Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Elder Cat Retirement Home

Florida Couple Runs a Magical Retirement Sanctuary for Surrendered Senior Cats

November 13, 2026

Average Friends Bill Plympton u know i luv u

Animator Bill Plympton Hand-Drew Every Frame of the Average Friends ‘u know i luv u’ Music Video

November 13, 2026

Wild Parakeet Flocks San Francisco

Birder Searches San Francisco for the City’s Famous Flocks of Wild Red-Masked Parakeets

November 13, 2026

US State Most Popular Sodas

The Most Popular Soft Drinks in Every US State

November 13, 2026

Side-by-side stills of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (1977) and a hero in Starcrash (1978), each holding a lightsaber

How Italy’s Spaghetti Western Studios Rushed Out Low-Budget ‘Star Wars’ Imitations in the Late 1970s

November 12, 2026

Golden retriever Weasel stands on a Pilates box beside a woman planking on a reformer in a mirrored studio

Senior Golden Retriever Regained Use of His Legs by Doing Pilates With His Human

November 12, 2026

A weathered stone gargoyle shaped like the Xenomorph from Alien juts from a wall of Paisley Abbey in Scotland

How an ‘Alien’ Xenomorph Gargoyle Ended Up on Scotland’s Medieval Paisley Abbey

November 12, 2026

Mashup of Rage Against the Machine's Evil Empire album cover with Michael Jackson's face on the caped hero

Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ Reimagined as a Rage Against the Machine Song

November 12, 2026

A pane of tattoo-style Mythical Creatures Forever stamps showing Champ, Mothman, Jackalope, Squonk and Sasquatch

US Postal Service Announces Mythical Creature Stamps Including Cryptids and Unicorns for 2027

November 11, 2026

Adam Savage, in a hat and glasses, gazes up at the ornate painted ceilings and marble columns of the Library of Congress

Adam Savage Takes a Tour of the Magnificent Library of Congress in Washington, DC

November 11, 2026