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Italian comedian Carmine Migliaccio demonstrates how his beloved tabby cat plays dead with just a single “shot” from a finger gun. image via GIFsBoom via GIFsBoom, Daily Picks and Flicks

In 2007, Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo kept perfect time as he danced on the back of the couch, banged his head, and generally stomped to the fabulous beat of the classic Queen song “Another One Bites the Dust“. via Tastefully Offensive

A recent episode of The New York Times series Robitica–titled “The Family Dog”–profiles the life and inevitable death of AIBO, a robotic dog no longer produced by Sony. Now that Sony finally closed the last of its AIBO repair centers in March 2014, it is only a matter of time before there are no more […]

Rock Feast is a series of photos taken recently at the San Diego County Fair that show rocks that resemble food arranged with dishes and silverware. photos via Weird Universe via Boing Boing

Darren Pearson, a Los Angeles based light-art photographer who creates amazing light-paintings, has made a video showing how to light-paint a skeleton using long-exposure photography. The entire process takes around two minutes.

“piggy“, the latest surreal video by animator Cyriak Harris, features a mother pig blowing up her piglets one-by-one as if they were balloons, while the other porcine youngsters dance around waiting for their turns.

In 2013, Gil Abramov captured adorable footage of two little girls teaching their very perceptive and energetic pit bull named Loco how to jump up and down on the bed. The girls first taught by example and then repeatedly encouraged him to continue on. via Daily Picks and Flicks

A tiny calico Scottish Fold kitten named Marimo snuggles and plays with an equally tiny baby owl named Fuku at the Hukulou Coffee House in Osaka, Japan. While the cafe is primarily focused on all things owl, the kitten is certainly getting a great deal of attention, particularly from Fuku. images via Hukulou Coffee via […]

Sunny Kate Methier recently posted photos of a birthday card that her father Jeff Methier and uncle Ron Methier have been mailing back and forth to one another for over 40 years. The tradition appears to have begun in 1973, and keeps in the spirit of the card itself which reads, “This is the age of ecology! […]

PBS Game/Show host Jamin Warren examines the history of Nintendo‘s video game controllers in a recent video. As Warren notes, a Nintendo’s video game consoles tend to be defined by their controllers. The History of Nintendo is defined by its wacky controller designs. From the NES to the WiiU, nearly every new generation of console […]

Two Ultra Hal chatbots by Zabaware having a conversation in a 2011 video quickly devolve into a strangely sexual place that’s also obsessed with alcohol consumption. As Zabaware notes, Ultra Hal learns from conversations with other people as well as Twitter–though neither method seems to make for the best teachers. Zabaware’s Ultra Hal is an […]

“Astronogamer” Scott Manley provides a view of the sky if all asteroids were visible in his first attempt at a YouTube 360-degree video. The video was created using a virtual sky sphere, and released for Asteroid Day 2015. In the video, Manley calls for more resources to be allocated to the discovery of asteroids that have […]

AFV Kids shared a video back in April of a group of cute little boys hilariously tripping and falling like dominoes while attempting to exit their tent. The last three children to fall out had a nice laugh while laying in the grass. via Tastefully Offensive

Campers and counselors arrive at Camp Firewood in the full trailer for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, the Netflix prequel series to the 2001 cult comedy classic Wet Hot American Summer. The original cast of the film return with new additions like Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, and Michael Cera. An earlier trailer for […]

“Listen Alert” is a sketch from Inside Amy Schumer that highlights an emergency response device that calls someone to listen to boring stories when nobody else will. Amy Schumer plays a spokesperson for the company and explains how the service can be used, as well as its limitations.

In a new animated short by Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly, Alfred Pennyworth points out to Batman all of the nasty problems that come with having real bats flying around in the Batcave. Most of Batman’s whole persona doesn’t make much sense – being a billionaire who dresses up like a flying rodent is more than […]

A Super Cobra 6 firework sends a wheelbarrow flying into the air in a 2013 video uploaded by YouTube user bra1Nphuk. The wheelbarrow, which does not appear worse for it, even manages to land upright. via reddit, Tastefully Offensive

Tocky by Nanda Home is a musical alarm that rolls, jumps, and runs away to wake its owner up. The motion of the clock forces the user to physically get up and chase the clock rather than simply pressing a snooze button. Tocky works similarly to Nanda Home’s other moving alarm clock Clocky which features two […]

