Food Artist Creates Edible Beyonce Portrait from 3780 Oreo Pops
To celebrate Beyonce’s recent return to a UK stage, after the Glastonbury festival in 2011, Oreo commissioned food artist Michelle Wibowo to create a tasty portrait of the popular singer from nearly 4,000 Oreo pops. For those of you who don’t yet know about Oreo pops, they’re are delicious treats made from crushed Oreo cookies mixed […]
All Aboard the Controversy Inn’s Tram Apartments
Viewed as one of the most unusual hotels in the world, the Controversy Inn gives the term “room and board” a whole new meaning by repurposing old tramcars as luxurious accommodations for guests. Located in Holland’s Hoogwoud village, the Controversy Inn is run by two kooky Prince fans and offers visitors the unique opportunity of sleeping […]
Miami Artist Uses His Own Body Fat to Make Soap
Miami-based performance artist Orestes de la Paz has put his heart, soul and fat into 20 bars of special soap made with his liposuctioned blubber. The bars of human soap are available for purchase and priced at $1,000. Orestes de la Paz underwent a liposuction procedure in December of last year, and decided to turn […]
Hooker’s Lips – The World’s Most Kissable Plant
Here’s a dumb question: if (the young) Mick Jagger was a plant, what would he be? Probably Psychotria Elata, commonly known as Hooker Lips or the Hot Lips Plant for the shape of its bright red bracts that resemble two luscious lips. This weird plant might look like the work of a photo editing software, but I […]
Job Seekers Put Themselves in Window Displays Hoping to Get Hired
Unemployment in Europe has recently hit record highs, and although Denmark has been shielded from the eurozone’s economic problems thanks to its low public debt, qualified professionals are still finding it tough to get a job. Danish marketing firm Reputation Copenhagen has come up with an ingenious way of helping academics get noticed – putting […]
Race Team Creates Street Legal Batman Tumbler for the Gumball 3000
International racing crew, Team Galag, have recently unveiled one of their unique cars for the 2013 Gumball 3000 race. It’s an exact replica of the awesome Tumbler driven by Batman in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. The Gumball 3000 is not a race in the traditional sense of the word. There’s no official timekeeping […]
Girl Can’t Find a Date for Prom Takes Calculator Instead
This is the story of a girl and her calculator. Instead of staying at home and missing the most memorable party of her high-school years, a girl who did’t get invited to prom decided to attend with her trusty calculator as partner, and posted some cool photos as proof. “No one asked me to prom, […]
Chinese Company Boss Has Employees Crawling on Their Knees in Public
You thought your boss was bad? He’s probably a nice guy compared to the boss of this cosmetics company in Chongqing, China, who recently forced his employees to crawl on their hands and feet in the city’s busy commercial district, in front of hundreds of onlookers. The controversial event took place on May 2nd, and […]
Qigong Master Generates Intense Heat from His Hands
Zhou Ting-Jue is an internationally renown Qigong, Tai Chi and Kung Fu grand master who has shocked the world with his abilities to generate extreme heat from his hands and stand on thin sheets of paper without falling through. Master Zhou, also known as “The Jewel of China”, has been featured on a number of […]
Detailed Urban Landscape Images Are Actually Ultra-Realistic Paintings
Nathan Walsh is an English realist painter who specializes in urban landscapes. He pays tribute to some of the world’s most beautiful cities, like New York, Chicago or London, through photo-realistic paintings of various urban locations. Nathan is definitely not the only artist in the world who can create amazingly-realistic images using simple tools like […]
Anti-Abuse Billboard Contains Message Visible Only by Children
In an attempt to do more than simply raise awareness about child abuse, a Spanish organization has created a smart billboard that contains a secret message visible only to children under the age of 10. Using a technology known as lenticular printing, an organization dedicated to aiding abused children joined forces with Grey Group Spain to […]
Japanese Model Underwent 30 Cosmetic Procedures to Look Like a French Doll
A Japanese model named Vanilla Chamu has recently become an internet sensation after it was reported she spent 10 million yen ($100,000) on 30 plastic surgery procedures in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a perfect living French doll. She claims it’s her ultimate goal and the reason she has so far underwent tens […]
Artist Uses Powerful Airplane Engine as Paintbrush to Create Jet Art
Florida-based artist Princess Tarinan von Anhalt creates abstract works of art by hurling cans and bottles of paint into the air and letting the strong winds produced by a jet engine splatter it onto a canvas. It’s probably the most expensive paintbrush ever used, but clients will often pay as much as $50,000 just to watch […]
DIY Expert Builds His Very Own Thor’s Hammer
Thor’s hammer is one of the coolest weapons in the superhero universe. Called Mjolnir, it can summon lightning, crush through pretty much anything and help the Norse god fly. No wonder Caleb from Hack A Day wanted one for himself. But the gifted builder wasn’t looking for yet another simple prop that looked like Thor’s […]
Playa del Amor – The Hidden Beach of Marieta Islands
If it weren’t for the sound of the waves gently washing up on its fine sand beach, people would probably walk right past Playa del Amor without even knowing it was there. Located several meters inland on one of the Marieta Islands, the Hidden Beach is one of those unique natural wonders you definitely don’t […]