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The most recent episode of the animated video series “Blank on Blank” features a young Dustin Hoffman talking about “famosity”, having a sense of oneself and how his trademark line from Midnight Cowboy was just a matter of staying in character in a rare 1971 interview with WBAI producer Milton Hoffman. I’m walking here. I’m […]

Artist Elliot Schultz created a series of beautiful embroidered zoetropes as his graduating project from Australian National University. Schultz animated the embroidered discs by placing them on turntables with strobe lights synced to the rotation of the discs. images via Elliot Schultz via Colossal

In a recent online video by The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert and guest Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss the New Horizons mission that recently flew by Pluto. Colbert and Tyson also debated Pluto‘s status as a planet and enjoyed some ice cream bars.

Retired talk show host David Letterman recently appeared as a guest at an event hosted by Steve Martin and Martin Short to perform a special top ten list of interesting facts about Donald Trump, and in particular, “that thing on his head.” Letterman also commented on his retirement, saying he was content until, “a couple of […]

“Across The Sky” is a really great remix by J-Rock (a.k.a. Johnny Rock) of the catchy refrain from “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. The remix is available on Johnny Rock’s album The Flip Out. I came across the song on yesterday’s “Super Powered Hoverboard” episode of the always awesome daily vlog […]

Today is Amazon Prime Day, Amazon’s version of “Black Friday” where they will be offering big discounts on products they sell to all of their Amazon Prime members the entire day of July 15th. If you are not already an Amazon Prime member, you can sign up for 30-day trial. Prime members can shop thousands […]

image via Amazon Blacksmith Toru Yamashito of the Kochi-Prefecture in Japan, has crafted a set of high carbon steel utility knives made to look like five different types of whales. A round humpback whale or a sleek sperm whale can sharpen pencils, open letters and perform other tasks in and around the house, while camping […]

xkcd identified some of the unique features on the surface of Pluto when examining the new photo captured by the New Horizons flyby.

An unnamed 9-month old baby koala kept company with a plush koala during his weekly weigh-in and routine checkup at the San Diego Zoo and Aquarium in Southern California. The staff provided the joey with the stuffed animal in order to reduce separation anxiety caused from being apart from his doting mother, who kept a […]

A tireless little Corgi repeatedly and gleefully ran in the opposite direction atop a spinning playground carousel, leaping over and running through his human‘s legs, never letting up on the clockwise chase against a counterclockwise spin. via 22 Words

Professional photographer Richard Schabetsberger shares some creative DIY smartphone photography tips and tricks in a new video by COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography) shot in Salzburg, Austria. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A trained service dog named Titus acted as an efficient bat boy for the Charleston RiverDogs Minor League baseball team in South Carolina, retrieving the stray bats that players left behind. Fan Jacob Hallex captured this footage of Titus in action during a home game against the Kannapolis Intimidators this past weekend. @ChasRiverDogs have a […]

SciShow host Hank Green provides a quick explanation of what causes sunburns.

“I Am Invisible” by They Might Be Giants, the week 28 video for their ongoing Dial-A-Song Direct series.

Byron Gatt of Super Epic Cats has created a Catzooka that shoots out an adorable stream of cats.

Justin Watkins shot some incredible drone video of a tornado touching down in Hutchinson, Kansas. via Boing Boing

To demonstrate how induction cooking works, a chef from online kitchen retailer Yuppiechef cooks eggs, bacon, and chocolate on a pan that’s been cut in half and placed on an induction cooktop. The video experiment shows that induction cooking uses the pan itself as a heating element, leaving the parts of the food outside the pan […]

Bike Kamikaze posted a video of Kamer Kolar, Tarik Hadzic and Kemal Mulic riding their mountain bikes down an abandoned bobsled track reaching a top speed of 62km/h (38.5 mph). The track, located on the Trebević mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was used during the 1984 Winter Olympics. via reddit, Daily Picks and Flicks

Kingii is a compact inflatable worn on the wrist to provide safety in the water. The device can be quickly deployed to provide a person with a small floatation device in a matter of seconds. The wristband also features a compass, and when the inflatable bag is deployed it exposes a whistle that can be […]

Shaboots Michaels (Keegan-Michael Key) and T-Ray Tombstone (Jordan Peele) provide menstruation orientation for men in a sketch from their Comedy Central series Key & Peele. Shaboots and T-Ray explain the process of menstruation in detail and suggest ways that men can be more supportive to women.

