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A photo posted by ??? Dain Yoon (@designdain) on Jun 3, 2016 at 4:34pm PDT Seoul, South Korea artist Dain Yoon has created a fascinating collection of illusionary makeup art that is realistic and sometimes quite creepy. Dain’s entire series of illusionary artwork is available to view on Facebook and Instagram. A video posted by […]

Gothamist has created a supercut of New Yorker’s hearts breaking as they just barely miss the subway train and are resigned to a fate of waiting several long minutes for the next one. For added effect and gravitas, the video is set to “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II. There is no quintessential NYC […]

Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica recently carved a watermelon into a terrifying, yet incredible sculpture of the Night King from Game of Thrones. The creepy leader of the White Walkers is now delicious and full of seeds. More photos of Valeriano’s work is available to view on Facebook and Instagram. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

Folding a slice of pizza keeps the food rigid and easier to eat, and astronomer Clifford Stoll explains why in a recent episode of Numberphile. The reason has to do with Gaussian curvature and Carl Friedrich Gauss‘s Theorema Egregium (“Remarkable Theorem”). Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Bradford, UK film critic Ross Thompson of The Unusual Suspect has created a fun-filled Suicide Squad style movie trailer for the original Star Wars trilogy. Fans of Ross can help support his future work on Patreon. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A photo posted by Saida Mickeviciute (@saidaa1997) on Jun 19, 2016 at 5:29am PDT 19-year-old makeup artist Saida Mickeviciute from London has used her creative skill set to transforms herself into all sorts of horrific looking characters. Saida’s entire collection of images are available to view on Instagram. A photo posted by Saida Mickeviciute (@saidaa1997) […]

Dan and Lincoln from the What’s Inside? channel recently took their YouTube Gold Play Button on a tour around the world before cutting it in half with Casey Neistat. The Gold Play Button is the award YouTube gives to channels for hitting one million subscribers, and the What’s Inside? button visited Paris, London, Dubai, Shanghai, and more […]

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is back once again with a hilarious new Father’s Day YouTube Challenge where he asked viewers to surprise their Dads with an unexpected game of catch. In “Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I Played Catch with My Dad,” everything from delicious cakes to cups full of flour were thrown at unsuspecting fathers […]

Improv Everywhere visited Bryant Park to offer random New Yorkers the chance to give a commencement speech to a class of college graduates. For our latest mission, we gave random New Yorkers the opportunity to give an inspiring commencement address. We set up a commencement ceremony in Bryant Park with graduates, faculty, and a lectern. […]

With the passing of Tolly, his beloved Russian blue, artist Richard Saunders created a wonderfully surreal memorial that memorializes Tolly as a giant virtual topiary who adorns lavish English gardens in a variety of poses. I am a Surrealist Artist and have worked in oils for years. With the advent of computers and Photoshop I […]

Brazilian film critic and editor Diego Carrera has created “A History of Horror,” a fantastic visualization of how horror films have evolved in the past 122 years. Diego did this by presenting a short clip from one movie in each year, starting with The Execution of Mary Stuart from 1895 and ending with The VVitch: […]

Four designers collaborated on an elaborate LEGO Great Ball Contraption that was put on display at Japan Brickfest 2016. The build featured 20 distinct modules including Planets by Akiyuki. Thanks Scott Devaney! Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In a very timely video for the Atlantic, politics writer Nora Kelly explains why third party candidates in the United States don’t do very well against their major party counterparts citing institutional requirements, less funding, media exposure and Duverger’s law Why can’t third-parties take off? So first of all, why are there only two major […]

Comedian Mike Phirman has created a wonderful mashup of Star Wars and Ghostbusters that features Venkman, Ray, and Spengler accidentally blasting Luke Skywalker with their hand-held proton guns. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A photo posted by Astronomy Picture Of The Day (@astronomypicturesdaily) on Jun 20, 2016 at 6:37am PDT Astronomy Picture of the Day recently featured a beautiful photo of a sunrise solstice taken over Stonehenge in 2008 by photographer Max Alexander. The featured image was taken during the week of the 2008 summer solstice at Stonehenge […]

