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Comedian Jack Douglass took it upon himself to “fix” flags from around the world in an episode of his YouTube series Yesterday I Asked You. Douglass did not exactly adhere to the five basic rules of vexillological design laid out by flag-obsessed 99% Invisible host Roman Mars, but he certainly added some interesting elements like exclamation points, Minions, and Dragon […]

The Rockin’1000, the enormous 1,000-person band that performed “Learn to Fly” en masse in order to (successfully) convince the Foo Fighters to play in Cesena, Italy, played their first stadium concert called “That’s Live“, on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the Orogel Dino Manuzzi Stadium. Included in their show were covers of “Seven Nation Army“, […]

Will Smith made a series of increasingly elaborate and ridiculous entrances for his recent appearance on The Tonight Show. Smith, who was the show’s first guest with current host Jimmy Fallon, made Fallon keep introducing him until he finally made the entrance he felt the audience deserved. More Related Laughing Squid PostsJimmy Fallon and Will […]

“You’ll never look at music the same way again” MTV/Viacom recently announced that they would be rebranding the VH-1 Classic channel as MTV Classic as of August 1, 2016, the 35th anniversary of their original launch in 1981. The new channel would focus on the music, live performances and programming from the 1980s, 1990s and […]

101 Facts About Pokemon by 101 Facts Help Sam grab his master balls and capture all 101 of the facts and fill his Factedex right up! More Related Laughing Squid Posts101 Facts About Harry Potter101 Facts About Pixar101 Facts About The Hunger Games

Taste is an online service that recommends movies to users based on their quick ratings of other films. Users are prompted to rate a film they have seen as Awful, Meh, Good, or Amazing, or skip the title if they haven’t seen it. The service then creates a list of films ranked by how closely […]

Melting masters LET’S MELT THIS shared an oddly satisfying video of a toothbrush melting. Brushing your teeth after melting a toothbrush is not recommended! More Related Laughing Squid PostsA Beautiful and Satisfying Compilation of Objects Being Melted in Various WaysAn Oddly Satisfying Compilation of Things Being Melted in ReverseThe Oddly Satisfying Experience of Unmelting a […]

New York City musician and synth wizard Nick Kwas (a.k.a. “pyrofiliac“) recently performed a live cover of the theme song from Netflix‘s Stranger Things, originally created by the band S U R V I V E, on his amazing collection of hardware synthesizers (Arp Odyssey, KORG Volcas, Electribe, and a KingKORG). via reddit More Related […]

AiirSource Military has shared footage of fearless paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne Division static line jumping from a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Fort Bragg‘s Sicily Drop Zone in North Carolina. via reddit More Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Chasing Horizons’, A Photographer Chases the Sunset Across Every Time Zone in an 8-Hour FlightMartin […]

“The Search for Earth Proxima” is a short documentary co-directed by Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg that focuses on the search for Earth-like exoplanets. Specifically, the film looks at the team working to build a telescope to search for exoplanets around Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. Since astronomers first discovered exoplanets in […]

Tennis champion Serena Williams answered 73 random questions for Vogue contributor Joe Sabia as she was preparing to debut her new clothing line on HSN. Williams answered questions about her favorite food, obscure tennis rules, and even gave her opinion on Pokémon Go before swatting a Pikachu out of the air with a tennis racket. On the set […]

Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie recently performed a multitrack cover of the “Asgore” theme song from the video game Undertale 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. More Related Laughing Squid […]

Kevin B. Lee has created a great video essay for Fandor Keyframe where he explains how the Bourne film series has changed movie fights throughout the years. The first three Bourne films show how much action filmmaking changed in a five-year period. But did they go too far? More Related Laughing Squid PostsThe First Four […]

Legendary Pictures has released the official trailer for The Great Wall, an upcoming action adventure film directed by Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers). The film will follow Matt Damon and an elite force of warriors as they do everything possible to protect the iconic Great Wall of China from deadly monsters. When a mercenary […]

The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at the New York Botanical Garden has started its 24-hour bloom cycle after a 10-year wait, and fans of stinky botany can watch it all unfold on the official livestream. The garden is extending their usual visiting hours to accommodate curious patrons who want to get an in-person whiff of the […]

Sneaky Zebra has created a new music video featuring a number of the amazing pop culture themed cosplays at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The catchy song in Sneaky Zebra‘s music video is “The Weekend” by Allen Stone. A photo posted by Sneaky Zebra (@sneaky_zebra) on Jul 21, 2016 at 1:27pm PDT A photo posted by […]

