Stunning Flowers Are Actually Paint Splashes Photographed at the Right Time
I love splash photography, but this is the first time I’ve seen an artist using this technique to create unique flowers, some with their own liquid flower pots. The patient man behind this amazing art is Jack Long, a talented photographer who spends months planning and experimenting to create these stunning pieces. Armed with superhuman […]
Disaster Café – Where Every Meal Comes with a 7.8 Earthquake
If a 7.8 earthquake happened during lunch time, most of us would forget about food and run for our lives, but at the Disaster Café, in Lloret de Mar, Spain, quakes happen all the time, and all you can do is try to keep your balance and hope drinks don’t get spilled. Normally, people are […]
Russia 2045 Claims Immortality Is Just a Few Years Away
Making the impossible possible is just a matter of time, according to Dmitry Itskov and the people involved in his project, called Russia 2045. It’s by that time they hope to recreate a whole new civilization with the help of android avatars into which to transfer humans’ personalities after their bodies die. It sounds a […]
Test Your Middle Finger at the Bavarian Finger Wrestling Championship
Finger wrestling, or “fingerhakeln”, used to be the way the men of Bavaria settled disputes back in the 17th century, but now it’s just an obscure sport that draws hundreds of strong men to the German region, for the annual Finger Wrestling Championship. Now, I knew about thumb wrestling and toe wrestling, but I was […]
Real-Life MacGyver Builds Working Motorcycle Out of Car That Broke Down in the Desert
This is one of the most unbelievable stories I have come across in a while, and had my doubts about its authenticity at first, but after reading about it on some reputed websites, my worries were put to rest. The story was recently made public by Reddit user ‘Naruhodo‘, who linked to a bunch of […]
Dutch Bring-Your-Own-Food Bar Beats the Economic Crisis
Basis is a bring-your-own-food bar that recently opened in Amsterdam, in response to the crisis currently affecting the Dutch capital. Over the last two years, 10% of Amsterdam’s cafés have closed down, but its cool concept actually makes Basis Bar a profitable business. The Netherlands appeared to be handling the economic crisis quite well, when […]
Alumosaics – Beautiful Works of Art Made from Recycled Aluminum Cans
Jeff Ivanhoe has been using aluminum cans to create his incredible artworks since 1981. They’re called ‘alumosaics‘, and as you’ve probably already guessed, they are colorful mosaics made of aluminum. Aluminum has been around for over 100 years years, and during that time it has proven to be one of the world’s most versatile and […]
21st-Century Cavemen – 30 Million Chinese Live in Caves
This title might seem a bit shocking, but considering China’s total population, 30 million really isn’t very much. Still, millions of people living in caves in this modern era is kind of strange, wouldn’t you say? According to a report by The Los Angeles Times, millions of Chinese people have gone underground, to live in caves. […]
New York Surgeon Offers $10,000 Charity Donation for Introduction to Woman of His Dreams
Dr Emil Chynn, a successful New York surgeon, has tired of traditional dating methods, so he’s offering tens of thousands of dollars to whoever helps him find the woman of his dreams. So what does a person do in order to “outsource” the work of finding a suitable life partner? Well, the latest thing Dr. […]
Banana Tattooist Turns Fruits into Awesome Artworks
Multimedia artist Phil Hansen uses a technique similar to pointillism to turn ripe bananas into organic canvases, recreating some of history’s most famous artworks. If this offbeat art doesn’t make you go bananas, I don’t know what will. Hansen’s works are just so detailed it’s hard to believe all he uses to create them is […]
Elves, Trolls and Hidden Beings – Iceland’s Love of the Supernatural
You probably think anyone who takes elves and other fantasy beings seriously is either childish or just plain mad. According to polls, most Icelanders believe in, or at least refuse to deny the existence of elves, and most of them seem pretty sane to me. Welcome to Iceland, the small island country where technological advancement […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #39
London Gallery Hosts Invisible Art Exhibition (NEWS) The Man Who Ate His Own Brain (Yahoo) Weird Concepts: Camel-Powered Desert Ambulance (Environmental Graffiti) Off the Grid – Americans Living Outside Mainstream Society (Laughing Squid) 73-Year-Old Woman Climbs Mount Everest (HuffPost) Man Runs Half-Marathon Inside Hot Air Balloon (Digital Journal) Concept Artist’s Photos Spark Interpol Murder Hunt […]
Guerrilla Gardener Turns Potholes into Miniature Works of Art
Steve Wheen realized nobody likes to hit potholes on their way to work, so if authorities weren’t going to fill them, he would. Steve became a guerrilla gardener, traveling around the world and turning ugly potholes into charming miniature gardens. “Guerrilla Gardening has been around for a long time, in fact one of the earliest […]
Professional ‘Rinsers’ Take to the Internet to Find Generous Wealthy Men
Gold-diggers have been around for centuries, but according to a TV documentary this breed of women has been constantly evolving, and is now taking advantage of technology to land their benefactors. English Channel 4 has produced a documentary called “Sex, Lies and Rinsing Guys”, featuring three modern ‘rinsers’ who use their feminine charms to get […]
Unofficial Animal Registrar Performs Expensive Pet Weddings
Ann Clark calls herself an “animal registrar“, which is just a fancy way of saying she performs weddings for pampered pets. You might think that’s a silly job, but she’s making up to £20,000 ($31,600) per event. Why should pets miss out on the unforgettable moments of getting married? That’s probably what Ann told herself, when she […]