Amateur Inventor Showcases Homemade Submarine
Tao Xiangli, a 34-year-old amateur inventor from China, spent two years building a fully-functional homemade submarine. Tao is not the first person to build a homemade submarine, but that doesn’t make his achievement any less impressive. Especially since he did it using oil barrels and tools purchased from a second-hand market. After two years of […]
Chinese Farmer Grows Buddha-Shaped Pears
Gao Xianzhang has managed to create what some would call the holiest fruits ever, pears shaped like Buddha. Gao has been working on his pear-growing technique for six years and this season he managed to grow 10,000 Buddha-shaped baby pears. Each fruit is grown in an intricate Buddha mould and ends up looking like a […]
A Real-Life Scorpion King
Suang Puangsri, a 38-year-old man from Thailand lives in perfect harmony with his 4,600 pet scorpions. Scorpions, grasshoppers, locusts and other insects are considered delicacies in Thailand and Suang Puangsri has been eating them for the last 10 years. To atone for this “crime” he has adapted his home in Uttaradit province, 600 km north […]
Blue Ducks Invade London Once More
Over 200,000 blue rubber-ducks took part in the 2009 Great British Duck Race, on September 6, on the Thames, in London. Last year the tradition of the blue ducks began and this year they returned in even greater numbers, literally covering up Molesey Lock, on the River Thames. As we’ve mentioned in our coverage of […]
World Belly Board Championships in Cornwall
More than one hundred belly surfers from all over the world gathered in Cornwall, Britain, for the annual World Belly Board Championships. You might be surprised to know surfing wasn’t always about standing up on the board and riding the waves. British surfers practiced the sport on their bellies, using short wooden planks, over one […]