Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Clever Stray Cat Who Leads Compassionate Woman to His Favorite Food Inside Store Gets Adopted by Her
A very clever and hungry white cat who was sitting outside a grocery store in Mexico adorably led a kind and compassionate school teacher named…
A Giant 20,000 Square Foot Land Mural Portrait at the Queens Museum Honoring NYC Healthcare Workers
Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, in partnership with SOMOS Care, Make the Road New York, and Greenpoint Innovations, has created a stunning 20,000 square foot land mural…
Exquisitely Detailed Cut Paper Animal Sculptures
Artist Patrick Cabral (previously) has created an absolutely amazing line of exquisitely detailed beautiful cut paper sculptures of animals. The series includes an intricate octopus,…
A Beautiful Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Is Discovered Underneath a Northern Italian Vineyard
Surveyors in Verona, Italy made the incredible discovery of a beautiful, incredibly well-preserved ancient Roman mosaic floor under the ground of a local vineyard. This…
Illustrations of Dissected Animals, Humans and Cartoon Characters Showing Their Unexpected Inner Workings
Artist Paul Jackson (previously), who describes himself as a full-time daydreamer and his work as “the weirder, the better” has created a wonderfully surreal illustrated…
Elaborate Spaceship Art Inspired by Household Items
San Francisco software engineer and freelance artist Eric Geusz, aka SpaceGoose (previously), creates amazing illustrations of elaborate spaceships that were each inspired by common items…
Reviewing Bathrooms in Video Games
Gaming vlogger Curious Reviewers has put together an amusing but very interesting three-part video series dedicated solely to reviewing video game bathrooms. The reviewer looks…
A Marvelous Mini Marble Machine That Automatically Sends a Magnetic Ball Over a Curving Steel Wire Track
To celebrate 40K followers on his YouTube channel, visual artist and designer Daniel de Bruin (previously) built a cleverly automated miniature marble machine with recycled…
An Inquisitive Little Cat Learns How to Walk a Treadmill
An adorable little creamsicle cat named Indy came down the stairs and stopped in his tracks when he saw a treadmill in the room. The…
The Fascinating History Behind the Hurdy Gurdy
Musician Adrian Woodward of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (previously) offers a fascinating history behind the Hurdy Gurdy, a multifaceted instrument with a…