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Incredibly Realistic Hand Crafted Paper Insects
Tina Kraus of faltmanufaktur is a freelance illustrator in Münster, Germany who creates absolutely incredibly realistic crepe paper versions of different insects and other animals.…
How a Sunny Swiss Day Helped Jeff Lynne Write the Iconic Electric Light Orchestra Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’
Music essayist Noah Lefevre of Polyphonic takes a detailed look into the iconic Electric Light Orchestra song “Mr. Blue Sky”, particularly how it is used…
Headbanging Knitters Perform With Yarn and Needles at First Heavy Metal Knitting Championships in Finland
Knitters of the world gathered in Joensuu, Finland to compete in the very first Heavy Metal Knitting Championships ever. Each knitter was graded upon their…
A Floral Shirted Chief Jim Hopper of ‘Stranger Things’ Replaces Tom Selleck in the Classic ‘Magnum, P.I.’ Intro
Video editor Eddie Spughetti of Here Lies has brilliantly replaced Tom Selleck in the classic Magnum, P.I. opening credits intro with an appropriately clad Chief…
The Barstool MBA, A Fascinating Audiobook That Weighs Working in a Bar Against Going to Grad School
Longtime Laughing Squid Friend Dan Maccarone of founder Charming Robot, investor in the bar Fool’s Gold NYC and host of the “Story in a Bottle”…
John Deere Collaborates With Golf Retailer PING to Build the Largest Golf Putter in the World
Engineers at John Deere collaborated with designers at golf retailer PING to create the largest golf putter in the world. This giant motorized half-excavator, half-putter,…
New York Times Reporter Finds the Location of Over 1,200 Bob Ross Paintings While on a Quest to Buy One
New York Times reporter Aaron Byrd sought to buy one of the now-iconic paintings by the late, great Bob Ross (previously). Finding the task to…
A Clever Print Reimagining the Lyrics of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb’ as a Vintage Pain Reliever Ad
Artist Todd Alcott (previously) has quite cleverly reimagined the heartfelt and profound lyrics of the classic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb” as the text within…
A 1994 ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Pizza Hut Commercial on British TV Spoken Completely in Klingon
In 1994 Pizza Hut UK aired the very first non-English advert on British television stations. The scene featured three Klingons from Star Trek: The Next…
A Brilliant Electric Guitar With a Clever Mechanical Neck That Symmetrically Folds to Fit Under an Airplane Seat
Musician Jonathan Spangler, who traveled a great deal in his previous life as a patent lawyer for a medical device company, found that there was…