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Google Trends has posted a truly entertaining, if not a tad troubling, map of the United States that plots the single, most popular word in each state that is most searched via Google for its proper spelling. The map also notes how many and which states share the same word. It's the #spellingbee finals! These […]

Roommates Kal Fadem and Warren Strickler accidentally tapped out the beginning of the Super Mario Bros theme song during a game of ping pong that took place in 2009. My roomate (Warren Strickler) and I (Kal Fadem) film every game of ping pong we play in our apartment. During one game we hit a series […]

To celebrate the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on December 16th, artist Nicolas King (a.k.a. “NIXOLAS“) used Golaem crowd simulation software to create a wrap party for the new film that features stormtroopers and AT-ACT walkers dancing and twerking to catchy music on a beautiful island. A video posted by Nicholas King […]

The Pathfinder fights for a new home for humanity in the official gameplay trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda, the latest game in the popular Mass Effect series. The game will be released for Xbox One, PS4, and PC and is available to preorder now. Mass Effect: Andromeda puts you in the role of the Pathfinder; […]

A stunning new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Director Gareth Edwards and creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan give us a sneak peek at the incredible creatures that will be seen in the upcoming film. Rogue One is currently scheduled to blast its way into theaters on […]

Laughing Squid has partnered with the flash sale site MorningSave to offer an online popup shop of curated items that are available to purchase at a significant discount from the list price. The shop includes such items as a Plasma Beam lighter 2-Pack, a Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker, a Martian Notifier Smartwatch, a Wireless Gaming […]

The Auralnauts recut scenes from the Star Wars film series to create a fantastic music video where DJ Dooku drops some sick beats during a lightsaber filled “Jedi Party.” Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Star Wars: Modern Lightsaber Battle’, A Short Fan Video With Absurd Lightsaber Escalation Between a Jedi and SithA Jedi and Sith Lord Sharpen […]

An emergency team from Care for Wild Africa Rhino Sanctuary came to the rescue of an eight-month old female rhinoceros who had been shot by the same poacher who killed her mother with a high-powered rifle. The injured orphaned calf had been spotted in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa, but it took close to […]

Mr Sunday Movies takes a look at easter eggs, cameos, and hidden references found in the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Related Laughing Squid PostsMTV Points Out and Explains Nearly Every Hidden Easter Egg Found in Marvel FilmsDaredevil Season 2 Easter Eggs, Secret Cameos and Hidden ReferencesCaptain America: Civil War Easter […]

A man who is way too into beer tries to share his passion with disinterested bar patrons in a sketch by Third Leg Studios. The sketch is actually a clever ad for That UltraBeer Thing, the ultrasonic device the overzealous beer fanatic demonstrates in the video. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘How to Tell If You’re a […]

To see how dry ice reacts in a pond frozen over with a thin layer of ice, “King of Random” Grant Thompson dumped a full bucket of it into his small fish pond. The dry ice easily broke through the pond’s icy layer and trapped carbon dioxide gas bubbles underneath. After discovering the Styro-Slicer doesn’t […]

Melbourne, Australia freelance artist Darren Wallace has created “Star Wars: Rogue Wha?,” a bizarre trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that features “the Rebels secret weapon to fight off AT-ACT walkers, an awkward TIE striker landing, and Death (Metal) Troopers.” Fans of Darren can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing […]

Sony released a reveal trailer at PlayStation Experience (PSX) 2016 in Los Angeles for The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog‘s sequel to The Last of Us from 2013 that takes place about five years after the first video game. The trailer revealed the return of both Joel and Ellie, who players will assume […]

Johnny Harris from Vox explains the problem with map projections (flattening a spherical globe to a two-dimensional surface) and why all maps are wrong, particularly the commonly used Mercator projection. My struggle to make a flat map out of the plastic globe is indicative of a challenge mapmakers have faced for centuries: It is mathematically […]

On a Star Wars episode of Wisecrack, host Jared Bauer digs deep and explores the philosophical origins of one of the most legendary cinematic characters, evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Welcome to this Wisecrack Edition on The Philosophy of Darth Vader, where we explore the philosophical origins of one of the most tragic arcs in […]

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for The Mummy, an action-packed reboot of The Mummy franchise starring Tom Cruise. The trailer features military commandos taking a mummy tomb to London and awakening mummy princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), who is hell-bent on revenge. The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by Jon Spaihts, is […]

Marvel has released a teaser trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which hits theaters in May 2017. A video posted by Marvel Entertainment (@marvel) on Dec 3, 2016 at 2:46pm PST Related Laughing Squid PostsStar-Lord and Drax Hug It Out in Sneak Peek Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Galaxy Getaways, Marvel’s […]

