Would You Eat Fish Caught in the Sewer? Yes, Sewer Fishing Is Actually a Thing
Kyle Naegeli, a 15-year-old high school student from the city of Katy, in Texas, loves fishing with a twist. Instead of going to a lake far away from the city, he prefers fishing right beside his home – in a sewer. That’s right, sewer fishing is a real sport and Kyle is an expert at […]
Student Creates Hydrophobic Shirt That’s Impossible to Stain
The Silic shirt is an amazing garment that just doesn’t catch a stain. No matter what you spill on it – water, soda, or even ketchup – it just rolls right off the T-shirt. Invented by San Francisco based student, Aamir Patel, the shirts are made from a material with billions of silica particles bonded […]
The Mind-Boggling Bird Suicide Phenomenon of Jatinga
Jatinga is a small village located in Assam, a state in northeastern India. The village is lush green and scenic, surrounded by serene mountains. But that’s not what it’s famous for. In fact, Jatinga is well-known for an entirely different reason – its Bird Mystery. The Bird Mystery is a unique phenomenon that occurs at […]
The Stunningly Beautiful Black Roses of Halfeti
Turkish Halfeti Roses are incredibly rare. They are shaped just like regular roses, but their color sets them apart. These roses so black, you’d think someone spray-painted them. But that’s actually their natural color. These stunning black roses would make excellent props in a movie about witches and black magic, or in a heavy-metal video. […]
Brian Lai’s Mind-Boggling Color Inverted Drawings
Brian Lai, a brilliant Malaysian artist, has invented his own technique of drawing called ‘Invert Art’. Using the technique, he is able to make rough sketches materialize into full-fledged realistic drawings, when the colors are inverted using a Photoshop filter. Lai has created a time-lapse video to demonstrate exactly how he creates these drawings. He […]
Guy Wins $40 Million Lottery Jackpot, Is Giving It ALL Away
A man from Calgary, Canada, who won the jackpot of $40 million in a lottery, has decided to give away all his winnings. After keeping the news secret from his children for several months, he finally decided to break his silence. Thankfully, his kids are supportive of his decision. Tom Crist, a widower of two […]
This Is What a College Parking Lot Looks Like in Dubai
If you love cars, this post is going to be eye-candy for you. We have a bunch of pictures taken by a student at a parking lot of the American University of Dubai. Reddit user Squirrelnelius, real name Meeka Nasser, put up pictures of amazing cars owned by students attending the learning institution in the […]
Ugly Christmas Sweater Stores Prove Big Hit This Holiday Season
Remember those ugly sweaters your mom or aunt would buy you for Christmas? If you still have them hiding at the back of your closet, it’s time to get them out because they’re in style! That’s right, ugly Christmas sweaters are all the rage in the U.S. and Canada. Stores all over North America are stocking […]
Guy Spends a Year Tracking Down Woman He Met Last New year’s Eve after She Tells Him “Find Me”
25-year-old New Zealander, Reese McKee, started a social media campaign that fired the imagination of thousands of romantics on the internet. His plea for help in locating the whereabouts of his soul-mate went viral within hours. In fact, he had to delete the campaign because it all started to spiral out of control. I’m not […]
Taiwanese Ice Cream Shop Sells Pig’s Feet and Tofu Flavored Ice Cream
Snow King, an ice cream shop located in Taipei, capital city of Taiwan, serves more than 70 flavors of fresh, homemade ice cream. There’s nothing unusual about that, I agree. But wait till you hear what these flavors include. The shop, in business since 1947, boasts of carrying the most unusual of ice cream flavors. […]
Bread-Obsessed Japanese Artist Turns Loaves into Beautiful Lampshades
Yukiko Morita, a 27-year-old corporate employee from Kyoto, has a unique hobby. She combines her love for bread and her love for art into a special product: Pampshades.“‘Pan (Japanese for bread)’ + ‘lamp shade’ = Pampshades,” Morita explains on her website. These lighting fixtures made from real bread and can light up a room, filling […]
Rosemary Jacobs, the Woman Whose Skin Turned Silver after Using Nose Drops
71-year-old Rosemary Jacobs has had silver-colored skin for the past 60 years. At age 11, she developed a rare condition called argyria – caused by exposure to chemical forms of the element silver that makes the skin turn blue or bluish-grey. For Rosemary, the exposure occurred from nasal drops containing colloidal silver. Rosemary’s story is […]
Politeness Goes a Long Way at French Café That Charges Extra for Rudeness
The French aren’t exactly world-famous for being polite, which is why I was quite surprised when I read about this. A French Café is actually charging customers extra for being rude to its staff, and offering discounts to those who are nice. The Petite Syrah Café, located in the French Riviera city of Nice, has […]
A Void – The Famous 300-Page Book Written without a Single Letter “E”
‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that a whole novel exists without a single use of the letter ‘e’. The book in question was originally written in French in 1969, by author Georges Perec. La Disparition (The Disappearance) is a 300-page lipogrammatic novel – […]
11-Year-Old Girl Likes to Play Horse by Jumping Over Hurdles on All Four
Anna Salandar, from Båstad, Sweden, is an amazing 11-year-old with an unsual hobby. At an age when kids prefer to play video games, Anna is learning to jump hurdles like a horse – on all fours. Anna’s unique hobby is her own choice; she wanted to be able to run and jump using all four limbs. […]