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A photo posted by Dinara Kasko (@dinarakasko) on Jul 21, 2016 at 10:30am PDT Ukrainian pastry chef Dinara Kasko is known all over the world for creating absolutely gorgeous desserts that pair sleek geometric shapes with fantastic surface architecture. Kasko, who was trained as an architect, approaches her desserts as if they were buildings, utilizing […]

Ben from NightHawkInLight shared a video of his beautifully crafted indoor tornado machine. The machine creates a continuous swirling vortex from what appears to be dry ice in water. Ben mentioned in the video that he will be posting a full tutorial video about the build in the next few weeks. This was a big […]

In “Do Plants Think?” It’s Okay to Be Smart host Joe Hanson explains how plants are able to sense the world around them, how they process that information, and whether plants “think.” Related Laughing Squid PostsA Breakdown of How Real-World Zombie Parasites Control Plants and Animals in NaturePlantbombing, Yarn Bombing With PlantsExploring the Manner In […]

In a linguistic Ted-Ed lesson, volunteer translator Krystian Aparta explains, through animation by Avi Ofer, how translating the English word “you” into different languages can be rather a complicated task due to specific rules of culture. To start with, how familiar are you with the person you’re talking to? Many cultures have different levels of […]

“What Will Happen When Earth’s Magnetic Poles Reverse?” by Life Noggin explained what humans might expect when the Earth’s magnetic poles eventually reverse. The video also covered the science behind what generates the Earth’s magnetic field. Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Make Magnetic Slime Using Elmer’s Glue and Iron FilingsThe Sun’s Polarity Is About to […]

Fidget Cube is a vinyl desk toy designed with six faces for a variety of fidgeting options for people who like to keep their hands busy. The developers of the cube, Antsy Labs, have launched a Kickstarter campaign with an amusing drug commercial parody video to raise money for a production run of the toys. […]

Comedy Central UK recently imagined what the original Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, would be like as a 1990s sitcom. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, A Film About the Magical Creatures of the Harry Potter UniverseHarry Potter Recreated in Real Life in New York Penn Station […]

In the comedy sketch “Shit Job,” Gary (Jake Regal) stops to use the bathroom before a big job interview, and things in his career quickly escalate from there. The sketch was written and directed by Kevin Oeser. Gary goes in for a job interview. A bathroom mishap ruins everything… OR DOES IT? Related Laughing Squid […]

The Warp Zone recently performed a brilliant a capella cover of the eerie Stranger Things theme song. Here is the original Stranger Things theme song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsHumorous A Capella Cover of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song by The Warp ZoneA Capella Cover of The Walking Dead Theme Song by The […]

Los Angeles filmmaker Andrew McMurry, producer Seth McMurry, and sound designer Matthew McMurry of Nukazooka recently created a “Lightsaber Safety 101” instructional video that provides a hilarious lesson on how to handle a lightsaber. Do not be a Larry! Big Star Wars fan? Always wanted your own lightsaber? No problem! But don’t you dare start […]

Artist Christopher Stoll has created PokéNatomy, a fantastic series of anatomical illustrations that reveal and explain the innards of popular Pokémon video game characters. Stoll’s entire series of drawings are available to view on DeviantArt. images via Christopher Stoll via RocketNews24 Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Illustrated Anatomical Guide To Popular Monsters by Brad McGintyHow Pokémon […]

On a recent episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a football cake with chocolate cake and Italian meringue buttercream. This is a touchdown of a cake. I’m making this chocolate cake football to celebrate the NFL kickoff, but this cake will be a hit […]

Tbilisi, Georgia video editor David Garuchava of The Garo Studios has created “Winds of Winter,” an epic supercut tribute to the numerous heroes of the Night’s Watch and the many trials that they have faced thus far on Game of Thrones. Fans of David can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid […]

In a rather realistic parody by Kevin Oeser, a dusty, suntanned excitable guy returned home from Burning Man to extol the incredible experiences to his girlfriend, who had never been. He was happy to share until she innocently asked “How was Burning Man?“, a question to which he directed all of his self-righteous playa anger. […]

In “The Elusive Subconscious“, British filmmaker Lewis Bond of Channel Criswell explored the distinctly and somewhat disquieting elusive style of David Lynch, providing a formidable definition for the descriptive term “Lynchian” The same way a hallway sinking into darkness is Lynchian, so is a white picket fence in a slice of Americana. To precisely state […]

In a recent episode of his Across the Map series, gamer Conor Kearney walked his character halfway around a planet in No Man’s Sky to determine of planets in the game were actually “planet sized”. The journey took Kearney 11 hours and 50 minutes, which he compressed to a little less than eight minutes of […]

