Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
VetiGel, A Plant-Based Gel That Can Stop Bleeding in 20 Seconds When Applied to a Wound
VetiGel is a gel created by Brooklyn-based biotech startup Suneris that is made from plant-based polymers that are able to stop bleeding in 20 seconds…
Drone Footage of Suburban Upstate New York Streets During a Massive Snowstorm
Filmmaker James Grimaldi sent a drone out from a garage in West Seneca, New York — a suburb of Buffalo — to capture the quiet…
How ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Should Have Ended
The latest animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (previously) features several alternate endings for Marvel’s superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy. Character art…
Illinois Parent Creates Vivid Drawings on Her Kids’ Lunch Bags Every Day
Illinois artist Christy Kilgore creates vivid colored pencil and marker drawings on her kids’ otherwise bland brown lunch bags each day. Some drawings are of…
A Supercut of Seniors Dancing Set to the DJ Snake and Lil Jon Song ‘Turn Down for What’
Tastefully Offensive has produced a supercut of seniors dancing and set it to the DJ Snake and Lil Jon song “Turn Down for What.” The…
‘San Francisco, Portrait of a City: 1940-1960’, A Book of Gorgeous San Francisco Street Photography by Fred Lyon
image by Princeton Architectural Press For the past seven decades, 90-year-old San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon has been documenting his hometown in gorgeous street photography.…
Comedian Hannibal Buress Raps as Morpheus From the Movie ‘The Matrix’ on ‘The Eric Andre Show’
On a recent episode of The Eric Andre Show, comedian Hannibal Buress, who co-hosts the show, rapped over the closing credits dressed as the character of…
Adorable Children Dance and Lip Sync to Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé Singing ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’
Warner Bros. Records has produced a music video for Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé’s version of the classic wintertime song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” off…
‘Closer Plate’, A Convenient and Elegant Way To Hold Food and Drink In One Hand
San Francisco-based designer Marco Guadarrama has designed the Closer Plate, a convenient and elegant plate that allows diners to hold food and drink in one…
Mental Floss Explains the Meanings of Many Common Last Names
Mental Floss host John Green explains the origins of many common names in a recent episode of List Show. Green even explains his own last name, which…