Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Susan Burgos in a green frog hat and frog T-shirt sits amid hundreds of frog figurines, teapots and plush toys

California Woman Sets Guinness World Record for the Largest Collection of Frog Memorabilia

October 23, 2026

‘LinkedIn Park’ Turns Linkin Park’s ‘In the End’ Into a Corporate Jargon Anthem

October 23, 2026

Dozens of colorful amphibious cars, many shaded by beach umbrellas, cruise across the water in Berlin

70 Road-Legal Amphibious Cars Drive Into the Water at a Gathering in Berlin

October 22, 2026

Six Big Mouth Singers toy heads with googly eyes and hats sit on an orange toy keyboard, one with its mouth open

Vintage Big Mouth Singers Toy Keyboard Performs the Beastie Boys Song ‘Brass Monkey’

October 22, 2026

Freddie Mercury raises his fist and sings into a microphone on stage beside the words “key changes!”

The Distinctive Key Changes That Made Queen’s ‘We Are the Champions’ Sound So Triumphant

October 22, 2026

Eight colorful marbles lined up on black gravel before a miniature haunted castle with tombstones and tiny pumpkins

Eight Marbles Race Through a Haunted Castle Marble Run to Escape Giant Hungry Spiders

October 22, 2026

Illona Bolou plays an acoustic guitar fingerstyle in two side-by-side scenes in different rooms

French Guitarist Plays a Gorgeous Fingerstyle Cover of Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’

October 21, 2026

Two iridescent squid entwined on a sandy seafloor in the dark, their large eyes glowing

The Bizarre Ways Cephalopods Reproduce

October 21, 2026

Ben Cuevas in round glasses and a skeleton shirt in front of a spooky Halloween backdrop with jack-o’-lanterns

How Halloween Aesthetics Evolved Over the Last Century

October 21, 2026

Three ring-tailed lemurs gather around a carved jack-o'-lantern at the Oregon Zoo, one snacking on a treat

Adorable Lemurs at the Oregon Zoo Enjoy Halloween Jack-o’-Lanterns With Grapes Hidden Inside

October 21, 2026