Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Brilliant Comparison of Queen’s 1985 ‘Live Aid’ Show With the Staged Remake in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
I DIDNT REALIZE THEY DID IT THIS PRECISELY pic.twitter.com/05f6ZW1TMn — BEST OF FREDDIE MERCURY (@MOMENTOFMERCURY) November 11, 2018 Is this the real life or is…
Filmmakers Detail the Immense Care They Took Capturing Free Solo Climb Up El Capitan in Yosemite
In 2017, champion free climber Alex Honnold scaled El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, a 3,000 foot cliff from base to summit, without the benefits…
A Giant Mechanical Minotaur and Enormous Spider Invade the Streets of Toulouse, France for Three Days
La Machine, the incredible machine art group based in Nantes, France, have built a giant kinetic Minotaur named “Le Gardien du Temple” (The Guardian of…
An Adorable Otter Takes a Water Bottle Shower
An absolutely adorable otter named Bingo loves taking a bath, especially when he can luxuriate in the water while his human keeps the shower flowing…
Ze Frank Hilariously Narrates the Voraciously Full Lifecycle of the Insatiable Damselfly and Dragonfly
In a rapacious episode from his land and sea animal focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank examines the insatiable appetite of the predatory…
A Beautiful Whiteboard Illustration of Jim Carrey Telling 2014 Graduates to Shun Acceptance In Favor of Self
In yet another brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool, an earnest Jim Carrey tells the 2014 graduating class of Maharishi University of Management, that the…
How Cuttlefish Use What They See to Activate Camouflaging Pigment Cells to Hide in Plain Sight
Neuroscientist Gilles Laurent who works at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research explains to the International Journal of Science site Nature what it means…
An Adorably Fat Tabby Cat Figures Out How to Escape a Closet by Squeezing Out From Under the Door
A fat cat who got trapped in a closet figured out how to escape by squeezing through the small crack at the bottom of the door.
An Adorable Compilation of Parents Telling Their Children That They Ate All of Their Halloween Candy
Host Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! presented an adorable compilation of the parents who participated in the Eighth Annual “Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told…
The Walking Dead’s Special Effects Expert Greg Nicotero Opens Up About What Scares Him the Most
Greg Nicotero, the special effects expert and executive producer of The Walking Dead, opened up during an interview with Topic, about his love of scary…