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On January 26, 2017, Lan Diep, a longtime comic book fan, proudly donned his beloved Captain America shield while taking the oath of office as San Jose, California Councilman. The shield was a far departure from the Bible that’s usually held during the ceremony, but Diep explained why it was so important to him in […]

A TED-Ed lesson by Alessandra King explains the history of different numerical systems and how they were used both in the past and today. The lesson includes quizzes and additional resources for curious viewers who would like to learn more about the topic. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9… and 0. With […]

After catching a flying iguana at the Kids Saving the Rainforest organization in Costa Rica, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness slowed down and spent some time with an absolutely adorable, teeny tiny baby sloth named B-Rad who had been rescued from the rainforest floor. B-Rad was very curious about Peterson, particularly his hat, […]

Parry Gripp‘s new song “Eat a Sandwich” promotes the virtues of sandwiches. The upbeat lyrics work well with the fun animation style for the video that includes dancing sandwiches and other types of food. Awwwwwwww… Eat a sandwich, eat a sandwich Any kind of flavor, it doesn’t matter which! Put a big piece of bread […]

Spinal Tap audio under Trump is ???????????? pic.twitter.com/zXgKNMxWbd — Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) January 26, 2017 BuzzFeed editor Jesse McLaren created a hilarious parody that hilariously replaced the soundtrack from crowd-size discussion during the tour segment of the David Muir-POTUS interview with the dialogue from the famous “Eleven” scene from the brilliant 1984 rock satire This […]

AsapSCIENCE explains the real world effects of nuclear war, and on their AsapTHOUGHT channel hosts Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown provide some tips on how to increase the chances of surviving one. Related Laughing Squid PostsVsauce3 Explains Nuclear Winter and What Happens If the World EndsIntriguing Video Combines Archival Footage From World War I With […]

Clever creator StupotMcDoodlepip captured footage of himself flipping through a flip book that is made up of a GIF image featuring him flipping through a flip book. StupotMcDoodlepip also released Print-A-Gif, an app on GitHub that allows you to turn any GIF image into a printable flip book. Here is a GIF image of StupotMcDoodlepip […]

The Color-Changing LED Shower Head by Sky Innovations connects into your shower pipe and automatically changes the color (7 different colors) of the water coming out every 2 to 5 seconds. It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $30.99 (61% off the retail price) with free shipping. Turn your shower into […]

Mr. Clean gets sexy in a new Super Bowl ad that declares, “You gotta love a man who cleans.” Mr. Clean does it all over the house, and there’s a sexy Mr. Clean Super Bowl commercial to prove it! Watch the Official Cleaner of Super Bowl LI get busy with the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser […]

Jason Cichon of Adelaide, Australia spent 8 days creating a fantastic side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. diorama made out of LEGO that is operated by a hand-crank. The diorama takes us through a simplified version of the classic World 1-1. via The Brothers Brick Related Laughing Squid PostsAwesome Super Mario Bros. Fish Tank Made with LEGOsHow […]

The creative folks at BEARD KING have created The Beard Bib, a clever bib that collects your facial hair clippings while shaving and eliminates messy grooming. The Beard Bib is available to purchase in white or black from the BEARD KING website and Amazon. Do you dread the task of cleaning up after grooming your […]

Jimmy Kimmel paid a visit to Sesame Street to introduce Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover to a brand new letter. Sesame Street is in its 47th season, and ‘T’ can only be the “Letter of the Day” so many times. ‘Sesame Street’ is now in it’s 47th Season. Jimmy grew up with Sesame Street, it’s […]

For the latest project in Tested‘s One Day Builds series, Adam Savage built a ping pong machine gun. Adam’s awesome rapid-firing ping pong ball weapon, which he has wanted to build since childhood, “will be used in his and Michael Steven‘s (Vsauce) upcoming touring show Brain Candy Live.” A video posted by Adam Savage (@therealadamsavage) […]

Marvel and Square Enix have announced their brand new project, a video game based on powerful team of Marvel superheroes, the Avengers. The video game is being developed by both Square Enix studios Eidos-Montréal (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided) and Crystal Dynamics (Rise of the Tomb Raider). According to Square Enix, more news on their multi-year […]

In 1968, during the first season of the classic television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the esteemed Fred Rogers introduced an eager group of children to electronic music pioneer and composer Bruce Haack, who played a suitcase device of his own design. The children, guided by Miss Nelson, did calisthenics and sang to the strange, wonderful […]

An adorably patriotic yellow-headed Amazon heard the sound of a military band and marched formally upright across the kitchen floor before disappearing out of view. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsDetermined Octopus Walks an Empty Coconut Shell Across the Ocean FloorA Playful Blue Macaw Parrot Learns How to Squeeze the Noisy Belly of a Lookalike […]

