A Bite From This Tiny Tick Can Turn You into a Vegetarian
The tiny Lone Star tick can succeed where countless health experts and diet planners have failed – this bug has the power to put people off red meat! The tick isn’t vegetarian itself, but it sure can turn you into one for life. Scientifically known as Amblyomma americanum, these ticks carry a variety of diseases, but […]
Japanese Artist Creates Amazingly Realistic Miniature Dioramas
Satoshi Araki, an artist from Tokyo, creates highly realistic miniature models of towns, vehicles, and a lot of other objects from everyday life. He is particularly skilled at making small-scale dioramas of chaotic cityscapes that are affected by urban decay, pollution, or warfare. Satoshi mostly uses styrofoam board to make these incredibly intricate and complex […]
Retired Teacher Spends 60 Years Folding over 10,000 Paper Planes of All Shapes and Sizes
Xu Shuquan, a retired primary school teacher from Chengdu city in Sichuan Province, has dedicated the past 60 years to folding paper planes. The 70-year-old now has a collection of 10,000 planes of different sizes, colors and shapes, in addition to various paper dolls and models of the 12 zodiac signs. What’s so great about […]