Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Maymo the Lemon Beagle Goes Public With His Addiction to Being Blow-Dried with His Human’s Hair Dryer
Maymo the Lemon Beagle, whose adventures we’ve posted in the past, has decided to go public with his unusual addiction to being blow-dried with his…
Tiny Kitten Attacks the Paw of an Unseen Grunting Monster on the Other Side of a Door
A curious little kitten attacks the paw of an unseen grunting creature who’s on the other side of a wooden door. According to turcitt, human…
A Mesmerizing Reversed Slow Motion Video of a Woman Spinning Flaming Steel Wool
A woman swinging flaming steel wool on tethers releases showers of sparks in the mesmerizing slow motion video “Ignition Sequences” by filmmaker Richard Johnston. Johnston…
An Eye-Catching Sculptural Floor Lamp Shaped Like a Shark’s Tail
Ukraine-based designer Ol’ha Shevchenko has created the Shark Tail Floor Lamp, a dramatic four-foot-tall light fixture shaped like the tail-end of a shark. The lamp…
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, A Collection of Bizarre Artifacts and Oddities in London, England
photo by Oskar Proctor The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities is a thoroughly bizarre museum that houses an eclectic collection of oddities and artifacts inside…
Barnes and Webb, Urban Beekeepers Who Sell Honey and Install Bee Hives All Around London
In a recent episode of the Vice food series Munchies, London beekeepers Chris Barnes and Paul Webb (Barnes and Webb) demonstrate how they go about…
Veritasium Explores the Nature of Risk and How Humans Perceive It
An interesting video by Veritasium (previously) explores the nature of risk and how humans perceive it. Host Derek Muller asks people if they would taken an…
‘The Evolution of the Human Eye’, A Short Animation Explaining How the Eye Has Adapted Throughout the Years
In the TED-Ed animation “The Evolution of the Human Eye,” educator Joshua Harvey explains how the human eye has changed and adapted over the course…
The Jacket of Infinite Improbability, A Jacket Inspired by ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’
The Jacket of Infinite Improbability is a jacket designed by Steve Teeps and inspired by the Douglas Adams book series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.…
French Bulldog Pup Hunts Down His Human’s Slippers, Pretends to Be a Turtle, and Gets Revenge on the Family Cat
Pixel, the possessive French bulldog puppy who recently fought a fierce battle over his beloved bed, has been spending his time hunting down his human’s…