Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The Amazing Mudskipper, A Fish That Walks on Land
In a seaside clip from the BBC series Life, legendary host Sir David Attenborough (previously) talks about the amazing mudskipper, an amphibious fish that not…
An Amazing Musical Instrument Made Out of a Bar Code Reader Hooked Up to a Speaker
Electronicos Fantasticos, the highly inventive band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada known for their highly inventive musical instruments, have utilized a bar code scanner…
How to Make a Decorative Rock Change Purse
A talented engineer with The Q handily demonstrates how to build a decorative change purse out of a rock. As the rock, zipper, coins and…
25 Years of a Boy’s Life Captured Through His Love of Audis in a Touching Ad for the Audi RS6 Avant
In anticipation of the arrival of their RS6 Avant onto North American shores in 2020, Audi USA released a first-person narrated ad that spans 25…
An Animated History of the Beloved Brooklyn Bridge
In a spanning Ted-Ed (previously) lesson written by Alex Gendler (previously) and animated by Jeremiah Dickey, narrator Addison Anderson shares the history of the beloved…
A Ferret’s Fluid Physiology Captured in Slow Motion
An adorable clip from the PBS series Nature takes a look at the incredibly fluid physiology of ferrets. They examine, through slow motion footage, the…
Nine Inch Ice Sample Makes Cartoon Laser Sounds When Dropped Down a 450′ Antarctic Glacier Hole
A team of scientists made up of Ian Nesbitt, Austin Carter, John Andrew Higgins, Jenna Epifanio, and Peter Neff who are in Antarctica studying the…
A Sparkling Stop-Motion Animation Showing How Guldies Sources His Beads for Making Jewelry
Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger, aka Guldies (previously), created a quick, sparkling stop-motion test that shows how he sources his beads for making jewelry.…
Magnetic Pendulum Randomly Moves in a Chaotic Way
Vlogger markhacks (previously) created a magnetic pendulum that moves rather randomly and in a rather chaotic fashion due to reversed polarity magnets sitting below said…
A Touching Film About How a Man With a Flat Tire on a Desert Highway Was Saved by Mexican Migrants
“Today You, Tomorrow Me” is a touching short film by Chris Neal about a man who was driving along a deserted highway when all of…