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In “Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship“, host Dr. Joe Hanson of It’s Okay To Be Smart explained the origins of the very long history of friendship that exists between dogs and humans, noting which party became domesticated first. Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how […]

Master dialect coach Erik Singer took a detailed look at the origins and structure of six fictional languages that were solely constructed for film, television and books. Singer explains that such “con-langs” (constructed languages) as Na’vi (Avatar), Dothraki (Game of Thrones), Klingon (Star Trek), Sindarin (J.R.R. Tolkien), Parseltongue (Harry Potter) and Ewokese (Star Wars) were […]

Great Big Story traveled to Live Oak, Florida to visit with Shenandoah Dairy farmer Ed Henderson who, as part of his daily duties, serenades his beloved cows with jazz he plays on his trombone. Studies are learning that music is beneficial to animals and Henderson needs to practice, so this arrangement is a good thing […]

Looper sheds some light on why Steven Ogg, the actor currently playing Negan‘s deadly second in command Simon in The Walking Dead, looks so familiar. They reveal that, in the past, he also had roles as Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto V, he shared a scene alongside Jonathan Banks (Mike Ehrmantraut) in season 1 […]

A post shared by Max Miller (@maxmiller_vl) on Mar 26, 2017 at 8:25pm PDT Max Miller shared footage on Instagram of a terrifying glass bottom pool that he was swimming in at the Market Square Tower apartments in Houston, Texas. The pool extended 10 feet out over the edge of the hotel and allows you […]

On the latest episode of his ‘Cause I Can series, Giaco Whatever attached a large razor blade to Steele Davis‘ drone and captured super slow motion footage of the drone flying at 70 MPH through fruit, slicing them straight in half like butter. Mr. Steele also shared footage of the thrilling action. A post shared […]

On April 10th at about 4:00 AM, an incredibly intelligent Great Pyrenees named General decided that he didn’t want to be cooped up for another day at the Aquia-Garrison Animal Hospital in Stafford, Virginia, where he had been boarded while his family was on vacation. With this singular mission in mind, General very deftly opened […]

Talented percussionist David Dockery performed an absolutely brilliant drum interpretation of the iconic “I Said Good Day Sir” scene from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, skillfully translating the stellar cadence and rhythm of the emotionally laden scene between Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson and Peter Ostrum. The drum solo apart from the […]

During the sixth inning of the Miami Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves baseball game this past Tuesday at Marlins Park in Miami, a quick cat made its way onto the field and climbed the outfield wall to escape capture. A post shared by espn (@espn) on Apr 11, 2017 at 8:03pm PDT A post shared by […]

California firefighter Jennifer Bowman was concerned that Penny, her neighbor’s German shepherd was constantly trying to jump the fence in order to see what she and her own dog were up to and cut strategic peeking holes in her fence right at Penny’s height. These holes perfectly accommodate Penny’s lovely eyes plus one for her […]

Tom Scott visited The University of Manchester‘s High Voltage Laboratory to use their gigantic impulse generator and find out exactly what would happen when his DJI Phantom 3 drone was struck by lightning. The results are quite shocking! Related Laughing Squid PostsA Drone Mounted Flying Christmas Tree Takes to the Skies to Spread Holiday CheerSafety […]

Filmmaker Devin Graham (a.k.a. “Devin Super Tramp“) and his friends at Cinechopper got together to do some unbelievable trick shots with drones. Cinechopper customized their drones to both carry and drop bowling balls, which worked like a charm when they hit the lanes. After mastering their bowling technique, they took the drones outside to drop […]

Voice actor SungWon Cho hilariously parodies the TV detective vs tech guy trope. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Website is Down: Sales Guy vs Web Dude‘Tiny Detectives’, A Funny or Die Parody of HBO’s TV Series ‘True Detective’ Starring Kate Mara and Ellen PageGary Vaynerchuk on Web 2.0 Transparency & Twitter vs. Facebook

Squashing a marshmallow rabbit will magically transform it into Kim Jong-un. via Mark Frauenfelder Related Laughing Squid PostsHoward, The Kim Jong-un ImpersonatorArtist Uses Paint, Hair, and Plastic to Transform Models into Creepy Living Replicas of Pop Culture Figures‘Kim Jong-un: Friend or Foe’, North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un Reimagined as Pop Culture Heroes and Villains

A group of siblings pitched in together to buy for their father a pair of EnChroma glasses, the amazing optical wear that allows those who are colorblind to see color, which were presented to him while his grandson Carson Stafford captured his response, which was instantaneous. Carson’s “Papa” was absolutely moved to tears, taking the […]

The Wackids, a very talented French trio who plays famous rock songs on child-sized and toy instruments, performed an incredible instrumental version of the anthemic Rage Against the Machine song “Killing In the Name Of“. The band consists of Blowmaster (Otamatone/Vox Mini Amp), Bongostar (Spiderman Drums) and Speedfinger (Zakk Wylde Bullseye Mini Electric Guitar/Vox Mini […]

