Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Fabulously Nostalgic Version of Trivial Pursuit Focused on Everything That Is ‘The Golden Girls’
ThinkGeek has released a wonderfully nostalgic version of the classic game of Trivial Pursuit that features the fabulous The Golden Girls. On the cover of…
How Simply Acknowledging Another Person’s Pain Can Help Them More Than Just Telling Them to Cheer Up
Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief created a truly insightful animation that offers helpful advice on consoling a friend who may be grieving.
How Phoebe Buffay’s Layered Enigmatic Eccentricity Forces Her ‘Friends’ to Be True to Themselves
As part of their series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism…
How City Planners Are Addressing Traffic Issues by Slimming Down City Streets Fat With Extra Lanes
In an arterial report from Vox, multimedia producer Carlos Waters explains in a good amount of detail how city planners are putting roads that are…
A Small Tornado Sends Tents Flying High Up Into the Air at the Parookaville Music Festival
Attendees of the annual Parookaville music festival were caught by surprised when a small tornado hit the host town of Weeze, Germany. The strong winds…
Gorgeous Footage of Colorful Butterflies Drinking the Tears of Turtles Along the Peruvian Amazon
Conservationist, entomologist and television host Phil Torres of Jungle Diaries, who spent two years in the Peruvian Amazon, captured on video the remarkable sight of…
Puzzled Husky Goes Adorably Cross Eyed While Pondering a Butterfly That Landed on Her Nose
A sweetly good-natured Siberian Husky named Cymber of fluffyhuskytales became a bit puzzled when a wayward butterfly landed upon her big, beautiful nose. This strange…
Yawning Husky Stares at His Sleeping Human Until He Wakes Up to Take Him Outside
The human belonging to a beautiful Siberian husky named Gohan documented an amusing compilation of a week’s worth of mornings.
Large Sinkhole on a Busy Colorado Road Completely Swallows an Entire Sports Utility Vehicle
While driving down a busy Sheridan, Colorado highway, motorist Tye Adams captured the unusual sight of a black SUV that had fallen into a large…
How to Build John Bonham’s Basic Drum Kit
Musician Rick Beato, who’s also a music producer and father to a boy with perfect pitch, explained how the legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham…