Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

First-person view from a diving platform high above a narrow rocky gorge with a waterfall and a pool far below

Daredevil Sets Record With Amazing 193 Foot High Dive

May 19, 2023

History of Pasta

The Saucy History Behind Pasta

May 19, 2023

British and US English Differences

Why British English and American English Often Use Different Words for the Exactly Same Thing

May 19, 2023

Hardtack Ship Biscuit

The Long Naval History of Hardtack Ship’s Biscuits

May 19, 2023

Titanic 3D

Stunning Full 3D Scan of the Titanic Wreckage

May 18, 2023

Rico Porcupine Exercise Wheel

Big-Nosed Porcupine Adorably Runs on Exercise Wheel

May 18, 2023

Bird Mating Dance Tennis Match

Ze Frank Narrates Bird’s Mating Dance as Tennis Shots

May 18, 2023

Prairie Dog Life

A Pair of Laundry-Loving Rescued Prairie Dogs Live Their Best Life

May 18, 2023

Blue Stilton Cheese Mold

How Mold Is Encouraged to Grow Inside Stilton Cheese

May 17, 2023

Why Y and W are Vowels

How Physics Justifies the Letters Y and W as Vowels

May 17, 2023