Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Spinning an Apple on a Stream of Compressed Air Until it Explodes Captured in 28,500 FPS Slow Motion
Slow Mo Guy host Gavin Free carefully balanced a red apple on the streaming force of compressed air, making it appear to endlessly spin.
Comedian Provides Amusing Narration to Video of Friend’s Baby Girl as She Struggles to Stay Awake
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Baker (@tonybaker) When comedian Tommy Black posted an adorable video of his baby daughter as…
Powerful Music Video for Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions Explores Inescapable Anonymity of Screens
The music video for the incredibly catchy song “Hurri-Mitanni (Güzel Haber)” by Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions features a wide variety of characters who walk and…
Portuguese Guitarist Hilariously Turns US Television Evangelist’s COVID-19 Rant Into a Heavy Metal Song
While playing with his daughter, guitarist Andre Antunes saw American televangelist Kenneth Copeland passing judgment upon COVID-19, banishing it from the United States for good.…
A Stunning Automata Repeater Watch Featuring Animated Tropical Birds Around a Painted Waterfall
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jaquet Droz (@jaquetdroz) Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has created a wonderful line of Automata Repeater Watches…
A Colorful Smartphone Controlled Fairy Tale Machine
Niklas Roy and Felix Fisgus have created “Smart Fairy Tale”, a smart storytelling machine that is controlled remotely through a QR scan on a smartphone.…
Guitarist Plays Eric Clapton’s Original ‘Slowhand’ Stratocaster Before It Goes to Million Dollar Auction
Musician Tyler Larson of Music is Win (previously), traveled to the Gotta Have Rock and Roll studio in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey in order to…
The Police Song ‘Every Breath You Take’ Reimagined as an Old-Time Honky Tonk Country Ballad
Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) quite interestingly reimagined classic song “Every Breath You Take” by The Police as a heartbreaking honky-tonk country…
Farmer Talks About Bovine Respect While Grooming an Enormous Long-Horned Scottish Highland Cow
Farmer Marc Stewart of Thisledoe Farm in Bedford, Virginia stood on a hillside and methodically groomed his beloved Scottish highland cow, Hamish. While trimming Hamish’s…
18 Year Old German Student Creates a Fully Functional Fan-Based Clone of MySpace Circa 2007
An The Maker, an 18 year old German student and prolific coder, has created SpaceHey, a brilliant fan-based clone of the classic social network MySpace…