Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Fascinating Video Essay Exploring How the Coen Brothers Use Vehicles and Roads to Tell a Story
“Waltz on the Road” is a fascinating video essay, created by video editor Rick Perales, that explores the Coen brothers use vehicles and roads in…
A T-Rex or Dragon Foot Garbage Can
Theme prop artist Richard Riley of Regal Robot designed a ferocious garbage can that looks like a T-Rex or dragon foot. It is available to…
Japanese Dragon That Drone Can Autonomously Slither Through Small Openings Like a Flying Snake
The DRAGON, which stands for a “Dual-Rotor Embedded Multilink Robot with the Ability of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Aerial Transformation,” is an awesome drone designed to look like…
How Carrie Bradshaw’s Flawed Anti-Hero Charm Spoke to a Generation of Independent Women
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism took a look the revolutionary series Sex and the City, which premiered in 1998 – 20 years ago.…
Peter Capaldi of Doctor Who Offers a Rather Surreal Tour Inside the History of Surrealism
In 2014, the then newly-cast Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi appeared on an episode of “Unlock Art”, a collaborative online project between Tate and Le…
An Incredible Brass Band Cover of the Iconic Rage Against the Machine Anthem ‘Killing In the Name’
Brass Against performed incredible brass band covers of iconic Rage Against the Machine songs, including "Killing In the Name".
A Wonderful Short Film About a 960 Pound Elvis Impersonator Who Believes Elvis is His Father
“Big Elvis” is an award-winning short film that tells the story of Pete “Big Elvis” Vallee, a 960 pound Elvis impersonator who honestly believes that…
Artist Creates Surreal Works of Art by Merging His Imagination With Reality Using Photoshop
A post shared by Justin Peters (@jstnptrs) on Dec 27, 2017 at 8:31am PST German artist Justin Peters has created a mind-blowing collection of surreal…
The Gruesome History of the First Underwater Film
Popular Science reveals the lost footage capturing the rather gruesome history of the first time the deep sea had ever been filmed. The filmmaker J.E.…
Birmingham Restaurant Features a Giant Pizza Measuring 4 Feet Wide Totaling 11,000 Calories
Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham, England has taken on the difficult task of creating a gigantic pizza that measures four feet wide and contains a whopping…