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PBS Space Time explains why the Earth is a round sphere while the Milky Way galaxy is a flat disc. Those two shapes are the most common for large bodies in the Universe, and the reason the shapes are so often repeated comes down to the principles of symmetry and equilibrium. Our universe is not […]

On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces stormed the beaches at Normandy to liberate Europe from Nazi control in World War II. The event is commonly referred to as “D-Day” and an episode of Today I Found Out episode gives several different possibilities for what the “D” stands for, including the most probable one. You might […]

Maymo the Lemon Beagle, a sweet dog who enjoys putting on shows and chasing after all things mechanical, managed to once again stay still long enough for his human to create a silly compilation of him balancing over 50 different forms of plant life on his adorable little head, just like he did with vegetables. […]

In a recent video tutorial, the clever Dave Hax demonstrates how to make snack or chip bags resealable with the plastic lid from a pack of wipes. Life hacks how to reseal your bag of Doritos, chips, crisps, popcorn pretzels or other snack. Use the lid from a pack of wipes or tissues to reseal […]

Today I Found Out explains how and why oysters make pearls. The video looks at how pearls are formed naturally as well as the detailed process oyster farmers use to cultivate pearls. Oysters make pearls as a defensive response to foreign objects. The process begins when some foreign body, such as sand, a parasite or […]

In honor of Star Wars Day, guitarist Eric Calderone aka 331Erock performed a heavy metal version of the bouncy song that the band was playing during the cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Well, haha. This one has been one the list ever since the original Star Wars metal vid all […]

Eclectic Method has created a remix of “Carpool Karaoke”, the hugely popular segment on The Late Late Show where host James Corden drives famous singers around Los Angeles and sings songs with them. James Corden’s runaway viral musical singalong gets mashed up into little bits. The Late Late Show’s “Carpool Karaoke” has become a global […]

Woodworker and filmmaker Frank Howarth rather humorously and skillfully crafted an extremely detailed Death Star from bamboo in celebration of Star Wars Day “May the Fourth” 2016. I have wood turned a Death Star out of bamboo plywood. The build consists of making two segmented halves that seam together at the trench. Each half is […]

In the latest of their incredibly insightful videos, the School of Life explains, through animation by Zedem Productions, exactly what makes someone a good listener and the need to train everyone to become better listeners. Good listeners moralize. The good listener is acutely aware of how insane we all are they know their own minds […]

ThinkGeek has released a fantastic series of ceramic Star Wars Geeki Tiki Mugs. The Mos Eisley Kon-Tiki Bar is the only wretched hive of scum and villainy where you can count on every drink to come with a little umbrella. You’re welcome to come in any time of day, but you’d better leave your blaster […]

A giant jawbreaker candy was melted down with a blowtorch into a gooey liquid puddle in a recent video by the Let’s Melt This channel. Jawbreaker candy is well-known for keeping kids busy for hours thanks to its durability. Well today this jawbreaker met its ultimate challenge – a blow torch with a max temperature […]

Italian creative company Nerdo has created “BEER“, a clever and completely appropriate animated interpretation of the gritty poem of the same name as recited its author, underground writer Charles Bukowski, who was once labeled as the “laureate of American lowlife” by Pico Iyer of Time Magazine. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Reactions shows how to use chemistry to help keep flowers alive longer. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Pop-Tarts has announced two new soda themed flavors, A&W Root Beer and Orange Crush. Available at retailers nationwide in May 2016, new Pop-Tarts Frosted A&W Root Beer are bubbling with root beer-flavored filling, wrapped inside a golden crust, and are topped with sweet white frosting and brown, red and orange crunchlets. Pop-Tarts Frosted Crush Orange […]

A photo posted by Nima (@nimasensor) on Feb 26, 2016 at 10:23am PST NIMA by San Francisco company 65Sensor Labs is a sleek, portable and convenient smartphone-enabled sensor that sniffs out gluten in approximately two minutes and responds with a smile display if the food is gluten-free and safe to eat. This is especially important […]

