Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The Slow Mo Guys Capture a LEGO Plane Crashing Into a LEGO City in Slow Motion
Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys recently filmed a LEGO airplane crashing into a giant LEGO city in slow motion. The…
Kenny Baker (1934-2016), Actor Best Known For Playing R2-D2 in the Star Wars Films
Today we lost a dear friend. We’ll miss you, Kenny Baker. pic.twitter.com/xDHvUurUgv — Star Wars (@starwars) August 13, 2016 Kenny Baker, 3’8′ tall British…
Cartoonist Imagines What Donald Trump’s 2015 Income Tax Return Might Look Like
A photo posted by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Aug 12, 2016 at 1:54pm PDT Kim Warp imagines what Donald Trump’s 2015 income tax…
How a Single-Celled Organism Paved the Way for Complex Life on Earth by Killing Almost Everything
A TED-Ed lesson by molecular biologist Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria paved the way for complex organisms by killing almost all life on Earth in the…
Kylo Ren Violently Reacts to the New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer
Kylo Ren violently reacts to the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer in a video cleverly edited by Auralnauts. Who better to offer…
Simone Giertz Invents the World’s First Pokémon Go Helmet
Inventor Simone Giertz has created the world’s first Pokémon Go helmet, a device that holds a smartphone in front of a person’s face to keep…
An Amazing Trick Balancing Toothpicks, Corks, and Forks on Top of a Single Toothpick
Richard Wiseman of Quirkology recently performed amazing trick where he balances toothpicks, corks, and forks on top of a single toothpick. music by Cameron Watt…
Adventurer Jumps From Helicopter & Soars Through the Sky Wearing a Carbon Fiber Jet Powered X Wing
Outside Television recently captured footage of Australian motivational speaker and extreme sports enthusiast Rex Pemberton testing out the X Wing, an experimental carbon fiber jet…
Scientists Determine Greenland Shark To Be Longest Living Vertebrate With Lifespan Up to 400 Years
British scientists made an incredible discovery about the Greenland shark, specifically that it is the longest living vertebrate with an incredibly long lifespan. The oldest…
The Population of Eight Different US States Could Fit Into the Five Boroughs of New York City
A map by MetricMaps shows that the populations of eight different US states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, West Virginia, Alaska, New Mexico, and…