Laughing Squid

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Swedish Torch

How to Build an Ingenious 400-Year-Old Swedish Torch From a Single Log

January 19, 2026

People Endured Too Much

How Past Trauma Rewires the Brain to Become Hypervigilant in the Face of Danger

January 19, 2026

Rescue Dog Underwater Swimmer

Man Discovers That His Beloved Rescue Dog Is a Talented Underwater Swimmer

January 19, 2026

Cancer Spontaneous Remission

Why Certain Cancers Go Into Spontaneous Remission

January 18, 2026

Advice Over Intuition

A Thought-Provoking Animation About Listening to Advice of Others Over Our Own Intuition

January 18, 2026

Street Race animation

A Giant Muscled Man in Red Sports Car Challenges a Laughing Baby in Stroller to a ‘Street Race’

January 17, 2026

John Fogerty NPR Tiny Desk

80 Year Old John Fogerty Plays a Wonderful NPR Tiny Desk Concert With His Two Sons in the Band

January 17, 2026

GWAR Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan

GWAR Performs an Earnest Cover of the Chappell Roan Song ‘Pink Pony Girl’

January 16, 2026

Three Guys From Boston Tonight Show

Three Guys From Boston (Damon, Affleck, Fallon) Say Every Town and City in Massachusetts

January 16, 2026

Liquid Death elf cosmetics Lip Embalm

Liquid Death and e.l.f. Cosmetics Introduce ‘Lip Embalm’ With a Darkly Comedic Song About Chapped Lips

January 16, 2026