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Will It Blend? host Tom Dickson turns a bunch of markers into a goopy mess with a blender in a recent video in honor of summer break.

Office worker Sarah B. and several of her co-workers watched from the 40th floor of 1095 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, as attendees of the Bryant Park Film Festival pensively waited along the edges of the park for the festival to begin. Once the signal was given however, they rushed into the […]

Game Over Cycles, a Poland-based shop that customizes and rebuilds vintage cars and motorcycles, is currently in the process of building an amazing Batmobile-themed trike motorcycle that resembles the memorable Batmobile from the Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) films. The entire collection of Batman bike photos are available to view online at Game Over […]

In the most recent episode of the animated series Blank on Blank, film guru Roger Ebert talks about his career, the egos involved in the film industry ,and what constitutes a great love story in a rare 1990 interview with writer Lawrence Grobel. I’m looking for films that come out of a director’s quixotic personal […]

20th Century Fox has released the official title and cast photos for Independence Day: Resurgence, the upcoming sequel to the 1996 sci-fi disaster film Independence Day. The new film, directed by Roland Emmerich, will star some familiar faces from the original movie like Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, and Vivica A. Fox with new […]

In the latest video by Field Day, inventor Colin Furze builds a motorized carousel horse and challenges a knight on horseback to a joust. Furze also posted a video to his own channel detailing the process of building the mini motorhorse. Ok so someone gives you a fibreglass horse, surely we all would slam an […]

photo via SZ In a hilarious case of mistaken identity, a traffic warden for the German city of Karlsruhe innocently issued a parking ticket to a very realistic, albeit bent, sculpture of a Mercedes Benz truck that was crafted by Austrian sculptor and performance artist Erwin Wurm. The sculpture, simply named “Truck“, had been created […]

Corridor Digital has created a new video where two men fight over a lady in the park by laying on the ground and engaging in a brutal stop-motion animated karate battle. Fans of Corridor Digital can help support their future, special effect-filled videos on Patreon. Corridor Digital also released behind-the-scenes footage showing how it was […]

Artist Brandon Bird has painted a series of portraits of actor Shia LaBeouf as each of the thirteen versions of The Doctor from the BBC series Doctor Who. Prints are available of each painting and a collection of all thirteen depictions. Bird is also selling the original oil paintings. Fans bemoan the fact the Ninth Shia […]

A wonderfully affectionate and loyal cat named Ryunosuke joins her human, Mr. Katsuji for a ride on his motorbike, calmly sitting upon his shoulder as they ride along the road, going about their day. via Curazy, RocketNews24

NeuroKnitting is a fascinating collaborative project created by artists Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet and scientist/PhD student researcher Sebastian Mealla , who successfully posited that brainwaves formed through the act of listening to music could be translated into a visual pattern that could then be transferred onto unique knitted garments. A wonderful meeting of science […]

A very playful golden Lab named Milo gleefully slides down to the bottom of a backyard inflatable waterslide and then very happily climbs the flimsy stairs for another turn. via Say OMG

Improv Everywhere surprised unwitting festival goers at the recent Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City by having a full mariachi band, gospel choir, and more surprises emerge from The Magical Porta Potty. For our latest mission, we staged a series of surprises at the porta potty area of the Governors Ball music festival […]

PBS Game/Show host Jamin Warren explores the game design of the popular television series Game of Thrones in a recent episode of the series. Warren specifically points out the emphasis on the map as well as narrative design in the series. Game of Thrones Season 5 has come to an end, and what an insane […]

In the most recent episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains why London skyscrapers, such as the “The Cheesegrater” and “The Shard“, are so oddly and economically shaped. It all has to do with protecting the city’s most important sightline–that of Saint Paul’s Cathedral. Protected views, or sightlines. Back in the […]

Kehinde Wiley Volume 36 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine has recently been announced and it will be filled with inspirational artwork created by contemporary artists from around the world. Kehinde Wiley, a skilled Brooklyn-based visual artist, will be featured on the cover of the upcoming issue. Volume 36 of the quarterly art publication […]

The Banana Cone is a “CAUTION! Wet Floor” sign designed to look like a banana peel. The stylish sign warns people of a potential hazard in English, Spanish, and the universal language of laughing at people slipping on banana peels. An early example of the banana peel gag can be seen in the 1917 Harold […]