Prolific filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created a cinematic side-by-side comparison of the recent Kenzo World perfume ad starring Margaret Qualley with the Fatboy Slim 2010 “Weapon of Choice” music video starring Christopher Walken, both directed by Spike Jonez. Without a single word of commentary, the comparison makes clear that while the choreography is similar, […]

For the last of his guest-hosted Things You Might Not Know videos, Tom Scott turned his YouTube channel over to Inés Dawson from Draw Curiosity who used the opportunity to explain four common visual phenomenon that most people experience. There’s a variety of visual problems and disturbances we all experience on a daily basis. Floaters! […]

In 2015, a teeny-tiny tuxedo kitten decided that he wanted to jump up onto the desk where his mother was perched atop a purple towel. The kitten tried and tried and tried until he finally succeeded on the sixth attempt, taking his mom completely by surprise. He missed his mom so he tried to jump […]

IEEE Spectrum recently profiled the advanced robotic puppet “Jimmy” and its lead developer John P. Whitney. The human-controlled robot played with a roll of tape and a Winnie the Pooh toy in a video shared by Disney Research. The advanced robotic puppet uses hybrid hydrostatic transmission that makes it capable of very smooth motion. Jimmy […]

“Infinitude” is an experimental short film by Scott Portingale about the evolution of the cosmos. The film was created using handmade props and a combination of timelapse, stop-motion, and high-speed techniques. Portingale also created a behind-the-scenes video about his process for making the unique project. via PetaPixel Related Laughing Squid PostsProp Wars, A Short Film […]

Blue Bell Ice Cream of Brenham, Texas has created Camo ‘n Cream, a new flavor combo of ice cream that swirls pistachio almond, milk chocolate, and cream cheese together in a tasty, military ready camouflage pattern. The flavor is available in limited quantities for the next few months. A video posted by Blue Bell (@bluebellicecream) […]

Eva Tiamat Baphhomet Medusa aka the Dragon Lady, a transgender woman who prefers the pronoun “it”, has spent the last 20-years undergoing numerous body modifications in order to transform into an Western diamondback rattlesnake. Most recently, Tiamat removed its ears in order to appear more reptilian. In an interview with Fox 10 Phoenix, Tiamat explained […]

In his TED Talk “The Agony of Trying to Unsubscribe,” comedian James Veitch told a story of unsuccessfully trying to unsubscribe from unwanted grocery store emails. After a number of failed attempts, Veitch decided to write back, and things escalated from there. via TED Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog […]

Actress Winona Ryder spoke with television host Jimmy Kimmel on his eponymous talkshow about her role in the breakout hit Stranger Things, how she spent most of it crying, as any parent would do under the circumstances and how popular the series has become. Winona talks about the popularity of her Netflix show “Stranger Things” […]

In his ongoing series to quickly teach himself new skills, Mike Boyd locked himself in his garage and destroyed the key in order to learn how to pick a lock. Boyd managed to pick the lock and escape after just 47 minutes with the help of a transparent padlock training set. Follow Laughing Squid on […]

Fellisimo, the clever Japanese novelty company, has created a fun line of bunny handbags that look incredibly real and come in various styles – chinchilla, Netherland dwarf, Holland lop ear and miniature bunny. These purses are a part of the You + More brand and will be release one bag at a time over the […]

A little fruit bat eagerly enjoyed a yummy banana smoothie under the guidance of a wonderful human working with the organization behind Batzilla the Bat. The young bat had been rescued from a place without access to food and had lost too much weight, a concern that the banana smoothie was immediately addressing. Each year […]

A timelapse video by Greta Life used stabilized images of the night sky to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. The stars in the sky stay in same relative position in the video, as the Earth and image itself rotate over time. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid […]

LET’S MELT THIS has created an oddly satisfying video of icing being melted off of tasty baked Dunkin’ Donuts with a blowtorch. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid HostingRelated Laughing Squid PostsThe Oddly Satisfying Experience of Unmelting a Candy LollipopAn Oddly Satisfying Video of a Toothbrush MeltingAn […]

Filmmaker Ryan Shukis has edited together scenes from Young Frankenstein with scenes from the 2004 film Van Helsing in order to craft a modern suspenseful thriller trailer for the 1974 horror-comedy, much in the same manner as his trailer for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your […]

Dave Hax recently demonstrated how to make a DIY turbo pencil sharpener attachment for a power drill. Perfect for the office or if you’re going back to school! Modify a pencil sharpener and sharpen like a boss. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid HostingRelated Laughing Squid PostsAn […]

