Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Richard Nixon Fighting a Giant Saber-Toothed Tiger
Walnut Creek, California-based artist Jason Heuser (aka “SharpWriter“) has created an fantastic illustration of the 37th President of the United States “Richard Nixon Fighting a…
Little-Known Facts About Beards
Doghouse Diaries presents some little-known Beard Facts.
The European Union Explained
C.G.P. Grey explains the complexities of The European Union.
Kitten Helps Woman Read Her Book
A little kitten is “helping” a woman read her book in this video uploaded by SeregaOSV.
A Compilation of Weird Japanese Commercials
Here’s a compilation of some seriously weird Japanese commercials. via Tastefully Offensive
Memory Suitcases, Paintings on Old Luggage
In the nostalgic photo series “Memory Suitcases,” Israeli artist Yuval Yairi painted faraway destinations on to old suitcases and then photographed the suitcase paintings in…
How Big Is the Ocean? A TED-Ed Animated Lecture
In this TED-Ed animated lecture, educator Scott Gass discusses the mind-boggling scale of the ocean, which encompasses 99% of the earth’s biosphere and is the…
Swallows Made out of Typewriter Parts by Jeremy Mayer
Artist Jeremy Mayer recently made two delightful sparrow sculptures out of salvaged typewriters parts. As you can see in this short Instagram video, the wings…
Dogs Ride the Waves in Charity Surf Competition
At the annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, California, dogs rode the waves to raise money for American Society…
Geotagged Tweets Visualized as Topographic Maps
Nicolas Belmonte, a data visualization scientist at Twitter, created a series of interactive data visualizations that show geotagged tweets as topographic maps. The mountainous high…