Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
After You, A Touching Animation About the Life of a Longtime Hotel Doorman in Dublin, Ireland
In 2013, Irish filmmaker Damien O’Connor of Brown Bag Films created “After you“, a short animated film that tells the incredibly touching story of a…
A Quick Physiological Explanation Why It’s Not Safe to Take Medication With Grapefruit Juice
In a recent episode of SciShow, host Hank Green explains why it’s not safe to drink grapefruit juice while taking medication for conditions such as…
A Tiny Kitten Lovingly Snuggles With a Rescued Piglet
A little piglet named Laura was rescued from a pig farm when she was only a few days old and brought to the Santuario Igualdad…
BBC Host Oli Martin Filmed Shirtless in Freezing Conditions With a Thermal Imaging Camera to Visualize Heat Loss
Host Oli Martin strips down shirtless in the freezing Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands and is filmed using a Selex Merlin thermal imaging camera in a clip from…
Candy Kittens Run Amok Amongst Baked Goods Before Drifting Off to Sleep Under the Kotatsu
A photo posted by @caroline_laura318 on Feb 21, 2015 at 6:24pm PST Confectionary artist and cat lover Caroline Ingalls of “Caroline and Laura’s Tea Break“,…
Stanford University Engineers Respond to Stephen Colbert Saying Science Ruined Spider-Man
During a recent episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert mentioned a Cambridge University study titled “Why Spider-Man Can’t Exist: Geckos Are ‘Size Limit’ for…
Talented Bassist Flawlessly Performs Two Separate Sets of 100 Famous Bass Lines
Italian musician Davie504, who happens to be a remarkably talented bassist, has put together two amazing medley videos. In the first, he played the top…
Stretch Armstrong Returns in New Netflix Animated Series Based on the Classic Gel-Filled Action Figure
Netflix recently announced that they will be launching an animated action-comedy series from Hasbro Studios based on Stretch Armstrong, the large gel-filled action figure that…
A Beautiful Rescued Tabby Cat With Perpetually Worried Eyes and an Eternally Furrowed Brow
A photo posted by Bum (@worried_cat_aka_bum) on Jan 24, 2016 at 11:19pm PST Bum aka “Worried Cat”, a beautiful tabby whose crossed eyes and furrowed…
The Wonders of a Snow Day
Grant Snider takes a look at the wonders of a “Snow Day” on his latest comic on Incidental Comics.