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Amazon Studios Greenlights Seven New Television Pilots for the 2015 Season
Amazon Studios has given the green light to seven new television pilots for the 2015 season from established creators like Ridley Scott (Alien) and Frank Spotnitz…
How to Slice a Banana Before It Is Peeled Using a Needle
DaveHax (previously) demonstrates how to slice a banana before it is peeled using a needle in his latest video. Friends and family will be amazed…
A Collection of Crazy Science Stunts
The “King of Random“ Grant Thompson shared a collection of five crazy science stunts he says won’t likely be found in a classroom. It’s easy to…
Clever Web Comics Transform Objects and Characters Into Unexpected Visual Gags
Shanghai-based artist Tango turns objects and characters into clever visual gags in his wonderfully simple web comics. images by Tango via Cross Connect, Tetris Rain,…
Artist Adds Even More Geeky Pop Culture Characters and Objects to Old Thrift Store Paintings
Rochester, New York artist Dave Pollot, whose custom work we have written about in the past, has recently added even more geeky pop culture characters…
Welcome Rebecca Escamilla, New Contributing Editor at Laughing Squid
Please give a big ten tentacle welcome to Rebecca Escamilla, our new Contributing Editor here on the Laughing Squid blog. Previously Rebecca worked for us…
Live Stream of ESA Rosetta Mission Attempting to Land the Philae Spacecraft on Comet 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
The European Space Agency (ESA) will be live streaming coverage of the Rosetta mission (previously) as it attempts to land the Philae spacecraft on the surface…
‘Tape Paris’, An Art Installation Inviting Visitors to Climb Inside a Series of Tubes Constructed Entirely of Tape
“Tape Paris” is an art installation by design collective Numen/For Use made entirely of tape, strung from pillars and walls in connected, irregular tubes, and…
Tiny Siamese Kitten Cautiously Stalks a Giant Remote-Controlled Black Spider
A tiny Siamese kitten named Wampa cautiously stalks a giant remote-controlled black spider before gathering up all of her courage to face the mechanical arachnid…
James Earl Jones Recites the Alphabet and Counts to 10 on ‘Sesame Street’ in 1969
James Earl Jones was the first celebrity guest on Sesame Street, where he recited the alphabet and the numbers one through ten.