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A five-pound gummy bear met a fiery end after taking a shower of 1,984°F molten copper courtesy of Tito4re. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

A photo posted by Heather Baird (@sprinklebakes) on Apr 4, 2016 at 6:16pm PDT Heather Baird of Sprinkle Bakes demonstrates how to make a beautiful, space themed “Black Nebula Cake” in her most recent culinary tutorial. She pulled her inspiration for the nebula cake from a “couple of Hubble Space Telescope picture books” that she […]

In the TED Talk “The Magic Ingredient That Brings Pixar Movies to Life” director of photography Danielle Feinberg explains the importance of lighting to create mood and tell stories in Pixar movies. Danielle Feinberg, Pixar’s director of photography, creates stories with soul and wonder using math, science and code. Go behind the scenes of Finding […]

Using recent studies proving that cats use their meows solely to communicate with humans, the newly-developed Temptations Lab, a division of Temptation Cat Treats, has created the “Catterbox“, an incredible digital collar that interprets a cat’s meow and then translates the message through a smartphone app. For our first project we’ve set out to use […]

On the latest episode of Variant, host Arris Quinones explores the alternate versions of Captain America that have come to be throughout his 76 year history. Captain America: Civil War is currently scheduled to hit theaters on May 6th, 2016. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele talk about their new movie Keanu while eating increasingly hot wings on the First We Feast series Hot Ones. What happens when Hot Ones takes over your press junket? Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele found out as they did the rounds to promote their new comedy, Keanu, hitting theaters April […]

BloodBlitz Comedy has created a creepy trailer for Toy Story that imagines what Pixar‘s animated film would be like as a bloody R-rated thriller. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

J.K. Simmons sat down with Stephen Colbert to talk about the legality of going from the Marvel universe, with his role as J. Jonah Jameson, to jumping over to the DC universe as Commissioner Gordon on a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid […]

The D120 by The Dice Lab is a mathematically balanced 120-sided disdyakis triacontahedron die. The injection-molded die features 120 equal elongated triangular sides, the highest possible number of equal faces for a fair die. The numbers on the D120 are paired with their opposite faces to total 121, and the numbers around each of the vertices […]

Dave Hax demonstrates how to make an edible milk carton out of chocolate that you can fill to the brim with sweets and candy in his most recent video tutorial. He also recently released a tutorial on how to make a chocolate Coca-Cola bottle. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a […]

Auckland, New Zealand competitive eater and model Nela Zisser recently challenged herself by devouring 50 Krispy Kreme donuts in just a little over 24 minutes. Zisser made short work of the massive stack of delicious treats. Matt “Megatoad” Stonie also recently got in on the fun by eating one dozen Krispy Kreme donuts in record […]

Kubo (Art Parkinson), Monkey (Charlize Theron), and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey) must find Kubo’s father’s armor in the latest trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings. The trailer also features some more demonstrations of Kubo using his magical shamisen to create magical objects out of paper. The film will be released on August 19, 2016. image […]

China’s National Defense University unveiled the AnBot, an intelligent autonomous security robot, at the 12th Chongqing Hi-Tech Fair. The robot, which resembles a Dalek from Doctor Who, can navigate on its own with a top speed of 18 kilometers per hour but maintains a patrol speed of one kilometer per hour. The robot’s battery will last for eight hours of […]

Redditor Alphacodemonkey recently took photos of his incredible steel fire pit based on the iconic Death Star II battlestation from Star Wars. According to Alphacodemonkey, the custom fire pit was a high school welding project that got auctioned off. The winner of the auction gave it to Alphacodemonkey as a gift. More photos are available […]

Insane Cherry has taken the amazing Pixies song “Where is My Mind” and recut it to dub in the vocalizations of various popular animal memes for a really interesting rendition of the song. Among the memes used were “Oh Long Johnson“, Gabe the Dog, NONONONO Cat, Raspberry Goat, Yelling Fox and YEAH Lamb. The animals […]

NASA‘s Solar Dynamic Observatory captured a stunning 4K view of the solar flare that occurred on April 17, 2016. The flare reportedly caused some radio blackouts according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, which can be seen in this movie […]

After spending time in the morgue for the last procedure, the Food Surgeon came raring back into the operating theater in order to impregnate a marshmallow with the body of a single Teddy Graham and tiny pieces of chocolate, then set aflame resulting in a gooey s’mores treat. Surgeon’s notes: 0:06 – Chocolate, marshmallows and […]

Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, also known as the Harp Twins, recently performed a powerful cover of John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars. Their cover is available to purchase from Amazon and Google Play. A photo posted by Harp Twins (@camillekennerly) on Apr 28, 2016 at 11:03am PDT ? […]

College Humor has put together a really funny, but somewhat honest video that compares Facebook to a manipulative ex-boyfriend who is really desperate to get back together. I get a message from you, you have four unread messages but first you to download this app in order to get it. That sucks. …you’re lame now. […]

SpaceX has announced its intentions to land a Dragon 2 capsule on the surface of Mars by the year 2018. The Red Dragon mission, as it’s being called, will be the first steps in SpaceX’s larger plans for Mars they say they will unveil later this year. The company has had some success using its Falcon 9 […]

Great Big Story recently caught up with Philip Ashforth Coppola, The artist who is currently in his 38th year of an incredible journey to document the amazing underground art of the New York City subway system. We previously wrote about Coppola in November 2015. To put it lightly, Philip Ashforth Coppola loves New York City’s […]

TrainGuy 659 built a LEGO train set back in January, mounted a GoPro camera on the lead locomotive, and recorded its long journey through his home and into the garden outside. He also shared a couple of videos that document some of the fails that crossed his tracks along the way. via reddit ? Advertise […]

CinemaSins presents their take on everything that is wrong with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

Pabst Blue Ribbon tells the story of John “Chickie” Donohue, a former merchant seaman from the Inwood neighborhood of New York City who traveled more than halfway around the world to keep a promise that he would buy his friends a beer the next time his work took him to Vietnam. Little did his friends […]

Portuguese photographer Tomba Lobos has created a couple of really disturbing, but very humorous portrait series that digitally replaces the normal faces of various people with blank-staring, malleable visages made of “caucasian-colored” Play-Doh. Lobos explained that he’s been inspired by such works as Videodrome by David Cronenberg and Chris Cunningham‘s music videos like “Rubber Johnny”. […]

Bangalore, India artist Prasad Bhat of Graphicurry has created The Evolution, a series of animated GIFs that visually summarize the movie careers of popular actors. Printed versions of Prasad’s celebrity evolution illustrations are available to purchase from the Graphicurry store. images via Prasad Bhat via DeMilked ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid […]

In October 2014, pianist Joachim Horsley performed an absolutely brilliant rendition of the chilling theme from the 1960 film Psycho using, in part, a couple of knives to hammer on the exposed strings. "Psycho Theme, on piano with Knives" I working on many new arrangements for piano and piano percussion like this: https://t.co/Zq6gfBWBlC — Joachim […]

Inventor Colin Furze finally took flight on his homemade hover bike, the Furze Ford Unlearn Flying Machine. Furze has been posting videos about building the bike over the past several weeks, but held off on showing the vehicle in flight until this most recent video. The final video features different configurations of the bike including one […]

A photo posted by Anya Goy (@anya_goy) on Dec 16, 2015 at 4:21am PST Instagram member lollypoplocks recently held a Star Wars hair contest under the #starwarspoplocks hashtag. Professional hair stylist Anya Goy of Rainbow Hair Colour took first place with her drop dead gorgeous hairdo that looks like Boba Fett‘s helmet. More photos of […]

Cooper Union Brooklyn photographer Anton Repponen has created “Misplaced New York“, a very playful series that digitally inserts 11 of the most recognizable buildings of New York City into remote, desolate locations around the world, taking them completely out of context and into the future. The humorous accompanying descriptions, written by Jon Earle explains each […]

Vox revealed the history of the popular images of baboons in an office that have become popular internet GIFs and memes. Photographers G.K. and Vikki Hart filmed the animals in a special office set for a series of stock videos for Getty Images in 2003, but they have found new popularity in recent years. Anyone […]

Burger Fiction takes a look at the evolution of Captain America in television and film. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

While touring through Mason Neck State Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, visitor Nancy Hwa captured the amusing sight of four turtles who were struggling to maintain their balance on a slippery log after a fifth one tried to join them. The four turtles had been peacefully sunning themselves amidst the very murky “Turtle Pond” before […]

