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Nerve-Racking Video of a Man Unhooking His Harness While Walking a Plank Along a Mountain
Mark Laurence has posted an extremely nerve-racking video of a man unhooking his harness while walking on a plank along the side Mount Hua in…
The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Now Available in Stores After Record-Breaking Pre-Order Numbers
The new Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (see previously) are now on sale to the public after setting a pre-order record of more than four…
Bryan Cranston Performs a One-Man Baseball Game in a New TBS Television Ad
Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston dons a slew of uniforms as part of a one-man performance in a new ad for TBS post-season baseball coverage.…
Freerunning Stunts Performed on a Moving Train Transformed Into a Real World 8-Bit Video Game
Jason Paul, a German freerunner, and fellow members of Team Farang performed an impressive array of stunts on a moving train, which were transformed into…
An Unsettling Collection of Vine Videos Featuring People Laughing While Not Smiling
CHSuperCuts created a disturbing collection of short clips pulled from Vine featuring people laughing and facing the camera without smiling. It’s an unsettling combination.
A 2014 Then-and-Now Video That Recreates a 1914 Film of the Dutch City of Alkmaar
A trio of Dutch filmmakers created a then-and-now video of the Dutch city of Alkmaar based on a 1914 historical film of the city. The…
‘The Portlandia Cookbook: Cook Like a Local’, A Companion Cookbook to the IFC Comedy Series ‘Portlandia’
Comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have written a companion cookbook to their IFC show Portlandia with the show’s co-creator Jonathan Krisel that is appropriately titled The…
A Specimen Display Box Containing Small Paper Aircraft Models
In a wonderful play on an insect specimen display box, paper artist Markus Fischer has created a specimen box containing small paper aircraft models. The…
A Bow Tie-Tying Race Between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Glen Tickle at SXSW
Back in March 2014, before Glen Tickle became a Contributing Writer at Laughing Squid, he attended the SXSW festival on behalf of Geekosystem. While he…
Adults Act Out the Audio of Children Pretending to Have a Job Interview
In a recent episode of Kid Snippets (see previously) by Bored Shorts, adults perform a job interview scene by lip syncing to the audio of two children pretending to…