Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Transparent Banded Piglet Squid With a Big Snout
While exploring the waters off Palmyra Atoll, the expedition crew on the E/V Nautilus spotted a mysterious transparent creature with a big head, a big…
Chinese Construction Worker Performs Incredibly Intricate Tricks With With His Giant Excavating Machine
A Chinese construction worker Lao Pang performs incredibly intricate tricks and demonstrations of skill with his gigantic excavator. Some of these tricks include slicing a…
An Inside Look at the Wondrous Sights and Sounds That Took Place Over 24 Hours at Burning Man 2018
With the Burning Man 2019 coming up next month, San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day has just released his annual recap video that relives 24 hours…
Raindrop Cannibal Devours Other Raindrops in Its Path
Toby Tripp has created “Raindrop Cannibal”, a wonderfully clever clip in which an animated raindrop voraciously devours all the other raindrops in its path. This…
French’s Yellow Mustard Flavored Ice Cream
French’s has announced that they are collaborating with Coolhaus to create a yellow mustard flavored ice cream in celebration of National Mustard Day on August…
The House of Eternal Return, A Psychedelic Immersive Interactive Art Experience Inside a Santa Fe Mansion
Great Big Story traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit The House of Eternal Return, an enormous Victorian mansion on Rufina Circle that has…
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Tells Howard Stern About Getting Kurt Cobain’s Approval For ‘Smells Like Nirvana’ Parody
“Weird Al” Yankovic (previously) sat down for an interview with Howard Stern, where he spoke about his earliest influences, his often humorous interactions with musicians…
Tiny Baby Gorilla Practices Pounding Her Chest
In an adorable clip from the BBC Earth program Animal Babies: First Year on Earth, a little female baby gorilla named Nyakabara practices pounding her…
How Far Into the Past a Modern English Speaker Could Go and Still Be Able to Communicate With Others
Simon Whistler examines how far into the past a speaker of modern English could go and still be able to communicate sufficiently.
Michael Shannon Makes a Tasty Hot Chicken Dish With Back to Back Instructions From a Professional Chef
In a down-home episode of the Bon Appétit series Back to Back Chef, award-winning actor Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire), stood at his cooking station back-to-back…