Musician Josh Jackson of Fred V & Graphix very cleverly sampled the copious meows of his rather vociferous Siamese cat Amos to create the drum and bass tracks of a really danceable song. How to turn your cat into a drum’n’bass banger via Pleated Jeans Related Laughing Squid PostsMusician Performs a Cover of Blue Öyster […]

A post shared by ivenoven ???? ??? (@ivenoven) on Apr 5, 2017 at 3:21am PDT ivenoven in Lippo Karawaci, Indonesia is a small artisan home bakery that creates incredibly ornate cakes of all sizes gorgeously adorned with incredibly real-looking succulent plants and flowers. Aptly called terrariums, the talented woman behind these beautiful sweets learned this […]

American dialect coach Sammi Grant demonstrated for BuzzFeed Video, her remarkable ability to teach and speak in a dozen different international accents including those from England (London and Yorkshire), Ireland and Scotland (which does not sound like an Irish accent). After that she moved on to various accents found in the United States including Brooklyn, […]

ACS Reactions humorously recounted the fascinating chemical history of how lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) came to be, as well as the origins of Bicycle Day on April 19th. As the story goes, determining that his LSD compound was unhelpful to the research he was doing, Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann decided to revisit his findings by […]

Puddles Pity Party performs a heartfelt cover of the 1971 song “Day After Day” by Badfinger. Here is the original song. Related Laughing Squid PostsPuddles Pity Party Performs a Heartfelt Cover The Classic Irish Ballad ‘Danny Boy’Puddles Pity Party Performs a Mashup Cover of ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and ‘Pinball Wizard’Puddles Pity Party Performs a Beautiful […]

Jo Luijten of Squirrel Monkey took on United Airlines‘ recent incident, where a man was violently dragged off an overbooked flight, and imagined it as a 1980s PC game called Unite Against Airlines. During their animated review of the fake game, they walk us through the steps of the skirmish from the passenger and airline’s […]

The trailer for the second season of the mysterious science fiction drama Netflix series Sense8 previews a challenging time for the eight connected characters, who realize that they have to look out for one another in order to face a very dark and threatening enemy together. In Season 2, dark forces continue to track the […]

While attending the Monsterpalooza convention in Pasadena, Norman Chan of Tested caught up with talented sculptor Andrew Freeman of Immortal Masks to take a look at his disgustingly good hyper-realistic Ren & Stimpy character masks. A post shared by Immortal Masks and Immortal FX (@immortalmasks) on Apr 4, 2017 at 12:48pm PDT A post shared […]

As part of their Planet Earth series, Great Big Story visited with a baby tree pangolin who rode around on his mother’s tail. Despite being adorable, these ambassadors are part of a program that seeks to bring awareness to the possibility of this beautiful species becoming extinct. Due to poaching and black market trading, pangolins […]

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, Star Wars: Force for Change teamed up with Omaze to offer an amazing charity auction that was announced today by Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley. Contributors to the charity auction, which benefits UNICEF and Starlight Children’s Foundation, will be put in the running to spend the […]

The fascinating animated series RealLifeLore explains why the farthest point away from any one place is one that is diametrically opposed across the surface of the Earth and would be 20,000 kilometers apart. These two locations are known as Antipodes are perfectly opposed in terms of season, time and location from the Equator. Visiting one’s […]

In light of the horrifying situation that took place on United Flight 3411 on April 9 2017, Wendover Productions put together an informative video that logically explains the reasoning used by airlines to overbook flights and how they determine which passengers are selected to be removed from the plane if there are no volunteers to […]

In a tasty episode of Binging With Babish, host Andrew Rea demonstrated how to make a tasty bowl of Shoyu Ramen from the 1985 Japanese “ramen western” film Tampopo. Tampopo is a genre-bender ahead of its time, affectionately referred to as a “ramen western”. Like spaghetti western. But Japanese. Hence the ramen. It’s a play […]

The Levitating Bluetooth Orb Speaker by Neva Tech is a spherical speaker with a magnetic base that also allows you to “charge smartphones with the 550mAh built-in battery.” It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid Store in black and white for $105.99 (29% off retail price). Your ultimate desk speaker is here. The […]

Spring has arrived at Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine where four tiny newborn Nigerian Dwarf goats, clad in handmade sweaters, hopped about in the barn under the watchful eye of their protective mum. While these aren’t the first hircine babies to be dressed in sweaters, but for one kid, wearing a dark colored sweater […]

Insane Cherry has taken the Duck Tales theme song and recut it to dub in amusing animal vocalizations for quite a wild rendition of the popular cartoon ditty. Here is the original version of the theme song. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Game of Thrones Theme Performed by AnimalsThe Signature System of a Down Song Song […]

Huxley Berg Studios has recreated the latest, fun-filled trailer for Marvel‘s upcoming superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 using LEGO. Here’s a side-by-side comparison with the original trailer. A post shared by Huxley Berg Studios (@huxleybergstudios) on Mar 1, 2017 at 12:41am PST A post shared by Huxley Berg Studios (@huxleybergstudios) on Feb […]

