Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
One Times Square, Home of the New Year’s Eve Ball
The New Yorker tells the story of One Times Square, the home of the New Year’s Eve ball, in this fascinating video. The building was…
Cooking a Christmas Turkey with a Lamborghini Aventador
The flame-spitting exhaust of a customized Lamborghini Aventador LP760 is used to cook a Christmas turkey in this video by Shmee150. GIF via Jalopnik via…
iFixit Teardown of Apple’s Cylindrical Mac Pro Desktop Computer
iFixit has posted its teardown of Apple’s recently released Mac Pro desktop computer. For more photos, information on repairability, and to find out what’s inside,…
Greedy Cat Tries to Hog All Three Food Bowls
A greedy orange tabby cat tries to hog all three bowls of food and physically blocks another cat from eating in this video by funfunmv.
Pupil Reflections in Photographs Could Help Solve Crimes, Researchers Say
In a recently published study, researchers demonstrated that people could be identified from pupil reflections in photos, a technique that could be used to solve…
Charlie the Dog Is Afraid to Pass Fluffy the Cat on the Stairs
In this video from 2012, Charlie the dog just wants to make it up the stairs, but is afraid to do so because Fluffy the…
How To Decide Where To Go To Escape a Zombie Apocolypse
Educator David Hunter explores the decision making process that takes place when one must flee a zombie apocalypse in this Ted-Ed lecture. He points out…
‘A Day In Vienna’, A Short Film Documenting Tom Waits’ Visit to Vienna in 1979
A Day in Viennadocuments the one day Tom Waits was in Vienna during his Blue Valentine European tour.
Orangutan Likes To Help With Doing the Laundry
An orangutan at the Camp Leakey Research Facility in Central Borneo prefers doing laundry over playing in the jungle in this video by Nat Geo…
Beautiful ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Walkthrough Maps Illustrated by Jason Thompson
“Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth” (larger) Artist Jason Thompson has created a beautiful series of Dungeons & Dragons walkthrough maps. You can download each of the…