Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Man Builds an Incredibly Loud, Leaf Blower Powered Train Horn Out of a 55 Gallon Drum
Barrett Crook of Lexington, North Carolina made an incredibly loud train horn out of a 55 gallon drum, a five gallon bucket, and a fiber…
Japanese Cat Plays With a Sphero BB-8 Robot Toy
Imotaro, a cute little Japanese cat, steathly stalked then played around with one of Sphero‘s awesome BB-8 app-controlled robot toy from Star Wars as it…
Amazing Robot Table Uses Mechanical Actuators to Move Soccer Balls Along Programmed Paths
Intelligent Actuator put on quite the cutting-edge demonstration at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 in Tokyo, Japan when they presented their amazing robot table made…
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson Reminisce About Starting Out at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC
While appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the fabulous duo of Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson from Broad City reminisced with the host about…
Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) Takes Actors to Droid School in a Star Wars: The Last Jedi Featurette
An informative new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Star Wars: The Last Jedi that follows Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) as he teaches new…
Leonard Solomon Performs a Playful Partial Version of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ on His Majestic Bellowphone
A very cheery Leonard Solomon, who is an extremely talented and inventive musician, performed a playful part of the classic Sergei Prokofiev musical tale “Peter…
A Powerful Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) Pie
In her latest tutorial video, the incredible Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome paid tribute to Carrie Fisher by making a Princess Leia Organa…
An Outdoor Market in Thailand That Shuts Down Eight Times a Day to Let a Train Run Right Through It
Great Big Story visited the Maeklong Railway Market in Samut Songkhram, Thailand to learn more about its rather unusual arrangement. Because the market occupies space…
Daredevil Sets World Record for Running the Fastest and Farthest Distance While on Fire Without Oxygen
With help from the Stannage International Stunt Team, daredevil and escapologist Antony Britton set the Guinness World Record for running the fastest 100 m sprint…
An Amusingly Persistent Dog Tries to Figure Out How to Carry a Long Stick Across a Narrow Bridge
An adorable golden retriever who had picked up a nice long stick to carry home, came upon a bit of a quandary when she and…