On a recent episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda takes a look at the mystery of Devil’s Kettle Falls in Minnesota, where the water seems to disappear into the ground after going over the falls. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Michael Furrh created a golf club measuring 22 feet, 6.75 inches long, setting a RecordSetter world record for the world’s longest functional golf club. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Mark Day shares 24 hours at Burning Man 2015 through video that he shot of the event. From the Temple to the Toilets, an intentionally-overlong exercise in embracing the sacred and the profane. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Japanese advertising company MicroAd recently launched Sky Magic, their vision of “next generation entertainment” which focuses on flying machine entertainment. To show what they had in mind, the company released several videos in which beautifully illuminated drones performed a coordinated ballet at night, in time to incredible live acoustic music made with traditional Japanese Shamisens […]

Makeup artist Promise Tamang recently released a detailed tutorial on how to transform your face into a pixelated character inspired by Minecraft. A photo posted by Promise Tamang (@promisetamang) on May 3, 2016 at 4:40pm PDT Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

“Far Harbor” is the next giant add-on for Fallout 4 opening up a new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency that takes you on a search for a secret synth colony and a young woman. “Far Harbor” will become available to download for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on May 19th, 2016. Travel off the […]

In episode six of his exclusive series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the surprisingly long and varied acting career of Alfie Allen, who sprung to the world’s attention as Theon Greyjoy/Reek in Game of Thrones. Allen, the son of Welsh comedian Keith Allen and brother to singer […]

AsapSCIENCE offers 7 tips on how to wake up without drinking coffee. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In 2014, the Nagasaki Bio Park posted an amusing compilation showing a pair of very willing hippopotamuses as they repeatedly waited open-mouthed for a yummy treat of whole watermelon, which each of them happily consumed in just a single mouthful. via Like Cool, The Awesomer Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

SciShow Space takes a look at three different unexpected dangers of space travel, such as tin whiskers, sleeping and vaporized urine. We all know space travel is pretty dangerous, but here are a few more things that you probably wouldn’t have thought to look out for! Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Host Mike Rugnetta shares 32 fascinating little known facts about New York City on episode 418 of Mental Floss’ “The List Show”. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

While performing with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, German baritone Michael Volle impressively sang the Wagner aria “Song to the Evening Star” from Tannhäuser while undergoing a MRI scan. The moving scan showed, in intimate detail, how Volle was physically able to produce such beautiful sounds. (translated) Moving MRI scans of baritone Michael Volle, singing […]

Burger Fiction takes a look at the evolution of Spider-Man in television and film. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In a new episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda explains why songbirds sing at the break of dawn, why the songbirds that sing are usually male and what the song says to his female fans out there. Scientists call this phenomenon the dawn chorus, and they think it has to do with clarity of the […]

photo by Gene Hanson North Dakota farmer Gene Hanson created a lovely tribute to Prince by plowing the late artist‘s former name symbol into his field. Once finished, Hanson flew above to see the results and was happily surprised. In an interview with the Grand Forks Herald, Hanson explained how he came up with the […]

In May 2015 we wrote about Ink Whiskey founder Matt Cornell and his team who created a concealable collection of whiskey flasks that are all made from classic Nintendo video game cartridges. The Drunk Hunt, Super Bar-Hop Bros., and Kega Man game cartridge flasks are now available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store. This […]

French filmmaker Quentin Dumas has created a fantastic supercut video that explores the remarkable use of colors in Guillermo Del Toro films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade II, and more. music by Barry Manilow – “Can’t Smile Without You” via Sploid Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Joe Penna (a.k.a. “MysteryGuitarMan“) has created “Paper Video Games,” a wonderful stop motion animated video featuring classic video recreated using paper cutouts. Joe breathes new paper life into games like Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more. This video is made ENTIRELY with printed or projected stock images and videos! Host your WordPress blog with Laughing […]

Harlem Knight Fight is a short film, created by MEL Films, that follows Wall Street management consultant Damion DiGrazia as he talks about his fascination with being the captain of the New York chapter of the Armored Combat League. The Armored Combat League is a fight club style tournament where combatants beat the hell out […]

