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Filmmaker Blake Faucette of Distractotron has created two new cosplay videos (part 1 and part 2) featuring a number of the incredible pop culture costumes at Katsucon 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. The entire collection of photos are available to view on Facebook and Instagram. A post shared by Blake Faucette (@videoguyblake) on Feb 25, […]

Filmmaker Blake Faucette of Distractotron has created two new cosplay videos (part 1 and part 2) featuring a number of the incredible pop culture costumes at Katsucon 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. The entire collection of photos are available to view on Facebook and Instagram. A post shared by Blake Faucette (@videoguyblake) on Feb 25, […]

A little baby squirrel named Chester gleefully dug into a bucket of snow brought in from the outdoors by the humans who rescued him last spring. According to their son, Chester had never seen the cold stuff before. My parents rescued a baby squirrel last spring and this was his first time experiencing snow! via […]

A little baby squirrel named Chester gleefully dug into a bucket of snow brought in from the outdoors by the humans who rescued him last spring. According to their son, Chester had never seen the cold stuff before. My parents rescued a baby squirrel last spring and this was his first time experiencing snow! via […]

A child goes missing under mysterious circumstances in the German Netflix series Dark. The show appears to have similarities to the popular Stranger Things, but the trailer looks considerably more violent with strong horror elements. Dark will premiere on Netflix in the Winter of 2017. A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt […]

A child goes missing under mysterious circumstances in the German Netflix series Dark. The show appears to have similarities to the popular Stranger Things, but the trailer looks considerably more violent with strong horror elements. Dark will premiere on Netflix in the Winter of 2017. A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt […]

The Ollie Chair is a stylish slatted wooden chair by Brooklyn design studio RockPaperRobot that quickly folds flat and looks good even when not in use. The space-saving design uses origami techniques to support the wood on a folded aluminum frame. RockPaperRobot is raising money for the Ollie through a Kickstarter campaign with chairs and […]

Filmmaker Sam Forencich has created the short film “Invisible Oregon” in which stunning drone footage is made even more so with the use of infrared converted cameras. The effect achieved with this technique adds a sharp hyper-reality to the images while capturing that which is unseen by human eyes. Created entirely with infrared converted cameras, […]

At the ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition teams build autonomous robots that fight to clear the most snow from a designated area without any human intervention. Motherboard visited St. Paul, Minnesota where the event is held annually to witness the bots in action. The ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition in St Paul, Minnesota is a yearly gathering […]

A post shared by Lollypop Farm (@lollypopfarm) on Feb 21, 2017 at 9:04am PST A sweet little puppy named Lucy, who was born to a stray dog at Lollypop Farm aka The Humane Society of Greater Rochester has a remarkable pattern on her ear that looks just her own adorable face. Shelter spokesperson Paige Doerner […]

“Video and Things Maker” Giaco Whatever built a powerful air cannon strong enough to blast a Nerf dart through a metal Red Bull can with 400 psi of pressure. Giaco says the build was a test for another project where he hopes to build a lethal Nerf gun. This is definitely the World’s most powerful […]

A sweet baby boy named Maddox and his beautiful little kitten Donna are in love with each other snuggling together whenever possible in any combination of asleep or awake. The two can even be found playing with the same toy at the same time. via TODAY Related Laughing Squid PostsRescued Baby Deer and Neighborhood Kitten […]

Vox contributors Estelle Caswell and Zachary Crockett traveled to Yellowstone National Park to find “where warm waters halt” in search of a treasure buried by eccentric author Forrest Fenn. Fenn claims to have hidden a 42lb chest full of gold and gems worth an estimated one to two million dollars and wrote a poem containing […]

In episode 16 of his series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the incredibly talented and versatile actor Jeffrey Wright, who has recently gained great recognition with his role as Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld. While often cast as a scientist, throughout his career, Wright has […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Firey plush figure that is based on the red creatures from Jim Henson‘s classic 1986 film Labyrinth. The plush appropriately features a removable head and limbs. So there’s this red Muppet, pretty annoying, who sang a lot, and was operated and voiced by Kevin Clash. We are, of course, […]

The PBS series “Deep Look” explains how a cat’s tongue made is up of small backward-facing keratin spines called papillae, which not only help them to stay clean, but also removes any trace of their own scent when hunting prey. Additionally, when a cat is drinking water, these little spines capture and trap the liquid […]

A post shared by Noah Scalin (@noahscalin) on Feb 28, 2017 at 12:17pm PST As a part of his distinct site-specific portrati series, Skull-a-Day artist Noah Scalin used donated thrift store clothing to create a giant anamorphic portrait of the incredible Helen Keller. Aptly entitled “Sight Specific“, Scalin created this piece for the Spring/Break Art […]

