Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Freddie Mercury Marionette Serenades Crowd in Madrid
A realistic Freddie Mercury marionette strutted around in his yellow jacket and white pants while singing "I Want to Break Free".
Minimalist Diagrams of Homophones, Words That May Sound Alike But Have Different Meanings and Spellings
Homophones Weakly by Bruce Worden is a wonderful blog that offers simple, minimalistic diagrams that visualize and help explain the definitive differences between homophones, words…
Amazing Jumping Plant Lice That Can Flip Their Bodies In the Air at a Remarkably Fast Rate When Startled
Dr. Adrian Smith of Ant Lab, who is also a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, explained how jumping plant lice, known…
Rescued Wombat Gleefully Plays With His New Toys
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Two Songs Our Sanctuary (@twosongssanctuary) on Oct 4, 2020 at 7:45pm PDT A rescued wombat named…
A ‘Top of the World’ Remix of 60 Hit Songs From 1991 That’s ‘Alwayz Into Somethin’ While ‘Learning to Fly’
In the second installment of their 2020 reboot of “Thursday Mashups in October” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet created a…
Macaulay Culkin Wears a Very Meta Mask of Kevin McCallister Screaming in the 1990 Film ‘Home Alone’
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Macaulay 'Instagram' Culkin (@culkamania) on Oct 7, 2020 at 11:48am PDT The very funny Macaulay Culkin…
Wonderfully Intricate Halloween Monster Pies
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Oct 1, 2020 at 11:24am PDT Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies…
Cleverly Illustrated Prints Featuring Cutaway Views of Classic Items With Interiors Documenting Their History
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dorothy (@dorothy_uk) on Sep 24, 2020 at 5:45am PDT Dorothy (previously) the British print shop who…
An Amusing Array of Socially Awkward Moments Captured in a Humorous Animated Short
“Awkward” by San Francisco filmmaker Nata Metlukh is a humorous award-winning animated short that about the discomforting anxiety that rises up within socially awkward moments…
Wonderful Footage of Eddie Van Halen Jamming With the ‘Late Night With David Letterman’ Band in 1985
When Letterman was in Los Angeles in 1985, bandleader Paul Schaffer asked Eddie Van Halen if he would sit in with the band.