Meet the Internet is a web series, written by Nick Douglas for The Daily Dot, featuring hilarious interviews with some of the most important people behind popular websites. Jen Jamula sits down to chat with the guy who secretly runs every Reddit account, the top Yahoo! Answers user, and the “chief of social engineering” at […]

Video editor Robert Jones has created “Hustler’s Ambition,” a music video tribute to 50 of the greatest gangster movies of all time. Robert features scenes from popular gangster films like Goodfellas, The Godfather, and Resevoir Dogs. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Supercut Tribute to Movies That Take Place in the FutureA Tribute ‘The Lord of the […]

Grant Thompson (a.k.a. “The King of Random“) used his trash can metal foundry, that he created earlier this month, to demonstrate how to mix molten brass and aluminum together at various concentrations of each metal. Grant also put a flame to his silver YouTube Play Button watch it melt. A post shared by Grant Thompson […]

In an amazing episode of the Flavors series by Great Big Story, they sit down with 12-time World Pizza Champion and chef Tony Gemignani to learn more about his art form of pizza acrobatics, which he describes as “what a Harlem Globetrotter does with a basketball.” They also feature footage from the annual World Pizza […]

Marvel has released the first teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, their upcoming superhero film directed by Taika Waititi that will be a sequel to Thor and Thor: The Dark World. The exciting trailer shows Thor (Chris Hemsworth) losing his hammer (Mjolnir), being held against his will on the planet Sakaar, and being forced to battle […]

A beautiful gray cat named Pocak, who unknowingly made a deal with her human to not be picky about food, sits up and begs whenever there’s anything edible nearby. If it’s something she likes, the little feline then puts up her adorable little front paws together as if in prayer. While fully appreciative of her […]

Rudi Rok, a talented comedian, magician, impressionist and vocal artist, partnered with fellow vocal artist Sari Alto to carry on a lively conversation with their voices swapped out with the other. While there must have been a great deal of work involved, the presentation is absolutely seamless. This is how it looks when two ventriloquist […]

Intex has created the InflataBULL, an challenging inflatable bull riding pool float for brave friends and family members to enjoy for hours. The durable vinyl pool toy is available to purchase from Amazon. Be brave and enjoy a fun bull-riding experience on water with Intex Inflatable! Host competitions with family and friends and see how […]

A post shared by Gallery 1988 (@galleries1988) on Apr 5, 2017 at 4:06pm PDT Storytime 3 is a solo art show by artist Joey Spiotto at Gallery1988 (East) in Los Angeles featuring his drawings of pop culture movies, video games, TV shows, and bands imagined as classic Little Golden Books. His exhibit opened on April […]

Filmmaker Kaipo Jones of Kaipotainment has created “X-Men: Nightcrawler Cat,” a thrilling X-Men parody where a feline version of Nightcrawler takes its human on a very dangerous teleportation adventure. The audio was mixed by Luke Bechthold. Our newest X-Cat member, Wagner, Bamf’s way too much… It’s stressing me out. A post shared by Kaipotainment (@kaipotainment) […]

Exurb1a has created a new amusing video where he takes a quack at explaining the intricacies of quantum mechanics in 5 minutes using ducks. What a silly way to build a universe. My brother could do better and I don’t even have one. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow the No-Cloning Theorem Proves That Human Teleportation Is […]

A post shared by ???? Woortl • life & culture (@woortlmag) on Apr 3, 2017 at 4:36pm PDT For her 2010 series “Drinking Tea“, the very talented artist Lei Xue fashioned crushed beer cans out of Chinese blue flower porcelain (Delftware), contrasting the temporary vulgarity of disposable aluminum with the quiet dignity of reusable ceramics. […]

In August 2016, we wrote about then newcomer MarkHacks and his first video entitled “Stuff in Reverse“. Since that time, MarkHacks has created several other videos, including a second video that shows what stuff looks like in reverse. As he so profoundly stated, “Things going backwards look cool.” Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Oddly Satisfying Video […]

A post shared by ????????TORONTO CACTI & SUCCULENTS???????? (@itsasucculentworld) on Mar 31, 2017 at 6:13am PDT The senecio peregrinus is a hybrid succulent plant that sprouts sturdy green leaves that resemble a leaping dolphin so closely, that the name in Japanese translates to Dolphin Necklace. Per Imohukuro1, the plant is a hybrid between the senecio […]

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay analyzed the structure of the now-legendary Breaking Bad pilot episode, noting how creator Vince Gilligan skillfully used the concept of change to drive the narrative forward. In a Newsweek article, Vince Gilligan said…’Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows […]

On the happy occasion of his 30th birthday, a highly intelligent African Grey Parrot aptly named Einstein who lives at the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee, performed an impressive multitude of impersonations, sounds and songs in response to his attending human Adam Patterson who offered genial encouragement to the vocal birthday boy. via reddit Related Laughing […]

Eran Amir, the talented filmmaker behind “This Video Is Not In Reverse” and “Black & White (in Colour)“, has created “Fast Slow Motion“, a short film that appears to be shot in slow-motion even though it was captured in real-time. A Slow Motion video that is NOT in Slow Motion.All footage was captured in real-time […]