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Adam Savage Tours NIMBY, An Enormous Industrial Art Space in Oakland, California
While on his Makerspace Tour, a very neighborly Adam Savage of Tested didn’t have to go far past his own backyard to get a comprehensive…
Rescuers Follow a Homeless Cat to Understand Why She Takes Her Food With Her in a Doggie Bag
A very sweet but seemingly picky homeless cat refused to eat the food that shelter volunteers provided in front of them but instead preferred to…
A Wall of Lava Lamps That Generate Enough Randomness to Help Keep the Internet Secure
In a random, non-sponsored episode of Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visited the San Francisco headquarters of Cloudflare, a reverse proxy company that improves website…
A Demanding Little Kitten Won’t Stop Meowing Until Her Human Picks Her Up or Plays With Her
An adorable but demanding little orange kitten named Daisy is very loved by her humans. So much, in fact, the tiny feline refuses to stop…
Moodles, Brilliantly Animated Human Figures Unravel Into Colorful Strands of Emotional Spaghetti
“Moodles” is a brilliant animation by filmmaker Ari Winkel in which animated human figures that are frozen in place, suddently unravel into shapeless strands of…
A Feisty Pets Christmas Bear That Changes From Nice to Naughty When Squeezed
ThinkGeek is featuring a plush Feisty Pets Christmas Bear, who goes by the name Ebenezer Claws, that quickly changes from nice to naughty when squeezed.…
The Stranger Things Kids Unite With the Cast of the 1980s Sitcom Perfect Strangers in Epic Mashup
On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the kids and a demogorgon from Stranger Things united with the cast of the 1980s sitcom, Perfect…
Movie Scenes Recreated Using iPhone X Animojis
Braziliandanny created an amusing video where they used the new Animoji feature of the iPhone X to recreate popular movie scenes. They featured scenes from…
An Impressive Continuous Solo Played on 25 Different Basses
Davie504, the incredible bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, played an impressive continuous solo on 25 different basses. The instruments ranged…
Six Words Fresh Off the Boat, A Powerful Six Word Compilation About Cultural Identity and Immigration
At the end of 2016, Larry Smith, the creator of Six Word Memoirs and friend of Laughing Squid, partnered with the ABC television show Fresh…