Laughing Squid
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A Man Successfully Yanks a Single Wooden Block From the Middle of the Giant Jenga Stack
Pat McAfee of The Pat McAfee Show captured suspenseful footage his father, Tim McAfee, strategically pushing a single wooden block through the middle of a…
How Scientists Can Easily Identify the Order to Which an Insect Belongs By Looking at Its Mouth
In a fascinating Ted Ed lesson written by ecologist Anika Hazra and animated by Giulia Martinelli, narrator Pen-Pen Chen explains how to easily identify insects…
Homemade Bread Made in a Homemade Outdoor Wood Fired Oven Shaped Like an Open Mouthed Cat
Vlogger Li Ziqi who very gracefully demonstrated the traditional Chinese art of making paper from scratch and a step-by-step process for truly homemade kimchi, took…
Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen, A Visit to the Arctic Norwegian Town Where the Dead Can’t Be Buried
For his short film “Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen“, Los Angeles filmmaker David Fried traveled over 18 hours to Longyearbyen, Norway to find out more about…
A Haunting Cover of the Iconic Soundgarden Song ‘Black Hole Sun’ by Cello Rock Band Break of Reality
The talented cello rock band Break of Reality performed a truly dramatic cover of the iconic Soundgarden song “Black Hole Sun”. This version is particularly…
Musician Plays Her Flute During Tremor Relieving Brain Surgery to Show That Her Hands Are Steady
Anna Henry, a musician who was suffering from the common and benign movement disorder called essential tremor, decided to undergo deep brain stimulation to calm…
Prankster Rémi Gaillard Stops Traffic as a Little Choo Choo Train That Needs to Safely Cross the Road
Rémi Gaillard, the brilliant French prankster, literally stopped traffic with a pair of willing accomplices. The accomplices stood on either side of the road and…
Centuries of Sound, Original Historical Soundtracks From Each Year of Recorded Sound Since 1859
Centuries of Sound is a wonderful podcast and blog by James Errington that compiles original and historical music mixes from each year of recorded sound…
A Group of Robbers Break Into a Bank Without an Escape Plan in the Animated Short ‘The Heist’
Queens animator Branko Kljajic (a.k.a. “SuperBrankman“) has created “The Heist,” a fantastic animated short film about a group of robbers who try and break into…
How ‘Toast’ Became Synonymous With Pithy Speeches, Clinking Glasses and Consuming Alcohol
Using a clever compilation of a variety of films, GeoBeats explained how the word “toast” became associated with pithy speeches and clinking glasses. According to…