Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Detailed Instructions for Creating an Electric Arc Furnace Hot Enough to Melt Steel Using Household Materials
After trying out his makeshift arc furnace on a variety of materials, Grant “The King of Random” Thompson (previously) offers up a video detailing precisely…
A Cheerful A Capella Cover of ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ Television Show Theme Song
The Warp Zone (previously) and Dodger of PressHeartToContinue recently joined forces to perform an a capella cover of the theme song to Cartoon Network‘s animated…
A Pilot Harnesses the Power of G-Force to Pass a Snickers Bar Around the Cockpit of a Jet
A jet pilot passes a Snickers bar through the cockpit to a second pilot, who grabs it as the G-force does all of the heavy lifting.
How to Easily Peel an Orange Using Your Bare Hands and Then Use the Peels as Plates
In his most recent instructional video, Taras Kulakov (a.k.a. “Crazy Russian Hacker“) of Slow Mo Lab demonstrates how to easily peel an orange using your…
Artist Creatively Uses Everyday Objects to Augment His Whimsical Drawings
Artist Victor Nunes creatively uses everyday objects like scissors, popcorn, and pencil shavings in his delightful drawings. He has more work on his Facebook page.…
Artist Creates Ceramic Plate Paintings That Are Distributed Across Multiple Plates
Artist Molly Hatch creates ceramic “plate paintings” in which patterns and illustrations are distributed across multiple ceramic plates. Some of the installations are quite large:…
Spirit Aficionados to Bring Their ‘Caged Heat Cocktail Syrup’ to Market
Spirit aficionados Jared Hirsch and Jennifer “Absinthia” Baum have created together a sweetly spicy small-batch concoction called Caged Heat Cocktail Syrup and are currently raising…
A Deck-Building Card Game About Registering Aliens Based on the ‘Space Dandy’ Anime Series
Seven Seas Games is creating a deck-building game about registering aliens based on the Space Dandy anime series by Japanese anime studio Bones. The game–which…
Mouth-Watering Videos That Document the Creation of Four Desserts Based on Different Colors
Back in 2012, French coffee brand Carte Noir released a series of food videos in which each short was based on a different color. The…
‘BLACKBIRD’, A Beautiful Side-by-Side Visual Comparison of the Films ‘Birdman’ and ‘Black Swan’
Film editor Michael Branco (previously) has created “BLACKBIRD“, a brief but beautiful side-by-side visual comparison of the films Birdman by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Black…