Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ Played in Mario Paint Composer
Youtube user jeonghoon95 has recreated Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” in Mario Paint composer using a combination of classic Gameboy and Nintendo sound effects along with…
Surreal Animated GIFs of Faceless People With Moving Mechanical Parts in Their Heads
Belgrade, Serbia artist Milos “Sholim” Rajkovic has created a surreal collection of animated GIFs showcasing faceless people with moving mechanical parts packed into their heads.…
Spirit for Twitter, A Snapchat-Like App That Makes Tweets Disappear After a Set Amount of Time
Spirit for Twitter is a service created by former Twitter developer Pierre Legrain that allows users to make their tweets disappear after a set amount…
This Must Be the Only Fantasy, A Short Film About Dungeons & Dragons Seeping Into Real Life
This Must Be the Only Fantasy is a short film created by filmmaker Todd Cole and fashion house Rodarte for The Creator’s Project. The film…
Cyanide & Happiness: The Rope
“Hey, can’t we just cut off the Panda Bear?” Cyanide & Happiness has released “The Rope,” their new animated short about an indecisive group of…
How to Create a Watermelon Smoothie in 2 Minutes With Little Mess
NASA engineer Mark Rober shows “how to create a refreshing watermelon smoothie” in 2 minutes with little mess. To make the refreshing beverage, Mark used…
How to Rip a Phone Book in Half
“Joey from Twitter” demonstrates how to rip a phone book in half without breaking a sweat in this episode of Mental Floss hosted by Max…
Photos of the First Cars Going Over the New Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Shot from his Yerba Buena Island home, my dear friend Benjy Feen captured cool photos of the first vehicles going over the new Eastern span…
Objects & Figures Form Human Faces in Optical Illusion Paintings
Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak cleverly arranges objects, figures, and other elements in his paintings so that they suggest the form of a person’s face. He…
19th Century Fore-Edge Paintings Are Hidden on the Pages of a Book
Colleen Theisen of the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa recently posted some fantastic 19th century paintings that are hidden on…