Just a few days after her appearance on The Late Show, inventor Simone Giertz paid hilarious homage to JennaMarbles‘ dog Kermit with a 4-legged highly non-functional robot. Marbles had given Giertz a nice shoutout in one of her videos, so Giertz saw fit to return the love in the best way she knew how. JennaMarbles […]

Cracked spokesman Roger Horton reveals the truth about drug companies and the unhealthy choices patients make in the latest in a series of Honest Ads. Let’s just go back to blood-letting and bile drinking already. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid HostingRelated Laughing Squid PostsA Set of […]

Jenny Nicholson has created a video where she gets into character as both Rey and Luke Skywalker and acts out what the two might talk about if Rey finds out that she is actually Luke’s daughter. If Rey is a Skywalker you and me are gonna have problems. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter […]

What’s the Mashup? has combined 75 television show dance scenes into an upbeat mashup set to “Can’t Stop the Feeling” by Justin Timberlake. We previously wrote about their 100 movie dance scenes mashup set to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with […]

Members of the Korean Dancing Noodle band recently shared footage of them all sitting around a table and playing an EDM song with rubber chickens. via The Awesomer Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid HostingRelated Laughing Squid PostsExploding a Watermelon With Rubber BandsThe United States Air Force […]

Denny’s Diner shared an amusing photo last year of a man playing a saxophone that is made up of a ton of stacked pancakes. image via Denny’s Diner via Denny’s Diner, Marc Bernardin, Archie McPhee’s Endless Geyser of Awesome Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and Twitter Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid HostingRelated Laughing […]

Chris and Karen Bucklen of GandGRockers have created a custom wooden rocking horse based on the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series. It is available to purchase from their Etsy store. The Starship Enterprise Rocker is a unique custom handmade wooden children’s Rocking Toy made by G and G Rockers in San Diego […]

In their latest “art about place” project, the FOR-SITE Foundation will be occupying different deactivated military buildings and batteries at Fort Scott inside the Presidio of San Francisco for an international, multi-media exhibition entitled “Home Land Security“. The exhibition explores the increasingly complex ideas of home and safety from the view of 18 different artists […]

Developer Simone Giertz hilariously demonstrated some of her machines to The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, who was fascinated with her self-described title of “Queen of Shitty Robots“. However, after Giertz showed him such spectacular machines as the chopping machine, toothbrush machine, lipstick robot and the applause machine, Colbert seemed to understand why she’s okay […]

Zach Haumesser, a talented puppeteer, impressionist and flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, performed the standard flight landing speech in a hilarious roster of Looney Tunes characters, much to the delight of his co-worker and his Chicago-bound passengers. Included voices were Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, […]

The International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center (IAU) has officially renamed the 1991 FM3 asteroid to (17473) Freddiemercury in honor of the late, great Freddy Mercury of Queen. Bandmate and astrophysicist Dr. Brian May made a heartfelt announcement of the designation via video during a bittersweet celebration of what would have been Mercury’s 70th birthday. […]

On September 4, 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that the Giant Panda has come off the list of endangered species and has been instead listed as “Vulnerable“. This good news is due, in part, to the repopulation and protection efforts of such conservation centers as the Gengda Wolong China Conservation […]

In a short web exclusive piece, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver made up his own set of holiday-specific rules that actually make more sense than the arbitrary rule of not wearing white after Labor Day. We are all familiar with the rule that you shouldn’t wear white after Labor Day which is much easier […]

E.J. Masicampo posted a video of his two-year-old son’s adorably horrifying solution to the classic moral dilemma known as the “trolley problem.” The thought experiment asks a person to choose whether to divert a train that is about to kill five people onto a track where it would only kill one person. Masicampo’s son thought […]

Firebox is currently featuring a fun set of Tiki-themed cocktail glasses made in the image of the famous Easter Island Moai (heads only) and lend a mid-century tropical feel to particularly rum-based cocktails. That’s right, kitsch 50’s Hawaiian chic is back with a steel-drummed fanfare and Tiki Glasses are taking the world by storm. No […]

SciShow Space host Caitlin Hofmeister explained what silicon-based life could look like, where it might be found, and whether or not it could even exist. It’s possible life could form based on elements other than carbon, but they would look much different than the life we are used to. Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook and […]

British telecom company Lovefone is currently in the midst of converting the iconic but underused red telephone boxes of London into tiny cell phone repair shops and charging stations and plan to expand this plan across England. The advent of mobile technology has made the iconic red telephone boxes obsolete. Lovefone is bringing these listed […]

Zero Breeze is a battery-powered portable air conditioner complete with helpful travel features. Besides its primary function of cooling the air in a small area, the Zero Breeze also features two USB charging ports, an LED light for cool night-time illumination, and even a Bluetooth speaker. The device can be plugged in or run for […]