Laughing Squid
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Sporting Cockatiel Plays Miniature Game of Basketball
The clever little gray and white cockatiel named Wilbur, who previously performed a wide array of tricks with his humans present, sunk a couple of…
Edward Scissorhands’ Son Edgar Drives Hands Free in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad for the All Electric Cadillac Lyriq
The Super Bowl 2021 ad for the Cadillac Lyriq pays homage to the classic story of Edward Scissorhands. In this updated version Edward’s son, Edgar…
Daveed Diggs Visits ‘People in the Neighborhood’ in the ‘Sesame Street’ DoorDash Super Bowl 2021 Ad
Rapper and Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs, who is a regular visitor to Sesame Street, returned to visit his muppet crew with a new take on…
Orchestral Arrangement of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’
Musician Micky Tejada and Epic Symphonic Rock (previously) performed a wonderfully sonorous arrangement of the iconic Black Sabbath song “Iron Man”. At the end of…
A Disconcertingly Realistic Disembodied Motorized Hand That Taps Its Fingers With a Flick of a Switch
Artist Nik Ramage, who is a self-described “sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices”, has cast in iron, a disconcertingly realistic disembodied mechanized, and motorized…
An Automated LEGO Present Wrapping Factory
The Brick Wall (previously) previously built an incredibly convenient LEGO wrapping paper machine that accurately measures exactly how much paper to cut by scanning the…
Cleverly Irreverent Fake Toys by Obvious Plant
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant (previously) has created a highly realistic fake…
How Animals Use Farts As Odiferous Deadly Weapons
In an odiferous Ted-Ed lesson that was written by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti and directed by Avi Ofer, narrator Alexandra Panzer explains how the…
An Illustrated Chart Showing Which Household Appliances Coordinate With Specific Actions
Randall Munroe of xkcd created a colorfully illustrated chart that shows which appliances coordinate with which specific actions. The graphic also humorously shows what the…
Compassionate Man Saves a Deer Stranded in the Middle of a Frozen Pond by Sliding Her Across the Ice
When outdoorsman Gil Lancour of Cranmoor, Wisconsin came across a frightened doe who had gotten herself stranded in the middle of a frozen pond, he…