Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
What Various Beverages Other Than Water Taste Like When Filtered Through a Brita Pitcher
I was all in until I tasted it. Comedians Ali Spagnola and Maxnosleeves embarked on an interesting experiment when they put various beverages through their…
Graphing the Possible Undiscovered Planets In Our Solar System by Size and Distance
Randall Munroe of xkcd graphs the possible undiscovered planets in our solar system by size and distance from his current location.
Types of Motivation
“Types of Motivation” by Grant Snider on Incidental Comics
Crystallography Footage Shows the Chemistry of How Snowflakes Form and Why Each One Is Unique
American Chemical Society series Reactions explains the chemistry of how snowflakes form and what makes each one unique. Because of how the water vapor that forms snowflakes…
Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Announce That They Recorded a New Collaborative Album in Secret
On the January 21 episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the great Iggy Pop and Josh Homme, founder of Queens of the Stone…
Drawings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Characters Come to Life in Artist’s Animated Vine and Instagram Videos
Who is Rey? Pen: Namiki Falcon. Ink: Noodler's Ink. #animation #illustration #starwars A video posted by Pinot Ichwandardi (@pinot) on Dec 29, 2015 at 6:37am…
It’s Not Rocket Science, A New Animated Comedy Science Series Starring Astronaut Chris Hadfield
It’s Not Rocket Science is a new animated comedy science series starring Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The show will be written by Evan Hadfield, and animated…
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Plays Ping Pong With a Floating Ball of Water on the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly plays ping pong with a floating ball of water on the International Space Station using two paddles made of a hydrophobic…
Car Journalist Test Drives a 1914 Ford Model T and Discovers That They Are Fairly Complicated to Drive
Hannah Elliot, who covers car news for Bloomberg, recently test drove a 1914 Ford Model T and learned a few surprising things about the car.…
Siri Answers a Math Question and Helps Three Musical Coworkers Lay Down an Impressive Beat
This is the coolest video you will see today. pic.twitter.com/Bx5LATTxio — Sheikh Spear (@FailedRckstr) January 21, 2016 Siri answers the question, “What is one trillion…