A woman regrets her life on a futuristic suburban mega-satellite in the short science fiction film “Les Spectateurs” by director Lucas Monjo. image via Les Spectateurs via Digg

Pink Floyd announced today that a long-awaited, definitive 27-disc boxset that solely focuses on the early years of the band, from 1965 through 1972, is now available for pre-order as of July 28, 2016. Retail availability of the set will begin on November 11, 2016. Also available for pre-order is Cre/ation, a 2-disc audio set […]

Wisecrack took a close look at the complicated philosophy of the Star Trek universe, paying careful attention to how the philosophy of the recently rebooted film franchise differs from that of the original. Welcome to this special Wisecrack Edition on the philosophy of Star Trek. In this episode, we explore how the Star Trek franchise – […]

A photo posted by himawari (@himawariiiich) on Jul 15, 2016 at 2:01am PDT Hundreds of innocent house pets are undergoing virtual ear makeovers with Cymera, a photo sharing app that allows users to decorate photos that they’ve taken with their phones. While this is not the primary feature of the app, the virtual ear rounding […]

A photo posted by foodbeast (@foodbeast) on Jul 27, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT According to Foodbeast, Taco Bell is preparing to test Cheetos Burritos, burritos with Cheetos inside them, at some locations in the United States in August 2016. Foodbeast shared a photo of the burrito on Instagram, and described the item as being, “stuffed with seasoned meat, […]

On a recent episode of JoBlo.com‘s series, 8-Bit Trailers, animator John Stratman reimagined the official trailer for Jason Bourne as an 8-bit animated video game. The Jason Bourne film will be released in theaters on July 29th, 2016. Here is the original trailer.

The incredible Medusa guitar by the legendary Canadian luthier Linda Manzer, is a gorgeous custom-made instrument with multiple necks – fretless, baritone, scalloped fingerboard and harp – and an astonishing 52-strings. The instrument was designed specifically for Danish musician Henrik Andersen, who asked Manzer for a lot of strings and then followed his request with […]

The Off To The Races Coffeemaker by Hammacher Schlemmer is an “authentic-looking” racing helmet that houses a drip coffeemaker. To top it all off, the high-speed coffeemaker also says “start your engine” while the sound of a powerful car engine roars in the background. Ideal for those who need a jump start for their daily […]

Honest Trailers – The Bourne Trilogy by Screen Junkies Before you get Bourne again, relive the super-spy trilogy that proved Matt Damon can kick butt and make James Bond look really, really old!

New York City filmmaker Patrick Willems has created a great new video that imagines Pokémon Go as an episode of Charlie Brooker‘s futuristic dark drama series, Black Mirror. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A sweet African grey named Kanji has a great sense of humor, as demonstrated in 2012 by pretending to be a squeaky-toy whenever her human gives her a gentle loving squeeze. The two of the adorably practiced this trick together. via reddit

While “learning a bit” about the D3.js JavaScript library, digital programmer Andy Barefoot created “Valar Morghulis,” a fantastic tree chart that elegantly maps out who killed who on Game of Thrones and in which season it went down. When you hover over the name of each character, a drop down menu will appear that thoroughly […]

In a clip from The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert formally introduced “Stephen Colbert”, the identical twin cousin of The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert. After the real Colbert brought back his Colbert Report character “Stephen Colbert” in a recent episode of The Late Show, CBS was contacted by the “top lawyer from another company” (likely Viacom, the company that owns […]

Simon Whistler, host of the informative video series “Today I Found Out” dispels the common myth that mice love cheese. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, although it’s unclear as to how the idea was conceived in the first place In fact, as any pest exterminator or pet shop owner knows, mice don’t really like […]

For the past ten years we’ve been posting about the amusing series “Will It Blend” that features Tom Dickson, the mad scientist CEO of Blentec putting such items as electronics (particularly Apple products), toys, video games and all sorts of things into incredible Blendtec blenders in order to show the power of their high speed […]

Android Authority answers the question of whether people should charge their phones overnight with a video that looks at how modern lithium-ion batteries charge. via Digg

Everything Wrong With The Bourne Ultimatum by Cinema Sins Finally, and just before Jason Bourne comes out, we sin the best of the series thus far… Ultimatum. Yes, we still found sins in a great movie… it’s kind of what we do.

