Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Elaborate Flowers Carved Into Fruits and Vegetables
Japanese artist Takehiro Kishimoto, who carves wonderfully intricate geometric patterns into a variety of fruits, vegetables and soaps, also carves elaborate looking flowers using the…
A Wondrous Journey Through the Mountains of Europe
“Orogonia” is an award-winning timelapse film by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco (previously) that takes a wondrous journey through the mountains of the European highlands while…
Amazing 3D Animal Murals That Jump Off the Walls
Portuguese artist Sergio Odeith (previously) creates remarkable anamorphic murals that appear to jump out from the walls on which they are painted. Some even interact…
Battered Cars Ramp Jump Over a Row of Junked Cars
Drivers at the Angmering Raceway in West Sussex, UK, raced up ramps in battered cars in a contest to see who would be able to…
Lonely Man Learns to Embrace His Discordant Personal Ensemble in the Poignant Animation ‘The Orchestra’
On Valentine’s Day 2019, director Mikey Hill released the “The Orchestra”, a poignant animation about a world in which everyone has a personal ensemble that…
Wonderfully Hypnotic Wooden Kinetic Wall Sculptures
Artist David C. Roy creates wonderfully intricate wooden wind-up kinetic wall sculptures that each move with hypnotic grace and ease. I design and build kinetic…
Why We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways
Simon Whistler, host of Today I Found Out, explains the seemingly contradictive question of why we drive on parkways and park on driveways. The answer…
Animals Sculptures Made Out of Trash
Environmental artist Artur Bordalo, aka Bordallo II, who builds amazing animal sculptures from found objects, has created several pieces that also give locational context. Included…
An Adorable Little Flapjack Octopus Tries to Hide From the E/V Nautilus Inside Its Own Tentacles
The E/V Nautilus (previously) discovered an absolutely adorable, little flapjack octopus at the bottom of a shallow ocean floor during a 2016 mission. Unfortunately for…
How to Minimize the Impact of Changing Moods
The School of Life offers some very insightful advice about managing changing moods throughout the day and steps one can take to help minimize their…