Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Moldy Food Safe

When Moldy Cheese Is Safe to Eat and Bread Is Not

September 3, 2026

Songs That Lie

Classic Songs That Get Simple Geographical and Historical Facts Wrong

September 3, 2026

Digital Camera With Digital Film

An Ingenious Camera That Turns Color E-Paper Cartridges Into Reusable Photos

September 3, 2026

Animal Grief

How Animals Grieve

September 3, 2026

Diamond Shreddies Canada Inside Joke

How a Brilliantly Absurd Marketing Campaign for Cereal Became One of Canada’s Greatest Inside Jokes

September 2, 2026

Weird Al Brain Song

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Sings a Catchy Song About How the Human Brain Works

September 2, 2026

Digital Camouflage Shirts

A Vividly Patterned Digital Camouflage Shirt Designed to Confuse AI Detection Systems

September 2, 2026

Mighty Mac mini

How the Handmade Claymation Video for Apple’s M6 Mac mini Was Brought to Life

September 2, 2026

Spider Weaves Web Ring Camera

Ring Camera Captures a Spider Weaving a Web

September 1, 2026

Plant Clearing Goats Entertain Tigers

Landscaping Goats Entertain Rescued Big Cats While Clearing Invasive Plants

September 1, 2026