Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Lucas the Spider Tries to Make Friends With Harried Cuckoo Who Lives Inside a Clock House on the Wall
Ever in search of new friends, the very affable Lucas the Spider (previously) tentatively knocked on the door of an attractive little bungalow hanging upon…
Flying Inside the Eye of Hurricane Dorian
The eye of #Dorian pic.twitter.com/XN29zC46IP — Garrett Black (@GBlack22wx) September 1, 2019 Lieutenant Garrett Black, a meteorologist with the US Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance…
Puff-N-Fluff, An Inflatable Full Body Dryer for Wet Dogs
The Puff-N-Fluff Dog Dryer is a clever inflatable body bag for wet dogs with an attached hose that easily connects to a standard hair dryer.…
A Beautiful Wooden Hurdy-Gurdy Mechanical Model
UGears is featuring a really beautiful functioning Hurdy-Gurdy mechanical model that neither requires external tools nor musical talent to build. The kit includes pop-out wooden…
A Giant Inflatable Version of the Classic Twister Game
Hammacher Schlemmer has added a new twist to the classic game of Twister by increasing the size of the game board and making it inflatable…
How Fake ‘Camouflage Passports’ Helped to Protect Residents of the United States During the 1980s
John Swan of SideNote explains the history of the appropriately-named “camouflage passports” — fake travel documents made in the name of countries that no longer…
The World’s Only One Handed Concert Pianist
Nicholas McCarthy is a pianist who was born without a right hand. Despite this perceived shortcoming by music teachers and coaches, McCarthy has gone on…
A Brilliant Montage of One Second Clips From Every Looney Tunes Cartoon Short Between 1929 and 1969
Anime video essayist KaiserBeamz has brilliantly created a seamless 17+ minute montage that encompasses one second from every classic Looney Tunes cartoon short between the…
A Cereal Bowl With a Red Tuba Speaker That Amplifies the ‘Snap, Crackle and Pop’ Sound of Rice Krispies
Dominic Wilcox (previously), a prolific artist and founder of the wonderful children’s non-profit Little Inventors, fabricated a really fun yellow cereal bowl with an attached…
How Orwashers Makes Their Famous New York Bagels
Keith Cohen, the proprietor of Orwashers famous New York City bakery, gave Tasty a behind-the-counter tour of their bagel-making process. Cohen described each step of…