Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Artist Ra Paulette Is Hand Carving Stunning Sculpted Caves in Sandstone Cliffs in New Mexico
photo via Karoff Films For more than 10 years, artist Ra Paulette has been digging and hand carving extraordinary sculpted caverns in the sandstone cliffs…
Surprised Couple Returns Home to Find a Thirsty Giraffe Drinking From Their Pool
Upon returning from breakfast, a surprised couple found a wayward giraffe quenching her thirst with the swimming pool at their South African home. The giraffe…
A Series of Humorous Signs Posted Around New York City by Comedian Jason Saenz
Comedian Jason Saenz has been posting humorous lost, missing, and wanted signs around New York City and putting photos of his work on the #SaenzSigns…
Siobhan Thompson of Anglophenia Explains How a Proper British Christmas is Celebrated
In “How to Have a British Christmas,” host Siobhan Thompson of the BBC America web series Anglophenia explains how a proper British Christmas is celebrated,…
Mental Floss Shares a Series of Little Things That Changed World History in a Big Way
On a recent episode of the Mental Floss series List Show, host John Green shares a series of little things that changed world history in a…
100 Years of Hair and Makeup Told Decade by Decade in a One Minute Time-Lapse Video
Cut tells the visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in a one minute time-lapse video that features one model whose hair and…
A Series of Charts for People Obsessed With the Crime Podcast ‘Serial’
Michelle Rial has created a series of charts for people obsessed with the crime podcast Serial for The Bold Italic. Rial also runs the Twitter account This…
New Owner Relaunches Monthly Cat Fancy/Dog Fancy as New Bi-Monthly Catster/Dogster Magazines
I-5 Publishing, the new owners of the monthly Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy enterprises, has decided to re-launch the classic publications into a new venture…
‘United States of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)’, A Mashup by DJ Earworm Combining Hit Songs From 2014
“United States of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)” is a mashup by DJ Earworm that combines more than two dozen hit songs from…
Sriracha Stout, A Brand New Spicy Beer From Rogue Ales
Rogue Ales, the Newport, Oregon brewery that’s known for its unconventional ales, ciders and sodas, has created a brand new Sriracha Stout, a spicy brew…