Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Improv Everywhere Sets Up an Unauthorized Luxury Spa on a Sweltering New York City Subway Platform
Improv Everywhere turned a sweltering New York City subway platform into an unauthorized luxury “subway spa” during their latest mission. Performers provided an array of…
Researchers Recover Audio From a Video of a Vibrating Bag of Potato Chips
A group of researchers from Adobe, Microsoft, and MIT have recovered audio from a video of a vibrating bag of potato chips. The algorithm developed…
Cute Kid Noah Ritter ‘Apparently’ Steals the Show During an Interview at the Wayne County Fair in Pennsylvania
Noah Ritter, a super cute kid from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, apparently stole the show from WNEP Newswatch 16 co-anchor Sofia Ojeda during an interview at the…
Guardians of the Galaxy Star Chris Pratt Raps Eminem’s ‘Forgot About Dre’ Word-For-Word During an Interview
During a recent episode of The Whoolywood Shuffle radio show on SiriusXM Shade 45, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt sat down with host…
Malfoy the Cat Goes Searching for the Tail He Lost Somewhere Between the Bed and the Wall
A beautiful orange tabby named Malfoy goes searching for his tail, which somehow keeps getting lost somewhere between the bed and the wall in this…
‘Drifters’, An Animated Short About Strangers Who Wake Up on a Train After Undergoing Traumatic Events
“Drifters” is a strange and unsettling animated short from 2012 directed by Brooklyn animator Ethan Clarke in which various strangers wake up on a train…
‘Streets’, Super Slow Motion Video of Summertime in New York City
“Streets” is a short video by cinematographer Tim Sessler that features some beautiful super slow motion shots of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan in the summertime…
SciShow Explains What Makes Hummingbirds So Unique
SciShow host Hank Green explains the various biological elements that make hummingbirds such a unique family of birds, from their tiny size and large hearts…
Conan O’Brien Opens His Show In the Style of ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Host Conan O’Brien opened last night’s Conan in the style of the Neflix series Orange Is the New Black, complete with hair by an in-character…
Video of a Rainstorm Causing Raging Mountain Flooding in the Swiss Alps
YouTube user PiperLambert captured the beginnings of a raging mudslide on the Illhorn mountain in the Swiss Pennine Alps. The mudslide was brought on by…