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The private spaceflight company Blue Origin has made history on by landing a reusable New Shepherd rocket after if flew to space, reaching an altitude of 329,839 feet before making its return trip. As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pointed out in response to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos‘ tweet announcing the event, New Shepherd is not the […]

ThinkGeek has released a Giant Death Star Mood Light that changes color via remote control and is built for both indoor and outdoor use. The durable Star Wars light, which can also be used as a chair or a footstool, is currently available to purchase online. You know, originally, the Death Star was designed as […]

On a special Star Wars edition of Will It Blend?, Blendtec founder Tom Dickson blends up the much loathed Jar Jar Binks by pushing the “Meesa gonna die!” button on the blender.

Dave Hax shares some simple strategies and tips on how to win a game of Tic-Tac-Toe.

In early 2015, Bill Moore, a 90-year old veteran of World War II in the Denver, Colorado area, tearfully read aloud a letter that he’d written to Bernadean Gibson, his late wife of 63 years, when he was fighting abroad in 1945. The letter was found inside the sleeve of a record bought at a […]

A tiny orange tabby kitten thought he’d be getting the best of his feline sibling by hiding behind a wall and then unexpectedly jumping out. Unfortunately, the older, black cat was more familiar with the floor plan and quietly snuck up behind the teeny tabby from the other side of the wall. The startled kitten […]

Screen Junkies gives their brutal Honest Trailers treatment to the trailer for 2015 Fantastic Four film. In a world full of terrible Fantastic Four movies, get ready…for another terrible Fantastic Four movie. But this one’s dark! Fant4stic!

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs performed covers of “Hello” by Adele in 25 different musical styles.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson has announced the new cast of the show including Felicia Day who will be playing Kinga Forrester, the new “Mad” and daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester, the show’s original antagonist. She gave a brief interview about the new role on her site Geek & Sundry. Day will be joined by […]

Andy Farrant and Mike Channell of Outside Xbox, both big Fallout 4 fans, concocted a real life “Dirty Wastelander” cocktail at their collective cooking station. The duo combined whisky with muddled “mutfruit” (non-irradiated blackberries) and faux “Nuka-Cola” – stirred, not shaken. Team member Jane Douglas pronounced the drink to be “lumpy, but really nice.” images […]

Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant recently left a collection of funny fake Black Friday ads at a local Target store. The full series of made-up ads are available to view on the Obvious Plant blog. images via Obvious Plant

A sweet little blonde chihuahua named Daisy, who has underdeveloped front legs that make her hop like a bunny and terrific underbite, underwent an incredible journey which finally culminated with Daisy’s ability to run with other dogs. Daisy started off with a wheelchair and then moved to different versions of custom prosthetic legs – until […]

“NeuralTalk and Walk” is a video by artist and coder Kyle McDonald created by running a modified version of the NeuralTalk neural network image captioner code by Andrej Karpathy on an open laptop and walking the streets. The computer tries to identify objects seen by the camera in real-time as McDonald moves around busy streets. via Prosthetic Knowledge

An adorably happy golden hamster named Mike enjoyed a juicy carrot slice while snuggled sideways inside his bountiful bed. Mike really, really loves carrots. via Tastefully Offensive

The online comedy group PistolShrimps has created a fantastic parody of The Hunger Games film series revealing that Katniss Everdeen actually loved pita bread, not Peeta Mellark. Katniss is crazy about Pita.

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of Broad City celebrate Rise of the Tomb Raider by climbing a harrowing mountain and some scaffolding. The video combined shots of Jacobson and Glazer with actual gameplay footage, and the process can be seen in a behind-the-scenes video. Rise of the Tomb Raider is out now, and the new season of Broad […]

Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton of Tripp and Tyler perform a series of mildly impressive everyday stunts that they record on a “NoPro” camera. The project is a parody of the ubiquitous extreme stunt GoPro videos posted to YouTube and features Tripp and Tyler showing off tricks like “The Brush Flip,” “The Pen Twirl,” and “The Double Stair Skip.”

