Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
An Enormous Stainless Steel Sculpture of an Eagle Created for a Hungarian Football Club
photo via Barnie Contemporary artist Gabor Miklos Szoke built an enormous stainless steel sculpture of an eagle for Ferencvárosi Torna Club, a famous Hungarian football…
A TED-Ed Animation Proposing a Different Way to Visualize Rhythm
In a musical TED-Ed lesson (previously), John Varney proposed a different way to visualize rhythm using what he calls the “wheel method.” The animated video…
Beautiful City Maps That Use Color to Visualize the Orientation of Street Grids
San Francisco To visualize the various street grid systems of cities around the world, artist and scientist Stephen Von Worley has created Crayon the Grids,…
Domsai, Adorable Terrariums That Transform Plants Into Figurines
Plants become adorable figurines in the whimsical Domsai terrariums created by Milan-based designer Matteo Cibic. The glass and ceramic terrariums come in a variety of…
A Fascinating Animated Graphic Demonstrating the Different Means by Which Humans, Birds, and Grasshoppers Breathe
(larger image) Eleanor Lutz, a self-described designer with a molecular biology degree, has created a fascinating animated graphic that demonstrates the means by which three…
PBS Idea Channel Explains Five Fallacies and Discusses How to Better Argue on the Internet
PBS Idea Channel (previously) host Mike Rugnetta recently explained five different kinds of fallacies that are commonly used in Internet arguments, and then discussed how…
‘Reading Rainbow’ Host LeVar Burton Reads ‘Go the Fuck to Sleep’ During a Charity Telethon Held by Rooster Teeth
During the recent Extra Life charity telethon held by Rooster Teeth, Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton read the popular children’s book Go the Fuck to Sleep (previously) by…
Cat Rides a Magic Carpet Around the Kitchen While Dressed Like Princess Jasmine from the Disney Film ‘Aladdin’
Max-Arthur, the 13-year old Snowshoe cat who has dressed up like a shark, stealthily chased a duckling while dressed as a shark, and pretended to…
An Attempt to Find as Many International Sandwiches as Possible in the Los Angeles Area
In “Sandwiches Around The World” by BuzzFeed, actress Lynn Chen travels around Los Angeles to find as many international variations on the sandwich as possible,…
Mental Floss Debunks Common Misconceptions About Food
Mental Floss (previously) host Elliott Morgan debunks a few common misconceptions about food during episode two of their Misconceptions web series. Morgan reveals that Twinkies…