Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Compassionate Human Bravely Removes a Soda Can From the Head of a Frantic Skunk
When Mike MacMillan of SkeptiSketch encountered frantic skunk whose head had gotten stuck in a coke can near his home in Orillia, Ontario, he bravely…
A Mysterious Memorial Appears for Staten Island Ferry That Was Sunk by a Giant Octopus in 1963
Joe Reginella of Toxic Teddies crafted a truly elaborate prank about a Staten Island Ferry that disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Isolated, Animated Sci-Fi Short About a Taxi Driver Who Crashes & Wakes Up in a Zombie Outbreak
Dust is a online destination for some of the “best sci-fi shorts in the universe” created by imaginative filmmakers and fans. Isolated is an animated…
Mike Phirman Uses His Two Hands to Create Snake That Performs ‘Trust in Me’ From ‘The Jungle Book’
Musician Mike Phirman (Hard ‘N Firm) used only his two hands to create a Kaa snake puppet to perform “Trust in Me” from The Jungle…
Dizzying Video Shot From the Center of a Spinning Helicopter Rotor
Dizzying video shot from the center of a helicopter rotor causes the world to spin as the blades get up to speed. Another video from…
Stunning Timelapse of Grand Teton National Park
Filmmakers and brothers Will and Jim Pattiz of More Than Just Parks have created an absolutely stunning timelapse video that takes us on a beautiful…
An Adorable Red Train That Delivers Books From Storage to the Main Branch of the NY Public Library
As part of its ongoing overhaul, the New York Public Library has installed a very clever conveyer train that moves research materials from the expanded…
A Colorful Marble Race on a Sand Hill Track
Jelle Bakker of Jelle’s Marble Runs created an amazing 350-foot-long marble race track on a sand hill in Doorn, Netherlands.
How Large a City Would Need to Be to Hold All 7.4 Billion People in the World
Real Life Lore looked at the population density of cities around the world to calculate how large a city would need to be to hold…
A Critical Debunking of the Cicret Bracelet Wearable Display
Captain Disillusion provided a critical debunking of the Cicret Bracelet wearable display’s 2014 viral product video. The Captain pointed out a number of inconsistencies in…