Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Beautiful Slow Motion Video of a Colorful Hoopoe Bird Feeding Its Young
A hoopoe, a strikingly colorful bird with a jaunty crown of feathers, feeds its young in this beautiful slow motion footage shot by nature filmmaking…
Ultra-Minimalist Movie Posters Featuring Designs Consisting Only of Circles
Sydney-based designer Nick Barclay has created an ultra-minimalist film poster series in which each movie is represented only with circles. He has more minimalist design…
The Sant Antoni de la Pobla Bonfire Festival, An Annual Winter Street Celebration in Barcelona
Once every January, devils run through the streets of Barcelona for a winter festival pic.twitter.com/2OFnP9hgta — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) February 4, 2015 The Sant…
NASA Celebrates Five Years of the Solar Dynamics Observatory With a Video Highlighting Solar Activity
NASA is celebrating the five year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center with a video highlighting some of the…
‘Born with Curiosity’, A Film About Computer Pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper That Was Inspired by a Tweet
Born with Curiosity is a film and interactive media project created by filmmaker Melissa Pierce, who was inspired to make the film after reading a…
A Solar-Powered ‘Death Ray’ Melting Metal
Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds of What Could Possibly Go Wrong? build a solar-powered “death ray” that can melt metal in a recent entertaining clip.…
‘The Truth About Meeting Women’, A Comedy Sketch by Paul Gale About His Fear of Meeting People
“Seek love. Risk rejection. We’re all gonna die anyway.” “The Truth About Meeting Women” is a comedy sketch by comedian Paul Gale (previously) about his…
A Simple Way to Chill White Wine Using Frozen Grapes
Dave Hax (previously) demonstrates how to simply chill a glass of white wine using frozen grapes. The grapes won’t dilute the wine in the way…
Monikers, A Humorously Illustrated Party Game
The humorously illustrated party game Monikers, which was created by Alex Hague and Justin Vickers and is an updated version of the classic game Celebrity,…
How the Film ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Should Have Ended
The latest animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (previously) features an alternate ending for X-Men: Days of Future Past, the 2014 superhero film…