MegaBots Inc. founders Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein have publicly challenged Japanese robot makers Suidobashi Heavy Industries to a giant robot duel on behalf of America. MegaBots recently completed construction on their Mark II giant fighting robot, which we’ve previously shown destroying a car with massive paintballs, but Suidobashi Heavy Industries beat them to the punch […]

An excited scientist inflates the arms of a laboratory glovebox and pretends to cross the finish line in a video uploaded by YouTube user zBriGuy. The device is intended to provide separate atmospheres for conducting experiments, though it does seem to provide sweet high fives. via Tastefully Offensive

(larger) George DUBYA Bush is a fantastic illustration by Walnut Creek, California-based artist Jason Heuser (a.k.a. “SharpWriter“) created in honor of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. Heuser‘s artwork depicts George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, skydiving out of Air Force One while riding on a deadly shark and shooting his […]

Photographer Phoo Chan has captured some incredible images of a crow riding on the back of a bald eagle mid-flight. Chan explains that crows are territorial birds who will attack and harass much larger birds who invade their space. In this case, the attack included a slight pause as the crow perched itself on the […]

Taiwanese animator John Huang has created an intense stop-motion animation using action figures that has Batman and Captain America teaming up to battle the Joker and his clan of goons. The animation took Huang about 20 days of production time to complete, and he ended up taking nearly 3,500 pictures. images via John Huang via […]

The Explorer by Bounce Imaging is a tactical throwable camera ball that captures panoramic images. The device is compatible with both iOS and Android, and it sends images to a smartphone or tablet. The intended use is for police departments to see around potentially hazardous corners and explore anywhere that might otherwise be dangerous. images […]

Stephen Colbert recently stepped in as the guest host of Only in Monroe, a Michigan public access talk show presented by MPACT. Colbert said he was growing impatient waiting for the theater for his new show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, to be ready. That show is scheduled to premiere on CBS on September 8, 2015.

Visual artist Rafael Mantesso has continued his series of wonderfully playful illustrations that center around his very cooperative dog “Jimmy Choo” (who’s also known as Jimmy the Bull), creating unlikely situations in which an adorable bull terrier would find himself in the real world. The inspiration for the project came about when Mantesso’s wife left […]

PopUp and Notifly are two novel designs for tracking events and notifying users about them. PopUp is a beautiful calendar app that uses event and location data to alert users to potential nearby opportunities for joy, and makes use of circular designs. Notifly is a unique device that alerts users to appointments by blowing bubbles […]

Warsaw, Poland-based artist Dawid Fratczak has created a clever series of spoiler movie posters that reveal the endings of popular films. He spoils movies like Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Donnie Darko, 300, and others. Fratczak’s entire collection of posters are available to view on Behance. images via Dawid Fratczak via DesignTAXI

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Steve Jobs, the biopic about the late Apple cofounder starring Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs and Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak. The new trailer features Jobs at odds with Wozniak and the Apple board. The film is scheduled to release in theaters on October 9, 2015. photo […]

Photographer Brad Wilson has captured the arresting beauty of exotic animals in his gorgeous portrait series “Affinity I” and “Affinity II“, many of which have been included in his book “Wild Life“. Individual prints can be purchased through Wilson’s site. In the midst of our modern human civilization with all its technological complexities, animals still […]

When maintenance worker Gary Bartoszewski encountered a panicky hen whose brood of ducklings fell through an open grate sewer in Doncaster, South Yorkshire UK, the compassionate man took time out of his busy day to rescue the tiny fowl and reunite them with their worried mom. He saw a duck looking upset and quacking non […]

For their latest interview, SoundWorks Collection talked with director Pete Docter, producer Jonas Rivera, and supervising sound editor Shannon Mills from Skywalker Sound about the fantastic sound work done on Pixar‘s animated comedy-drama film Inside Out.

