...

A post shared by richard sandler (@ohstop1946) on Jun 11, 2017 at 11:45am PDT Richard Sandler, an incredibly talented photographer, filmmaker and author has taken some of his most incredible photos and compiled them into a wonderful book entitled “Eyes of the City“. The photos capture the stark, striking, edgy and beautiful daily life on...

20th Century Fox released a hilarious “Wet on Wet” teaser trailer for Deadpool 2, the upcoming superhero film directed by David Leitch that will be based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and a sequel to the 2016 Deadpool film. The trailer finds Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) channeling his inner Bob Ross while...

French photographer Mathieu Stern created a funny video where he shows off 19 different costly mistakes that can destroy your camera and lenses. French Photographer Shoots Video Footage With a 136-Year Old Camera LensPhotos Of Dudes Who Take Photos Of Boobs (Without Asking)A Clever Demonstration Showing How Focal Length Can Visually Change the Shape of...

In a stunning clip from the BBC Earth series Blue Planet II, a group of beautiful and industrious clownfish banded together to move a halved coconut shell across the ocean floor in order to provide a safe comfortable place for a female to lay her eggs. In this exclusive clip from this Sunday’s Blue Planet...

Planes take off and land in a mesmerizing slow motion video shot in 2016 at the Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden with a Canon EOS-1DX Mark II DSLR camera. Mesmerizing Slow Motion Footage of Brightly Colored Bee Hummingbirds In FlightMesmerizing Video of Giant Bubbles Exploding in Slow MotionA Mesmerizing Reversed Slow Motion Video of a...

YouTuber Ragekolb posted really amusing footage of a little feline tongue darting in and out between the individual slats of the window blinds while sitting inside the window frame. According to Ragekolb, his cat has a fondness for plastic. Our cat is a weirdo that loves licking plastic. Sometimes she gets behind the blinds and...

CineFix released a superhero episode of their Homemade Movies series where they do a shot for shot remake of the international trailer for Justice League. CineFix also created a side by side comparison and a behind the scenes video. Justice League is set to hit theaters on November 17th, 2017. Mark joins the ranks of...

On a super episode of The Graham Norton Show, actor Jason Momoa shows off his Aquaman quindent (a five-pronged spear) from the upcoming Justice League film. Justice League is set to battle its way into theaters on November 17th, 2017. ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Director Zack Snyder Reveals an Image of Aquaman From...

Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys created a slow motion video of Dan Gruchy effortlessly slicing through a row of plastic water bottles with a katana. The slow motion segments were filmed at 2,000fps with a Phantom Flex4K camera. Slow Motion Video of a Katana Slicing Through Plastic Water Bottles and Soda CansSlow Motion...

Visual Suspect, an international video production company based in Hong Kong, has created “Low Earth Orbit“, a beautiful but somewhat dizzy timelapse that employed the circular motion of orbital drone movements going both high and low over the gorgeous Greek island of Folegandros in the Aegean Sea. Orbital drone movements are the ones with power...

A curious big eyed tuxedo cat became completely hypnotized when his/her human pulled the cover off a rotating shiatsu massaging pillow to reveal several red lights moving around underneath. The mesmerized kitty was seemingly unable to move from that spot for a while, possibly signaling red dot overload. Chihuahua Puppy Gets a Relaxing Neck Rub...

YouTuber Linus Obenhaus of Linopa Films took a humorous look at the basic design rules that make a state flag most appealing. These rules include the use of meaningful symbolism, color simplicity, distinctiveness and disallows letter or seals. Using toothpick flags, Obenhaus pointed out the best state flag designs, those being Colorado, Texas, New Mexico,...

In January 2015, dog lovers LazyriverGoldens captured the absolutely gorgeous sight of an enormous flock of over 10,000 snow geese taking flight from Lake Massawippi in Ayer’s Cliff, Quebec, Canada in beautiful rolling synchronization with each other. This was actually a small group compared to what has been on the lake at other times. There...

