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A photo posted by AnonyMouse (@anonymouse_mmx) on Dec 7, 2016 at 1:24am PST A terrifically imaginative group known as AnonyMouse have fashioned an incredibly detailed, wonderfully mouse-sized version of an Italian café called Il Topolino (Mickey Mouse), complete with outdoor seating a temperamental chef and a green dumpster. The café sits alongside Noix de Vie […]

Future alien and host of the Wisecrack series Earthling Cinema Garyx Wormuloid examines the themes of consumerism and excess in Pixar’s WALL-E. What if an alien in the future stumbled upon Andrew Stanton’s WALL·E? Welcome to Earthling Cinema, where we examine the last remaining artifacts of a once-proud culture and try to understand what human […]

A photo posted by Bridget Beth Collins (@flora.forager) on Nov 21, 2016 at 10:21am PST Bridget Beth Collins, botanical artist and designer of the journal book Flora Forager, creates absolutely wonderful vignettes that made entirely from the petals of flowers and other flora she’s foraged from her garden and other urban wild areas while walking […]

To celebrate Rogue One landing in theaters this week, Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies demonstrated how to make a series of Star Wars themed gingerbread Wookiee cookies. A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Dec 13, 2016 at 9:15am PST A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Dec […]

The Cling Bling window solar charger is a portable battery and solar panel that features a suction design so users can attach it to the a window pane. The six-inch device includes a 1800mAh battery that can help charge a smartphone, tablet, or other USB device even when the Sun goes down. The Cling Bling […]

Eric J. Schmitt-Matzen aka Santa Schmatz, a business owner in Caryville, Tennessee, offered his Santa services a little early this year when a nurse from a local hospital called and told him to get there as quickly as he could. When he arrived, he learned that a dying young boy was terribly afraid of missing […]

A photo posted by Emily Zauzmer (@girlwithapearlicing) on Dec 1, 2016 at 10:56pm PST Harvard University junior Emily Zauzmer has taken it upon herself to tastefully recreate classic works of art on cakes. She carefully uses frosting to recreate famous paintings like American Gothic by Grant Wood, Edvard Munch‘s The Scream, The Starry Night by […]

Determined amateur Mike Boyd quickly taught himself to play the violin in a little over 13 hours for an episode of his Learn Quick series. Being able to play the violin is not as easily defined as some of Boyd’s other quickly learned skills like juggling, picking a lock, or solve a Rubik’s cube, so […]

Guitarist Eric Calderone (a.k.a. “331Erock“) recently performed a heavy metal mashup cover of John Williams‘ “The Force Theme” and the custom rework of the song “The Machination,” created by Ninja Tracks, that was featured in the second trailer for Rogue One. Related Laughing Squid PostsFootage From the ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Trailers Set […]

Filmmaker Oscar Boyson in partnership with The Nantucket Project, has created “The Future of Cities” a brilliantly edited montage about what cities will look like in the future by drawing upon films, current projects and the city’s past. In making the film, Boyson sourced footage from all over the world through his YouTube channel. This […]

In 1989, the famous horror author Stephen King opened up to Professor Thomas Smith of the Public Radio Book Show about his childhood, his imagination and the origin of fear. This conversation took place during a previously lost interview which was wonderfully animated by Blend for the video series “Blank on Blank”. When we deal […]

Wendover Productions has created a two part video series (Part 1 and Part 2) that features quick and interesting facts about every country in the world. Related Laughing Squid PostsNearly Every Easter Egg and Reference Hidden in George Miller’s Film ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’AsapSCIENCE Answers the Question ‘Can You Be Scared to Death?’100 Years of […]

Octopus Ski Masks by Sky Innovations are designed to make you to look like a deep sea cephalopod while blocking out the cold, winter weather. They are available to purchase in black, blue, and red in the Laughing Squid store for $12.99 (74% off the retail price) with free shipping. You can wear a regular […]

On November 30, 2016, a young man named Ryan Jessen tragically died due to complications from a ventricular brain hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure. Before he passed, the staff at Rideout Hospital in Marysville, California gave permission for Ryan’s beloved dog Mollie to come and say goodbye to him “so she’d know why her […]

Chesnee, South Carolina artist and design engineer Scott Blackwell of WoodCurve has created wonderful handmade Xbox One and PlayStation 3 game controller coffee tables. They are available to purchase from his Etsy shop. images via WoodCurve via Technabob Related Laughing Squid PostsA Geeky Series of Video Game Controller Gamer SoapsVideo Game Controllers Repurposed as Useful […]

Joe Penna (a.k.a. “MysteryGuitarMan“) has created “Conveyor Belt Hero,” a Guitar Hero style music video for “The Magic Minute Project” that was brought to life with a conveyor belt, wood blocks, and ten people. Joe hit various sized wood blocks, which were placed on the belt in various order by his helpers, with drum sticks […]

In an etymological episode of the informative series “Today I Found Out“, host Daven Hiskey explains how the word boycott came to mean what it does today. It turns out that the name originally belonged to a nineteenth century Englishman named Captain Charles C. Boycott who, while working as a land manager in Ireland, refused […]

Macro Room created a video of revealing macro images of the insides of objects cut in half. The video includes sliced food, household objects, and even electronics. This time we’ve decided to cut in half and observe the inside of different objects, from fruits and vegetables, a shoe and even an old digital camera!