A photo posted by Sketcha (@sketchadesign) on Dec 21, 2015 at 1:57am PST Israeli designers Sharona Merlin and Chen Ben-Ami of Sketcha Design have created a beautiful line of necklaces that proudly feature city skylines from all over the world. While a number of popular cities are already available through their Etsy store, a personalized […]

Motion and graphic designer Florent Porta has created a brilliantly amusing short film entitled “Preposterous” which posits very unlikely, but satisfying endings to typically frustrating situations. Preposterous is a short about absurdity, random short scenes that do not make any sense. via Wired Related Laughing Squid PostsAn ADHD Animation Where the Terminator Goes on Vacation […]

A photo posted by cat_rabbit (@cat_rabbit) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:15pm PDT Australian textile artist Cat Rabbit is the creator of a number of really wonderful soft-sculpture felt animals with very human characteristics doing very human types of things, such as talking on the phone in a Mondrian dress, working on a laptop with […]

Katie Marovitch loses it when she realizes her friends at CollegeHumor are just using her to buy bulk goods with her Costco membership. On the other hand, how else are you going to get your mitts on gallon tubs of hummus? Related Laughing Squid PostsDaring Ferret Falls Short on Making a Successful Jump From the […]

A sweet hound dog named Bagel repeatedly passed very slowly under a suede fringe purse that was hanging off the back of a chair in order to enjoy the soft and gentle tickling sensation on his back as he moved. According to his human Alyssa Antal, Bagel does this almost every day. It is a […]

16-year-old maker Ben Vagle has built an SUV-size version of his LEGO walking machine TrotBot. TrotBot scales obstacles as well as smooth terrain with its modified tear-drop foot-path that makes use of a heel. Vagle and his team first used the LEGO-scale version of the work on the design before scaling it up, but have […]

A photo posted by Felicity Berkleef (@felicity_berkleef) on Nov 19, 2016 at 8:50am PST Dutch animal photographer Felicity Berkleef has created a heartwarming photo series that feature her two cats, Nero and Tommie, as they snuggle together under the same blanket while staring out a three-part window on rainy days. The two cats also love […]

YouTuber Jon Sudano, a New Jersey man who only films himself from the neck up, has created an entire video series in which he hilariously replaces the lyrics of widely known, popular songs with the words from the catchy Smash Mouth tune “All Star“. Nothing is off limits, including such meaningful songs as “Imagine” by […]

A photo posted by theory11 (@theory11) on Nov 22, 2016 at 8:01am PST Neil Patrick Harris teamed up with the magical artists at theory11 to create a beautiful deck of Neil Patrick Harris playing cards. NPH put in his personal touches while “art directing every aspect of every component, inside and out.” The specialized deck […]

A fully automatic machine quickly twists wire into chain link fencing in a fascinating video by Polish fencing company Diilmet. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsPopcake, A Fully Automatic Pancake MakerGhost Minitaur, A Nimble Quadruped Robot That Jumps, Flips, and Climbs Over ObstaclesA Fascinating Snow Removal Machine Clearing the Street in Washington DC

MFICPrometheus shared footage back in 2009 of a man, who was traveling with a bunch of his drinking buddies, brilliantly reenacting the great Jerry Lewis‘ hilarious “invivisble typewriter” scene from the 1963 comedy film Who’s Minding the Store? Here is the original scene for comparison. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsRare Footage of Jerry Lewis’ […]

A TED-Ed lesson by Judd A. Schorr explains how to solve the airplane riddle, a complicated problem about fuel and time. Three planes with enough fuel to only make it halfway around the world must all use the same airport to help one plane make the complete journey. How can they do this without crashing? […]

A very coordinated tortoiseshell cat named Lalah logically negotiated the plastic finger holds along an indoor climbing wall at the Boulbaka2 Bouldering Gym in near Naha, Okinawa, Japan as she systematically climbed her way to the very top. According to the gym proprietors, this was a big accomplishment that was a long time coming for […]

Adafruit Industries demonstrates how to make a retro DIY 3D printed replica of a Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) computer with LED matrix from the 1970s and 1980s. A detailed write-up of the tutorial is available on the Adafruit Industries website.

While on location in South Texas, the very curious Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness found that he was intrigued by the repetitive stridulating sound that kept showing up on the show’s audio track and went out in search of the source. It turned out to be the song of a male mole cricket who was […]

Grant Thompson “The King of Random” tested his hot wire “Styro-Slicer” to see if it can cut through a large block of dry ice. The wire carries an electrical current that produces intense heat and easily slices through styrofoam, but is it enough to cut through the ice? RAPTORZ YZ asked whether the Styro-Slicer could […]

AsapSCIENCE demonstrates some optical illusions that make plainly visible objects disappear while explaining the science behind how they work. They also created a playlist that highlights some of their past optical illusion videos. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Astonishing Optical Illusion Where Objects Appear to Change Shape in the MirrorA Fascinating Experiment That Bends Light Around […]

