Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Freediver Swims Directly Under the Ice of Frozen Lake
Freediver Petr Kapoun quite bravely swam directly under the ice of a frozen Lake Milada in the Liberac region of the Czech Republic. Kapun tackled…
An Intuitive Paper Poster Printed With Smart Ink That Connects to a Tiny Computer to Update the Weather
Oliver Woods and the team Typified, have created an intuitive paper poster that is printed with “smart ink”. This ink connects and responds to a…
Working For a Day at a Japanese Snow Monkey Park
Video producer John Daub of the series Only in Japan spent a day working at a Snow Monkey Park, specifically the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden…
François Clemmons Recalls the Day Mister Rogers Invited Him to Soak His Feet in a Kiddie Pool Together
In a neighborly interview with StoryCorps, performer François Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, recalls with great fondness, that beautiful day in…
Hypnotizing Slow Motion Footage of a Magnetic Field
The quite aptly named Magnetic Games (previously) shows how a magnetic field works with an attractive demonstration of collected magnetite sand as it gathered around…
How High Atmospheric Pressure Over a Siberian Town Makes It Earth’s Coldest Permanently Inhabited Place
Sam from Half as Interesting, who is a big fan of winter sports, explains the conditions that make Oymyakon, Siberia the coldest permanently inhabited city…
Bad Lip Reading of the NFL 2018-2019 Football Season
Just in time for Super Bowl LIII, Bad Lip Reading is back with a hilarious bad lip reading of football games that took place during…
Star Wars Sound Effects Replicated on a Guitar
Musician Davidlap, who previously soloed with his hands on fire and performed an almost literal “walking bassline” while wearing toe socks, hilariously replicate the very…
Rapper Murs Breaks Down Why He Believes That the Beastie Boys is the Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time
In a call back explainer video on HipHopDX, rapper MURS breaks down exactly why he considers The Beastie Boys to be the greatest hip hop…
Klaatu, The Band Behind the Album That Made People Believe That the Beatles Had Gotten Back Together
In 1976, a really beautiful psychedelic album called 3:47 EST seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and carried such a familiar sound that it lead a…