Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Hilariously Strange Manipulated Photos of Birds With Big Mouths Instead of Beaks
Artist Sarah DeRemer has used a bit of digital manipulation to create freakish bird creatures with gaping mouths instead of beaks. She calls them, rather…
A Group of Playful Pandas Comically Wrestle With Each Other to the Delight of the People Watching
A group of very playful pandas comically wrestle with each other much to the delight of a people visiting the pandas’ home at the Chengdu…
Frustrated Father Will Reid Creates an Instructional Video to Teach His Teenagers How to Vacuum the House
Frustrated father Will Reid continues his series of instructional videos for his teenage children with one that teaches them how to vacuum the house. In the past…
Adorable and Creepy Anatomy Illustrations by Ken Tackett
Artist Ken Tackett prances through the valley between adorable and creepy in his imaginative anatomical illustrations. His illustrations are available as prints, shirts, and more…
Haunting Drone Footage of Former Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Taken For 70th Anniversary of Its Liberation
BBC News has captured incredibly haunting overhead footage taken by a drone camera as it flew over the shuttered Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in honor…
‘The News’, A Comic by Grant Snider About the Depressing Effect of Newscasts
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics made “The News,” a comic about how listening to newscasts can affect one’s outlook on life. Posters of his work…
Artist Builds Elaborate Walkable Labyrinths in the Sand on the Oregon Coast
Artist Denny Dyke builds enormous beautiful and elaborate labyrinths in the sand on the Oregon coast for the public to use. Each labyrinth is unique…
‘World of Warcraft’ Update Adds a Camera for Taking In-Game Selfies
image via Ickabob7734 An upcoming update to the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft (specifically Patch 6.1) adds a camera for taking…
‘MythBusters’ to Tackle the Classic Video Game Franchise ‘Doom’
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MythBusters are set to tackle the classic video game franchise Doom on a special video games-themed episode of the…
The Laugh Track Jacket, A Blazer With Speakers Sewn in That Provide Laughter With the Press of a Button
Becky Stern (previously), the Director of Wearable Electronics at Adafruit Industries, demonstrates how to create the Laugh Track Jacket, a blazer with built-in speakers that…