Freelance editor and reviewer Mr. Sunday Movies has created a new video where he points out a lot of the secret Easter eggs hidden in Marvel-based television shows and films that hint at characters yet to be seen on the big screen. He brings to light a couple of the Punisher references found in the […]

A nimble but eager german shepherd puppy gracefully rolls over, plays dead and covers his face when his human pretends to shoot him with a harmless finger gun. via Nothing To Do With Arbroath

Legacy Effects recently shared a behind-the-scenes look at how they built the animatronic Apatosaurus for Jurassic World. After taking viewers through the step-by-step process of designing, building, and finishing the Apatosaurus, the video also features a dramatic screen test that showcases the full range of motion and emotional impact the finished dinosaur has. via GeekTyrant

Designer Soleil Zumbrunn du Midi has created an updated set of glitchy playing cards after last year’s initial glitchy set of playing cards. Legends Playing Card Co. will print this particular update, which is seeking funds via a Kickstarter campaign. New product features of GLITCH 2.0: New tuck art. More vibrant, more colorfull, more glitches! […]

Paris Paris, France-based artist Nicolas Amiard of the BETC ad agency has digitally inserted images of wrecked Star Wars spaceships into actual photos of major cities around the world. A destroyed Imperial Star Destroyer ends its journey in Paris, the legendary Millennium Falcon gets stuck in New York City, and more. Amiard’s entire series of […]

In a recent episode of the Mashable series The Watercooler, author Chuck Palahniuk reads Fight Club for Kids, an illustrated children’s book version of his popular novel Fight Club. While the book is intended to be a sanitized version of the brutally violent story, Palahniuk manages to get a little overly excited as he reads. But a club without […]

McDonald’s recently tested new “McBike” drive-through bicycle packaging at locations in Copenhagen, Denmark and Medellín, Columbia. The packaging folds to securely hang a sandwich, fries, and a drink from the handlebars of the bicycle. To create the McBike packaging, McDonald’s worked with Argentinian ad agency Tribal Buenos Aires. via Ads of the World

Copenhagen, Denmark-based Nintendo fan and computer programmer Kjetil Nordin, who is originally from Norway, spent six years crocheting an amazingly detailed blanket of the Grass Land map from Super Mario Bros. 3. According to NRK, he put over 800 hours into the impressive project. More photos of Nordin’s geeky blanket are available to view on […]

Grand Theft Auto V player Blacksmoke Billy manages to flip a semi-trailer truck through the air before hitching it back together on the landing in a short video from May. According to Billy, the only change to the vanilla game required here was a custom handling mod using OpenIV to make the truck go faster. […]

Laughing Squid contributing writer Glen Tickle cracks jokes about his unfortunate last name, being a father, and substitute teaching in a short video clip of one of his stand-up routines. Glen’s currently in the running for a Cozi TV comedy search, and interested parties can vote for him on Cozi TV’s website.

In a recent video posted by Internet Chess Club, Grandmaster Max Dlugy plays 15 consecutive games of “banter blitz” speed chess. In blitz chess, each player has only three minutes on the clock, and the “banter” aspect comes from Dlugy commentating on his own play and that of his opponent live while he’s playing. Dlugy seems to […]

In the eighth and most recent episode of “Shelf Life“, The American Museum of Natural History recounts the journey that took a well-preserved frozen Architeuthis Dux around the world – from Wellington, New Zealand to New York City. Curator Neil Landman explains how nerve-wracking the process was. It was supposed to make a connection from […]

An intense video posted by ABC News Australia captures the sport of FPV (first-person-view) drone racing in which competitors race custom-built multi-rotor drones while wearing special goggles that give them a drone’s-eye view of the action. This particular race happened in an abandoned warehouse in Melbourne, Australia. FPV drone racing is considered a growing sport in […]

Photographer Stephen McMennamy has created “Combophotos“, a wonderful series of seamlessly combined images that contrast greatly in both size and scale. For example, a skier jumps across an ice cream cone, a cigarette belches smoke from a factory, a water tower becomes a golf tee and a child uses a ladder to climb up to […]