A recent episode of PBS Idea Channel examines three Internet laws and the impact they have online. In the episode, host Mike Rugnetta explains Godwin’s law, Lewis’ law, and Poe’s law and how each impacts online interactions as they relate to Nazi analogies, feminism, and parody respectively. The episode also introduces Rugnetta’s law, which states, “No […]

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox and singer Haley Reinhart recently performed a beautiful vintage Marilyn Monroe-style cover of Britney Spears‘ hit song “Oops!… I Did It Again” from 2000. The cover track is currently available to purchase online via iTunes. The amazing Haley Reinhart is back, and this time, we’re reimagining Britney Spears’ “Oops!… […]

During a recent episode of Conan, recorded on location at Comic-Con, the cast of AMC‘s The Walking Dead sat down with Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter to spill their guts about what fans can expect in the upcoming sixth season. Conan went on to let Danai Gurira (Michonne) know how much of a badass that […]

Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim television show Robot Chicken visits the DC Universe for the third time in a new trailer for their next DC Comics crossover, Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship. It is currently set to air on Adult Swim this fall.

Autumn Gardens Artist John Poppleton, who said that he’s affectionately known as “The Bob Ross of Black Light Body Painting”, has created more of his stunning Bodyscapes since we previously wrote about his work in 2014. I’ve always been in awe and wonder of the beauty found in nature. Inspired by the colors and textures […]

A recent video by Cracked shows an honest commercial for sports drinks, or what they call “flavored solutions of salt, sugar, and water.” The video is the latest in their series of honest commercials, which in the past have included honest versions of commercials for everything from jewelry to beer.

MC McLispy created a mesmerizing supercut of every time Rod Serling says “The Twilight Zone” on camera. He also made a supercut of the word “Hello” from The Twilight Zone episode #139 “Night Call”. via A.V. Club Thanks Brad!

In the ninth episode of their 100 Years of Hair and Makeup series, Cut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of Italian beauty as demonstrated by a model named Mackenzie Altig whose hair, accessories and makeup are styled in correlation with the trends of each decade. 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1980s […]

Linkmoji is a new online tool created by Eric Nakagawa that converts text links to emoji. Users simply paste or type a link into a text field on the site and click a button to convert the text into a unique emoji string. Nakagawa says he built the tool in one hour using Parse. Linkmoji for LaughingSquid.com […]

Show Me a Hero is a brand new HBO six-part mini-series from David Simon, the creator of The Wire and is based upon a book of the same name by Lisa Belkin. The series focuses on a young and inexperienced mayor, played by Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, X-Men Apocalypse), who is trying to implement federally […]

photo via Therapy Pets Unlimited A sweet and gentle African spurred tortoise named Wasabi provides comfort to people who are ill or alone through such Maryland-based organizations as Pets Therapy Unlimited and Pets On Wheels, all while wearing colorful dresses. Wasabi’s human Lisa Chicarella spoke with the Huffington Post about how Wasabi got into this […]

In a preview clip from the upcoming SyFy movie The Magicians, Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) performs some real “goddamn magic” at his entrance exam to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy. The clip recently premiered at San Diego Comic-Con. The film, directed by Mike Cahill (I Origins, Another Earth), is adapted from Lev Grossman‘s Magicians trilogy of novels will premiere […]