Barney and friends performed the song “Big Poppa” by The Notorious B.I.G. in recent mashup by Mylo the Cat. Here is the original music video for “Big Poppa.” Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Selena Gomez and James Corden performed some carpool karaoke on their way to the set of The Late Late Show. While driving they took a few detours to ride a roller coaster and get lunch at McDonald’s to see Gomez’s lyrics printed on the cups. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The Day the Clown Cried, the notorious 1972 Jerry Lewis film about a German entertainer who was sent to a concentration camp after drunkenly mocking Hitler, has never been released. Production problems and Lewis’ dissatisfaction with the film prevented the film from being ever being viewed in any form, however footage has started to become […]

We recently picked up some Pepsi 1893, a dark brown malt flavored “craft soda” reformulation of Pepsi that is made from Kola nut extract, real sugar, sparking water and a touch of aromatic bitters. It’s pretty good. After trying some, I realized that it might go well with the Kraken black spiced rum we have […]

In the latest of their informative videos, the Smithsonian Channel explains what happens when luggage is checked, the technology that enables luggage to be scanned and tracked and the remarkable 6-mile journey that each piece of luggage makes before it makes its way onto the plane. Your bags usually make the same journey you do. […]

“Vivian the Dog Moves to Brooklyn” is a wonderful children’s photo book about a giant dachshund who finds out she’s moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Brooklyn, New York. While Vivian has lived a lot of places in her life, she’s got big hopes about living in New York City. Author Mitch Boyer is currently […]

Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer, the inventor of the 17 x 17 x 17 Over the Top cube and other wonderful 3D printed creations, demonstrated his new “Magic Gears Grid” which houses fixed gears that simultaneously turn in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions when a handle . Magic Gears Grid is a triangular grid […]

Disney Pixar has released a clip from Finding Dory introducing Dory as a baby, who is quite a-Dory-ble. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

While working security near the high school in Camdenton, Missouri, police officer Chris Williams spotted two raccoons, one mother and the other a baby, who worked together to form a procyonidae chain with their bodies so they could pull the third raccoon, also a baby, over a highway wall to safety. I saw the mother […]

Bad Things for Bad People is a YouTube channel dedicated to doing exactly what its name implies, making bad things for bad people. In “Junk Juice 1,” a daring man puts burgers, fries, and soda from McDonald’s through an electric juicer until they turn into a brown sludge. He then attempts to gulp down the […]

A photo posted by RAN (@konel_bread) on Jun 9, 2016 at 7:00am PDT Using the same methods employed in creating sushi rolls, Japanese baker Ran of Konel Bread makes beautiful loaves of bread that have amazing illustrated designs that come from her imagination, cartoon characters and even children’s crayon drawings baked right in. Each design […]

On the past two great Game of Thrones episodes of Scott Ian’s Bloodworks on the Nerdist Channel, host Scott Ian (rhythm guitarist for the thrash metal band Anthrax) went behind the scenes to find out how prosthetic makeup designer, Barrie Gower, and many other artists bring the characters and props of Westeros to life. Scott […]

Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins donned his spectacles and took on Dr. Seuss in a very opinionated reading of the children’s classic book Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Throughout the reading, Rollins noted the passages that he felt to be most anachronistic. Henry Rollins reads and deconstructs the children’s book “Oh, the Places You’ll […]

Sephko imagines what it must be like when Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones, tries to order at a Starbucks. Also check out her stylish scaled purse. via Tastefully Offensive Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

“The Secret World of Foley“, a short film by Third Man Films that explores the fascinating world of ambient sound creation and the artists who specialize developing these perfectly-timed sound effects films. Spotlighted are two such foley artists, Sue Harding and Peter Burgis, both of whom are highly respected in the field. The Secret World […]

A photo posted by Apollo Peak (@apollopeak) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:36am PDT Apollo Creek in Denver, Colorado has unveiled their two premiere labels – the MosCATo and the Pinot Meow, specifically created for the sophisticated feline palate. Both of the beautifully packaged wines are non-alcoholic, catnip-based, locally sourced and completely safe for cats. […]

