Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
One Handed Guitarist Finds Great Success As Musician
Keith Xander, who was born without his right hand, who was told that this physical trait would limit his success, has gone on to be…
Beautiful Patterns Embroidered Into Crevices of Trees
Ukrainian artist Diana Yevtukh uses the natural crevices within trees to incorporate her gorgeous embroidery patterns. One particularly clever, somewhat spooky design portrays an all-knowing…
Virtual Artificial Intelligent Agents Use Previously Unknown Strategies for Simulated Hide and Seek Game
In their quest to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity”, researchers at OpenAI discovered that their virtual AI agents engaged in a…
A Funky Mashup of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’, Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ and Herb Alpert’s ‘Rise’
Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has created a really funky mashup of “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, “Master of Puppets” by Metallica and Herb Alpert‘s…
Fish and Flowers Swim Endlessly in a Mesmerizing Animated Music Video for the Song ‘Tape’ by Canigou
The very talented animator Hideki Inaba, aka kanahebi, has created a truly gorgeous, flowing music video for the song “Tape” by the Swedish band Canigou.…
A Little Penguin Happily Interns at Penguin Books
Over the summer of 2019, the Penguin Books distribution center in Maryland played host to a little African penguin who interned with them for a…
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Mysterious Antarctic Creatures From 11,500 Feet Below the Ice
screenshot via NZNIWA In 2015, the NZNIWA RV Tangaroa set sail out of Wellington, New Zealand on her way to Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Aboard…
Adorable Coordinating Costumes for Cats and Humans
The folks at Archie McPhee know how much humans love to include their beloved cats in their daily activity whenever they can. With this in…
Hilarious Footage of the Members of Deep Purple Lip Syncing Their Smash Hit ‘Hush’ in 1968
At some point in 1968, the members of the nascent Deep Purple (Mark 1) were having a great time lip-syncing and pretending to play the…
A Beautiful Large Scale Mosaic of an Adorable Dachshund Made Out of Over 75,000 Colored Staples
New York City artist James Haggerty, who previously made detailed mosaics of Star Wars characters with thousands of colored staples, created a beautiful large-scale mosaic…