The upcoming Netflix series The OA is a surreal eight chapter dramatic series that focuses on a blind girl named Prairie Johnson, who disappeared at a young age only to mysteriously reappear years later with her eyesight perfectly intact. The series was conceived Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, and developed by Netflix in partnership with […]

Eclectic Method has created a mischievous remix of the 1990 John Hughes and Chris Columbus film Home Alone. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Remix of James Corden’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’Chewbacca Dance Remix by Eclectic MethodA ‘Back To The Future’ Remix by Eclectic Method

The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia has partnered with Globe Telecom, a telecommunication company in the Philippines, to create a touching Rogue One themed commercial that encourages people from around the world to #CreateCourage and use the hashtag when posting pictures of themselves in a Stormtrooper helmet. The Star Wars ad features a very shy […]

The popular Pigs in Space series from The Muppet Show has returned with its first new episode in over 20 years. In the episode, Captain Link Hogthrob falls ill and gives birth to a new member of the crew in an homage to Alien. New episodes of Pigs in Space will premiere on the official […]

Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk (Nice Peter) and former professional ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky (Zach Sherwin) faced off in a competitive episode of Epic Rap Battles of History created by Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD. The song is available to purchase from iTunes. Related Laughing Squid PostsMichael Jordan vs Muhammad Ali in Epic Rap Battles of […]

Talented saxophone player Sam Greenfield lovingly serenaded Jesse and Amos, two of the resident cows at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerties, New York. At first the bovid duo was a bit shy, but with encouragement from one of their humans, they both quickly got close enough to listen. Jesse and Amos, residents at Catskill […]

The Dripo 2-in-1 Cold Brew Coffee Maker is a handy way to enjoy cold brew that’s been slow dripped with just a few simple steps. Once it’s ready, the bottom of the device turns into a convenient lidded tumbler for easy portability. The Laughing Squid Store is currently offering the Dripo for $28.95 – 27% […]

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) betrays the family in The Fate of the Furious, the eighth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise. The film was directed by F. Gary Gray and will be released on April 14, 2017. Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from […]

Master impressionist Jim Meskimen performed an incredible recitation of the classic holiday poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“The Night Before Christmas”) for the cameras of Vanity Fair in 27 of the different celebrity voices he has in his impressive arsenal.While Meskimen included some his standards (Colin Firth, Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams), there were […]

Qantas has announced new 17-hour non-stop flights between Perth, Australia and London, England using the 787-9 Dreamliner. The flight is the shortest and fastest route between England and Australia since the “Kangaroo route” between the two countries was first introduced in 1947. When the 14,498km route launches in March 2018 it will be the third-longest […]

A photo posted by Butcher Billy (@thebutcherbilly) on Dec 9, 2016 at 8:31pm PST Black Tales From The Dark Mirror is a another brilliantly illustrated series from Brazilian designer Butcher Billy that transforms several of the most popular episodes from the Black Mirror series into covers of those classic-style comic books that cost 60-cents apiece. […]

Video playback supervisor Todd A. Marks helps build fictional worlds in film and television by created the graphics displayed by on-camera screens. His work has been in The Net, Anchorman 2, Steve Jobs, and dozens of other projects. Marks discussed his work with Vox reporter Phil Edwards. The above video shows some of the highlights of […]

A photo posted by Nail Art History (@susikenna) on Oct 20, 2016 at 2:17pm PDT New York City social media director Susi Kenna has created “Nail Art History“, a fun series in which she designs inspired pieces from modern artists for her long fingernails. In doing so, Kenna combines the bright colors and geometric shapes […]

Exurb1a provides a guide to worrying and how to get really good at it in a video that puts the concerns of a single person into perspective. Related Laughing Squid PostsCats Cole and Marmalade Explain Halloween from a Feline Point of ViewMartha Stewart Looks For Love on Match.Com Under the Profile Name ‘TheGoodLongLife’Twenty Super Short […]

