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Over the weekend of September 4, an amazing assortment of magnificent flower-covered sculptures and floats made their colorful appearance at the 2016 Bloemencorso Zundert (“flower parade in Zundert, Netherlands“). The winning float, entitled “Dangerous Transportation“, particularly captured onlookers imagination when a massive, spiny dragon who was tethered down suddenly roared to life, straining at its […]

Talented materials artist Olga Kotova has crafted an incredible line of unique, nature inspired backpacks that includes a goofy grinning octopus named George, who carries a great deal of stuff inside his giant head, while his tentacles, complete with suckers, drape behind. George is made from felted wool with a zipper and glass eyes and […]

San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day has created an absolutely amazing hyperlapse video that showcased much and many of the magnificent art, lights and sculptures that were present at Burning Man 2016. Burning Man 2016, hyperlapse style. Various #steampunk and blinky #burningman things. Full length #timelapse on YouTube https://t.co/TBUvksED61 pic.twitter.com/WYii1miUdr — Mark Day (@markdaycomedy) September 8, […]

Artist and designer Amy Brown of Jumbo Jibbles has created an amazing collection of giant soft fleece fruit and vegetable pillows. Amy’s 4-foot long Carrot Pillow was actually featured on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon thanks to a shout out from Parker Posey and Quest Love. The jumbo fruit and […]

Los Angeles video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak (a.k.a. “The Nerdwriter“) recently explained how director Steven Spielberg went about creating the incredible battle scenes in Saving Private Ryan. Fans of The Nerdwriter can help support his future videos on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid PostsNerdwriter Explains How Director Shane Black Makes Violence Meaningful in His […]

Makeup artist and photographer Katelyn Galloway recently transformed herself into actor Steve Buscemi. We previously wrote about Katelyn when she turned herself into Ron Swanson From Parks and Recreation, and Buster Bluth from Arrested Development. A photo posted by Katelyn Galloway (@kikigmakeup) on Sep 8, 2016 at 8:07am PDT Related Laughing Squid PostsMakeup Artist Transforms […]

A sweetly determined dog named Bruno, who lives outside of Longville, Minnesota, walks the four miles along the highway into town in order to visit with the local shopkeepers. Bruno has been making this inexplicable trip almost everyday for the past 12 years, so much that he has been named the town dog. KARE11 reporter […]

Peter K. Rosenthal, head film critic for The Onion’s Film Standard, reviews Sully, Clint Eastwood’s new film about Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who heroically landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in 2009. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Onion Reviews the New Ghostbusters RebootThe Onion Reviews Finding DoryThe Onion Reviews Captain America: Civil War

“Pancake Robot”, a catchy new music video by Parry Gripp, animated by Nathan Mazur. The pancake robot is here at last His flapjacks are flying supersonically fast With his maple syrup cannon, and his butter pat blaster He’s gonna feed the world, cause he’s the pancake master! Related Laughing Squid PostsMini Pancakes by Parry GrippMini […]

CineFix has released a new episode of their ongoing Homemade Movies series where they do a homemade shot for shot remake of the “Joker” trailer for the recent superhero Suicide Squad film. CineFix also created a side-by-side comparison and behind-the-scenes video. Related Laughing Squid PostsHomemade Remake of the Trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – […]

Didga the amazing skateboarding cat has outdone herself by setting the Guinness World Record for the most tricks performed by a cat within a minute. Didga’s human Robert Dollwet explained how she was able to set the record. Didga the Australian skateboarding cat and her owner Robert performed a total of 20 tricks in one […]

Sony recently announced their upcoming PlayStation 4 Pro video game console at their PlayStation Meeting 2016 event in New York City at the PlayStation Theater. The new console is packed with more power and supports 4K resolution televisions. Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro is currently available to pre-order from Amazon and scheduled for release on November […]

MacRumors recaps everything announced at the Apple iPhone 7 special event in under 5 minutes. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Seven Minute Recap of Everything Apple That Announced at WWDC 2016Apple Announces iPhone 4S, iOS 5 & iCloudApple Announces the iPhone 5s, A New iPhone With a Built-In Fingerprint Sensor

In celebration of Sully coming out in theaters this week, French filmmaker Candice Drouet teamed up with Fandor Keyframe to create a supercut tribute to Hollywood legend Tom Hanks and his incredible 35 years of acting. The supercut takes us on a journey from his start in Mazes and Monsters and ends with the recent […]