Carly Cardellino, senior beauty editor for Cosmopolitan laughingly attempted to cook scrambled eggs on a Harry Josh Hair Marcel curling iron. While her attempt was eventually successful, the final results, while beautifully curled, didn’t appear to be very appetizing. If you’re in a pinch and you don’t have a skillet and you happen to have…if […]

The Hover Camera by Zero Zero Robotics is a simple, self-flying 13 megapixel 4K camera drone designed to be used by anyone. Its foldable and compact design makes it incredibly portable, and the durable carbon fiber frame allows the Hover to be safely held, grabbed, pushed, and caught while in flight. Users simply place the […]

The Handipug is a five-piece finger puppet set, created by novelty retailer Archie McPhee, that transforms your hand into a lovable pug dog. The Handipug, which includes four paws and one adorable head, is currently available to purchase from the Archie McPhee shop. Your mediocre old hand really isn’t that lovable, so why not turn […]

Dyson has unveiled their new Supersonic hairdryer, a high-tech styling device that uses a quiet and powerful motor, heat control sensors, and Dyson’s air multiplier technology. The design moved the motor into the handle rather than the head for a balanced device that’s more comfortable to hold. A video posted by Dyson Hair (@dysonhair) on […]

Kyoot Kids recently shared footage of a cute little girl walking around her house in a creepy, black adult size coat. It’s spooky, but very hard to look away from the living coat. via Incredible Things ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

On Wednesday morning, KCCI 8 News meteorologist Metinka Slater received an amusing Windows 10 upgrade notice on the radar screen behind her while she was trying to give her live weather report. Slater quickly handled the situation by switching to a new screen and continuing her update. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing […]

Auralnauts, a group of New Yorkers who often reinterpret films “using audio sorcery”, created a funny reel of Kylo Ren outtakes for which they supplied very silly dialogue that they dubbed in and then blamed on the temperamental dark knight’s cumbersome mask. Kylo Ren is so misunderstood, but mostly because of the mask. ? Advertise […]

The artisans at Secret Wood in Vancouver, B.C. craft absolutely stunning wood and resin rings that catch the light beautifully and show off the wonderful miniature dioramic scenes inside that capture the beauty of nature. Every ring is completely handmade and unique to any other ring ever made. Each ring takes about four to five […]

Oliver Stone, the fearless director known for his bold choices, has tackled the very polarizing subject of Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency in order to reveal illegal surveillance taking place on a global basis, in an upcoming biopic simply entitled Snowden. The […]

Editor Robert Jones has created a supercut of people getting drunk in 70 different movies including Cocktail, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Great Gatsby, and more. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

In the latest episode of the fact-finding series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains why barns throughout history have traditionally, although not always intentionally, been painted red. Part of the process of deciding on a location to build a barn was based on a farmer’s careful assessment of the wind, sun, and water […]

The Wired series Absurd Creatures recently profiled Histioteuthis heteropsis, commonly known as the strawberry squid. Though its name is derived from its resemblance to a strawberry, the squid’s other notable characteristic is that it has one huge eye and one little one. This unique asymmetry evolved to help the strawberry squid thrive in its environment. ? […]

Rhett and Link got weird with rubber bands to demonstrate some questionably useful life hacks and blow up a gallon of milk on Good Mythical Morning. ? Advertise your product or service on Laughing Squid with a sponsored blog post.

A photo posted by SaloonBox (@saloonbox) on Jan 23, 2016 at 8:29pm PST SaloonBox is monthly subscription service that conveniently provides all the ingredients for two different craft cocktail recipes that have been curated by bartenders from all over the world. A 3-month subscription to SaloonBox is currently available for purchase in the Laughing Squid […]

In the latest episode of the animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, the wonderfully verbose poet Patti Smith opened up about her feelings about being censored, putting music to her words and her first encounter with poet Arthur Rimbaud. The interview was conducted by Mick Gold in 1976 at the Portobello Hotel in London. […]

Talented identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, who are also known as the Harp Twins, recently performed a beautiful cover of the “Lost Woods” theme song from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Their cover is available to purchase from iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. A photo posted by Harp Twins (@camillekennerly) on Apr […]

Talkshow is a new social media platform that lets users text in public to share meaningful, informative, or entertaining conversations. When users start a Talkshow they can invite co-hosts to join in a public discussion that can be followed by anyone and shared or embedded around the internet. Those following a Talkshow can react using a […]