Video editor Bora Barroso created “The World of Tomorrow,” a supercut tribute to post-apocalyptic films. He features movies like Mad Max: Fury Road, Oblivion, 28 Days Later, Terminator Salvation, and others. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Supercut of the Powerful Uses of Sound Throughout Mad Max: Fury Road101 Facts About The Hunger GamesOfficial ‘Mad Max: Fury […]

When graphic designer Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she was of the belief that she would never write her name, let alone draw again due to her tremors. Luckily, engineer Haiyan Zhang of the BBC Two program BigLifeFix was determined to find a way reunite Lawton her favorite activity. The result – a […]

Matt Johnson and his family worked together with Living Water International once again to turn their San Antonio, Texas home into a spectacular 2016 dubstep hip-hop themed Christmas light show. This year, “new music, 8 large spot lights, a 110-foot pixel matrix screen, a 40 foot tree, and more” were added to the Johnson Family […]

Touch Bar Piano is an app by developer Graham Parks that turns the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro into a working multitouch piano with 128 different instrument sounds. via Engadget Related Laughing Squid PostsApple Reveals New Line of Thinner and Lighter MacBook Pro Laptops With Innovative Touch BarThe Original ‘Doom’ Running on the […]

Vanity Fair sat down to get to know the cast of Rogue One (Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, and Donnie Yen) by asking them to give a quick synopsis of the movie, explain their characters in the upcoming Star Wars film, pick their favorite Star Wars characters, and more. Rogue […]

In the upcoming film The Circle a young rising star at a popular social media company (Emma Watson) finds out just how frightening it can be when she decides to live her life in public through social media. The film is based upon the haunting Dave Eggers book of the same name and is set […]

Brian Kidd (a.k.a. “The Unipiper“) recently dressed as Darth Vader and balanced on top of a Death Star while playing his flaming bagpipes in Portland, Oregon. Related Laughing Squid PostsUnicycling Darth Vader Plays ‘Star Wars’ Theme on Flaming BagpipesUnicycling Darth Vader Plays the ‘Star Wars’ Theme Song with Flaming Bagpipes on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’The Unipiper […]

Rubik’s cube world champion Feliks Zemdegs has set a new world record by solving a standard 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube in just 4.737 seconds at a competition where he was seated next to previous world record holder Mats Valk. Zemdegs set the record using a prototype version of a magnetized GAN 356 Air cube. Although Zemdegs […]

Simon Whistler, host of the informative series “Today I Found Out” recounts the historic origins of the term “Rock and Roll”, noting its early religious and sexual connotations. Whistler also explains how a Cleveland, Ohio DJ named Alan “Moondog” Freed popularized the term to describe a specific genre of music. …the phrase “rock and roll” […]

In the second trailer for the highly anticipated fourth season (series) of the BBC One series Sherlock, a sincerely rattled Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) employs his famous skills to identify the changes taking place around him and his friends. “The Six Thatchers“, the first of a three episode arc, premieres on New Year’s Day in […]

Real Life Lore shows where to find some of the most remote and hard to reach places on Earth. At some of the locations mentioned in the video like Point Nemo, a potential traveler would be closer to the astronauts on the International Space Station than any human on the planet. How far away can […]

Nintendo released a live action trailer for Super Mario Run, their upcoming mobile game where the popular plumber runs to collect coins. The trailer features people around the world running and leaping like Mario all over their cities Super Mario Run, the first Mario game created for mobile, will release in the iTunes App Store […]

Dan Gruchy from The Slow Mo Guys takes a water-filled soccer ball to the face at 28,000 frames per second after losing a bet to partner Gavin Free over who could shoot the wick out of a candle first. The punishment is a revisiting of an earlier video the pair made in 2010. Related Laughing […]

Host Conan O’Brien recently filmed a few episodes of his show in Berlin, Germany. While visiting the beautiful city, O’Brien made sure that he checked out the German autobahn and drove over 140 MPH in a new BMW i8. Related Laughing Squid PostsConan O’Brien Flies to Qatar With Michelle Obama to Entertain the Troops at […]

Cast members from the upcoming Rogue One film made a grand entrance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and shared their high level of excitement for the new Star Wars movie. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe New and Original Ghostbusters Casts Unite on Jimmy Kimmel LiveThe Cast of Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Films Play ‘Family Feud’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’The […]

20th Century Fox has released the final trailer for Assassin’s Creed, an upcoming live action film directed by Justin Kurzel based on Ubisoft‘s popular video game franchise. Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) steps up to the plate in the last trailer and embraces his destiny. Assassin’s Creed is set to dive into theaters on December 21st, […]

The Happy Half by The Fowndry is a stemmed wine glass that has been literally split perfectly in half (except for the base – for balance) and is the perfect way to amusingly respond to any guest who asks for just a half glass of wine. The perfect gift for the wine snob or pessimist […]