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In an effort to address concerns about environmental sustainability and to ease traffic in urban areas, UPS developed a new program using “Cargo Cruisers”, proprietary electronically-assisted tricycles to deliver packages. The program was first tested in Hamburg, Germany and is making its U.S. debut in Portland, Oregon. The success of this pilot program was first […]

A photo posted by JACOB'S FOOD DIARIES (@jacobs_food_diaries) on Dec 2, 2016 at 3:32am PST Melbourne, Australia food artist and mother Laleh Mohmedi makes adorable and healthy pop culture themed meals for her son Jacob. Laleh frequently shares her awesome creative dishes on the Jacob’s FOOD Diaries blog, Instagram, and Facebook fan page. A photo […]

Russian man Deita Meira performs a caffeinated cover of John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars with nothing other than a coffee stirrer. via Tastefully Offensive Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Harp Twins Perform a Powerful Cover of ‘The Imperial March’ From Star Wars‘The Imperial March’ Theme Song Remixed With Sounds From […]

The BBC released the extended director’s cut of a Top Gear segment from earlier this year where rally driver Ken Block took Matt LeBlanc on a high speed, drift filled tour of London in his 845 horsepower 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR. A photo posted by Ken Block (@kblock43) on Dec 8, 2016 at 1:04pm […]

David Spittle shares a funny timelapse of his wife’s pregnancy to show what happens when a woman eats watermelon seeds. My wife’s pregnancy with our first daughter Poppy! Warning: Eat Watermelon seeds at your own risk! via Pleated-Jeans Related Laughing Squid PostsBlowing Up Watermelons With 10,000 Volts of ElectricityCompetitive Eater L.A. Beast Eats an Entire […]

While at DesignerCon 2016 in Pasadena, Bill Doran of Punished Props joined forces with Tested movie effect artist Frank Ippolito to make a foam Aliens themed P-5000 work loader suit for Ripley the Boston Terrier puppy. Related Laughing Squid PostsP-5000 Work Loader, An ‘Aliens’ Inspired Illustration by Tom WhalenAliens Caterpillar P-5000 Work Loader Baby CostumeBoston […]

Ray Kroc grows McDonald’s from a burger joint into an empire in a new trailer for The Founder starring Michael Keaton. The film tells the story of Kroc’s contentious relationship with brothers Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman) and Mac McDonald (John Carrol Lynch) as they grew the business over decades. Directed by John Lee Hancock (SAVING MR. BANKS), […]

Filmmaker Devin Graham (a.k.a. “Devin Super Tramp“) teamed up with the folks at Jetovator to turn their incredible hydropower jet bikes into speeder bikes. Devin then filmed scout troopers, rebels, Jedi, Chewbacca, and Ewoks engaging in a real life, wet and wild Star Wars battle with his RED Weapon camera. A video posted by # […]

A 99-million-year-old dinosaur tail complete with feathers has been found preserved in cretaceous amber, the first discovery of its kind. The remarkable tail was found in Kachin State, Myanmar by a team led by Dr. Lida Xing from China University of Geosciences, and through examination the team believes the tail belonged to a coelurosaur. A […]

Eccentric British inventor Colin Furze teamed up with eBay UK to create a gigantic Star Wars AT-ACT walker clubhouse for his back yard that stands 18 feet high and looks like it charged straight out of Rogue One. Colin’s entire collection of build process photos are available to view on his website. Working with eBay […]

Jimmy Kimmel Live! shared the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, the upcoming second reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise directed by Jon Watts. The trailer features Tom Holland as Spider-Man getting help from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) with navigating his newfound superhero identity, fighting small time crooks, and eventually going after the evil Vulture […]

A photo posted by Trina Merry (@trinamerry) on Nov 22, 2016 at 7:45am PST In her politically-inspired series “Sweet Land of Liberty“, the extremely talented Trina Merry painted the bodies of models of different shapes and sizes so that they would blend into the landscape of iconic American landmarks such as the White House, the […]

The wonderfully satirical Exurb1a hilariously takes on a piece of the immensely popular BioShock video game series with a hilariously acerbic explanation that connects together the parallel universes of Rapture and Columbia. Unfortunately, building a pre-conceived paradise comes with its own set of risks. Columbia probably never existed. Rapture probably exploded. Most of the main […]

A photo posted by Fireball Whisky (@fireballwhisky) on Oct 16, 2016 at 1:06pm PDT The very popular Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is following in the footsteps of less expensive wines with their new jumbo sized “Firebox“. The box contains two 1.75 liter pouches of the spicy spirit and a spigot on each side to make sharing […]

We previously wrote about the incredible Wintergatan Marble Machine by the band Wintergatan, an ingenious hand-cranked instrument that uses 2,000 marbles to play an original song. Since that time, band member Evelina Hägglund beautifully recreated the same song on piano. The original Marble Machine version of the song. Related Laughing Squid PostsAll Was Well, A […]

Senator John Glen, the highly honored, pioneering aviator, iconic astronaut and politician sadly passed away on December 8, 2016 after being hospitalized at the James Cancer Center at Ohio State University. He was 95 years old. Throughout his varied career, Senator Glenn, a former marine, was first at a great many things – First to […]

During his visit to The Tonight Show to watch Jimmy Fallon play the new Nintendo Switch and Super Mario Run, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto sat in with The Roots to play a lively version of the Super Mario Bros. theme song. Related Laughing Squid PostsMario Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Reveals the Truth About ‘Super Mario Bros.’ […]

On The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon debuted the new Nintendo Switch console and got to play Super Mario Run and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild thanks to Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Amié. Fils-Amié also surprised Fallon with a special audience member, Super Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto who rated Fallon’s gaming performance. Nintendo announced […]

Greg Lake, the legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman for progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP), passed away on December 7, 2016 from complications due to cancer. He was only 69 years old. Lake’s death comes only just a few months after the passing of bandmate Keith Emerson. Drummer Carl […]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zach Efron star in Baywatch, a lifeguarding comedy action film based on the classic television series of the same name that was popular in the 1990s. BAYWATCH follows devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Johnson) as he butts heads with a brash new recruit (Efron). Together, they uncover a local criminal plot […]

DJ Yoda helped programmers turn one of ABB‘s YuMi industrial robots into DJ YuMi to celebrate the Ford Fiesta. The challenge for Yoda and the programmers was to translate music terms like bars and beats per minute into code and math the robot can understand. Watch collaborative robot deliver a storming live set with his […]

French filmmaker and photographer Mathieu Stern created two fascinating Star Wars themed Photoshop tutorials on how to create the illusion of a Jedi levitating and how to create a realistic lightsaber. A photo posted by Caro (@caro_cosplay) on Dec 4, 2016 at 9:28am PST A photo posted by Mathieu Stern (@mathieustern) on Sep 17, 2016 […]

Somerville, Massachusetts artist Judith Klausner (a.k.a. “Miss Mantis“) has created Altered Authors, an altered series of vintage porcelain figurines that feature pun-full mashups of popular authors and animals that relate to their work. Altered Authors like Raven-Headed Poe, Jane Austern, Louisa May Alcottontail, Salmon Rushdie, and Whale-Headed Herman Melville are available to purchase from Judith’s […]

Jon Farrow of the Royal Institution teamed up with Tom Scott to demonstrate how to debunk perpetual motion machines by looking for the hidden power source using a few examples of so-called perpetual motion devices. Although there are many YouTube videos claiming to show perpetual motion devices in action, a machine that generates more energy […]

Morris is an interactive stuffed animal fish, created by skilled cross-disciplinary artist and designer Rachel Ciavarella, that allows you to turn him inside out and examine his innards. Rachel is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help her make a limited production run of the reversible Morris. Morris started as an exploration of material textures, […]

In a humorously informative episode of “It’s Okay To Be Smart“, host Joe Hanson shares the fascinating history of the common pigeon, noting Charles Darwin‘s intense fascination with the bird, its noble ancestry, excellent eyesight and internal homing system that still puzzles scientists to this very day. How are pigeons so good at finding their […]

Peeqo – The GIF Bot Peeqo is a cute interactive robot that communicates through movement and GIFs it displays on its screen. When not displaying a GIF, the robot shows a bespectacled set of eyes. The robot’s creator, Abhishek Singh, has posted the Peeqo’s code and design files to GitHub, and shared photos of his […]

Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie performeda a multitrack cover of the Mega Man 2 Game Boy title screen music using a five string tenor banjo, a mandolin, a bouzouki, and a u-bass. Fans of Ollie’s work can help support his future covers on Patreon. Here is the original song. Related Laughing Squid PostsBanjo Guy […]

David McCandless of Information is Beautiful, whose visualizations we’ve previously posted, has created a really fascinating world map for 2016 that plots what each country does better than any other in the world. Being the best at something doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s good or even acceptable in any way. For example, the United States is […]

Pony Up Daddy is a human saddle for kids who love getting pony rides around the house and obliterating mommy and daddy’s entire spine. Enough horsing around though. The easy to put on neoprene saddles are available to purchase from Amazon (Bandit Black, Raider Red, Sheriff Blue, and Princess Pink) and the product’s website. images […]

A photo posted by Dominique Ansel Bakery Japan (@dabjapan) on Nov 15, 2016 at 6:16pm PST Dominique Ansel, chef and owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery with locations around the world and creator of the legendary Cronut, has introduced the newest of his creations – the ChurroDuo, a modern interlocking 3D sculptural interpretation of the traditional […]

Madonna joins James Corden to dance, twerk in a car, and sing Carpool Karaoke. The pair discuss Madonna’s career, love life, and the time she kissed Michael Jackson. James and Madonna go for a drive through New York City singing classics from her epic catalog of music, and James learns about Madonna’s relationship with Michael […]

In the 26th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visually chronological history of the past 100 years of beauty in Haiti as modeled by artist Nzingah, whose hair and makeup were styled in correlation with the expertly researched trends of the beautiful but tumultuous historical nation. Alo bèl! Rethink […]

A photo posted by MONDO (@mondotees) on Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02am PST Mondo has released a rad collection of Gremlins ceramic tiki mugs for their new and ongoing series of pop culture inspired tiki mugs, titled Tee-Kis. The Gremlins themed mugs were designed by Michael Bonanno and sculpted by Ramirez Studios. The green, candy […]

