Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The Sourtoe Cocktail, A Quirky Yukon Hotel Drink That Contains a Severed, Preserved Human Toe
In a dactylic episode of Things You Might Not Know, the rather adventurous host Tom Scott travelled to Dawson City in Yukon, Canada, where he…
How to Teach a Cat to ‘Handshake’ Upon Request
In their first video of a soon-to-be ongoing series, human Pat and cat Sherlock demonstrated an efficient way to teach a cat how to proffer…
A Brilliantly Designed 21 Speed Ceramic Bicycle Drivetrain That Replaces Derailleurs and Chains
The Danish company CeramicSpeed in collaboration with the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado, has updated the simple bicycle with “Driven”, a brilliantly…
Saoirse Ronan Talks About Her Name, Her Favorite Causes While Answering 73 Questions During Tea
Actress Saoirse Ronan invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment for Vogue into her London flat. Despite the fact that she was packing to go…
Cartoonist Lauren Lorenzo and Her Grandmother Hilariously Try to Bake a Pie Without Knowing How
Cartoonist Lauren Lorenzo of the monthly series eLL cartoons animated the time that she and her grandmother hilariously decided to bake a pie, despite the…
A Wonderful Pixel-Perfect Cross-Stitched Recreation of the Original Mac OS Control Panel
My original Mac OS Control Panel cross-stitch project is done! This took nearly 6 months, working on and off- so many little pixels to stitch.…
How to Make Biscuits and Butter From the Late 1880s Using Period Appropriate Equipment
As part of his Cane to Candy series, artisan candy maker Gregory Cohen, owner of Lofty Pursuits in Tallahassee, Florida, shared a wonderfully nostalgic timelapse…
A Man Plays the Trombone While Riding on the Back of a Scooter to Make It Sound Like a Motorcycle
A man playing trombone while riding on the back of a scooter makes it sound like a motorcycle as they come around a curved street.
A Watchful Cat Stands on His Hind Legs to Confront a Wayward Bear Through a Sliding Glass Door
Missoula viewer Jess Hanson captured this image of his cat reacting to a bear in the Grant Creek area! pic.twitter.com/GTKSM04Tw3 — Laurel Staples (@LaurelNBCMT) July…
A Parody of Every Wedding Toast Ever Given
CollegeHumor has created a painfully accurate parody of every wedding toast ever given at a wedding. I’ve never been funny before, but I’m gonna go…