German musician Bjoern Angermann recorded a really wonderful 4-ukulele cover of the classic Jewish celebratory song “Hava Nagila“, using the Dick Dale version for inspiration. The result is part Klezmer, part surf with a bit of “island feel” to it. This my cover of Dick Dale’s version of “Hava Nagila” for 4 ukuleles! Enjoy! Dick […]

A photo posted by ????Mini Lau (@hktattoo_mini) on Jan 24, 2017 at 6:40am PST Hong Kong tattoo artist Mini Lau of Hello Tattoo has created her own very specific style of inking. Lau has a light hand, using delicate designs and an unusual array of candy colored pastel inks. Her work is exacting, but with […]

Great Big Story went to a very small village in China to speak with Lin Fagan who, with his wife, creates traditional suo (thread) noodles by hand, using a difficult but amazing process that takes about 16 hours per day. Fagan’s family has been making these noodles for centuries, but he’s concerned that the younger […]

The robotic juggler ServoJuggler expertly keeps five balls in the air. Five ball patterns can be difficult for human jugglers to learn and master, and they present unique challenges for robots as well. The five ball juggling operation is the most difficult to control, because all five axis must be controlled synchronously and the throwing […]

Daffy Duck performs the Coolio song “Gangsta’s Paradise” in a brilliant mashup by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“) featuring appearances by some of Daffy’s Looney Tunes pals. “Gangsta’s Paradise” is a rap song by Coolio featuring L.V. from the movie Dangerous Minds (1995). The song was later released on the albums Gangsta’s Paradise and […]

A very creative farmer and machinist George Saunders built a really lovely hand crafted scratching station for his beloved dairy cows to get a good scratch whenever they want. He also attached a camera to capture those funny moments when the adorable bovines have an itch. The Cows will love me for this one! Look […]

In 2013, Swedish bluesman Bottleneck John went down to the lakeside of Arvemuséet, Sweden with his gorgeous National Duolian resonator guitar to perform an amazing version of the Son House classic “Preaching the Blues” alongside an old hydraulic ram that kept the beat in perfect time. The waterpump blues duo – Live by the lakeside!! […]

A robotic arm beats an “I Am Not a Robot” CAPTCHA by manipulating a stylus on the trackpad of a Macbook Air. After completing the task, the robot performs a celebratory “mic drop” with the stylus. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsSimone Giertz Enlists a Friend to Help Demonstrate Her Very Messy Robotic Sandwich MakerRice […]

Aaron Paul sat down with host Conan O’Brien to talk about fake Breaking Bad reboot rumors and saying “bitch” during the show’s 5-year run on a great episode of Conan. He also went on to chat about his character on The Path and what happens when he is in close proximity to animal poop. Related […]

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a truly insightful look at the brilliant 2012 P.T. Anderson film The Master and compared that with his own experience with Scientology, particularly around one scene. Within that scene, Puschak made note of how Lancaster Dodd (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), the charismatic leader of the […]

A video posted by Devin Stratton (@devins223) on Jan 24, 2017 at 2:49pm PST Utah skier Devin Stratton filmed himself accidentally skiing off an unmarked 150-foot cliff on Wasatch Range in Utah. Stratton survived the fall without a scratch and even manages to calmly film his reaction immediately after the event. Turns out I am […]

Francis Ford Coppola is teaming up with a group of talented AAA game developers (Montgomery Markland, Larry Liberty, and Rob Auten) to create an Apocalypse Now video game based on Coppola’s classic 1979 Vietnam war film of the same name. Montgomery, Larry, and Rob are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help maintain the creative […]

Any smartphone can be turned into a heads-up navigation display with the HUDWAY Glass, a simple device that sits on a car’s dashboard and reflects the phone’s screen onto a see-through surface. Drivers can use the HUDWAY Glass to read their current speed, turn-by-turn directions, and other information. Push your car into the future with […]

Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created a video tribute to the nine motion pictures that earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture this year. The films are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. music by Childish Gambino – “Redbone” and Radiohead […]

The very talented costume designer Chrystumes modeled a beautiful headpiece from an incredibly realistic blue and gold macaw costume of her own design, mimicking the very deliberate movements made by these birds. In a separate video, the designer modeled a gorgeous American bald eagle, showcasing its beak. Among her vast creature creations is a realistic […]

Travel + Leisure explains the reasons why passengers can’t use cell phones on airplanes. Although the restriction began due to possible technological conflicts that have been overcome, there may be social justifications that keep them in place today. Every air traveler knows to turn their devices to “airplane mode” during flight. Is it myth or […]

Professional climber and wind turbine technician Jessica Kilroy talks about working at such great heights in a piece by Great Big Story. Kilroy’s background as a rock climber helps her overcome some of the challenges involved in the job, like having to work while suspended 350 feet in the air. These days, giant wind turbines […]

