Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The Incredible Creativity That Foley Artists Employ to Create Common Sounds For Film and Television
Great Big Story visited with Alyson Moore, Chris Moriana and Mary Jo Lang, all of whom work for the Sound Department at Warner Bros in…
The 100 Meter Tower in Germany That Lets Scientists Test Zero Gravity Experiments on Earth
Tom Scott recently visited the Bremen Drop Tower at the University of Bremen in Germany, a 100-meter tall vacuum chamber that lets scientists test zero-gravity…
A Neglected Cat Gets a New Life After Five Pounds of Dirty, Matted Fur Is Removed From His Body
A photo posted by Sinbad The Cat (@sinbad_cosplaycat) on Jan 7, 2017 at 11:03am PST In late December 2016, a utilities worker in Chicago came…
A Gentle Irish Wolfhound Breaks the Guinness World Record for the Longest Tail on a Dog
A sweet and gentle Irish Wolfhound named Keon (“courageous warrior”), who lives with his family in the Flemish town of Westerlo, Belgium has broken the…
Surreptitious Little Squirrels Brazenly Steal Candy Bars From a Toronto Convenience Store
The frustrated proprietor of Luke’s Grocery & Snack Bar in Toronto who goes by the name Quilterrday took to reddit to seek advice about surreptitious…
Incredible Rube Goldberg Trick Shot That Spans Multiple Billiards Tables and Two Flights of Stairs
Allstars Sports Bar in Bristol, United Kingdom set up an incredible Rube Goldberg style trick shot that spanned two flights of stairs, multiple billiards table,…
The Combined Powder From 200,000 Sparklers Exploding Into a Massive Fireball
JoyBlend took the powder from 200,000 sparklers and combined them to create a massive explosion and fireball. The combined powder weighed about 100kg and went…
Coyote Peterson Has an Up Close Meeting With a Curious Dwarf Banana Boa Who Likes His Hat
While on a night hunt for shrimp in Costa Rica, adventurer Coyote Peterson excitedly came across a beautiful dwarf bromeliad boa (banana boa) who was…
Postmodern Jukebox Performs Jazz Variations of ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ From the ‘Harry Potter’ Films
Musicians Scott Bradlee (piano), Adam Kubota (bass), and Mike Cottone (trumpet) of the pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox performed amazing jazz variations of “Hedwig’s…
An Enormous Humpbacked Alligator Slowly Crosses a Park Path Oblivious to Camera Wielding Onlookers
A group of brave onlookers at the Circle B Bar Reserve – Polk Nature Discovery Center (CBBR) in in Bartow, Florida calmly watched as an…