Figure Fantasy is a photo book by Canadian photographer Daniel Picard featuring his images of iconic comic book and movie action figures that are digitally placed in funny everyday settings. Daniel‘s book is currently available to purchase on Amazon. images via Daniel Picard Photography via Feature Shoot

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox and singer Sara Niemietz recently performed an electrifying jazz cover of the Pokemon animated television show theme song. Postmodern Jukebox‘s new cover is available to purchase online via iTunes. The original theme song for comparison:

Diane Bullock and Mike Schuster created a kooky movie remix for Vulture that combines audio from The Force Awakens trailers and footage from the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. The Holiday Special featured such off-brand spectacles as a performance by Jefferson Starship and a bit where Bea Arthur talks to a giant space-rat. But guess […]

An oddly blindfolded David Bowie sings of his execution in the video for “Black Star“, the new single off his forthcoming album, which is available for pre-order with delivery on January 8, 2016.

Matthew McConaughey plays a slightly off 3D-printed man in a sketch from the November 21, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live which he hosted. McConaughey is presented by Cecily Strong who asks the audience to pick him out of a panel with Beck Bennett and Taran Killam.

A patient Australian Shepherd named Oshie stood absolutely still while his human Sara stacked a whole bunch of bone-shaped doggie treats onto on his nose, head and feet. It was only once Sara said it was okay that Oshie let the treats drop to the floor for his own enjoyment. In April 2014, Oshie joyfully […]

In an effort to get people to drink more water and actually enjoy doing so, founders Isaac Lavi, Ori Mendelevich and Erez Rubenstein have created “The Right Cup“, drinking glasses that are infused with the scent of fruit to trick the brain into thinking the water is flavored. The overall flavor experience is a result […]

WordPress.com has launched a rebuilt open-source version of their popular blogging platform as well as a new WordPress.com desktop app that will allow users to write, read, and comment on posts. The new project is codenamed Calypso, and is available now to download for Mac with Windows and Linux version due out soon. Automattic and WordPress.com founder […]

A couple of the team members at Force Dynamics recently played Grand Theft Auto V using their amazing 401CR full motion simulator and wreaked havoc as they cruised all over Los Santos. We made GTA V work on the 401CR motion system. It’s waaaay more fun than I expected, and hats off to Rockstar for […]

A fox (Jason Bateman) and a rabbit (Ginnifer Goodwin) are in a hurry to get information from a sloth (Raymon S. Persi) in a new trailer for Disney‘s upcoming animated feature Zootopia. The film will be released in theaters on March 4, 2016. image via Zootopia

In his latest video, Every Frame a Painting host Tony Zhou closely examines how Buster Keaton masterfully executed his silent film gags and his influence on modern directors like Wes Anderson. Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly […]

HBO has released the first poster for season six of Game of Thrones and it features an image of a bloody Jon Snow. The upcoming sixth season is currently set to premiere in April 2016. APRIL. #GoTSeason6 #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/DSK2xZi9i9 — Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) November 23, 2015 image via Game of Thrones

The incredibly talented and very creative musician Rob Scallon has once again responded to a challenge that was put forth for him. This time it was to play a song using every fret on his guitar. Unsurprisingly, he did it (with a great sense of humor as well). Scallon also shared the tab for anyone […]

During The Late Late Show, the amazing Bryan Cranston, clad in a white suit and a terrific faux-hawk, entered the stage in the shadows during the debut of his grown man boy band, M3n Not Boyz, featuring Reggie Watts and host James Cordell, also in white, singing backup on their hit single, “I Can’t Be […]

When Nicola Congdon, an animal lover, became concerned that her rescued battery chickens, who had plucked out their own feathers from stress, would be too cold outside in the chilly seaside weather in Falmouth, Cornwall. Taking matters into her own hands, Congdon knitted colorful wooly vests for the sparse birds that would keep them nice […]

