Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Why a Party Doesn’t Always Meet the Social Expectations of Truly Extroverted People
In a fascinating animation, the ever-insightful School of Life explains why people who consider themselves truly sociable quite often don’t enjoy the impersonal nature of…
An Adorable St. Bernard Puppy Tries to Make Friends With the Resident Goats at the Sunflower Creamery
In 2017, the proprietors of the Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine brought home an adorable Saint Bernard puppy named Frances, who trotted around the…
A Functioning LEGO Harvesting Machine
The Brick Wall built a functioning harvesting machine out of LEGO Technic pieces and a CLAAS XERION 5000 TRAC VC tractor. They were able to…
Software Engineer Gives Run-Through of a Complex Custom Puzzle Box That He Built For His Dad
Amazon software development engineer Ryan Calme built an incredibly complex custom puzzle box for his father and posted a video run-through of how its numerous…
Spinning Levers, A 1936 Educational Film Explaining How Vehicles With Manual Transmissions Work
“Spinning Levers” is a vintage educational film, produced by Jam Handy back in 1936 for Chevrolet, that explains how vehicles with manual transmissions work. The…
People From Around the World Show How They Sneeze and What’s Said Afterwards in Their Country
In a nosy episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from countries all over the…
Stunning Cosplay at Katsucon 2018
Filmmakers Blake Faucette and Matthew Sumner of Distractotron and Beat Down Boogie created a new cosplay video featuring the stunning costumes seen at Katsucon 2018.…
Obvious Plant Leaves Boxes of Funny New Girl Scout Cookie Flavors at Local Grocery Store
Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant visited a local grocery store and left custom boxes of funny new Girl Scout cookie flavors for everyone to…
An Affectionate Panda Hugs Her Favorite Human Before Climbing a Tree in the ‘PANDAS’ IMAX Trailer
In the trailer for the IMAX documentary feature film PANDAS, an affectionate cub gives her human a great big hug before setting off to climb…
The Trailer for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Re-Cut to the Adrenaline Pumping Beastie Boys Song ‘Sabotage’
The War Starts at Midnight Podcast took the official trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story and re-cut it to the adrenaline pumping Beastie Boys…