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In July, 2017, French street artist Mantra created an absolutely gorgeous mural of hyper-realistic butterfly specimen case onto the side of a classic building in Thionville France, calling it “Yasuni’s Imago“, which named for the illustration upon which the mural was based. In September 2017, the artist took part in Festival Asalto (International Urban Art...

In 2016, writer/director Joshua Moore made “ODDBALL“, a wonderful award-winning documentary about Stephen Parr, the brilliant and legendary proprietor of Oddball Films, a San Francisco archival mainstay, and friend to Laughing Squid. This wonderful short film captures Parr’s incredible knowledge of films, the enormity of his archive, his quiet manner, and his absolute love of...

Common Sense Media has put together a rather amusing series of PSA videos that encourage families to put away their phones at mealtime. Comedian Will Ferrell stars as a device addicted dad who, through a series of humorous vignettes, finds new reasons to pay more attention to his phone than to his family. Will Ferrell...

The ever insightful design house Kurzgesagt took another look at the subject of aging, this time focusing on the specific physiology that causes humans to age and how scientists are looking into various ways of minimizing aging and warding off diseases such as skin cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis by removing dying senescent cells...

DUST presents Macabre, a haunting animated sci-fi short film created in 2015 by Take It Easy animators Jerónimo Rocha and João Miguel Real. The short follows K, a man who goes on a very bizarre journey after swerving to miss an animal and crashing his car into a tree. Isolated, Animated Sci-Fi Short About a...

To celebrate the second season of Stranger Things being released on Netflix, Creative Mammals and Bare Knuckles Creative teamed up to make an animated retelling of the first season. via reddit, DesignTAXI LEGO Stop-Motion Animated Remake of ‘Stranger Things’ Season OneSeasons Three and Four of AMC’s Television Series ‘The Walking Dead’ Retold as an 8-Bit...

In the wonderfully animated short film “A Subway Story” by filmmaker Eugene Kolb tells the romantic story of how he and his partner Clara met while riding the train as strangers in 2011 and fell for each other instantly. Though they didn’t know each other’s names, they managed to connect through Clara’s friend, who stayed...

Whisper is a creepy horror short film, directed by Julian Terry and starring Michelle Khare, where an Amazon Echo plays the monster. Sorry Alexa, you will now be turned off at night. A post shared by Julian Terry (@julianmovies) on Oct 24, 2017 at 1:57pm PDT A post shared by Julian Terry (@julianmovies) on Oct...

While going for a walk on a lovely day, a really beautiful German shepherd who was lumbering along off-leash, turned around several times to make sure his human was still walking behind him. All was good until the man suddenly disappeared causing the confused dog to retrace his steps until he got the familiar scent...

HD1080ide posted a video featuring 10 minutes of highlights from the Hannover Messe 2017 technology exhibition in Hannover, Germany. The robots are shown engaging in lightsaber duels, lifting vehicles, organizing groceries on a shelf, and serving beverages at a bar. via reddit, Technabob Laundroid, A Laundry Folding Robot Built by PanasonicHitch, An Animated Cookbook Celebrating...

Australian comedy duo and drive time radio hosts Hamish & Andy put three people into total isolation to see who could hit a buzzer most accurately at the one hour mark. It’s easy to vibe out 1 second without a clock, but 1 hour is a little more tricky… I Had Cancer, A Social Network...

A post shared by BLOODHOUND SSC (@bloodhound_ssc) on Oct 28, 2017 at 1:17am PDT Last month, the Bloodhound supersonic car ran a series of public “slow speed” trials for the first time at the Cornwall Airport Newquay in Cornwall, UK. Driver and fighter pilot Andy Green was able to get the incredibly fast vehicle up...

Bulldoozer21 has created a colorful LEGO set based on the beloved educational children’s television series, Sesame Street. Once the set reaches the 10,000 supporters needed on LEGO Ideas it can be turned into an official LEGO product. images via bulldoozer21 submitted via Laughing Squid Tips LEGO to Release a Kwik-E-Mart and Minifig Set Based on...

Los Angeles writer and director Max Lanman stepped up to help his girlfriend, Carrie, sell her 1996 Honda Accord by creating a professional looking car commercial. Carrie’s car, which is available to purchase on eBay, is for “people who have life figured out, but just need a way to get somewhere.” via reddit Owner of...

Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Jennifer Lawrence presented the 7th annual YouTube challenge where parents were asked to film themselves telling their kids that they ate all of their Halloween candy. Here’s Kimmel and Channing Tatum telling their children that they scarfed down all of their Halloween sweets. Parents Telling Their Kids They Ate All...

Just before the second season premiere of Stranger Things, musician Nathan Mills performed a hauntingly beautiful medley of the soundtrack of the first season of the series, which he adapted for classical guitar. Stranger Things classical (fingerstyle) soundtrack guitar cover medley to ring in Stranger Things Season 2. I think Will was feelin my guitar...

To celebrate Halloween in style, web designer Canton Becker and his family crafted a clever handmade slot machine that featured hand made drawings and sound effects. Each child was given a turn at the machine, depositing their own candy to play for as long as it took to win back a good return on the...

When the iPhone X was announced in September 2017 as “one more thing“, the company introduced their new “Face ID” facial recognition software, which would serve as a super secure password for unlocking the phone. Some very clever vloggers decided to put that notion to the test with various masks, costumes and facial hair, with...

Megastar Robert Downey Jr and his lovely wife Susan Downey invited Architectural Digest to come in and tour their spectacular converted windmill house in the Hamptons on the East End of Long Island. During the tour, the lively couple pointed out their favorite art, their newly decorated bathroom, their favorite places in the house, their...

A post shared by Lingvistov (@lingvistov) on Oct 26, 2017 at 9:36am PDT In 2015 we wrote about an adorable illustrated series about the wonders of sleep by Landysh Akhmetzyanova., in-house artist for the language learning company Lingvistov. Since that time, the talented illustrator has created a wonderful series of cartoons that perfectly explain the...

French filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu created “HZ Hollywood Zombies,” a special effects filled video where he takes scenes from movies and turns the Hollywood actors and actresses into undead zombies. A meteor strikes Hollywood! All the actors and actresses are contaminated and become… Zombies! Which Movie Star would you like to be eaten by? submitted via...

A post shared by The Swim Reaper (@iamtheswimreaper) on Feb 10, 2017 at 8:32pm PST Water Safety New Zealand partnered with the ACC and launched a campaign aimed at young people to help spread water safety awareness and cut down on their very high drowning toll. The campaign emerged on Instagram and followed the unsafe...

In a two-part video, Henry Reich of MinutePhysics host explains how a single set of data analysis can have contradictory results per Simpson’s Paradox, the principles behind this fallacy and the context required to get to the accurate results. Reich also provides understandable whiteboard examples of the paradox in action, specifically including its effect upon...

Looper takes a look at the easter eggs, hidden references, and things missed in season two of the popular Netflix television series, Stranger Things. Easter Eggs in Season One of Stranger Things1980s References, Homages, and Easter Eggs Featured in Season One of Stranger ThingsDaredevil Season 2 Easter Eggs, Secret Cameos and Hidden References

LEGO is releasing one of their largest sets to date, a 5,923 piece Creator Expert model kit of the breathtaking Taj Mahal in India. This is a rerelease of their 2008 set, which is currently discontinued. The new kit will be available to purchase on November 27th, 2017 (Cyber Monday) from the LEGO Shop. Build...

Using footage from the Internet Archive’s 35mm stock footage collection, YouTuber WDTVLIVE42 has put together an amazing “dash cam” and rumble seat views of the streets of lower Manhattan taken from a moving car in 1945. Both the frontward and backward facing parts of the film captures daily city life during the beginning of the...

Beirut pranksters Alex Stifler and Jad Khawandi of HowAboutBeirut dressed up as mannequins and had a good time surprising unsuspecting people who walked by them on the sidewalk. via reddit Store Attaches Creepy Headless Mannequins to Drones and Flies Them by Office Windows to Sell Clothes to Busy ExecsThe Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier:...

In April 2017, A curious Shiba Inu attempted to make friends with a hedgehog put directly in front of him. Unfortunately, after getting pricked by quills with just a few simple sniffs, the confused dog was left a little more cautious and unsure what to do with the little spiny mammal. Since that time, the...

During his 2017 UK tour, Jay Foreman, a very talented musical comedian asked members of his audience to call out their favorite Beatles songs so he could demonstrate his unique ability to sing almost any song with one syllable out-of-sync. While some songs proved a little more difficult than others, in doing so, Foreman hilariously...

A post shared by FixNation.org (@fixnation) on Oct 23, 2017 at 10:16pm PDT On October 19, 2017, some of Los Angeles’ most renowned home designers who are members of the of the group “Architects for Animals” held their annual fundraising event. The theme for 2017 was “Giving Shelter“, for which they each designed highly imaginative...

Disney and Lucasfilm released a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the upcoming second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy written and directed by Rian Johnson. The dark trailer, titled “Awake,” features Luke Skywalker entering the Millennium Falcon and ends with Luke telling Rey, “This is not going to go the way...

Photographer and snowboarder Stian Aadland used a selfie stick and a GoPro camera to capture footage of himself drinking coffee while doing an awesome back flip in Svalbard, Norway. Aadland’s video was a winning selection for the GoPro Awards, which accepts submissions and rewards creators for their best content shot with a GoPro camera. Drummer...

Brighton, UK animator Nick Murray Willis humorously reimagined a collection of classic movie quotes, each with their own twist. From chef Arnie losing his cool to Mr Miyagi working at a beauty salon, here are some classic movie quotes reimagined. via Neatorama Classic Viral YouTube Videos Reimagined in the Style of Big-Budget Hollywood Movie TrailersWhat...