Warner Bros. has release the first trailer for Creed, an upcoming seventh film in the Rocky series written and directed by Ryan Coogler. The sequel will follow Apollo Creed‘s (Carl Weathers) son, Adonis Johnson Creed (Michael B. Jordan), as he tracks down Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in Philadelphia and asks the retired boxer to train […]

A new trailer for the upcoming second season of the animated television show Rick and Morty shows off weird science, aliens, and shenanigans. Rick and Morty season two is scheduled to premiere on Adult Swim on Sunday, July 26, 2015. Rick and Morty is Adult Swim’s most scientifically accurate animated comedy. Created by Justin Roiland […]

AgileBits, the maker of 1Password and other computer security products, recently partnered with singer/songwriter Jonathan Mann of the Song-a-Day project, to produce “How To Choose A Password“, a catchy tune about the importance of a strong master password. One of our goals with 1Password is to make security convenient. We’ve thought long and hard about […]

Stuntman Alex Yde recently uploaded some first-person video of a Viking-themed show at French theme park Puy du Fou that he recorded while running around as one of the Vikings. It appears that Yde performs many roles, as the camera jumps around a bit. I’m practice parkour since 12 years and it’s my work, I’m […]

Photographer Jeff Reid captured heartwarming footage of a mother raccoon patiently teaching her tiny baby how to climb a tree in his backyard. Despite numerous misses, the little guy finally got the hang of tree-climbing, which gave his tired mom a chance to rest for a moment. via The Presurfer

As a part of CollegeHumor’s second episode of their Game of Thrones Wish-Fulfillment series, animators Bill Bergen and Michael Cisneros teamed up to make a new animated version of the Game of Thrones intro with real board games. The pyramids of Meereen are brought to life with Jenga pieces, the game of Monopoly makes up […]

In the latest episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell demonstrates how to prepare a proper Full English breakfast, which includes such greasy fare as eggs, bacon, sausages, and black pudding. You haven’t really done the U.K. if you haven’t had a proper fry-up—or a “full English,” as it’s sometimes called. While an English breakfast won’t […]

BuzzFeed Video has put together a fascinating time-lapse that documents the first few weeks of a duckling named Pip’s life, which includes the tiny bird’s initial escape from his shell. Pip has since gone on to become an unexpected crime fighter.

“So strap in piss cheeks; we’re just getting started.” In a new animated short by CollegeHumor, they unveil the next seven Pixar movies to come out in the future. Their made-up movies consist of a Toy Story 4 film that is set in a post-apocalyptic world, a film titled Tiny Timber that follows the last […]

PNUT, the finger tutting dancer seen in Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off” video, demonstrates his craft in various locations around San Francisco in a new video by Status Silver. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

San Francisco fashion illustrator Gretchen Röehrs, who cleverly says that she’s “…Still playing with food”, has created beautifully striking pen-and-ink sketches that strategically incorporate colorful fruits and vegetables, thus creating the appearance of enviable haute couture. images via Gretchen Röehrs via POPSUGAR, Elite Daily, DesignTaxi

A recent video by Forbes takes an in-depth look at the Comisar collection, a collection of television props and costumes estimated to be worth $100 million. The video features collection curator James Comisar discussing his collection and his work to preserve television history with his Museum of Television.

The Tourbillon is a theme park ride built by ABC Rides in Switzerland that twists riders through the air with a set of spinning concentric squares. The ride bears a resemblance to the space travel vehicle seen in the 1997 film Contact, though the ride is presumably incapable of interstellar travel. photos via Airtimers via BGR, […]

Timo the Ragdoll, a beautiful and incredibly laid-back cat, discovered that an infant’s Maxi Cosi car seat can also effectively double as a a comfortable and amusing feline entertainment center. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

ThinkGeek has released a sexy, officially licensed pair of Velvet Chewbacca Leggings that are designed to make any Star Wars fan’s legs look a lot like the legendary Wookiee from planet Kashyyyk. They are available to purchase online. What was Han without Chewbacca, his faithful co-pilot and companion? Without Chewie he would he have gained […]

The Keyport Slide 2.0 is a high-tech key organizer and multitool that lets users easily carry up to six keys while always having a light and pen ready. The system can also incorporate an on-board bottle opener, USB drive, or up to two scannable barcodes for even more organized access to frequently used items. For […]

A teaser trailer for the upcoming Oliver Stone film Snowden covers Edward Snowden‘s rise to becoming a wanted man. Snowden is currently scheduled to release Christmas 2015. SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Academy Award®-Winning Director Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story […]

The Fine Brothers and animator Ryan Scott Wick have teamed up to create a new animated short that shows what the PG-rated film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone might look like as an R-rated movie. The ancient Sorting Hat is rather inappropriate while announcing each of the new children’s selected Hogwarts house, Potter’s Quidditch […]