ThinkGeek has created a 9 foot long set of 10 red D20 String Lights that will illuminate any party or Dungeons & Dragons session. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Set of LED Dice That Light Up When They Roll a Critical HitSet of 10 Red Party Cup String LightsStunning Optically Clear Acrylic Gaming Dice by Artisan […]

AARP and Entertainment Software Association (ESA) hosted the first ever Social Connection GameJam at E3 in Los Angeles earlier this year. 28 teams of college students competed to create a video game that helped make strong social connections for gamers over the age of 50. After the judges (Sid Meier, Robin Hunicke, Freddie Wong, John […]

Domino artist Hevesh5 designed an incredibly complex and massive Colosseum using 11,000 individual dominoes and captured footage of the structure beautifully toppling over. A video posted by Hevesh5 (@hevesh5) on Nov 26, 2016 at 10:10am PST A photo posted by Hevesh5 (@hevesh5) on Nov 25, 2016 at 1:34pm PST A photo posted by Hevesh5 (@hevesh5) […]

DJ Earworm has released his annual “United State of Pop” mashup for 2016 titled “Into Pieces.” The track was created using clips from 25 of the most popular songs of the year including “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars, “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots, and “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber. DJ Earworm has created similar […]

Biotrek has created a video that features Drax (Dave Bautista) from Guardians of the Galaxy becoming less and less amused with other live-action Marvel characters’ dancing while he holds a knife to Gamora‘s (Zoe Saldana) neck in prison. via Tastefully Offensive Related Laughing Squid PostsStar-Lord and Drax Hug It Out in Sneak Peek Trailer for […]

Filmmaker Kristian Williams (a.k.a. “kaptainkristian“) gives us a look at the origins and transformation of Japan’s legendary character, Godzilla, in his latest video titled “The Soul of Japan.” Related Laughing Squid PostsGodzilla Terrorizes and Destroys Japan in a Powerful New Trailer for ‘Godzilla Resurgence’Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku, Japan Completes Construction on Their Godzilla-Themed Building and […]

The Bionic Bird is a furtive drone that looks and flies like a real bird. The drone is controlled by a smartphone app and can fly for up to eight minutes on a single charge. The bird comes with a portable charging egg that can recharge the drone 12 times before needing to be recharged […]

The French art collective Lab212 has created Starfield, an interactive swinging art display that was inspired by a classic Windows screensaver. The installation uses a Microsoft Kinect to measure the position of the swing to zoom in and out of the video based on the swinger’s position. Starfield is an installation by the French art […]

Vox video producer Christophe Haubursin, who spent part of his childhood in Belgium, spoke about the Dutch Christmas character Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), how Black Pete is traditionally celebrated by donning blackface makeup, the controversy over this questionable practice and the emergence of “Chimney Pete” as a resolution to remove the institutionalized racism from the […]

The cast of Seinfeld discuss being recognized by fans out in the world in a special feature for the show’s DVD release. Even actors who only had brief appearances as minor characters on the show say they are easily recognized thanks to the show’s wide-reaching popularity. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Cast and Crew […]

A photo posted by Jordan ???? (@theracetospace) on Apr 29, 2016 at 6:29am PDT The very talented French astrophotographer Sebastien Lebrigand has captured the incredible sight of a Boeing 737 as it passed directly in front of the moon on a flight out of the United States. This photo is just one of the very […]

Filmmaker Zach King of Final Cut King who is widely known for his amazing optical illusions, has created the very clever film short “I fell in love with a painting“. In it, King portrays a man in still life painting who comes alive and presents a vase of flowers to a very receptive “Girl With […]

The Megahonyaku by Panasonic is an electronic megaphone that automatically translates a speaker’s words into multiple languages. The device first amplifies the speaker directly, then plays the translated message in up to three languages. “Megahonyaku” is equipped with an automatic audio translation function. When you speak Japanese into the microphone, it will recognize the sound, […]

Firebox is featuring a retro TV Smartphone Magnifier that enlarges movies, television shows, and other videos in an old-fashioned way. You can play videos at double their original size by placing your phone into a VHS tape shaped box and then sliding the tape into the “video cassette slot.” The Smartphone Magnifier has returned this […]

Made in Venice is a documentary, directed and produced by Jonathan Penson, featuring the true story of how skateboarders spent 20 years fighting to build a skatepark in Venice, California. The documentary is currently scheduled for a special screening at The Art Theatre in Long Beach, California on Thursday, December 15th, 2016 at 8:30 PM […]

Madrid film editor Jorge Luengo Ruiz has created “God’s Point of View,” a wonderful supercut of overhead shots featured in films by Martin Scorsese. Jorge used scenes from Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Wolf of Wall Street, and others. Is God watching in all Marty’s films? Related Laughing Squid PostsGod’s Eye View, A Supercut of Straight […]