In an blast from the past episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how Nintendo‘s classic NES Zapper light gun worked on the original Duck Hunt video game in 1984. If you’ve ever played Duck Hunt or any of the other NES games that used the NES Zapper gun, you probably at […]

The Kingpin Desktop Mini Bowling Alley by Sky Innovations, which features 10 bowling pins and a metal bowling ball, lets you to have a miniature bowling party at your desk anytime that you please. It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $39.95 (50% off the retail price) with free shipping. You […]

Daven Hiskey of Today I Found Out explains the origins of the word blackmail as well as the lesser-known but still interesting “buttockmail” that served as a sort of tax for anyone caught having sex outside of marriage. Related Laughing Squid PostsA TED-Ed Animation Exploring Some Lesser-Known Facts About the United States Declaration of IndependenceChampion […]

To celebrate the one year anniversary of their São Paulo animation studio, the talented folks at Tendril created “Stuff I Thought As A Kid,” a fun animation that features a quirky look at some of the random and silly things that some of us may have thought about as a kid. via Sploid Related Laughing […]

Livonia, Michigan car enthusiast and videographer DtRockstar1 of Rockstar Rides has created a great video compilation celebrating a feature on cars that he truly loves, pop-up headlights. DtRockstar1 includes footage that he took of “just about any car you can think of that has pop-up or hidden headlamps!” A photo posted by www.youtube.com/dtrockstar1 (@dtrockstar1) on […]

Filmmaker Bora Barroso has created a beautiful supercut tribute to all of the wonderful movie references hidden in the Shrek films. To take it up a notch, Bora played all of the references side by side with the scenes from Shrek. music by Really Slow Motion – “Riding the light“ Related Laughing Squid PostsThe World […]

Mario farts his way through the Mushroom Kingdom after eating a bad power-up. The video was edited and voiced by Vsauce host Michael Stevens. Compared to the thoroughly intellectual content Vsauce creates today, it appears the channel was very different back in 2010 when “Mario Farts” was created. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMario Has […]

Joe Hanson from It’s Okay to Be Smart shares some estimates for the total number of species on Earth and also explains how scientists came to settle on those numbers. The video pairs well with the previous episode of the series, which deals with how species are classified. How many species are there on Earth? […]

Australian textile artist Jill Ffench of Fantails and Feet has created an absolutely beautiful line of hand-crafted, embroidered, natural fiber felt peacocks with brightly colored tail feather plumes. The peacocks are just a small part of Ffench’s work, much of which can be viewed and purchased through her Etsy store. In my textile work you […]

A tiny 10-week old greater one-horned rhinoceros calf named Taj who lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, positioned himself very close to his mother as he climbed up rocks, met other animals and generally explored this very new world around him as he made his first public appearance. It’s a whole new world […]

Ric Dunn the “Dadget Gad” tests the Fidget Cube on his fussy children in a hands-on review of the desk toy designed to keep fidgety hands busy. The video is the first in Dunn’s new series that reviews gadgets from a father’s perspective. Antsy Labs funded the Fidget Cube with a Kickstarter campaign in 2016, […]

German sci-fi fan Maria Krüger who also happens to be very creative very generously shared her method for turning an IKEA PS 2014 hanging pendant lamp into an exploding Death Star like the one in Star Wars This project was floating around the internet for a while and I was always faszinated (sic) by the […]

Mary Tyler Moore, the beautiful and iconic actress, dancer and philanthropist who inspired multiple generations of women, passed away on Wednesday, January 25th due to complications from diabetes type 1. She was 80 years old. Friends and fans have taken to social media to express their sadness over this great woman’s passing. #marytylermoore my heart […]

Ed O’Neill appeared on Ellen where he and host Ellen DeGeneres shared a “deleted scene” from their film Finding Dory. DeGeneres says the scene was cut because O’Neal “decided to change the lines.” Ellen revealed a scene from the hit animated film that landed on the cutting room floor after her co-star Ed O’Neill took […]

Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies shows how to make a cute batch of turnip-flavored Pachimari mini cupcakes from Overwatch in her latest tutorial video. The full recipe is available to view on her blog. A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Jan 24, 2017 at 9:37pm PST A photo […]

Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrates how to make a deliciously pixelated Super Mario Bros. themed pie using a large pastry cutter, math, and artistic finesse in her latest tutorial video. A photo posted by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Jan 22, 2017 at 9:59pm PST A photo posted by Pies Are Awesome […]

Vox reporter Phil Edwards goes inside the sport of speed stacking where competitors stack cups into different patterns as fast as possible. The sport originated in a Boys & Girls Club in California in the 1980s and continues to gain popularity as stackers fight for the best times. Sport stacking, cup stacking, speed stacking — […]