Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
BMX Rider Hops Off Handrail and Makes a Group of Fallen Traffic Cones Magically Pop Back Up
BMX biker Daniel Bungay of the Bone Deth crew posted a video on Instagram of him grinding and hopping off of a handrail and onto…
Phone Home, A Musical Remix of ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ by Melodysheep
Musician John D. Boswell (a.k.a. “Melodysheep“) of Symphony of Science has created “Phone Home,” a musical remix of Steven Spielberg‘s classic 1982 film E.T. the…
Virginia Man Uses a Flamethrower to Melt Away the Snow From His Driveway
Nathanael Caplinger of Amherst, Virginia used a flamethrower to melt away the snow from his driveway after a troublesome snowstorm. According to WRIC ABC 8News,…
The Windows of San Francisco, An Interactive Virtual Tour of Daily Life in the City by the Bay
Jon Murray has created “Windows of San Francisco” a wonderful interactive virtual tour of San Francisco featuring 100 different window views taken from different location…
The Chaotic History Behind Why There Are Only 28 Days in the Month of February (Plus Leap Year)
After Skool explains via an illuminating whiteboard illustration, the very chaotic and rather political reasons as to why February has only 28 days plus an…
The Amazing Story of a Champion Horseback Rider Who Started Dressage After She Lost Her Legs
In 2012, a young Swedish woman named Felicia Grimmenhag was recovering from a losing both her legs in a particularly horrific car accident when a…
Beautiful Short Film About a Man Who Avoided Trouble by Taking Care of His Rooftop Pigeons
In the first episode of his “Passion Projects” series, filmmaker Andrew Leibman created “Rooftop Refuge“, a beautifully shot short documentary about aviculturist Dave Malone. Malone,…
A Hungry Dog Bounces Up and Down In a Futile Attempt to Reach the Pizza on the Counter
A determined dog eagerly bounced up and down, all in a futile attempt to reach the piece of pizza that was left out on the counter.
Why Inhabitants of Planet Earth Should Be Very Wary of Extraterrestrial Lifeforms Coming Here to Stay
In a ominously informative animated essay, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains why the arrival of extra-terrestrial alien life upon Earth would be bad news…
How Perceived Collaboration and the Comfort of Familiarity Fuels the Creativity of Remixes
Vanessa Hill, host of the PBS Digital Studios series Braincraft, took a fascinating look into the popularity of remixes and specifically what makes them so…