Laughing Squid
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En Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her Shoes
In the video “En Puntas” by artist Javier Pérez, a ballerina dances atop a grand piano with kitchen knives affixed to her pointe shoes. via…
Satellite Footage of Ten Years of Weather History
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a video showing weather footage of the Southern Hemisphere from the past ten years captured with…
Vine-1-1, App for Recording Emergencies and Calling 911 at the Same Time
The next time you see a truck jump a highway guardrail, you can record it on Vine and call 911 with the handy dandy app…
The World’s Highest Hot Wheels Wall Track
Back in May, Hot Wheels built a toy car track on the side of a seven-story building in Barcelona that the company says is the…
Driver Claims 24-Minute Record for the Fastest Loop Around Manhattan
A driver under the name of AfroDuck Productions claims to have set a new record for the fastest loop around Manhattan during a 24-minute…
Hospital Hopes to Make Young Patients’ Experience Less Scary With a Pirate CT Scanner
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital has installed a new pirate-themed CT scanner that helps make the experience less scary for the hospital’s younger patients.…
3-Year Old Boy Shares His Excitement For His New Toy ‘Boner’
In this video by Shaycarl, a 3-year old boy shares his excitement for his new toy bow and arrow which he adorably mispronounces as “boner.”…
Bicycle-Powered Tree House Elevator
Ethan Schlussler recently built a bicycle-powered elevator to access a 30-foot-high tree house he is building in Northern Idaho. To ascend, Schlussler sits on the…
Mom Reluctantly Allows Her 4-Year Old to Finish Her Drawings & Ends Up With a Brilliant Series
Mr Beever Illustrator, graphic artist, and mom Mica Angela Hendricks writes on her blog that she didn’t set out to share her brand new sketchbook…
Dashcam Records a Car Nearly Being Crushed by a Huge Boulder in a Landslide in Taiwan
Last week a car traveling along a rainswept road in Taiwan was struck by a landslide and nearly crushed by a massive boulder in this…