Jimmy Kimmel and guest host Channing Tatum both stepped up to the plate this year on Jimmy Kimmel Live! by telling their own children that they ate all of their Halloween candy. Tatum’s daughter Everly was not happy at all with her Dad. Kimmel’s little girl Jane, on the other hand, took the news surprising...

Great Big Story visited with Wim Kruiswijk, a genial man who has enjoyed his walks on the beach near his home in Zandvoort, Netherlands for over 30 years. While on one of these walks, Kruiswijk found a fabled message in a bottle to which he promptly responded. Since that time, this affable beachcomber has found,...

ThinkGeek has created a scientifically precise set of Erlenmeyer Flask Martini Glasses that feature the same conical shape and long neck of the original version, but tapers out into a wide mouthed martini glass. Additionally, each glass has a different color of fluid at the bottom of the glass to easily identify which is yours....

Kal Spelletich, a San Francisco robotics artist and longtime friend of Laughing Squid and Noisebridge co-founder Mitch Altman combined their talents to create an incredible interactive robot installation that was live-streamed in April 2017 and required the participation of audience members to work. The two large split brained robots, named Romulus and Remus, were controlled...

In 1994, a scandal arose in the most unlikely of places when Olympic-hopeful ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was smacked by a baton across her legs and was taken out of commission for a little while. The story became very popular in the court of public opinion, who overwhelmingly blamed a likely suspect, Tonya Harding another...

A post shared by Casey Elise Christopher (@imogenthekitten) on Oct 14, 2017 at 7:39am PDT Los Angeles photographer Casey Elise, who previously captured the quiet elegance of adoptable cats who are blind or have limited eyesight in hopes of finding them a new home, has put together another striking photo series in which she posed...

While appearing on the Tonight Show and at host Jimmy Fallon‘s suggestion, actress Millie Bobby Brown quite eloquently rapped a comprehensive recap of the first season of Stranger Things from her character Eleven’s point of view. Earlier in the show, Brown talked about shopping for Halloween costumes, kissing on camera and the Kardashians. http:// Millie...

During the 1999 induction ceremony into the Television Hall of Fame, a very dignified Fred Rogers suddenly leaped up onto the stage when he saw his longtime friend Jeff Erlanger in the lights. The two had met in 1981, when Erlanger came onto the set of Mister Rogers Neighborhood to talk about his having to...

4,626 individuals gathered at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan last month to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Waldo (Wally), the beloved character from British author and illustrator Martin Handford popular Where’s Waldo? children’s books. London College Students Set Guinness World Record...

A post shared by ?????? ????????? (@ecokorolev) on Feb 10, 2017 at 11:52am PST Czech artist Veronika Richterová creates absolutely wonderful sculptures that are crafted out of recycled PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) drinking bottles. Amongst the themes of Richterová’s sculptures are of animals, insects, cacti, oceans, flowers and more decorative pieces such as chandeliers. When I...

The environmental friendly folks at GoSun have created the GoSun Go, a portable solar stove that uses the power of the sun to cook food. The amazing stove, which is still able to cook on a cold or cloudy day, always stays cool to the touch and is small enough to fit into a backpack....

A post shared by Velocity Motorcars LLC (@velocitymotorcars) on Sep 12, 2017 at 8:06pm PDT Velocity Motorcars brought to life a custom 1967 VW Bus that’s heavily inspired by Doc Brown‘s iconic DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. The beautiful vehicle features a working flux capacitor, a custom dashboard filled with time traveling...

Noting that the iconic Glass Cube of the 5th Avenue Apple Store is under repair, the comedy collective Improv Everywhere decided to create a similar buying experience by turning a glass subway elevator at 23rd Street into a fake Apple store. There they planted troupe members as hopeful buyers waiting in line for the “first...

Sony has announced that they are releasing a new and improved edition of their discontinued robotic dog AIBO. The robot pup will be able to respond to voice commands, wag its tail, do tricks, and convey emotions through its two OLED eyes. Sony is accepting pre-orders from their store in Japan and the AIBO pet...

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has released a wonderful Librarian Action Figure, which portrays the bibliosoph as a superhero who promotes literacy as a super power. The company’s Director of Awesome, David Wahl explained that the figure was based on “America’s Librarian” Nancy Pearl. Although the figure has a detachable cape, the reality is that...

The Stranger Things cast of Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), and Sadie Sink (Maxine “Max” Mayfield) appeared live on Good Morning America to chat about the second season of their hit Netflix series. Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) Chats With Jimmy Kimmel About the Second Season of Stranger ThingsHow Stranger...

On a special Halloween episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest host Dave Grohl (dressed as David Letterman) and Kristen Bell (dressed as Thomas Magnum from Magnum, P.I.) teamed up to perform a mashup of the songs “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” from Frozen and Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman.” Here are some more clips from...