Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Colin Furze Lights a Celebratory Fireworks Display Using a Giant Homemade 20 Foot Fire Tornado
Eccentric inventor Colin Furze celebrated his YouTube channel reaching a milestone four million subscribers by lighting a fireworks display using a giant homemade 20 foot…
Actor Michael Kenneth Williams Asks Different Versions of Himself If He’s Being Typecast
Actor Michael Kenneth Williams spoke with different versions of himself to figure out whether or not he felt like he was being typecast.
A Journalist Interviews Two Reformed Zombies in the Funny Animated Comedy ‘Less Than Human’
Less Than Human is an animated comedy film, created by a team of third year character animation and CG students at The Animation Workshop in…
The Poisonous History of How Fake Blood Is Made
In a bloody good episode of the >Frontiers series by Great Big Story, they take a look at the poisonous history of how fake blood…
Digital Loading Symbols Are Turned Into Something Playful in the Animated Short ‘Analogue Loaders’
London artist and filmmaker Raphael Vangelis spent 1.5 years creating Analogue Loaders, an awesome stop-motion animated short film where well-known and aggravating digital loading symbols…
Why People Should Stop Memorizing Their Passwords and Embrace Password Managers
Vox contributors Dean Peterson and Alvin Chang make an animated case for why people should stop memorizing their passwords and embrace more secure password managers.…
Beautifully Complex LEGO Machine That Sends Small Balls Surfing Across a Wave of 38 Colors
Last week we wrote about Maastricht, Netherlands LEGO enthusiast Berthil van Beek and his complicated LEGO machine that continually accelerates small balls through a winding…
Ivory Soap Foams and Expands In an Experiment Filmed Inside an Active Microwave
Science presenter Steve Mould filmed Ivory soap foams and expanding during an experiment he filmed inside an active microwave. Mould says he will be using…
A Sickly Cat Riddled With Mange Begins to Heal After Receiving a Loving Hug from a Caring Woman
On February 12, 2017, Elaine Seamans, animal lover and founder of At-Choo Treasures was visiting the Baldwin Park Shelter in Los Angeles when she spotted…
How Toilets Changed History and Became One of the Most Important Modern Medical Advancements
Toilets have had a profound impact on how humans poop, but also to their health overall as they help fight preventable diseases like typhoid, dysentery,…