Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Growing the Worlds Largest Flower

A Botanist’s Quest to Grow the World’s Largest Flower

October 11, 2023

Underwater Cables

Why a Wireless World Relies on Underwater Cables

October 11, 2023

Clingy Cat

Couple Adopts Cat Thinking He’d Be Independent Like Most Cats But Instead Was Clingy in the Sweetest Way

October 11, 2023

Maps of Zork

The Imaginative User Created Adventure Maps of Zork

October 10, 2023

Sinéad O’Connor, with a shaved head and a long purple dress, stands at a microphone on a dark stage in 1990

Sinéad O’Connor Sings Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’ With Roger Waters in 1990

October 10, 2023

Candle Ice Canoe

The Satisfying Crunch of Canoeing Through Candle Ice

October 10, 2023

Darker Side of Ladybug

The Darker Side of Ladybugs

October 10, 2023

New York City 1940s

Colorized Footage of New York City in the 1940s

October 10, 2023

Tortoise Storytime

Man Lovingly Reads a Book to a Captivated Tortoise

October 10, 2023

History of Video Games

The Complete History of Video Games in 12 Hours

October 9, 2023