Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Magic Marker Stick Figure Drawn on a Table Starts Dancing When Water Is Poured Over Him
In a fascinating demonstration, an unknown person drew a stick figure on a dining room table with a non-soluble marker. The person then poured a…
A Hilarious Parody That Welcomes Donald Trump to the Netherlands Using His Own Style of Speaking
In the spirit of diplomacy, the Dutch talk show Zondag Met Lubach, host Arjen Lubach wanted to introduce the 45th President of the United States…
A Namibian Truck Driver Rescues an Orphaned Baby Aardvark He Found Leaning Against His Vehicle
In 2016, a Namibian truck driver discovered a baby aardvark leaning against one of the tires of his vehicle. After looking around for the aardvark’s…
World Song Map, A Detailed Poster That Imagines the World Map Made Up of Song Titles
In 2012, we wrote about The Dorothy Collective‘s very clever “Song Map”, a detailed poster in which all road and location names were taken from…
How a Long Dead Danish King Is Memorialized in Modern Phone Technology
Tom Scott visits the thousand-year-old Jelling stones in Denmark to explain how the long dead Danish king Harald Bluetooth came to be memorialized in modern…
A Digital Head Is Weirdly Manipulated in a Variety of Ways in Adult Swim’s Bizarre Animation ‘Face Lift’
A digital head is weirdly manipulated in the Adult Swim animation “Face Lift” by Steve Smith and Jerry Paper. The face goes through a number…
A Bushbaby Spy Camera Captures the Gentle Relationship Between a Chimp and a Genet Kitten
In a heartwarming clip from the PBS version of the BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, a spy bushbaby captured the gentle and caring relationship…
How to Cook the ‘Not So Terrible’ Strudel From Inglorious Basterds
Chef and filmmaker Andrew Rea demonstrates how to cook the “not so terrible” strudel from Inglorious Basterds on his series Binging With Babish. The recipe…
An Amusing Animation That Imagines Unlikely Features of Objects in Various Scenarios
UK production house Mainframe North has created the very amusing “For Approval“, an amusing experimental animation that imagines unlikely features from common objects within different…
A Useless Salad Tossing Machine That Tosses, Mixes, and Warms Salads
Useless Duck Company CEO Mike demonstrates their latest product, the Useless Salad Machine, a 3D-printed machine that tosses, mixes, and warms salads in the company’s…