The Fowndry is offering Hot Disk USB Mug Warmers that are available as a 3.5″ floppy disk or vinyl record. Each mug warmer plugs directly into any USB port and puts off enough heat to keep your beverage nice and warm. We love our computer! Whether it’s for keeping track of the latest news/gossip, shopping […]

While perched upon an ottoman watching television, a sweetly concerned English bulldog named Khaleesi did her very best to warn the girl in a scene from the 2015 Guillermo del Toro film Crimson Peak that she was not safe, growling and barking at the screen whenever danger was near. Khaleesi is a 4-year-old English Bulldog […]

Czech photographer Dan Vojtech conducted a fascinating experiment to show how the focal length can change the shape of a person’s face. Using lenses that increased incrementally from 24mm to 200mm, Vojtech demonstrated, via a clever gif, that the camera truly can add ten pounds. That being said, it can also subtract those same ten […]

The Ripchair by Howe and Howe Technologies is a high-powered tread wheelchair that provides off-road access to anyone. The Ripchair has a 27 horsepower engine and features a ramp design that allows users to attach most powered or manual wheelchair designs. For chairs that don’t fit, Howe and Howe says they are able to modify the […]

Dave Hax shares a collection of simple life hacks that are perfect for summer. He demonstrates how to easily make a cooler, a portable water balloon filler, shares mobile phone tips, and more.

Jack Davis, the famously prolific award-winning cartoonist who co-founded the iconic Mad Magazine in 1952, passed away on July 27, 2016 at his home in Athens, Georgia at the age of 91. The staff at the magazine eulogized Davis beautifully. It is with great sadness that we note the passing this morning of long-time legendary […]

Motherboard writer Joseph Neighbor traveled the United States to uncover the truth behind the so-called “Swedish Fish Theory,” the idea that including a bag of candy when sending something for repair will help expedite the process. It began in a reddit thread, so Neighbor tracked down the original poster as well as some commenters. He […]

Back in June, Wired took a tour of the LEGOLAND Model Shop in Carlsbad, California and visited the amazing workshop housing over 3 million LEGO bricks in 70 different colors. Wired recently teamed up with master model builder Robbie McCarthy to discover some of the hidden secrets that are scattered throughout LEGOLAND.

Big Bird and the cast of Sesame Street perform the DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) song “Summertime” in a delightful mashup edited by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original music video for the song.

A photo posted by Dmitry Merezhnikov (@dmitrymerezhnikov) on Jul 26, 2016 at 8:42am PDT Unknown Pokémon Go hunters have painted a granite monument in Yekaterinburg, Russia to make it look just like a giant poké ball. According to Buzzfeed, the statue was painted in the past to resemble an Angry Birds character. A photo posted […]

As a part of a longer fan-made video wishing The X-Files Chris Carter a happy birthday, musician Ian Gordon transposed the theme song’s key from minor to major, which resulted in a rather cheery tune that was more akin to a video game. Here’s the original theme song (in minor key). via reddit

A sweet baby rhino named Grace who lives at the Rhino Orphanage in South Africa was taking a morning walk with her caretaker Laura Ellison when she decided demonstrate her love for Ellison with a couple of wet, sloppy kisses. The kisses actually involved sucking on Ellison’s nose with her very strong lips. I was […]

Joe Sabia, a New York based director, writer, musician and friend of Laughing Squid demonstrated for the cameras of Wired his unique ability to type very quickly – 119 words per minute – using a modified two finger hunt and peck method. A lot of people can type with two fingers on the letters. Joe […]

Wendover Productions gave a simple explanation of the sometimes complicated rules of maritime law. While the video doesn’t cover every law that applies to international waters, they handle the basics like resource rights, citizenship for newborns, and general rules for what people can get away with at sea. Earlier this year, they created a similar […]

While walking along a windy beach, the affable Tom Scott explained that the “malt vinegar” that’s found in British chip shops isn’t actually made with vinegar. Instead what’s being served is an inexpensive combination of un-brewed chemical flavors and colors mixed together and made to taste like malt vinegar. The “non-brewed condiment” has been around […]

Ocean explorers on the E/V Nautilus expedition for the Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered a mysterious purple orb in the waters around the Channel Islands. The team was unable to identify the orb, but they collected it for further study, though it could take years to classify it as a new species. The orb was just […]

The Levitating Cup is a unique glass that hovers above a magnetic base to literally raise one’s spirits (or tea, coffee, soda, water or juice). The hovering effect is achieved through an electromagnet in the base and a magnet in the cup – cleverly putting the concept of flux pinning to use. Because the glass […]