Mother by Sense is a sensor-based home automation and tracking system that monitors a series of “cookie” sensors for a variety of uses. The cookies can be placed on objects like pill bottles to be sure medications are being taken on time, under a pillow to help track sleep habits, and they also measure temperature. […]

A trailer for the upcoming video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by developer Kojima Productions and acclaimed creator Hideo Kojima explores equivalence, war, and espionage in a fictional look at the past. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is scheduled to release on September 1, 2015 and is available to pre-order […]

In the latest installment of the KQED series Bay Curious, reporter Jessica Plazcek and photographer Adam Grossberg take a trip to the top of Sutro Tower, the infamous San Francisco antenna tower and accidental landmark. Built in 1973, the tower has had a storied history with the city. The decision was final; a tower would […]

A sleeping cat awoke to find herself clinging tightly onto the wing of a microlight craft in mid-flight. Luckily the two people aboard noticed the stranded feline and were able to land safely without any harm coming to any living being. Pilot Romain Jantot commented he wasn’t sure how the cat got onto the plane, […]

Star Trek: The Next Generation character Captain Jean-Luc Picard, as portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart, espouses some profound wisdom set to an electric beat by Eclectic Method. Picard shares his insights about the Universe as well as reminds people that he is the captain–all with a danceable beat. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A fluffy snow-loving but persistent Maine Coon/Norwegian Forest Cat named Nala repeatedly acts as a physical barrier between her human Alexander and his video game controller, thus refusing to let him play. via Daily Picks and Flicks

In a recent interview with the New York Daily News, Breaking Bad series creator Vince Gilligan confirmed that Bryan Cranston would reprise his role of anti-hero Walter White in a future episode of the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, though not in the upcoming second season. Gilligan refused to say exactly when the iconic […]

In honor of Cephalopod Week 2015, Science Friday spoke with marine expert Dr. Chrissy Hubbard, a Senior Researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, who explained why and how certain species of bipedal octopi are able to use their tentacles to run away from predators. When octopuses jet to escape a predator there’s so […]

F/X Networks has released the first promotional trailer for the second season of the hit series Fargo. While the trailer doesn’t give away much about the plot, it does hint at brewing trouble in the frozen American heartland. The second season of Fargo is set to premiere in September 2015. We’re not out of the […]

Colby and Bleu, two golden retriever puppies who are also known as “Cheese Patrol“, are captured running for their food around the same corner over and over again during the course of approximately nine months. The use of a fixed camera for this time-lapse footage shows how quickly the pups are growing up. Then Now […]

In a recent video by Funny or Die, Coma the Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road gives a series of guitar tips for properly rocking out while strapped to a moving truck in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland.

I spotted this hilarious LeBrawny James illustration by Hanksy today as I was walking up Orchard Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We’ve posted many of Hanksy’s prolific puns in the past. photo by Scott Beale

Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland Google Sheep View is an amusing project by Ding Ren and Michael Karabinos that collects photos of sheep from Google Street View. The project also accepts submissions. We started this project because we enjoy the “sheep view” when riding trains in the Netherlands. Bonsall Moor, England Delphi Valley, Ireland images […]

“OCP gave me the skills to wreck this. I can’t help it if I’m fresh. It’s my prime directive.” RoboCop and the Terminator face off in the latest episode of Epic Rap Battles of History. RoboCop, played by Nice Peter, and the T-800 Terminator, played by EpicLloyd, take turns spouting joke-filled verses at each other that […]

AMC has released “Nick’s Escape“, a new promotional trailer for Fear the Walking Dead the new companion series to the very popular The Walking Dead, in which a terrified teen (presumably Nick) desperately hangs on to his pants as frantically flees down the street from an unseen enemy. Set in Los Angeles, the series follows […]

“Jaws in 3 Minutes” is a 40th-anniversary tribute to the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws. The tribute was edited by Robert Jones, who compressed the film’s original run time of 124 minutes to just three minutes while managing to keep in most of the film’s highlights and memorable moments. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

An actual hedgehog navigates a “high-budget replica” of a Sonic the Hedgehog stage in a recent episode of the Mashable series The Watercooler.

An unsuspecting Corgi named Turbo was taken by complete surprise when the rock that he was quietly contemplating suddenly turned into a tortoise and started slowly moving away from him. According to his human, “Turbo …had no idea the rock could move.” via reddit