Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Playful Sheep Gleefully Bounces on a Trampoline
A pet sheep named Bacon who lives on a Marlborough, New Zealand farm with his human Vanessa Anderson and her family discovered a trampoline out…
British Singer Blesses the Rains in Scandinavia in a Hilarious Black Metal Cover of the Toto Song ‘Africa’
The classic 1982 Toto song “Africa” has been getting a great deal of attention as of late. Aside from being declared the “internet’s favorite song“,…
Why Victims of Shaming Blame Themselves Rather Than Holding Their Cruel Tormentors Accountable
In a gently consoling animation, the consistently insightful School of Life, explains how victims of shaming are more likely to turn that shame on themselves.…
How Leonard Cohen Employed Biblical Metaphors to Truly Convey the Beauty, Power and Pain of Love
In a brilliantly detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a deep dive into the way in which the late, great Leonard Cohen wrote…
Brilliant 3D Drawings That Jump Right Off the Page With Creative Paper Folding, Tearing and Stacking
A post shared by HuskMitNavn (@huskmitnavn1) on Jul 24, 2018 at 9:07am PDT Danish artist HuskMitNavn (Remember My Name), who’s work we’ve written about in…
Converted Minivan Rides the Rails Through Vaser Valley in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania
The Vaser Valley Railway is a narrow passageway through forest of the Carpathian Mountains in rural Mamures County in northern Romania. Much of the railway…
An Elderly Cat Returns Home to Her Beloved Human Over 13 Years After Mysteriously Going Missing
In 2005, Janet Adamowicz had let her adorable 4-year-old tabby named Boo outdoors and then never heard from her again. Brokenhearted, Adamowicz looked long and…
QTrobot, An Emotionally Expressive Robot That Socially Engages With Children Who Have Autism
The LuxAI QTrobot is a wonderful humanoid robot that socially interacts with children who have different forms of autism. The QT is emotionally expressive and…
A Fascinating List of Autonomic Functions That Occur Within the Human Body Every 60 Seconds
That narrator of a fascinating episode of the animated Infographics Show explains the complexity of the human body, focusing specifically on what occurs within every…
Foo Fighters Dave Grohl Plays Every Instrument on a Live 23 Minute Multi-Track Original Instrumental
In the film Play, former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl narrates a short clip about “Join the Band“, a youth-oriented music…