Obi Wan Direction – Up All Knight The creative folks at the Superfi Blog recently made Star Wars Bands, a fantastic series of parody album covers that mix all sorts of famous bands with clever Star Wars puns. Taylor Swift becomes Taylor Sith, Lady Gaga is portrayed as Lady JarJar, and more. The entire collection […]

On last night’s episode of Conan, singer Boy George spoke about his musical influences and found that both he and comedian/actor/singer Jack Black were both big fans of “The Doors“. Host Conan O’Brien then suggested that they perform a song together and surprised them with guest Robbie Krieger on guitar. The two men separately channeled […]

An acrobatic German Shorthair Pointer named Chai executed a graceful near-perfect front flip over a net fence while intensely pursuing a blue frisbee on a sunny summer day. According to Chai’s human, it was the dog’s “first front flip”. image via Chai Dog via reddit

Artori Design has created a set of superhero bookends and bookshelves that feature a tiny caped hero who seemingly keeps your collection of books either upright or elevated. They are available to purchase online (bookend and bookshelf). images via Artori Design via Ufunk

NASA has released the last image taken of the dwarf planet Pluto before the historic flyby of the New Horizons mission that occurred at 7:49:57am ET on July 14, 2015, more than nine years after launching on January 19, 2006 and travelling over three billion miles from Earth. NASA also released a video featuring members […]

Legendary has released a 360-degree video exploring the city of Stormwind in the film Warcraft from the back of a flying griffon. The Warcraft movie, based on the immensely popular video game series, is scheduled to release in June 2016. Prepare to soar through the epic world of Azeroth in this official 360 video inspired […]

Warner Bros. released a new trailer at San Diego Comic-Con for The Man from U.N.C.L.E., an upcoming spy-fi action comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie that is based on the 1960s television series of the same name. The new trailer packs plenty of 1960s spy action and features some of the major operatives like Henry […]

If you’re not careful you could get sucked into watching hours of this live stream of a vehicles and bikes traveling through a roundabout in Purmerend, The Netherlands captured by a cam operated by Dutch CRM software company Archie. via reddit

Last weekend MrJasonmx3 shot a video of Blue Angels jets doing a low fly-by over Pensacola Beach, Florida that caused tents and umbrellas to fly into the air. The crowd really seemed to enjoy it. via reddit

“Both of you, grow up!” Ontario Provincial Police Constable Graham Williamson was doing an CBC News interview on an overpass in Toronto and was alerted to a road rage incident on the road below. He was able to successfully resolve it from a distance using verbal warnings. via CBC News

“Trash Cat” by Kelsey Goldych is an amusing animated short that captures the wonderfully curious and sometimes annoying nature of feline companions, even when they manage to climb inside their human’s computer. Goldych made the film while she was a student at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). My senior film that I made […]

Nothing says summer more than a swimming pool float that’s cleverly designed as a six-foot slice of pepperoni and mushroom pizza. The novelty float is replete with a headrest, two cup holders and an ability to connect with other floating slices. images via Amazon via Incredible Things

Warner Bros. has released the trailer for Suicide Squad from San Diego Comic-Con 2015. The film directed by David Ayer, based on the DC Comics supervillain team, is scheduled for release on August 5, 2016.

The New York Times has created a fascinating look at the New Horizons mission to Pluto that also explores the celestial body’s current planetary status. Less than a year after New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet thanks to new discoveries that changed the very definition of the […]

Eclectic Method says “Goodbye Jon Stewart” remixing footage from his 17 seasons hosting The Daily Show. His last show will be on August 6, 2015.

Superfan Samantha Gardella from Monroe, New York recently snuck onto the empty Orange Is the New Black set in Rockland County and superimposed photos of site specific scenes onto their exact locations. The effect was so impressive that the show responded via Twitter to let Gardella know they approved. To the kid who snuck onto […]

Denver the Guilty Dog tries to look threatening whenever her human tries to apply her ear medication, but falls adorably short when her mean face just makes her sneeze. via reddit