Hammacher Schlemmer is featuring The Bunyanesque Hammock, a giant suspended bed that supports up to 1,100 pounds, “a herd of children, or a single oversized axe-wielding woodsman.” It is available to purchase from the Hammacher Schlemmer store. Handcrafted in Colorado from sturdy ripstop nylon by an FAA-certified parachute rigger, it supports up to 1,000 lbs. […]

Daisy Ridley (Rey), and some of her close friends from The Force Awakens, recently wished fans a happy “Star Wars Day” and sent out a huge thank you to all who have supported CrowdRise‘s “Star Wars: Force for Change” charity campaign from Disney and Lucasfilm thus far. All donations help to support Make-A-Wish Foundation, UNICEF, […]

Mr. Gear demonstrates a technique for lighting a match using a rubber band and another match. The technique looks like it may take some practice to master, but Mr. Gear uses it to light several matches and even a small fire. Hi, there, my dear friends, in this video I will show you an amazing […]

The Slow Mo Guys celebrate the fifth anniversary of their first balloon video by having Dan Gruchy painfully climb inside a six-foot balloon while Gavin Free inflated it using a leaf blower. This was not Gruchy’s first time inside a giant balloon. In 2015 he climbed inside another six-foot balloon being filled with water. Here is their first balloon […]

Chicken John Rinaldi, musician, performer, prankster, former San Francisco Mayor candidate and author of The Book of the Is, is currently raising funds through Kickstarter for his second works The Book of the Un. The Book of the Is was all about failure and Show. …Now it’s time for The Book of the Un, a […]

The organizers of the Coachella Music Festival recently announced their new project,”Desert Trip“, which at the same desert location over the weekend of October 7, 2016,and features an absolutely amazing lineup of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and The Who. The show is all ages and a full list of pass […]

How It Should Have Ended gives their interpretation of how Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice should have ended. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

Grant Thompson (aka The King of Random) shows how to make “Teddy Bear” toast for your “snack-time warriors”. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

The colorfully animated video for Radiohead‘s new single “Burn the Witch” directed by Chris Hopewell incorporates a number of different but distinct influences including The Wicker Man, The Prisoner and Burning Man. The animation tells the story of a stranger who arrives at a small bustling village where he’s introduced by an ambassador to the […]

In celebration of Captain America: Civil War‘s theatrical release and the start of phase three, CLS Videos created a powerful supercut video featuring some of the best scenes from phase one and phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Host your WordPress blog with Laughing Squid Web Hosting.

In a clip from their new series Super Powered Owls, a BBC Earth team set up a fascinating experiment to show the silent graceful flight of a barn owl. The team also gauged the noise and turbulence level of a pigeon and a peregrine falcon in comparison. When air moves, it creates sound. The more […]

Professional car cleaner Paul Dalton demonstrates his elaborate 61-step process for masterfully cleaning exotic cars in a video for Fifth Gear. The channel called Dalton the “World’s Best Car Cleaner,” and he regularly charges customers a starting price of £5,000. Besides the care and attention to detail Dalton puts into the cleaning process he also uses […]

IGN recently shared an awesome behind the scenes look that showing the detailed steps that were taken to create the Deadpool mask. The design team did a fantastic job of taking the mask from the pages of Deadpool comic books and making it movie screen worthy. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog […]

In the first of his 2016 May-tallica videos, multi-instrumentalist Rob Scallon played a mean banjo version of Metallica‘s 1985 classic song “Master of Puppets” with the help of Craig Benzine aka Wheezy Waiter on keytar. Every take of the my Keytar solo in @RobScallon's video https://t.co/6yDf6Rqbo5 — wheezywaiter (@wheezywaiter) May 3, 2016 → Help Laughing […]

Small Steps Are Giant Leaps is a stunning father and son photo project, created by Aaron Sheldon, that documents the journey of a little astronaut who is discovering our giant world. Aaron is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help turn his touching photo project into a book and gallery show that shares the young […]

On the May 3rd episode of the Tonight Show, comedian Louis C.K. spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about his incredible online series Horace and Pete, how he funded it, how he kept it a secret and how he garnered the star studded cast for the show. Louis C.K. and Jimmy discuss how he hijacked the […]