Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Single Tortilla Chip Made With the World’s Hottest Pepper Packaged in a Red Coffin Box
Just in time for Halloween, the makers of Paqui tortilla chips have pulled out all the stops and created the Carolina Reaper Madness chip. The…
Los Angeles Man Broke the Guinness World Record in 2013 for Creating the Tallest Rideable Bicycle
Los Angeles bicycle enthusiast and cinematographer Richie Trimble invented the world’s tallest rideable bike in April 2013, titled the “STOOPIDTALL,” and managed to ride the…
Daddy’s Car, A Song Composed by Artificial Intelligence Created to Sound Like The Beatles
“Daddy’s Car” is a song created in the style of The Beatles composed by an artificial intelligence called Flow Machines. The software uses a source…
Epic Meal Time’s Harley Morenstein Talks About His Career While Eating Increasingly Spicy Hot Wings
On a scorching episode of the First We Feast series, Hot Ones, Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time chats about a few of the major…
Cozy Cotton Floral Prairie Bonnets for Cats Who Like Wearing Things on Their Heads
Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has created a line of traditional cotton prairie bonnets, very similar to those worn by women and girls on Little…
Laughing Squid T-Shirt
Get your very own Laughing Squid t-shirt, seen here being worn by our friend Rick Webb at SXSW 2012. photo by Scott Beale
A Mashup of Pixar’s Animated Films and the Second Rogue One Trailer
Producer Felipe Haurelhuk and editor Christiani Buffoni teamed up with Darth Blender to create “Rogue One: A Pixar Story“, a mashup trailer mixing footage from…
Stunning Drone Footage That Captures the Exquisite Beauty of the Northern Lights Over Iceland
Icelandic photographer Oli Haukur Myrdal aka Ozzo has captured, with his DJI Matrice 600 drone, the exquisite beauty of the bewitching Northern Lights as they…
Zach Galifianakis Interviews Hillary Clinton on Between Two Ferns
Comedian Zach Galifianakis interviewed democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on his Funny or Die series Between Two Ferns. During the brief interview, Galifianakis asked Clinton about…
A Considerate Calico Persian Cat Gives Free Back Massages to Her Very Willing Human
An adorable calico Persian named Graveskull very considerately gives free back massages to her very willing human, so long as she stays still. Graveskull is…