Captain Disillusion and an alternate universe version of his adversary Holly explain the Mandela Effect (or as they spell it, the Mandaellah Effekt) where people share false memories like the misspelling of the Berenstain Bears as “Berenstein.” Captain Disillusion explains that the effect is really nothing more than a flaw in how human memory works, […]

In honor of the Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild releasing this week, Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome created a new tutorial where she demonstrates how to make a Legend of Zelda rainbow apple pie It’s made from basic apple filling tinted with gel food coloring and a […]

A giant cascading ice shove spilled over the shore of Lake Winnebago and blocked a road in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Witness Matt Smith caught this amazing sight as it occurred. The ice shove was created by the lake current repeatedly pushing water up against the shore during a frigid winter front that hit the […]

An absolutely adorable earless seal at Okhotsk Tokkari Center in Monbetsu, Hokkaido Japan gleefully hugged and played with a gifted plush miniature version of himself. This seal being hand-reared after being rescued due to injury. As with the other seals at the center, the hope is to one day him back to the ocean. “Tokkari” […]

During the episode of the wonderful My Brother, My Brother, and Me podcast titled “The Sauce Doctor’s Blessing” the McElroy brothers debate the Yahoo! Answers question, “Would a toaster still work in a freezer?” The brothers never quite settle on an answer, so xkcd creator Randall Munroe took it upon himself to explain why the […]

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The Build-On Brick Mug is a fun peg and hole surface cup designed for drinking delicious coffee and building something original on the side of the mug. The black, blue, red, and white mugs are compatible with LEGO bricks and available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $19.99 (50% off retail price). A […]

Eclectic Method has created a magical musical remix using only sounds from the Harry Potter film series. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Classic 1939 Musical Fantasy Film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Remixed by Eclectic Method and BeatNiKA Robotic Remix Using Only Sounds From the Transformers Movies by Eclectic MethodThe ‘Interstellar’ Cast Raps About the Einstein-Rosen Bridge, […]

Filmmaker Devin Graham (a.k.a. “Devin Super Tramp“) and his team got together and engaged in a dangerous “King of the Island” battle with inflatable zorb balls. The group of thrillseekers received plenty of scrapes, bumps, and bruises while bouncing each other off the side of the red rock island. A post shared by # Devin […]

YouTube has announced the new service YouTube TV that will allow users to watch live television from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, and many other channels on any screen or device. For $35 per month, users will get six accounts that each come with customized recommendations and access to an unlimited cloud DVR. The service […]

20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Alien: Covenant, the upcoming sci-fi horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan. The trailer features the colony ship crew exploring a new remote planet and being violently attacked by a deadly Xenomorph. Alien: Covenant, the sixth installment in the Alien film series […]

Marvel premiered their fun new trailer on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy and the 15th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The trailer gives us a look at the team of space misfits stepping up once again to save the galaxy […]

The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer encounters a cosmic jellyfish during their American Samoa expedition. The jelly (hydromedusa) is in a family of hydromedusae called Rhopalonematidae, which is known for the canals running vertically on the inside of the bell, gonads attached to these canals, and sometimes having two sets of tentacles. Scientists have seen this […]

RESET is a dystopian online series by Les Productions Du Quatre Janvier, about five survivors of a devastating pandemic who emerge from their barricade into a post-apocalyptic Paris after the city’s population has been completely wiped out. United only by the fact they all survived, each person finds they need to learn who they are […]

A large robotic arm futilely tries to clean up a blood-red mess from the floor of The Guggenheim in the art installation “Can’t Help Myself” by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. As it makes large sweeping motions, the arm simply pushes the colored cellulose ether fluid around the floor, splattering more of its enclosure in […]

A couple of years ago, Erica Proctor, founder of the special needs rescue Green Dogs Unleashed and her young son Finn came home with a trio of sickly little chickens. Unfortunately, two of three didn’t pull through, but the one named Darla grew up beautiful, healthy and friendly due to Finn’s absolute devotion. While Darla […]

Adam Savage paid a visit to special effects and prop company Weta Workshop where he was given an up-close and behind-the-scenes look at some of the geisha props built for the movie Ghost in the Shell. Weta’s Creative Director Richard Taylor showed Savage the props and discussed the process of building such beautiful and elaborate […]

