Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Young Woman Searches For the Lucky Coins She Left on a Train in a Beautiful Felt Stop-Motion Animation
“The Coin” is a beautiful, award-winning felt stop-motion animation by Siqi Song that tells the story of a young Chinese girl who grows up collecting…
Empowering Single Word Profile Prints of Extraordinary Women From History, Film, and Fiction
The She Series from A Mighty Girl features beautifully illustrated empowering prints by artist Karen Hallion. Each print feature a profile of an extraordinary woman…
Wine Glasses With Weirdly Wobbling Stems
View this post on Instagram A post shared by #kuchegrabbeurs (@kuchekup) Artist Matt Eskuche has created a line of wine glasses with weirdly wobbling stems.…
The Beautiful Veluwemeer Aqueduct Water Bridge in the Netherlands That Keeps Road and Boat Traffic Flowing
The Veluwemeer Aqueduct Water Bridge in The Netherlands is a beautifully designed piece of transportation architecture that appears to be an optical illusion when viewed…
Swedish Multi-Instrumentalist Gunhild Carling Performs a Mind Blowing Jazz Solo on Bagpipes
The incredibly talented Swedish musician Gunhild Carling performed a mind-blowing solo on bagpipes while playing with a full swing jazz band. Carling, who is known…
Spinning an Apple on a Stream of Compressed Air Until it Explodes Captured in 28,500 FPS Slow Motion
Slow Mo Guy host Gavin Free carefully balanced a red apple on the streaming force of compressed air, making it appear to endlessly spin.
Comedian Provides Amusing Narration to Video of Friend’s Baby Girl as She Struggles to Stay Awake
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Baker (@tonybaker) When comedian Tommy Black posted an adorable video of his baby daughter as…
Powerful Music Video for Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions Explores Inescapable Anonymity of Screens
The music video for the incredibly catchy song “Hurri-Mitanni (Güzel Haber)” by Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions features a wide variety of characters who walk and…
Portuguese Guitarist Hilariously Turns US Television Evangelist’s COVID-19 Rant Into a Heavy Metal Song
While playing with his daughter, guitarist Andre Antunes saw American televangelist Kenneth Copeland passing judgment upon COVID-19, banishing it from the United States for good.…
A Stunning Automata Repeater Watch Featuring Animated Tropical Birds Around a Painted Waterfall
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jaquet Droz (@jaquetdroz) Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has created a wonderful line of Automata Repeater Watches…