Twinkle Dwivedi – The Girl Who Cries Blood
For the last three years, doctors have been trying to figure out what makes Twinkle Dwivedi‘s body ooze blood through her eyes, feet and even her head, but she remains a medical mystery. When Twinkle’s case first appeared in the international media, many hurried to call her a fake, but after countless tests and procedures, […]
Welsh Artist Paints with Jam and Marmite on Toast
Nathan Wyburn, a young Welsh artist from Ebbw Vale, has created a series of celebrity portraits with jam and marmite, on a canvas made of toast. The first time you lay eyes on Nathan Wyburn’s artworks, you don’t know whether to frame it or eat it. But, even though his art mediums might seem a […]
Chinese Man Builds His Very Own Plane
24-year-old Zeng Qiang spent the last year working on a home-made airplane, in his home village of Sifang, Southwest China. Zeng, who makes a living by performing at weddings and funerals, in his neighborhood, suddenly became interested in airplanes 10 years go, and has since then spent most of his spare time studying model airplanes. […]
Phaal Curry Challenge – Curry with a Side of Pain
Brick Lane Curry House, a restaurant in New York city, challenges people to try and down a whole bowl of the world’s hottest curry, in their now famous Phaal Curry Challenge. Phaal curry is reputed as the world’s spiciest curry, and the restaurant’s website describes it as an excruciatingly hot curry, more pain and sweat […]
Quilling – The Art of Turning Paper Strips into Intricate Artworks
Quilling has been around for hundreds of years, but it’s still as impressive and popular now as it was during the Renaissance. The art of quilling first became popular during the Renaissance, when nuns and monks would use it to roll gold-gilded paper and decorate religious objects, as an alternative to the expensive gold filigree. […]
50,000 Milk Cartons Make a Great Castle
Built back in May, during an event that took place in Granada, Spain, this recycled castle was made of 50,000 empty milk cartons. Designed by the students of the Facultad de Arquitectura de Granada (Granada’s Architectural College), the milk carton castle of Granada was built exclusively out of tens of thousands of empty milk cartons, […]
The Collage Paintings of Megan Coyle
Using only paper and magazine strips, artist Megan Coyle manages to create unique collages that look and feel like real paintings. Washington-based Megan Coyle is a college artist and designer who creates beautiful artworks with magazine strips. Using her experience as a painter and writing, Megan managed to “become a storyteller with images where I […]
Guliver Travels to China
After entertaining children everywhere, with his incredible adventures in Lilliput, Gulliver seems to have moved to Beijing, China. Walking by Gulliver, in Chaoyang Park, Beijing, people really feel like Lilliputians. And that’s not odd at all, considering our hero’s body is 70 meters long, the equivalent of a 20-story high building. Certified by the Guinness […]
Pumpkin Lovers Compete in Giant Pumpkin Boat Race
The Pumpkin Boat Race of Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival has people racing each other in hollowed out pumpkins, across Ludwigsburg Lake. Known as the biggest pumpkin related event in the world, the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival draws in pumpkin enthusiasts from all around the globe, every year. They travel to the small German town to see over […]
Dog Castle – The Coolest Dog House in Japan
Nanami, a playful Japanese pooch can claim to be the only dog in the world to be living in a regular castle. Built as a small replica of Japan’s famous Matsumoto Castle, Nanami’s castle stands 2.5 meters tall and features three rooms. At the front is the main hall, where Nanami can just lay on […]
Farmer Creates Amazing Spitfire Shaped Maze
To mark the 70th anniversary of The Battle of Britain, farmer Tom Percy created a giant maze, shaped like a Spitfire fighter plane. Tom Percy has made a name for himself, after creating a series of incredible corn field mazes, just outside Yorkshire town, in Britain. In previous years, he designed mazes shaped as an […]
Headis – Table Tennis Played with the Head
A hybrid of football and table tennis, headis is a fun, easy-to-play sport that’s becoming more and more popular with each passing day. As you probably already guessed, headis is pretty similar to table tennis, only you have to hit the ball with your head. All you need to play headis is a regular tennis […]
Ziggy the Painting Pekingese
Ziggy, a fluffy Pekingese dog, has taken the art world by storm, ever since his owner discovered his incredible talent for abstract painting. Elizabeth Moncelli says her beloved Ziggy took up painting soon after he was old enough to hold a brush between his teeth. Seeing he had a soft spot for the arts, she […]
Pixelated Princess Peach Built Out of Plastic Bottle Caps
A real Super Mario fan spent months collecting plastic bottle caps in order to build a pixelated portrait of the lovely Princess Peach. After saving her from the clutches of the evil dragon, several times, Instructables user skeplin decided to create a tribute to Princess Peach. With the help of his family, he managed to […]
Chinese Environmentalist Sails 1,000 Km in Plastic Bottle Boat
Xia Yu, a man who really believes in the concept of recycling, has built a functional boat out of 2,010 plastic bottles. The 37-year-old boat builder gathered all the plastic bottles at a tea-house he manages in Xiangtan, central Hunan Province, China. Every time a customer left behind a plastic bottle, he just added it […]