Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Kyoto Restaurant Serves Noodle Soup That Contains One Incredibly Long Noodle
Kyoto noodle shop Tawaraya serves a bowl of udon that contains a single noodle—but the noodle is so fat and long that it fills the…
Dad Makes Fantastic Butterfly Pancakes for His Kids
Nathan Shields, the Saipan-based stay-at-home-dad who makes artful pancakes for his kids that he calls “Saipancakes,” recently made these excellent butterfly pancakes. For more on…
Hilariously Bizarre Azuki Bean Beards by Takao Sakai
As a commentary on fads in Japanese pop culture, artist Takao Sakai invented one of his own: azuki bean beards. He has been crafting beards…
Movie Title Stills Showing How the Warner Bros. Logo Has Evolved Over the Years
When a Man Loves (1927) Web and graphic designer Christian Annyas has compiled an amazing collection of movie title stills that show how the Warner…
FootGolf, An Actual Organized Sport That is Essentially Golf With Soccer Balls
FootGolf is a sport that has been around in different countries for some time in one form or another: playing something akin to golf using…
‘Her’ in 1995, An Amusing Parody Video That Looks at What the Spike Jonze Movie Would Be Like in the 1990s
Late Night Basement, a live late night show hosted by Chris Rose in Brooklyn, has released a video that splices scenes of actor Joaquin Phoenix…
Voyageurs, Surreal Sculptures of Walking Figures That Are Missing Sections of Their Bodies
In his sculpture series “Voyageurs” (Travelers), French artist Bruno Catalano makes surreal figure sculptures in which sections of the figure’s bodies are eerily missing. photos…
An Art Print by Pop Chart Lab That Diagrams the Opening Lines of 25 Famous Novels
(larger) Pop Chart Lab has created “A Diagrammatical Dissertation on Opening Lines of Notable Novels,” an art print that diagrams the opening lines of 25…
Celebrities in Bizarre Foreign Commercials
Screen Junkies has created a video that features celebrities in bizarre foreign commercials. They dig up ads starring Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leonardo DiCaprio, Uma…
Jeff Gordon Takes Jalopnik Writer on a Crazy Cop Chase for Calling His Original Pepsi Max ‘Test Drive’ Prank Fake
In 2013, Pepsi Max and NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon pranked an unsuspecting car salesman by taking him on an wild high-speed “Test Drive.” Shortly after…