Casually Explained makes some humorous predictions for the future of science and humanity over the next 10, 100, and 1,000 years. The predictions include self-driving cars, virtual reality, and colonies on Mars all with a unique perspective. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Prescient 1976 AT&T Interview With Sci-Fi Author Arthur C. Clarke About the Future of […]

Pro streetballer Nemanja “Tricky” Blazic from Belgrade, Serbia did the Mannequin Challenge with a little flair by spinning a basketball on everything. He spins a basketball on a pen while writing, on the corner of a book while reading, on a wooden spoon while cooking, and more. via Tastefully Offensive Related Laughing Squid PostsMan Spins […]

For CineFix‘s ongoing Trailer Mix series, New York filmmaker Bobby Burns and Dustin McLean worked together to create a fake movie trailer that reimagines Disney•Pixar‘s Finding Dory as a sinister thriller. Disney•Pixar never fails to bring us the most heartwarming animated stories, from Toy Story to the latest hit, Moana. But what if they took […]

As part of the Royal Institution‘s annual science-themed advent calendar they shared a stylized animation that explains physicist Richard Feynman‘s building block analogy for the first law of thermodynamics. How Richard Feynman’s classic analogy of building blocks explains the conservation of energy. Professor Andrea Sella recalls Feynman’s illustration of the first law of thermodynamics with […]

Kurzgesagt makes a case for setting a new “year zero” to properly reflect human history. The video uses the idea of the Holocene calendar proposed by scientist Cesare Emiliani that would set year zero 10,000 years earlier than the Gregorian calendar, changing the year 2016 to 12,016. To further embrace the Holocene calendar, Kurzgesagt is […]

Japanese “balancing expert” who is known as Thumbsam1 and Thumb Tani, demonstrates his incredible talent for stacking Japanese coins in the most fascinating ways, sometimes using props and sometimes using just the coins alone. ???????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/11TZp0IkBo — ??? (@thumb_tani) December 3, 2016 ?????1?????????????????? pic.twitter.com/c5b29pi3tl — ??? (@thumb_tani) November 23, 2016 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/XZt1r48tSQ — ??? (@thumb_tani) […]

Large-sized ice cubes are great for cocktails. They look really cool and melt very slowly so as to not distill the flavor of a straight spirit or the alchemy of a well-made concoction. The Laughing Squid Store is currently offering the BLOXX 12 Jumbo Ice Cube Tray and Sveres Jumbo Ice Ball Tray, each at […]

Over 200 YouTube creators and celebrity guests from around the world recreate challenges and memes popular over the past year in YouTube Rewind 2016. YouTube created an elaborate quiz to test viewers on the references they pick up on, shared 360° and behind-the-scenes videos, and made announcements about the top trending videos of the year. […]

Frank Curre, a proud WWII veteran who was serving on the USS Tennessee in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day of the infamous attack in 1941, shared his incredible history with StoryCorps shortly before his death on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2011. Curre spoke about being a 17-year old who convinced his mother to sign […]

Maru, the infamous box-loving, adorably fat-faced feline figured out how to fit his big fuzzy body into a smallish glass mixing bowl and promptly fell asleep. In June 2016, Maru did his very best to fit himself inside a green plastic bowl, but wasn’t as successful in his task. And in April 2015, Maru squeezed […]

Several flags were planted on the surface of the Moon during the NASA Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972, but with harsh lunar conditions they were never expected to survive for long. Simon Whistler reveals the fate of those flags in an episode of his fascinating series Today I Found Out. Related Laughing Squid PostsEvery […]

The ever-insightful School of Life offers an animation explanation of the concept of snobbery, stating that it comes from a place of insecurity and offers what can be done to effectively address snobbish behavior without disrupting one’s own sense of well-being. At the root of snobbery is a lack of imagination and confidence about how […]

While at DesignerCon 2016 in Pasadena, Tested editor Norman Chan met up with filmmaker and artist Jack Venturo to check out and talk about his elaborate collection of action figure dioramas based on popular movies and television shows that he carefully handcrafted and painted. Jacks’ highly detailed dioramas are available to purchase from his website. […]

A photo posted by Burning Man (@burningman) on Dec 2, 2016 at 10:54am PST A picture entitled “Anything but Boaring” by Jeremy Chiu was the most liked Instagram photo from Burning Man 2016 during the first week of December, per a tweet from the official organization account. The picture features a shirtless man perching upon […]

Life Noggin‘s animated host Blocko (Pat Graziosi) explains how long-term space travel negatively affects the human body and how that could impact future missions to Mars and beyond. Why haven’t we traveled to Mars already? Well, space travel can have some devastating effects on the human body! Related Laughing Squid PostsInternational Space Station Expedition 46 […]

“Fresh Squeeze” by filmmaker Robert McIntosh is a mesmerizing aerial tour of Venice Beach that he captured with his micro quad drone. The footage smoothly moves us backwards over the beach and through a skate park as McIntosh carefully squeezes his drone through all sorts of tight spaces. Having some fun with a micro quad. […]