Earlier this year, Dos Equis sadly retired the original “Most Interesting Man in the World” (Jonathan Goldsmith) by sending the bearded gentleman to Mars. They recently released a video introducing French actor Augustin Legrand as their fresh new “world’s most interesting man,” who is 30 years younger than Goldsmith. A video posted by Dos Equis […]

Comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created a commercial parody, based on Apple‘s announcement of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, where he does a fantastic job of poking fun at the small phone’s new features. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn iPhone SE Parody Commercial Points Out the Small Phone’s Less Impressive FeaturesCollegeHumor Presents a Parody […]

Artist Elyse Holmes has created a line of gorgeous marine-based jewelry that features realistic invertebrate sea creatures. Each piece is handmade from polymer clay and are available for purchase through the Indolent Jellyfish Etsy Shop. Handmade polymer clay jewelry of octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, jellyfish, nudibranchs, and other interesting invertebrate sea creatures. Processing time is up […]

Swedish artist and craftsman Love Hulten has created the Voxarray 61, a unique modular sound instrument encased in a beautiful handmade 70s-era keyboard stand with a fold-over top. Inside is a fully completely comprehensive suite of synthesizers and effects including the Meeblip Anode, PianoBox Mini, TC Helicon VoiceTone C1, TC Electronic M350, TC Electronic Ditto […]

Apple introduced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus alongside the Apple Watch Series 2 at a special live event on September 7, 2016 held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The updates to the iPhone line include water resistance, two new colors (black and “jet black”), faster processing, camera improvements, stereo […]

An oddly adorable pet crab with a fondness for fruit, bugs and junk food, became a bit alarmed when her human suddenly thrust a piece of banana into her feeding bowl. Slowly regaining her composure, the little crustacean figured out that it was food and began munching away. via Spoid, Geyser of Awesome Related Laughing […]

In 1978, filmmaker David Loeb Weiss and typesetter Carl Schlesinger documented the memorable final night in which hot metal typesetting was used to print The New York Times. Entitled “ETAOIN SHRDLU“, a unique linotype phrase, the film spotlighted each part played and captured the varying reactions of the staff to the new computer-based cold printing […]

The new feature-length documentary $aving Banksy tells the story of artist, street art advocate and former KRON4 general manager Brian Greif and his ongoing efforts to save Banksy’s famous Haight Street Rat. The rat appeared on the side of the Red Victorian hotel during the 2010 promotional tour for Exit Through the Gift Shop. With […]

Industrial Light & Magic has released a video detailing the incredible visual effects work that they created for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The history of ILM leads all the way back to 1975 and origins of Star Wars and The Force Awakens gave us the opportunity to once again push the boundaries of what […]

Raden is a line of smart luggage with impressive features like built-in weight sensors, a 7,800 mAh backup battery with two USB ports, and location awareness by pairing with a smartphone app. The line features a 22″ carry-on design and a larger 28″ bag in a range of nine colors. Raden delivers a seamless travel […]

A photo posted by heidiwilliams89 (@heidiwilliams89) on Aug 19, 2016 at 10:23am PDT Heidi Williams, a brave survivor of PTSD, anxiety, depression and rape, turned to yoga to help quiet her mind and body from the trauma. As she grew more proficient in the practice, she found that she was growing more accepting of herself […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda explained why virtual reality headsets make some users feel sick, and the ways engineers are trying to fix the problem. You’re enjoying a nice simulated drive using your VR headset, when you’re suddenly jolted with nausea. What is causing this gross feeling? Check out this episode to learn how sensory input […]

A video posted by Devin Smith (@awesome__thanks) on Jul 6, 2016 at 7:01pm PDT Miniature artist Devin Smith has created a diminutive dioramic world that includes such amazing details as a green WM trash bin, a flattened Coke can and a teeny-tiny asthma inhaler. Most impressive, however, is his incredible miniature silk screen press that […]

Keshen of Custard Productions has created a great LEGO stop motion animated short, based on the Marvel‘s recent Captain America: Civil War film, where Tony Stark (Iron Man) and Steve Rogers (Captain America) battle to the death over Steve’s civil rights. If you haven’t seen Civil War, this may not make much sense. If you […]

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) […]