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A Beautiful Translucent Electric Guitar Made Out of Multi-Colored Epoxy Resin With a Purple Wooden Neck
Burl, the incredibly creative luthier of Burl’s Art built for himself a colorful translucent guitar made completely out of epoxy resin. Having used this material…
An Incredible Visualization of the Explosive Growth on the Island of Manhattan Over the Course of 400 Years
Danny Ashton of NeoMam Studios created an incredible visualization for client Angi that shows the explosive growth on the island of Manhattan that took place…
374 Rolling 1965 Ford Mustang Hot Wheels Play a Tinkly Tune on Xylophone Keys Hung on the Tracks
The aptly named 5MadMovieMakers, who create wonderful videos featuring the creative use of childhood toys, very cleverly hung black-and-white xylophone keys at on a number…
Artists Around the World Will Be Hiding Mushroom Art Around Their Cities in Attaboy’s ‘Game of Shrooms’
Attaboy, the talented artist, author, co-founder of Hi-Fructose Magazine and friend of Laughing Squid, has announced “Game of Shrooms” a wonderful project in which artists…
Manivald, a 33 Year Old Heartbroken Fox, Realizes He Needs to Grow Up and Move Out of His Mother’s House
“Manivald” by Chintis Lundgren is a brilliant, short animated film that tells the story of an anthropomorphic fox in his thirties who lives with his…
How ‘Breaking Bad’ Used Swimming Pools to Wash Away Any Character’s Chance of Attaining Happiness
In an extremely insightful video essay, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of
Darth Vader Approaches Power With Uncharacteristic Logic in Reimagined Key Scenes From Star Wars
Auralnauts have very cleverly reimagined several key scenes from the original Star Wars IV: A New Hope, giving Darth Vader (voiced by Vader impressionist Jesse…
Astronaut Simultaneously Drops Hammer and Feather on Moon to Test Galileo’s Theory About Falling Objects
In 1971, David Scott, a NASA astronaut and subsequent author, tested out Galileo Galilei‘s proven theory about objects falling at the same speed by simultaneously…
Creating and Erasing Colorful Spirals in Corn Syrup Using the Principles of Laminar Flow Fluid Mechanics
Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day excitedly performed an experiment using the principles of the Taylor–Couette flow, which describes the steady flow of liquid…
A Custom Built Life-Sized Human Foosball Arena
The proprietors of Velocity Karts in Christchurch, New Zealand have installed a custom-built life-sized human Foosball arena that is available to rent on a half-hourly…