Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
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…
Awkward Situations That Happen to Almost Everyone
BuzzFeed demonstrates awkward situations that happen to nearly everyone like mouthing around blindly trying to find the straw for your drink, tripping and pretending to…
Sizzling Bacon Candy
Sizzling Bacon Candy is a carbonated bacon-flavored candy by Archie McPhee that “not only tastes like bacon, it also turns your tongue into a frying…
En Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her Shoes
In the video “En Puntas” by artist Javier Pérez, a ballerina dances atop a grand piano with kitchen knives affixed to her pointe shoes. via…
Satellite Footage of Ten Years of Weather History
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a video showing weather footage of the Southern Hemisphere from the past ten years captured with…
Vine-1-1, App for Recording Emergencies and Calling 911 at the Same Time
The next time you see a truck jump a highway guardrail, you can record it on Vine and call 911 with the handy dandy app…
The World’s Highest Hot Wheels Wall Track
Back in May, Hot Wheels built a toy car track on the side of a seven-story building in Barcelona that the company says is the…
Driver Claims 24-Minute Record for the Fastest Loop Around Manhattan
A driver under the name of AfroDuck Productions claims to have set a new record for the fastest loop around Manhattan during a 24-minute…
Hospital Hopes to Make Young Patients’ Experience Less Scary With a Pirate CT Scanner
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital has installed a new pirate-themed CT scanner that helps make the experience less scary for the hospital’s younger patients.…