Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Professional Table Tennis Champion Timo Boll Plays Match Against a Chinese Industrial Robot
German professional table tennis player Timo Boll plays against the KUKA KR Agilus industrial robot from KUKA Robot Group in a this highly-edited promotional video…
Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm Celebrity Photobomb Top of the Rock Tourists on ‘The Tonight Show’
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and actor Jon Hamm recently celebrity photobombed numerous unsuspecting Top of The Rock tourists in New York City. The tourists…
A Visual Compendium of Typewriters by Pop Chat Lab, An Art Print Featuring 60 of the Greatest Typewriters
(larger) Pop Chart Lab has created A Visual Compendium of Typewriters, a new art print that features “60 of the greatest typewriters from antiquity to…
Actor Kevin Bacon Explains What the 1980s Were Like to Millennials at South by Southwest
You couldn’t even skateboard to a Blockbuster without getting nuked. In this short video from Mashable, actor Kevin Bacon attempts to explain what the 1980s…
Multitrack A Capella Cover of the Dungeon Theme Music From ‘The Legend of Zelda’
YouTube entertainer Max “Smooth McGroove” Gleason created a multitrack a capella cover of the dungeon theme music from Nintendo’s classic 1987 video game The Legend…
Pete Holmes Questions the Provocative Clothing Worn by Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, Even Though He Loves It
“Some people, again not me, are saying that you look like you are the hostess at a slutty Benihana.” On a new episode of Street…
What Foreign Languages Sound Like to a Young Woman From Finland
Sara, who goes by Smoukahontas, from Finland recites a string of gibberish resembling several foreign languages, like Japanese and Swedish, in her recent “What Languages…
Cat Videobombs His Human’s Yoga Routine
Milo the cat videobombs the recording of his human’s yoga routine before shutting the whole thing down with a thwack of his paw.
Aliens Caterpillar P-5000 Work Loader Baby Costume
German father Carsten Riewe created a custom wonderful Caterpillar P-5000 Work Loader baby costume that was inspired by the Aliens films. Carsten made the power…
‘FIRST KISS’, A Beautiful Short Film That Captures the First Kiss Between a Series of Total Strangers
Do we just do this anytime? “FIRST KISS” is a short black-and-white film by creator Tatia Pilieva, with help from Los Angeles-based womenswear brand Wren,…