Cleaning Fairy Breaks into Houses and Leaves Cleaning Bill
Sue Warren decided she wasn’t going to sit around and wait for clients to call her house cleaning business. Instead, she took the initiative and started breaking into people’s houses, cleaning them and leaving the bill. You have to admit, it’s a pretty bold business plan. According to the Westlake Police Department, the 53-year-old woman […]
Wannabe Incredible Hulk Used Green Industrial Paint That Wouldn’t Come Off
Paulo Henrique dos Santos, a pool attendant from Brazil, wanted so much to impersonate the Incredible Hulk for a local running event that he painted himself with green industrial paint. He later found out the paint won’t come off no matter how hard he scrubbed. I always thought becoming a superhero was hard, but a young […]
Pentagram-Stamped $666 Burger Is World’s Most Expensive
Just days after New York’s Serendipity 3 restaurant claimed the Guinness Record for the world’s most expensive burger, with its $295 Le Burger Extravagant, another challenger appears. Presenting the Douche Burger, a $666 sinful delight. After news of Serendipity 3’s burger being dubbed the world’s most expensive spread on the Internet, food blogs were almost […]
Artist Creates Creepy Self-Portraits Out of His Own Frozen Blood
Back in 1991, Marc Quinn started one of the most bizarre art projects in history – making detailed self-portraits from his own frozen blood. He has been making a new one every five year or so, since then. Yes, they’re creepy, but think of it this way – it must be reassuring for Mark to know […]
Charlotte Mann’s Meticulously Detailed Marker-Drawn Murals
Don’s you ever wish you could take a magic marker and simply draw things into existence? I’m talking about things like a better view for your house, new furniture or a brand new bicycle. That’s exactly what Charlotte Mann can do. Most of the time, we don’t like it when other people draw on our […]
Artist Creates Large Scale Portraits by Chipping Away the Plaster Off of Derelict Buildings
Can beauty be created out of destruction and chaos? Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto believes that it can, and offers his incredible chiseled portraits on the side of buildings, as proof. 23-year-old Farto, aka Vhils, grew up in Seixal, on the outskirts of Lisbon, and became interested in graffiti art during the late 1990s. Apparently, at […]
Agni Keli – Unique Indian Tradition Encourages Fighting Fire with Fire
Agni Keli, also known as the Fire Fight of Kateel Durga Parameswari Temple, in Mangalore, India, is a unique ritual which has hundreds of devotees throwing burning palm fronds at each other, to appease the Hindu goddess Durga. Each year, the Festival of Kateel Durga Parameswari Temple is celebrated over 8 days, in the month of April. It commences on the night before […]
Bastoy Prison Island – A Relaxing Getaway for Hardened Criminals
Norway is famous for its liberal prison system, but not even the most optimistic criminal would ever hope to end up in a place like Bastoy Island. It’s quite simply paradise on Earth for serious offenders looking for some time off from crime. Located about an hour away from Oslo, Bastoy Prison, if you can […]
UNBELIEVABLE: Stray Dog Runs 1,700 Km across China after Befriending Cross-Country Cyclists
After a cyclist gave her food during a cross-country race through China, Xiao Sa, a little stray dog with a really big heart, followed the cyclists 1,100 miles across very rough terrain. The incredible journey of Xiao Sa began on the streets of Yajiang, Sichuan province. Zhang Heng, a 22-year-old student from Hubei, was on a […]
Retro Running – The Fine Art of Putting One Foot Behind the Other
Whether you’re looking for a fun way to get BACK into sport, spice up your boring training or struggling to escape constant injuries, there’s no better way to do it than retro running. Running backwards may look like a weird, unnatural way to move, but it’s apparently very beneficial for the human body. In fact, […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #40
Beijing Sets “2 Flies”Limit for Public Toilets (BBC) British Farmers Use Sun Cream to Save Piglets’ Bacon (Cumbria Crack) Fujairah’s Amazing Bullfighting Tradition (Environmental Graffiti) World’s Smallest Artificial Heart Saves Baby’s Life (Geekologie) World’s Meatiest Sandwich Has 41 Different Cuts of Meat (Daily Mail) Stuntman Skydives without Parachute (YouTube) Zillion Dollar Fritata – World’s Most […]
SHOCKING: Tokyo Illustrator Has Genitals Removed, Cooks and Serves Them at Public Banquet
Mao Sugiyama, a young Japanese illustrator from Tokyo, recently made headlines after he decided to have his genitalia removed. To top it off, he offered to sell his organs as a cooked meal, for ¥100,000 ($1.250). Six people pre-ordered… “Please retweet. I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 […]
Cecelia Webber Uses Naked Bodies to Create Human Flowers
Los Angeles-based Cecelia Webber takes nude photos of the human body and assembles them in the shape of flowers and butterflies, to create some of the most stunning images you’ve ever seen. Three years ago, Cecelia Webber was a neuroscience graduate from USC, working in the lab all day and indulging in photography in her spare time. […]
Chinese Billionaire Pays $800,000 to Find ‘Pure Wife’
They say you can’t put a price on love, but a mysterious Chinese millionaire is trying to prove everyone wrong by spending a matchmaking service 5 million yuan( $788,000) to find him a suitable wife. On May 20th, the Garden Hotel, in China’s Guangzhou City, hosted a special event entitled “Multi-Millionaire Seeking Spouses in Ten Cities […]
Footbrawl – A Sport That Combines Football, Martial Arts, and Rugby
Footbrawl is a controversial team sport invented during the late 1980s, in Australia, as a training aid for martial arts students. Despite violence concerns, footbrawl has been growing in popularity and may soon become an internationally played sport. New Martial Arts Football, or Footbrawl, is a full contact sport in which participants have to fight to score […]