Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

A hand with red nails beside Heidi Klum's giant gory severed-hand costume, complete with rings and a bloody wrist

Heidi Klum Turns Into a Giant Gory Severed Hand for Her 25th Annual Halloween Party

November 2, 2026

Blossom the rescued beaver nudges a bright blue bowling ball across sandy ground

Rescued Beaver Blossom Shows Off His Bowling Skills

November 2, 2026

Two views of a red metal devil robot with yellow eyes standing over a wire cage for cans marked Latas

A Comical Hand-Cranked Red Devil Robot That Crushes Aluminum Cans for Recycling

November 1, 2026

Overhead view of a GraviTrax marble run beside a wooden box of marbles arranged in a bluebird mosaic

A Clever GraviTrax Marble Run That Builds a Bluebird Mosaic Using Only Pre-Positioned Marbles

November 1, 2026

Four Mandalorian helmets, including Boba Fett's green helmet and a silver beskar helmet, under the words Complete History

The Complete History of Mandalore in Star Wars

October 31, 2026

Simon Whistler presents beside a black-and-white 1942 aerial photo of desert airfield runways

How Area 51 Likely Got Its Name From the Nevada Test Site’s Numbering System

October 31, 2026

Two Spencer Gifts employees in red polo shirts stand before a wall of Halloween masks, one wearing a Ghostface mask

A Humorously Dated 1998 Spencer Gifts Employee Training Video for Halloween

October 30, 2026

Patrick Stewart smiles in a tweed jacket and open-collared blue shirt during a 1988 BBC interview

Patrick Stewart Tells BBC’s Terry Wogan How He Became Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a 1988 Interview

October 30, 2026

A woman in black gloves works beside a giant white foam dragon head with flowing, flame-like carved whiskers

Artists in Vietnam Carve a Giant White Dragon From a Block of Foam

October 30, 2026

Butter sculptor Gerry Kulzer carves a woman's portrait from a block of butter with a small tool

Artist Carves Portraits From Giant Blocks of Butter Inside a Rotating Fridge at the Minnesota State Fair

October 30, 2026