Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

History of Mandalore

The Complete History of Mandalore in Star Wars

October 31, 2026

Area 51 Name Explained

How Area 51 Likely Got Its Name From the Nevada Test Site’s Numbering System

October 31, 2026

Two Spencer Gifts employees in red polo shirts stand before a wall of Halloween masks, one wearing a Ghostface mask

A Humorously Dated 1998 Spencer Gifts Employee Training Video for Halloween

October 30, 2026

Patrick Stewart smiles in a tweed jacket and open-collared blue shirt during a 1988 BBC interview

Patrick Stewart Tells BBC’s Terry Wogan How He Became Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a 1988 Interview

October 30, 2026

A woman in black gloves works beside a giant white foam dragon head with flowing, flame-like carved whiskers

Artists in Vietnam Carve a Giant White Dragon From a Block of Foam

October 30, 2026

Butter sculptor Gerry Kulzer carves a woman's portrait from a block of butter with a small tool

Artist Carves Portraits From Giant Blocks of Butter Inside a Rotating Fridge at the Minnesota State Fair

October 30, 2026

Black-and-white poster for It's a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead, with a man holding up a severed head under a full moon

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Meets ‘Night of the Living Dead’ in a Merry Yet Spooky Movie Mashup

October 29, 2026

A baby sloth clings to its mother in a leafy tree, and in a close-up the pup licks its mother's mouth

Baby Sloth Licks Mother’s Mouth to Learn What’s Safe to Eat

October 29, 2026

A black fanged rabbit statue with red-tipped claws perched above an ornate arched doorway on a brick building in Newcastle

The Mysterious Origins of the Peculiar Fanged Vampire Rabbit Above an Ornate Doorway in Newcastle

October 29, 2026

3D animated map of London along the River Thames, with a fire and black smoke, under the words The Story of London

A 3D Animated History of London From Founding to Present Day

October 29, 2026