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A Wonderful Rendition of the Multi-Track Chicago Song ’25 or 6 to 4′ Played on a Traditional Gayageum
Musician Luna Lee, who is known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed a wonderful rendition of the multi-layered classic Chicago song “25…
‘Around the Block’, A Short Film About Artist David Zinn Who Finds Inspiration in the Imperfections of Sidewalks
‘Around the Block’ is a short film by Scottish filmmaker Jonnie Lewis that offers a first-hand look at the work of street and sidewalk artist…
An Animated David Bowie Recounts a Time When He Was Dressed as a Clown for the ‘Ashes to Ashes’ Video
Comedian Adam Buxton (previously) wrote, directed and provided the audio for a wonderful anecdote about the late, greatly missed David Bowie that director Michael Dignum…
Why London Is Divided Into 32 Different Boroughs
Jay Foreman, who creates silly educational videos, quite humorously explains why the city of London is divided into an immense 32 boroughs within its metropolitan…
Ben & Jerry’s Introduces a New Line of Yummy Frozen Doggie Desserts for Beloved Canine Pals
Ben & Jerry’s, longtime purveyors of cold sweets for humans, has expanded their offerings to the canine population with their “Doggie Desserts”. This frozen treat…
Scientists Discover Brown Snakes Employing ‘Lasso Locomotion’ to Climb Vertically to Top of Metal Cylinder
Tom Seibert, a biologist at Colorado State University captured remarkable footage of a brown snake wrapping its body around like lasso in order to shimmy…
A Beautifully Calming Customizable LEGO Bonsai Tree
View this post on Instagram A post shared by LEGO (@lego) Niko Vás and Carl Merriam, designers at LEGO, created a beautifully calming sustainable LEGO…
Gorgeous 4K Drone Footage of Iconic Sights in Iceland
Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic and WordPress.com and friend of Laughing Squid, captured absolutely gorgeous 4K drone footage over some of Iceland’s most iconic…
Limited Series of Four Paintings From ‘The Mandalorian’ Created in the Iconic Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Kinkade Studios (@thomaskinkade) Artist Monte Moore of Maverick Arts created a wonderful limited edition series…
Musical Astronomer Sets the Galaxy to Music
Becky Ferreira of Vice’s Motherboard virtually sat down with Matt Russo, who happens to be an astronomer, a physics lecturer at the University of Toronto,…