The upcoming Netflix film entitled OKJA is an adventure story about a little girl named Mija and her giant friend whom she protects at all costs, from the scientist and the corporation who created him. The multi-lingual film was directed by Bon Joon-ho and features such stars as Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Steven […]

A helpful dog assists a sleepy child get out of bed in the morning by stealing the kid’s blanket in a video shared by America’s Funniest Home Videos. This dog isn’t going to let you hit snooze! Related Laughing Squid PostsMan Uses Raccoon Sounds to Get His Dog Out of Bed in the MorningFunny Vine […]

A video by Ghost Robotics captures their compact and nimble Ghost Minitaur robot as it explores the outdoors by climbing, jumping, and flipping over and through obstacles. The Minitaur easily handles slopes, uneven rocky terrain, tunnels, and even ice using its four direct-drive legs. Ghost Minitaur™ is a medium-sized fast, lightweight and dynamic direct-drive legged […]

At the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, a googly-eyed wheel nicknamed Mr. Trash Wheel sits upon the water using its current to filter out debris and keep garbage from entering into the nearby Jones Falls Watershed. Mr. Trash Wheel came about in 2009, when Adam Linquist, the Director of the Healthy Harbor Initiative, partnered with […]

Jimmy Kimmel aired a funny Robert De Niro edition of Mean Tweets during the Oscars that featured Mr. De Niro reading a series of mean tweets about himself and quickly firing back at each one with a heated response of his own. Related Laughing Squid PostsCelebrities Read Mean Tweets About Themselves on Jimmy Kimmel LivePresident […]

Cracked spokesman Roger Horton stars in an Honest Ad that reveals the true lengths cereal companies use to market to children and the strange origins of breakfast cereal itself. Look, Cocoa Puffs are totally the bomb, but maybe eating the entire box in one day isn’t such a great thing. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Honest […]

Model, designer and body activist Ashley Graham wittily answered 73 random questions by Joe Sabia for Vogue. Some of the questions Sabia asked were about her daily life, how she met her husband and who her modeling idol is, all while getting ready for New York Fashion Week. Before supermodel Ashley Graham hits the runway […]

A post shared by tisha cherry ???????????? (@tishacherry) on Dec 3, 2016 at 1:42pm PST Bangkok, Thailand food artist Tisha Cherry has recreated a delicious looking series of famous paintings and well-known pop culture characters on Oreo cookies for the world to drool over. Tisha’s full collection of intricate Oreo cookie artwork is available to […]

Designer Angela Luna created the Tent Jacket as a response to the refugee crisis. As the name suggests, the inventive jacket can be easily converted into a tent to provide the wearer with temporary shelter, and comes in a small two-person size and larger family size version. Interested customers can fill out a form to […]

The wonderfully irascible Gordon Ramsay opened himself up to Twitter for Wired in order answer cooking questions that could be described in 140 characters or less. While a number of the questions came in were truly culinary, several came in that were barely related to food and for which the snarky chef had no patience. […]

The talented folks at The Blonde Swan hat boutique in Fremont, Ohio have created an out of this world Boba Fett themed bowler hat that was handmade from a variety of colored leathers. The made to order Star Wars hat is available to purchase from their Etsy shop. They also build all sorts of other […]

“A Kauri Cries” is truly a noble project that are working to save the New Zealand native kauri tree from a deadly plant pathogen known as dieback. Dieback causes the tree to weep gum from its bark in a manner similar to human tears. In order to bring awareness to this blight, the project posted […]

The interactive Japanese robot FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized aUtomation with Sinic Theoretics) was designed to teach humans to play table tennis and to improve their skills. The robot holds a Guinness World Record for being the “First Robot Table Tennis Tutor” and FORPHEUS and its creator Taku Oya were […]

A chubby harbor seal slapped at his big fat belly that sent his blubber to and fro in a wonderful rhythmic patter that could be viewed more closely through slow motion footage. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsAmazing Slow Motion Footage of Big Cats Enjoying a Yummy TreatHilarious, Yet Creepy Slow Motion Footage of a […]

Jimmy Fallon, Ed Sheeran, and The Roots joined together on The Tonight Show to play Ed’s song “Shape of You” using classroom instruments. Here is the original “Shape of You” music video for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsJimmy Fallon, Meghan Trainor, and The Roots Play ‘All About That Bass’ Using Classroom InstrumentsMadonna Joins Together With […]

Dark Dark Woods is a cute animated film, created by a team of third year character animation and CG students at The Animation Workshop in Denmark, about a fed up young princess named Maria who sneaks away from her stuffy castle to adventure with a forest filled with playful, creepy looking monsters. It was brought […]