Boston Entrepreneur is Trying to Make Money by Shipping Snow to Warmer Places in the US
In true entrepreneurial spirit, Boston-based Kyle Waring is trying to make the best of a difficult situation. Boston has experienced one of the worst winters this year, receiving a record-breaking 8.3 feet of snow. Instead of complaining about it like most people, Kyle is actually attempting to make a profit by selling the excess snow. […]
Dutch Artist Takes Taxidermy to a Whole New Level of Creepiness
28-year-old Noortje Zijlstra is a part of a new group of Dutch artists who are gaining recognition for their fusion of taxidermy and art. Noortje, in particular, takes the macabre practice of taxidermy to the next level – some of her pieces include a white dove’s head mounted on a shuttlecock, a stuffed squirrel standing […]
Tiny Pony Gets Periscope So He Can See Out of His Stall
At 43 inches, Pedro, an adorable pint-sized Shetland pony, is so small that he can’t even see over his own stable door. Fortunately, a group of schoolchildren recently found a solution to his problem – they designed a special equine periscope just for him. The cardboard contraption, aptly named the ‘Pedroscope’, is fixed to the 60-inch […]
German Pastafarian Seeks Recognition for Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
In case you haven’t heard of it before, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, also known as Pastafarianism (a cross between pasta and Rastafarian) is a movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion, and is generally viewed by the media as a satirical take on organized religion. But 63-year-old German retiree Rüdiger Weida […]
World’s Most Expensive Chocolate Costs a Whopping $260 per 42-Gram Bar
If you’re looking for the finest dark chocolate money can buy, you might want to try , a delicate, handmade chocolate, made from the finest cacao beans Ecuador has to offer. At a hefty $260 per 1.5 ounce-bar, it is the most expensive chocolate in the world. According to the makers of To’ak, 95 percent […]
This Man Has Photographed Everything His Right Hand Has Touched in the Last 11 Years
Alberto Frigo is a man on a mission – for the past 11 years the 36-year old Italian has been photographing every single object that his right hand has touched. And he plans on continuing the bizarre project until he reaches retirement in the year 2040. Frigo said that he had been fascinated about the […]
World’s First “Beauty Chocolate” Keeps Your Skin Looking Young
Developed by a Cambridge University affiliated laboratory, Esthechoc is being touted as the world’s first ‘beauty chocolate’. It’s a dark chocolate with 70 percent cocoa containing high levels of two powerful anti-oxidants which help reverse the skin’s natural ageing process. A 7.5g piece of Esthechoc has as many cocoa flavanols as a 100g piece of regular […]
Meet Tomoko Kanda, Japan’s Cutest Female Bodybuilder. She Is 48 Years Old!
People often believe that female bodybuilders have to compromise on their feminine charm in order to lift heavy and win competitions, but Japanese bodybuilder Tomoko Kanda is proving them wrong. The 48-year-old has dedicated her life to bodybuilding and weight training, but also managed to retain her feminine beauty. Tomoko, who lives in Abeno-Ku, Osaka, […]
Welcome to the World’s Only Retirement Home for Old Cats
The Lincolnshire Trust for Cats, in Lincolnshire, England is a charity that claims to be running the world’s only retirement home for cats. It is currently home to nearly 80 elderly cats living out their last days in comfort. The retirement home caters specifically to cat owners who are worried about what will happen to their pets if […]
15-Year-Old Girl Hires CEO to Run Her Successful Nanny Agency While She Attends High-School
15-year-old New Yorker Noa Mintz is one of the youngest people in the world to own a successful start-up. The teen entrepreneur is the founder of ‘Nannies by Noa’, a popular baby sitting agency that she started after a number of bad personal experiences with babysitters, but because she is still in school she needed someone to handle […]
Japanese Farmers Somehow Create Eggs That Smell Like Citrus Fruit
Only in Japan can you find strange foods like garlic flavored cola, deep-fried maple leaves, and delicious water cake, but citrus-scented eggs are pretty strange, even by its standards. And yet these fruit-smelling eggs do exist thanks to a producer in Kochi Prefecture, in the southwest corner of Shikoku island. The special eggs, called ‘yuzu tama’, supposedly […]
Woman Formerly Known as Ladyzunga Cyborg Changes Name to Abcdefg Hijklmn Opqrst Uvwxyz
A Colombian woman recently changed her name to include all 26 letters in alphabetical order. So her first name is Abcdefg Hijklmn and her last name is Opqrst Uvwxyz. We’re not sure what she’s having people call her, but it’s probably something short, like Abc. Before she turned to the alphabet, the 36-year-old Bogota resident used […]
Cicada 3301 – The Internet’s Most Baffling Mystery
Cicada 3301 is often referred to as the internet’s most elaborate and mysterious puzzle, one that often leaves cryptoanalysts and hackers scratching their heads. A sort of cross between a contest, job interview and highly complex puzzle, Cicada 3301 recurs each year, but no one knows who is behind it or what prize awaits the person who solves it. The […]
This Poor Man Wanted the Tattoo of His Dreams, Got a Permanent Nightmare
When 29-year-old Didier Jacquemin set out to get the tattoo of his dreams, little did he know that it would turn out to be a huge disaster. While the image he desired was a beautiful forest scenery complete with birds in flight, the tattoo he ultimately got was the stuff of nightmares! Didier, a resident […]
Chinese Prison Uses Fake Mini City to Help Longtime Inmates Adjust to Modern Life
In an attempt to make long-term inmates more comfortable with modern technology, a Chinese prison has built a fake mini city within its walls. Located in Beijing, the prison campus features a small supermarket, internet café, and even a fake subway station! These structures are meant for inmates who have spent the last 20 years locked up and have no idea of […]