Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

1991 in Rock

Why 1991 Was Such a Pivotal Year in Rock Music

February 9, 2023

Giant Keyboard

Engineer Builds a Giant Working Keyboard

February 9, 2023

Third Man Pressing

How Vinyl Records Are Made at Third Man Pressing

February 9, 2023

Food in Elizabethan England

What Food Looked Like in Elizabethan England

February 9, 2023

1970s Fashion

The Most Far Out Fashion Trends of the 1970s

February 9, 2023

1961 Map Makers

How British Cartographers Made Maps in 1961

February 9, 2023

FPV Dive Burj Khalifa

FPV Drone Dives Down From the Top of Burj Khalifa

February 9, 2023

Musician Sings Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy the Silence’ as David Bowie

February 8, 2023

Baffling Barnacles

How Barnacles Baffled Biologists for So Long

February 8, 2023

Doing the Dishes in 1820

How Dishes Were Washed in the Early 19th Century

February 8, 2023