Coolest Finds of the Week #46
American Woman Loves to Eat Rocks (Metro) 20 Most Incredible Lenticular Clouds (Environmental Graffiti) Horrific Meals at Beijing’s Penis Restaurant (Asia Obscura) $165,000 Ferrari Has a Leather Exterior (Elite Daily) Video of Man Using Piranha as Scissors Goes Viral (YouTube) Cosmetic Surgery to Beat “Toe-besity” on the Rise in the US (ABC News) German Mayor […]
Guy Paints and Draws Incredible Portraits with One Continuous Line
Think about the most impressive maze you’ve ever had to solve, and I guarantee it’s not as cool as what this Reddit user can create with a single continuous line. I could never draw or paint anything worth looking at, but I’ve always been fascinated by what some people can accomplish if they’re given a […]
Professional Cuddler Charges $60 Per Hour of Cuddling and Snuggling
A lot of people like to snuggle and cuddle, but Jacqueline Samuel, from New York’s Rochester area, actually opened her own business charging $60 for an hour’s worth of non-sexual cuddling and snuggling. There are moments in life when you feel the need to cuddle, but you have no one to do it with. That’s […]
Man Sits on Toilet for Two Straight Days to Prove He Gives a Crap
Sitting on a toilet isn’t the best way to get things done, except for one particular thing, but it was the perfect way for Simon Griffiths to raise $50,000 for his commendable project. Australian Simon Griffiths is a man on a mission. He’s planning to solve a big part of the world’s sanitation problem by […]
Woman Is Addicted to Water, Drinks 25 Liters a Day
I know what you’re thinking, we’re all pretty much addicted to water, but we don’t feel like drinking it every moment of every day, and we certainly don’t consume over six gallons of it, daily. But Sasha Kennedy does, and that definitely makes her a water addict. Drinking plenty of water is generally regarded as healthy advice, […]
Leg Humping Competition Celebrates Dogs’ Love for Our Legs
Usually, when a dog starts humping your leg, you’re quick to make him stop, but at the Humpy Awards, owners actually encourage their pooches to get it on with their legs. There’s the Grammys, the Emmys, the Webbies, and now we have the Humpys, which celebrate dogs’ natural behavior to hump your legs. This first […]
Brazilian Inmates Pedal Their Way to Freedom
At one particular Brazilian jail, inmates don’t actually need both wheels on their bicycle to make an escape. By pedaling on stationary bikes, they can reduce their sentence and also get into shape. The medium-security penitentiary of Santa Rita do Sapucai, a mountain range city about two hours north of Sao Paolo, has recently made headlines for […]
Banking Is Child’s Play – Indian Street Kids Create Efficient Financial System
They say the banking system is very complicated, but try telling that to a bunch of Indian street kids who set up a model bank with tens of branches all over South-East Asia. In order to save money for a brighter future, a group of Indian children have created their own bank, where they can […]
Vik Muniz Recreates Famous Artworks Using Thousands of Torn Magazine Scraps
We discovered Brazilian artist Vik Muniz two years ago, when we came across his amazing portraits made exclusively with trash. Now he’s back with a whole new collection of mind-blowing recreations of classic paintings made from torn magazine scraps. It seems everything Vik Muniz touches turns to gold, including outdated magazines. For his latest art […]
Denimu – Using Old Blue Jeans in the Name of Art
It’s hard saying goodbye to your favorite pair of jeans, even when they’re way beyond wearable, but English artist Ian Berry has found a way to avoid throwing away denim, by using it to create beautiful works of art. Netherton-born artist Ian Berry, who now lives in Sweden, has made quite a name for himself […]
Dining with the Dead at India’s New Lucky Restaurant
In a land like India, where life and death intertwine so naturally, and reincarnation is such an important part of religion, what better place to build a restaurant than in the middle of an old Muslim cemetery? They say the milky tea and buttery rolls at the New Lucky restaurant in Ahmedabad, India, are to die […]
Japanese Fisherman-Turned-Artist Creates Skeletal Artworks from Dead Animals
Believe it or not, the Japanese use fish for something else than sushi. Take Iori Tomita, a former fisherman who now creates creepy works of art from various dead marine specimens. 28-year-old Iori Tomita uses scientific techniques of preserving and dyeing to transform dead fish into brightly-colored glowing pieces of art. The former fisherman applies over 10 different […]
Chuck Close’s Incredible Fingerprint Portrait Will Blow Your Mind
It’s not every day that you get to have your mind blown by a phenomenal piece of art, but today is one of those rare days. Feast your opticals on this unique portrait made by Chuck Close using only his fingerprints. Entitled Fanny/Fingerpainting, this giant portrait was created in 1985, and depicts the artists’s wife’s late […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #45
Parents Let 5-Year-Old Daughter Swim with Sharks (YouTube) Talking Urinals to Help Save Drunk Drivers (FOX News) The 10 Most Incredible JFK Assassination Theories (Environmental Graffiti) Sumo Becoming Popular on the Australian Gold Coast (Big Pond News) A Grown Man’s Awkward Conversation with His 12-Year-Old Self (YouTube) America’s Most Over-the-Top Burgers (MSNBC) Swamp Soccer Championship […]
Chinese Hairdresser Uses Zen Meditation to Cut Hair with His Eyes Closed
Tian Hao, a Chinese hair-stylist, from Xi’an, Shanxi Province, has recently made news headlines with his unique method of cutting hair. With his eyes shut, Tian claims to use Zen meditation to “feel” the aura of his customers’ hair and trim it without chopping bits of scalp. Until now, I thought using an open flame […]