On the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, a tense family gathering on Thanksgiving nearly came to blows until they were saved by the Adele song “Hello“, which miraculously brought peace unto their table. Eventually the entire family morphed into exaggerated Adele impersonators left out in the cold. There’s only one thing that can […]

Artist Jason Ratliff has created Super Shadows, a fantastic illustrations of imaginative children’s shadows that reveal their inner comic book superhero. Prints are available to purchase online from Curioos. Curioos also conducted an interview with Ratliff that focuses on his Super Shadows project: How did your shadows series get started? What was your first source […]

“Half and Half” a collaborative photo series by New York City-based artist Shin Danabi and Seoul-based Li Seok that captures the bittersweet pain of a long distance relationship. Each photo is split to show an image from the separately connected lives that each half of the couple is living, more than 6,000 miles away. The […]

Anthony Mackie and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, stars of The Night Before compete with MC Hammer‘s “2 Legit 2 Quit” and Janet Jackson‘s “Rhythm Nation” on the Spike series Lip Sync Battle. The pair perform for the judges, including their costar Seth Rogen. For reference, here are the original music videos for “Rhythm Nation” and “2 Legit 2 Quit” […]

The crew of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, have created a great spoof of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailers that merges great special effects and naval activities in “Sea Wars: The IKE Awakens.” video via CVN69 IKE via The Washington Post

1964 archival footage of British soldiers being given LSD-25 while training the the field. Over time they lost their ability to properly function, with one ending up having bad trip, while others engaged in silly activities. via reddit

Adele wears prosthetic makeup to audition as an Adele impersonator named “Jenny” with other “Adeles” for her recent BBC special. The other performers quickly realize what’s happening as soon as the real Adele starts to sing.

In the 14th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, Cut Video featured a brave model named Casey receiving eleven tattoos by artist Clae Welch, who masterfully recreated the iconic ink by specific artists of each decade. images via Cut

Cracked imagines a wonderful world where retail stores were actually honest about “Black Friday”. Black Friday: The day invented by people who sell things to lure the people who buy things away from their families on one of the only nationally recognized holiday weekends on the calendar.

In his latest video, the ever-informing CPG Grey explains the history of plagues – Cholera, Smallpox, Typhus, Measles, Influenza and the Black Death – and the complex coordination of circumstances that made it possible for each disease to travel across the ocean from the highly populated Old World to the sparsely inhabited New World in […]

Scooter from the Muppets performs the Eminem song “My Name Is” in the latest Muppet Mashup by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). For comparison, here is the original music video for “My Name Is” and Scooter’s performance of the Randy Newman song “Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear” featured in the video.

Dan Gruchy and Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys build a fire tornado and capture it in spectacular 2,500fps slow motion. As we learned from Make: host Caleb Kraft recently, the process of building a fire tornado is actually quite simple, but should still be done with all possible safety precautions.

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver asks why the United States still makes pennies when they actually cost more to make (1.7 cents per penny) than they are actually worth.

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Star Wars has released a new television spot for J. J. Abrams‘ upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that gives us a look at Finn‘s lightsaber fighting abilities while he battles a First Order Stormtrooper. The Force Awakens is currently set to slice its way into theaters on December 18th, 2015.

Mr. Sunday Movies points out the numerous easter eggs and hidden references in Marvel’s new series Jessica Jones that recently debuted on Netfilx.

In August, we wrote about the Flying Robot International Film Festival, the brainchild of videographer and Laughing Squid friend Eddie Codel. Within the festival was a video competition that culminated with the winners being announced last night at the awards ceremony. This afternoon Veronica Belmont, one of the esteemed FRiFF judges, announced via Twitter that […]

In 2014 episode of BrainStuff – HowStuffWorks, host Jonathan Strickland explains the origins of the very deliberate pattern of speech known as the Transatlantic (Mid-Atlantic) Accent, some of the theories as to why it was so ubiquitous in early Hollywood and why it isn’t employed that much anymore. So what happened to this accent? Linguist […]