Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Precision Spinning Top With Mesmerizing Kinetic Motion That Mimics the Fall of Raindrops Into Water
The MezmoTop is a beautifully heavy, precision spinning top with a swirling design that, when in motion, mimics the delicate fall of raindrops into a…
Interactive Visualization of the Scale of Objects in Space
Computer scientist Neal Argarwal has created “The Size of Space”, an incredible, interactive visualization showing how the various objects in space measure up to each…
The Boob Cube, A Simplified Two Piece Rubik’s Cube
The Rubik’s Cube is an elaborate puzzle that can often confound minds both large and small. For those who’d like a bit more ease of…
Beautiful Slow Motion Footage of a Tortoise Beetle Taking Flight Into the Ecuadorian Amazon Forest
Photographer Andreas Kay, who passed away in 2019, captured amazing slow footage of a beautifully flat-footed tortoise beetle as the cassidoid prepared to take flight…
Building an Electric Guitar Out of 800 Pieces of Paper
The very creative Burl of Burl’s Art, who has previously created an amazing assortment of unusual guitars made from unusual materials, was determined to try…
Industrious 8th Grader Develops an Ingenious Projection System That Eliminates Driver Blind Spots
Alaina Gassler, a really industrious eighth-grader who lives in West Grove, Pennsylvania, created an ingenious system that essentially eliminates the treacherous blind spots that plague…
Octopus Squeezes Through Increasingly Smaller Slots in Plastic Wall Separating Him From His Beloved Barrel
Arnold, the very intelligent octopus at Octolab, was given another puzzle to solve. A transparent plastic wall with adjustable slots was put between him and…
Street Artist Paints Waves of Different Colors at the Same Time Using a Multiple Spray Paint Can Device
Street artist Jason Revok creates amazing geometric building murals around the world. While painting one such mural in Detroit, Jesse Cory from 1xRun captured Revok…
Bloody Raw Hamburger Rice Krispies Treats
In honor of Halloween, a very creative Michel Devon created wonderfully spooky Rice Krispies Treats that look just like bloody raw hamburger patties. No meat…
Injured Cat Seeking Help Leads Compassionate Human to Her Litter of Tiny Kittens Hidden in the Bushes
In 2017, we wrote about Anelida, the incredibly compassionate human belonging to Santi the angora cat and Walter the golden retriever, who rescued a meowing…