Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Incredibly Realistic Miniature Animal Sculptures
Artist Kerri Pajutee creates incredibly beautiful, real-looking animal sculptures that are to 1:12 to actual size. Pajutee’s remarkable attention to detail imbues each of her…
What Life Looks Like to Baby Cephalopods
In a clip from the upcoming PBS documentary Octopus: Making Contact (previously), newly hatched octopuses, squid and cuttlefish explore their respective new worlds outside the…
How Director Sam Mendes Is Presenting His Epic World War I Film ‘1917’ As One Continuous Exterior Shot
In advance of the release of the highly anticipated World War I epic 1917, director Sam Mendes along with the talented cast and crew share…
A Bullied Man Who Likes to Tell ‘Dad Jokes’ Turns His Frown Upside Down in a Brilliant Parody of ‘Joker’
The Dad, who offers funny takes on modern parenting, has created an absolutely brilliant parody of the trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller Joker. Like…
Solving the Riddle of the Secret Sauce
In a mysterious TED-Ed lesson animated by Artrake Studios, riddler Alex Gendler invites viewers to take on the role as a highly trained spy learn…
Amazing Continuous Bent Wire Portraits Installed Around the World in Interesting Outdoor Places
Dutch artist Spenser Little creates amazing bent wire sculptural portraits that he installs outside windows, attached to utility poles, bridges, and other surprising places. Each…
Analyzing Three Different Parking Strategies to Determine Which Is Most Likely to Be Successful
Physicists Paul Krapivsky of Boston University and Sidney Redner of the Santa Fe Institute conducted an interesting experiment. They analyzed three different parking strategies –…
How Cognitive Bias Leads People to Believe That They Are Far Superior to Others Than They Actually Are
After Skool explains how the Dunning–Kruger effect leads people to believe that they are far superior to others than they actually are.
Protective Finger Covers For Eating Messy Snacks
The thing about eating potato chips is that you can’t eat just one. Unfortunately much of the grease and/or colored flavoring from those yummy snacks…
The World’s Tallest File Cabinet in Burlington, Vermont
We’re in Burlington, Vermont and of course we had to stop by to visit The World’s Tallest File Cabinet. This wonderful sculpture is 38 feet…