Japanese Artist Invents New Way of Peeling Tangerines
Yoshihiro Okada has become a popular country in his native country of Japan, after he developed an ingenious way of peeling tangerines, six years ago. It might sound like an arid subject, but the Japanese author has already published two books on peeling tangerines, and even launched a DVD version. If you’ve been throwing away […]
Swiss Woman Tries to Survive on Light Alone, Starves to Death
Growing up in India, I’ve heard several stories of yogis who would eat nothing, surviving on only sunlight. We never really tested out the theory, assuming it was only the stuff of legends. But a Swiss woman apparently did try it, and the results were not good. She ended up starving herself to death. Looks […]
Los Santos Malandros – The Thug Saints of Venezuela
An idol of a man dressed in blue jeans, orange shirt, green baseball cap and a gun stuck in his belt is hardly something you’d expect to see at a place of worship. But it’s pretty common in Venezuela, the country with the highest murder rates in the world. Religious cults worship thugs and criminals […]
Grieving Father Invents Device to Talk to His Dead Daughter
Any parent grieving the death of their child would go to any lengths to hear the child’s voice one last time. But how many of them would actually invent a device for it? Electrical Engineer Gary Galka from Connecticut did just that. After his 17-year-old daughter Melissa died in 2004 in a car accident, Gary […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #37
Glass-Floored Bathroom Built over 15-Storey Elevator Shaft (Geekologie) Inside Michael Jackson’s Abandoned Fun Park (Environmental Graffiti) 3D Printing Process Lets You Be Your Own Favorite Action Figure (Discovery News) Blind Man Builds Sports Car from Scratch (Orange News) 18 Kilogram Cat Could Be the World’s Fattest (Metro) Iraqi Farmer Marries Two Cousins in One Night […]