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the musical genius who conceived, wrote and performed in the wildly popular Broadway show Hamilton, sat down with CBS correspondent David Begnaud to talk about the Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, Miranda’s familial connection to the island, his concern about the politics of the situation and his noble efforts to raise funds to...

Finnish comedian, voice actor, and beatboxer Rudi Rok released an amusing video where he plays around with the Animojis on the iPhone X and uses his vocal skills to make up unique sounds for them all. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips iPhone X Users Make Animals Sing in Hilarious Karaoke Videos Using the New Animoji...

After discussing the decidedly American behaviors often demonstrated abroad, the wonderfully plain-spoken series The Infographics Show names a few of the typical behaviors, customs and trends found within the United States that may come across as unusual to visiting Europeans. This includes the variety and quality of foods, tipping, customer service, fashion trends, the grand...

Multi-Instrumentalist AcousticTrench played a hauntingly beautiful cover of the Stranger Things theme song on a harp and cello while accompanied by his adorable rescue dog Maple. Here is the original song. via Digg A Moving All-Cello Cover of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song Played at Cellocyl 2014 in Castilla y León, SpainA Majestic Cover...

While exploring the waters of Socorro Island off the coast of Mexico during the Revillagigedo Archipelago Dive, a Nautilus Live ROV captured the amazing sight of a very cautious vampire squid who shied away from the bright lights of the camera. The crew turned off the lights and the gorgeous cephalopod relaxed into a resting...

AMC and INSIDER shared a behind the scenes clip from an episode of Ride with Norman Reedus where Reedus joins special effects genius Greg Nicotero in his shop. He gets creeped out about a Walking Dead bust of himself sitting in the middle of the workshop. Naturally, Norman dressed the bust of himself up and...

Tested editor Norman Chan traveled to DesignerCon 2017 in Pasadena, California to meet up with Jose Fernandez of Ironhead Studio. Chan chatted with Fernandez about how he and his team of costume and prop fabricators made Hela‘s (Cate Blanchett) amazing headdress from Thor: Ragnarok. A post shared by Norman Chan (@normchan) on Nov 12, 2017...

In celebration of David Letterman being awarded the very prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, comedians Fred Armisen and Bill Hader created in a faux tribute documentary entitled “David Letterman: Beginnings“. The two men played the roles of Ralph Masterson and Sam Cooper, two former classmates of Letterman, who stayed in Indiana long after...

As a gift for Jimmy Kimmel’s 50th birthday, director J.J. Abrams teamed up with Ben Affleck to create a celebrity-filled trailer for “The Terrific Ten,” based on a comic book Kimmel made when he was 10 years old. Here is the WORLD PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE trailer of The Terrific Ten starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jennifer...

For Jimmy Kimmel’s 50th birthday special on Jimmy Kimmel Live, celebrities read mean tweets directed at the late night host that were written by random people on Twitter. Ray Romano, Michael Keaton, Halle Berry, Anthony Anderson, Howard Stern, David Spade, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Bell, Jon Stewart, Tracy Morgan, Amy Schumer, Liam Neeson, Larry David, Mike...

While appearing on 60 Minutes Overtime, 12 year old music prodigy Alma Deutscher asked host Scott Pelley to pull four notes out of a hat, from which she would compose a piece. Deutscher sang each note as it was placed upon the piano and then took a minute to think, put her hands on the...

Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen whom we know to be a fabulous cook who prepares food under the watchful eyes of his two beloved longhaired orange and white cats Haku and Nagi, explained how he trained his cats to be so calm around food. He also talked about his cats for walking on a leash,...

Erik Storm, a tour guide and the owner of Kilauea EcoGuides in Hawaii, placed his GoPro camera close to a volcano to film lava flowing through a crack. His durable little camera captured amazing footage as it was covered in molten lava and set on fire. It miraculously survived to tell the tale. via PetaPixel...