Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Why Are Olympic Records Always Broken? by AsapSCIENCE
For their ongoing Science Says video series on CBC, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explain why Olympic records are always being broken.
Sid Caesar (1922-2014), Legendary Comedian and Television Pioneer
Sid Caesar, the legendary comedian and television pioneer, has died at the age of 91 in Beverly Hills, California. Sid Caesar is best known as…
Beautiful Time-Lapse of the Night Sky Over Joshua Tree National Park
Filmmaker Gavin Heffernan recently visited Joshua Tree National Park and shot this stunning time-lapse video of the night sky overhead. During the shoot he captured…
Star Wars AT-AT Walkers Attack Olympic Skiers
Anders Breinholt captured the brutal attack on Olympic skiers by Star Wars AT-AT Walkers at this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Rebel Alliance was…
Artist Launches Poster Campaign to Find a Handsome Stranger She Spotted on the New York City Subway
After locking eyes with a handsome stranger on the subway in New York City last fall, artist Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila launched “Missing Love,” a…
Clever Nature-Inspired Street Stencil Art by Roadsworth
Montreal-based artist Roadsworth creates large-scale street stencil art, often incorporating natural themes and existing street markings into his compositions. We previously posted about Roadsworth’s stencil…
Running Gag, Goofy Images of Shoes With Teeth Added
Running Gag, by Germany-based photo-manipulators Pop Postproduction, is a series of shoes that have been edited slightly to include a set of teeth with unique…
The Landscape Alphabet, 19th Century Lithographs Featuring Letters Created From Idyllic Scenery
Letter A Charles Joseph Hullmandel, an influential 19th century lithographic artist, created The Landscape Alphabet, a collection of 26 landscape scenes, using the shapes of…
Russian Daredevils Climb to the Top of The Shanghai Tower, The World’s Second Tallest Building
In this hair-raising video, Russian daredevils Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov climb to the top of the world’s second tallest building, the 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower.…
Slack, An Incredibly Slick Platform to Consolidate All Internal Business Communication Into a Single Place
Created by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and his team at Tiny Speck, Slack is a team communication platform that functions by providing a single, distinct…