Laughing Squid
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A Pair of Two-Year-Old Chimpanzees Watch ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ at a South Carolina Movie Theater
Vali and Sugrive, a pair of two-year-old chimpanzees, attended a screening of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at a local movie theater,
Stan Lee Rants About Dentists Who Try to Carry on a Conversation While Working on Your Teeth
On a recent episode of Stan’s Rants on World of Heroes, legendary comic creator Stan Lee got fired up while ranting about dentists who try…
Computer Virus Catalog, An Illustrated Guide to Terrible Computer Viruses
Implant by Karborn Computer Virus Catalog is an illustrated guide to terrible computer viruses founded and curated by Amsterdam-based Bas van de Poel. The site…
An Unnecessarily Censored Version of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ That Makes Ordinary Moments Seem Dirty
The Jake Vale Show has created an unnecessarily censored version of Disney’s 1994 animated musical adventure film The Lion King that makes ordinary moments seem…
French Supermarket Chain Launches Food Waste Reduction Campaign that Celebrates Ugly Fruits and Vegetables
The French supermarket chain Intermarché has launched “Inglorious Foods“, a unique campaign developed by Marcel Worldwide as a way to highlight the enormous amount of…
Six Californias, An Initiative to Divide California Into Six New States
Six Californias is an initiative spearheaded by venture capitalist Tim Draper to divide California into six new states. According to the Six Californias website, dividing…
Using a Robotic Camera to Capture a Ballet Performance
The fascinating mini documentary “Ballet Meets Robotics” tells the tale of a film experiment in which director Tarik Abdel-Gawad used a robotic camera to record…
The Ancient Kaiju Project, Classic Paintings Augmented with Skillfully Inserted Pop Culture Monsters and Objects
In his ongoing digital illustration series “The Ancient Kaiju Project,” German artist Oliver Wetter skillfully augments classic paintings with the addition of fearsome creatures and…
A Zim&Zou Window Display Featuring a Leather Fox Sculpture in a Room of Papercraft Objects
A red fox handcrafted from leather poses amidst a room of papercraft household objects in this delightful window display by Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann…
An Amusing Comic Imagining What Might Happen If Kirk and Spock From ‘Star Trek’ Traveled Back in Time to 2014
Dan Piraro of Bizarro has created an amusing comic that imagines what might happen if Kirk and Spock from Star Trek traveled back in time…