Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Simon’s Cat Logic Dispels the Myth That Black Cats Cause Bad Luck
Just ahead of National Black Cat Day on October 27 and Halloween, animator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow of the adorably animated advice…
A Couple of Adorably Competitive Cats Try to Keep Up With Each Other on a Quickly Moving Treadmill
A couple of adorably competitive cats named Sweetie and Sam, attempted to keep up with one another while striding upon a quickly moving treadmill. Both…
An Amazing Stop Motion Video of Cleverly Carved Pumpkins Dancing to Music Made by Pumpkins
Sean Ohlenkamp and Rob Popkin created "Oh My Gourd", a stop motion video of cleverly carved pumpkins dancing.
Monsoon IV, The Beauty of the Southwest Summer Skies Captured in a Gorgeous Timelapse
In the fourth video from of his “Monsoon” series, photographer Mike Olbinski, a Phoenix-based stormchaser, once again captured the beauty of the skies over the…
An Augmented Reality Measuring App That Helps Make Parallel Parking Into Tight Spaces Easier
Air Measure by Laan Labs is a free iOS app that employs augmented reality to use in place of tape measures, rulers and yardsticks in…
The World’s Fastest Talker Uses Varying Speeds to Describe His Long Career in Show Business
Great Big Story visited with John Moschitta Jr, actor and former Guinness World Record holder for World’s Fastest Talker, who shared with them how he…
A Clever Rug That Creates the Illusion of a Gaping Hole in the Floor When Viewed at a Certain Angle
British designer Scott Jarvie has created the wonderful Void Rug, a clever floor covering that creates the optical illusion that, when viewed at a certain…
Clever Ad Uses Pink Kittens to Show What People Miss When They Look at Their Phones While Driving
A really clever ad by Think!road safety employs pink kittens, a stylized music video theme and a soundtrack by Aphex Twin, in order to show…
The Haunting Story of the Mad Widow Who Built Winchester Mystery House to Placate Angry Ghosts
In the thriller film WINCHESTER: The House That Ghosts Built, actress Dame Helen Mirren portrays Sarah Winchester, a grieving widow who inherited her late husband’s…
Amazing Dungeon Master Has Been Running a Dungeons & Dragons Campaign For 35 Years
Great Big Story traveled to London, Ontario to visit with Robert Wardhaugh, an amazing man who started his first game of Dungeons and Dragons in…