Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Pencils That Make Rainbow Shavings When You Sharpen Them
Designer Duncan Shotton of Tokyo has created Rainbow Pencils which were designed to make rainbow shavings when you sharpen them. The exterior of the pencisl…
Naked & Famous Denim – The World’s Most Innovative Jeans, A Short Documentary Film
Naked & Famous Denim – The World’s Most Innovative Jeans is a short documentary film by Neon Films about Naked & Famous Denim of Montreal,…
Surreal Photos of Headless People Walking Around Los Angeles
In the surreal photo series “Headless Sightings” by Krocky Meshkin, pedestrians stare as headless figures walk around around Los Angeles. Though the figures are digitally…
Drone’s-Eye View of Burning Man 2013
Filmmaker Eddie Codel used a DJI Phantom drone and a GoPro Hero3 camera to shoot this “Drone’s eye view of Burning Man 2013”—the aerial footage…
Massive Mural on Berlin Apartment Complex is World’s Largest Mural
French mural company CitéCréation recently completed a massive 236,800-square-foot mural on an apartment complex in Berlin that is likely the world’s largest mural. The mural…
Six-Clawed Lobster Caught Off the Coast of Massachusetts
GrindTV is reporting that Captain Peter Brown and fisherman Richard Figueiredo of The Rachel Leah pulled in a rare six-clawed lobster while lobster-fishing off the…
Hot Ginger Ale by Canada Dry
Canada Dry Hot Ginger Ale is a new carbonated beverage by Coca Cola in Japan which warms up in its own can using technology developed…
A Blind Man Explains His Idea of Outer Space, Fog, the Grand Canyon, and Other ‘Intangibles’
Tommy Edison, aka The Blind Film Critic, explains his idea of sunrises and sunsets, the Grand Canyon, outer space, fog, and other phenomena that sighted…
The Rap Guide to Evolution, Baba Brinkman Explains Principles of Biology With Rap Lyrics
In 2011 and 2012, Canadian rap artist Baba Brinkman created “The Rap Guide to Evolution,” a series of music videos that explain various principles of…
Iron Man: A Film by Mark Wahlberg
“I’m fucking flying… I’m flying! Jarvis, what’s the score of the Sox game?” “Iron Man: A Film by Mark Wahlberg” is a parody movie trailer…