Bullfrog Served ALIVE at Japanese Restaurant
A video shot in Japan recently went viral after it showed a bullfrog served in a Japanese restaurant still blinking and twitching on the plate, after being skinned alive and cut into pieces. This is definitely one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen. Singaporean website STOMP recently released a series of photos […]
Hundreds of Paintings Come Together to Form Stunning Mural Mosaics
Invented by Lewis Lavoie, Mural Mosaic is an artistic concept which brings together hundreds of artworks painted by various artists into one exceptional image. Lewis Lavoie created his first mural mosaic in 1997, for a retaining wall next to an art gallery in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. For this, the artist painted hundreds of individual paintings that […]
Man Wins BMW after Keeping His Hand “Glued” to It for 87 Hours
Song Changjiang, a lucky 27-year-old from Chengdu, China, has won the right to drive in a BMW 1 Series after keeping his hand glued to it for 4 days and three nights, in a bizarre contest. What some people wouldn’t do for the chance to win a brand new BMW. Take the participants in the ‘Who […]
17-Year-Old Makes Her Own Prom Dress Out of Old Homework
Just in case you needed more proof that you don’t actually need designer labels to attract attention, here’s the story of Kara Koskowich, who created her prom dress out of old homework. After graduation, most students never want to look at homework again, but 17-year-old Kara Koskowich actually decided to look good IN it, by making […]
Woman Eats 30,000 Calories a Day to Become the World’s Biggest Bride
Susanne Eman weighs a staggering 540lbs (245kg) and unlike other brides-to-be, she actually wants to put on a lot more weight. To fulfill her bizarre goal of getting fatter for her wedding, Susanne is currently eating about 30,000 calories per day. The 33-year-old, from Arizona, first made news headlines last year, when stories of her […]
ScreamBody – The Portable Organ That Lets You Scream Without Disturbing Anyone
Invented by MIT’s Kelly Dobson, the ScreamBody is an ingenious device that allows you to let out all your rage and frustration without having to worry about it being socially inappropriate. As a kid, I watched a lot of cartoons where characters would just scream inside a paper bag, because they couldn’t let out their pain […]
‘Last Family on Earth’ Reality Series Will Award Bunker to Winning Survivalist Family
Spike TV recently announced it’s working on a reality series called “Last Family on Earth” which will feature survivalists competing to show how resourceful they can be in various extreme situations. The winning family will receive a bunker in an undisclosed location, to improve their chances of surviving Armageddon. The calendar of the ancient Mayan civilization predicts […]
Kansas Man Builds Golden Gate Bridge Replica in His Backyard
Larry Richardson, from Mulvane, Kansas, spent 11 years building a 150-foot replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, out of 90 tons of concrete and lots of salvaged materials. War veteran Larry Richardson has had only two great loves in his life, his wife Barbara and the Golden Gate Bridge, which he has dreamed of visiting […]
Playa de Gulpiyuri – A Strange Beach in the Middle of a Meadow
Tucked away into a small inland hollow, right in the middle of a meadow, Playa de Gulpiyuri is one of the most amazing beaches in the world. We’ve certainly featured some unique places here, on Oddity Central, and even a few incredible beaches, like the hot water beach of New Zealand or California’s glass beach, […]
Become a Babe Magnet at Tel Aviv’s Babe Master School
If you’re looking for answers to questions like “what kind of men are women looking for?”, or if you want to learn how to strike up a conversation with an attractive woman, the Babe Master school in Tel Aviv, Israel, will teach you everything you need to know. And who better to teach you how […]
Artist Paints Herself Dressed in Bizarre Dead Animal Dresses
In her 2007 self-portrait series, Booty, Julie Heffernan painted herself dressed in creepy dresses made from dead animal carcasses. David Cohen, art critic of The New York Sun, describes Julie Heffernan’s paintings as “a hybrid of genres and styles, mixing allegory, portraiture, history painting, and still life, while in title they are all presented as self […]
Man Turns 727 Passenger Plane into His Woodland Dream Home
Bruce Campbell, a 62-year-old self-confessed nerd from Oregon, USA, has spent the last 10 years converting a 727-200 passenger jet into his dream home. We’ve seen airplanes converted into living space before, like the 747 jumbo jet hostel in Stockholm, or the Boeing 707 plane hotel of Costa Rica, but Bruce Campbell’s work is the […]
Dutch Artist Turns Dead Cat into Remote-Controlled Helicopter
Like many other animal lovers, Dutch artist Bart Jansen found it hard to part with his pet cat, Orville, after he was hit by a car. So he decided to turn the dead feline into a unique piece of artwork called the Orvillecopter. Jansen named his beloved pet after the famous aviator Orville Wright, so […]
Meet Trisha Paytas, a Self-Proclaimed Tanorexic
Trisha Paytas is a blonde lingerie model from Los Angeles who has recently made headlines after being featured on TLC’s show My Strange Addiction for her unhealthy obsession with tanning. Lots of girls out there put their health on the line every time they lay on a tanning bed, but Trisha Paytas takes artificial tanning […]
Poor Carpenter Builds Awesome Tree House with Materials Found on Craiglist
Joel Allen completed his amazing tree house on Whistler Mountain, in Western Canada, two years ago, but chose to keep it a secret for fear it would be torn down. Now, his secret’s out and the Hemloft has become one of the most talked-about architectural wonders on the Internet. Hemloft, named after the hemlock tree […]