Coolest Finds of the Week #24
7 Creepiest Abandoned Japanese Love Hotels (Environmental Graffiti) The Cockiest Shrine Bangkok (Asia Obscura) A Cheap Way to Turn Your Room into a Shrine to Star Trek (Facebook) Woman Treats Pet Kangaroo Like Her Child (Huffington Post) No Pants Subway Ride 2012 (Laughing Squid) Unicorn Poop Cookies (Geekologie) Braille Burgers for the Visually Impaired (Global […]
The Mind-Blowing Wood-Carved Paintings of Kronid Gogolev
Kronid Gogolev is a master wood-carver who creates incredibly detailed artworks inspired by the rural and provincial life of Russia’s northern regions. For our artist of the day we chose to showcase Russian veteran wood-carver Kronid Gogolev, a man’s whose intricate wooden paintings are nothing short of awe-inspiring. Using simple tools, he is able to […]
Girls Licking Doorknobs – More Madness from Japan
It seems like Japan is in the news, more often than not, for bizarre activities. The latest that’s making waves on the internet is a Tumblr blog with pictures of girls licking doorknobs. The work belongs to illustrator Ryuko Azuma, who says the idea started as many good ones do – with a drunken tweet. […]
Saudi Father Tries to Sell Son for $20 Million, on Facebook
A Saudi man was all over the news a few days ago for putting up his son for sale on Facebook – for a whopping $20 million. Now he says that he did it only to bring attention to his poverty, and he didn’t really intend to sell his son. In a country where the […]
Chinese Women Train Hard to Become Professional Bodyguards
While many men may find it odd to have a woman protect them, the Chinese have no such qualms. How else could you explain the huge demand for female bodyguards? In fact, they are paid much higher than their male counterparts. Tianjiao Special Guard Consultant Ltd is perhaps the first firm to provide open group […]
Would You Believe These Goldfish Are Actually Painted?
Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints incredibly realistic three-dimensional goldfish embedded in layers of transparent resin. His artworks look more like photos of actual fish swimming peacefully in their little tanks. Riusuke Fukahori’s work could best be described as a a combination between painting and sculpture. The talented artist creates his “living masterpieces”using a complex process […]
Amazing Indian Girl Is Friends with Six King Cobras
India has long been known as the land of the snake charmers. But here’s something very unusual. An 8-year-old Indian girl who plays all day not with other girls, but with her pet King Cobras. Kajol Khan lives in the village of Ghatampur in Uttar Pradesh, with her parents, six sisters, two brothers and six […]
The Focara of Novoli – A Truly Epic Bonfire
Imagine a giant bonfire, 25 meters high, 20 meters in diameter, and viewed by over 60,000 people. This is exactly the spectacle that will meet your eyes if you happen to be in the town of Novoli, in south-eastern Italy, during this time of the year. This ‘festival of fire’ is known as the Focara, […]
Couple Marry for the Second Time after Husband’s Sex Change
Barry and Anne Watson first married in 2002, as husband and wife. Now, nine years later, they renewed their wedding vows, except this time they were wife and wife, and Barry was a woman named Jayne. A photograph of the couple shows he/she is much happier this time around. Of course, things were not always […]
Talented Italian Artist Paints with Wine
Wine has been the inspiration of many famous painters throughout the centuries, but Florentine artist Elisabetta Rogai is taking the relationship between the drink of Dionysus and art to a whole new level, by using wine as paint. Can a painting truly age? The concept was first explored English writer Oscar Wilde, in his book, “The […]
Blind Tennis – Yet Another Amazing Sport from Japan
The Japanese really do seem to invent a lot of sports, especially for the disabled. Not long ago, we told you about Doglegs, a wrestling sport for the handicapped. Now, we’re going to introduce you to Blind Tennis, which is of course, tennis played by the blind. The creation of the sport is largely credited […]
Website Helps Icelandic Couples Avoid Incest
In a country with only 300,000 people, the risk of two people who like each other being related is quite high. Throw in the absence of last names, and the confusion only increases. This is precisely the case in Iceland today. Luckily, they have a website that keeps them from committing incest. So when a man […]
World’s First Park and Pray Chapel to Open in Austria
With the launch of the new Park and Pray Worldwide Chapel Network, it is now possible for you to pray anywhere in the world, by simply stopping your car wherever you see the Park+Pray sign. The new concept is revolutionary in terms of making places of prayer available to all Christians, regardless of their confession. […]
Joe Black’s Amazing Badge Mosaics
We’ve featured some pretty awesome mosaics here on Oddity Central, from Oksana Mas’ wooden egg mosaics, to the sweet jelly bean mosaics of Peter and Roger Rocha. But there are plenty of other incredibly talented artists out there who use the most unusual materials to create their art. Joe Black is one of them. Using […]
Mom Uses Year-Old Cheeseburger to Keep Kids Away from McDonalds
We’ve read several myths on the internet about the very questionable quality of food served at fast-food restaurants. A Canadian mom has actually gone on to prove some of these myths, in an attempt to discourage her teenage children from consuming ‘junk’ food. Melanie Hesketh, from Windsor, Ontario, has a McDonald’s cheeseburger sitting on her […]