20th Century Fox has released the second trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, director Tim Burton‘s new fantasy film based on a novel of the same name by author Ransom Riggs. The appropriately strange trailer reveals more about the team of misfit children, Miss Peregrine, and the odd location that they live in. […]

On the June 19 episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver offered his unfiltered opinion of the upcoming British In-Out Referendum (BREXIT) in order to determine whether or not his United Kingdom homeland will remain part of the European Union. According to Oliver, leaving would be a terrible idea, reinforced by a barber shop […]

F1 sidecar racing is a crazy motorcycle sport that features a whole lot of speed, balance, and constant danger. RKB F1 Racing recently shared footage from the Hyundai Heavy Industries British F1 Sidecar Championship that shows racers flying around the Oulton Park track in Cheshire, England and the Brands Hatch track in Kent, England as […]

Filmmakers at Corridor Digital and Node Studios recently teamed up with Clinton Jones to create a short film where they turn a normal day at the baseball diamond into an awesome live-action anime style baseball game. It’s filled with plenty of anime intensity, music, surprises, and spectacular power ups. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

The Modern Duel by Dan Piraro on Bizarro Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Kuma Films recently captured footage of Japan’s Kohei Matsuno turning the froth from ordinary cups of coffee into incredible pieces of 2D and 3D latte art. His designs feature everything from a 3D octopus popping up out of a cup to detailed 2D drawings of pop culture characters and historical artwork. A video posted by […]

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) successfully test fired their 75-ton liquid-fuel rocket engine for 75 seconds at the Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun, South Korea on June 9th, 2016. images via KARI via The Awesomer Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The futuristic looking 103EX vision vehicle is a new self-driving concept car recently unveiled by Rolls-Royce at a launch event in Lodon. The car will be 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, feature an AI assistant named Eleanor, a two person silk-covered couch, a see-through glass display screen instead of a steering wheel, and […]

Jimmy Fallon challenges Ricky Gervais to do as many celebrity impressions he can in just thirty seconds. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

HBO has released a creepy new teaser trailer for Westworld, an upcoming sci-fi thriller television series directed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy based on the film of the same name starring Yul Brynner that was written and directed by Michael Crichton. The trailer gives us a much closer look at the show’s futuristic, Wild […]

Burger Fiction takes a look at the evolution of Pixar over the last 30 years. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The 6th and final installment of the surreal educational show series “Don’t Hug Me I’m” by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling of Blink Industries was released on June 19th, the date foretold by the calendar on the wall. Happy June 19th! Episode 6 is now onlineeeee!!!! ???????????????? #dhmis6 #donthugmeimscared #Dhmis A photo posted by Don't […]

Actor Anton Yelchin, best known for his role as Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot films, tragically died today in a freak car accident when his car rolled backwards down his driveway in Studio City, CA. The car pinned Yelchin, 27, against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence at his home in […]

Action Movie Kid drew a chalk UFO on his driveway that transformed into the real thing and took him away. Just doodling with some @Crayola Chalk. pic.twitter.com/KCsqffIx1W — Kid (@ActionMovieKid) June 18, 2016 Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Grant Snider shares his experience selecting the perfect children’s book. Check out his full tribute to Father’s Day on Incidental Comics. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Orlando Shakes Theater Company partnered with Angel Action Wings to outfit volunteers with magnificent angel costumes brandishing astounding wings that are ten feet wide and seven feet tall. The giant wings were able to physically block out the hate-filled signs and actions of Westboro Baptist Church protestors during the weekend funerals of victims who were […]

In celebration of Father’s Day, Rolling Stone asked Jim Gaffigan to select the best sitcom dad of all time in a March Madness-style bracket of fictional TV fathers. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A man celebrating his birthday explains how he thinks that blowing out candles on a birthday cake is “one of the worst traditions in the history of mankind”, due to the fact that germs are spread on the cake that people will be eating. He then proceeds to demonstrate his germ-free method for extinguishing the […]

A truck carrying deli meat collided with a bread truck causing a sandwich-like spill on I-287 in New Jersey. via NBC New York Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.