Indians Take Exam Cheating to New Heights by Scaling School Walls to Help Friends and Relatives
Cheating at exams is an age-old phenomenon, but the practice literally scaled new heights last week in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. News reports showed how parents and relatives of 10th-grade students climbing the walls of a school building to hand cheat sheets to the students taking their year-end exams inside! Photographs and videos […]
Blind Artist Relies on Touch and Textures to Create Stunning Paintings
Texas-based artist John Bramblitt perceives the world and everything in it through color. Fear, for instance, he says is a “red with a lot of black mixed in. It’s almost like the color of blood and dirt or soil – it’s really deep.” His paintings are stunningly vivid, bursting with color and texture. Ironically, Bramblitt […]
This Canned Air from “Yeti’s Cave” Will Apparently Make You an Animal in Bed
If the claims of a group of Siberian entrepreneurs are to be believed, their new product might just give Viagra a run for its money. They aren’t selling another expensive pill, just a can of fresh air! According to Vladimir Makuta, head of the local Tashtagol district, air from Azasskaya Cave and its surrounding area, […]
Egyptian Woman Spends 43 Years Disguised as a Man to Be Able to Earn a Living
For over four decades, Egyptian woman Sisa Abu Daooh was the sole breadwinner in her family, which is highly unusual for the patriarchal society she lives in. What’s more unusual is the way she did it – by dressing herself like a man! Now 64, Abu Daooh is being honored as the ‘ideal mother’ by the […]
Woman Sells $40 Birth Placenta Smoothies
If you found our post about bodybuilders consuming breast milk hard to stomach, wait till you hear what this woman in England puts in her smoothies. Kathryn Beale makes controversial birth placenta smoothies in her own kitchen and sells them to new mothers for £25 ($38) each. The 41-year-old from Wiltshire county, in South West England, got involved […]
Adult Preschool Helps Grownups Get in Touch with Their Inner Child
It’s good to get in touch with your inner child from time to time, and apparently some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment. A Brooklyn-based preschool for adults is charging clients between $333 and $999 for the chance to act like a kid again. At […]
Disco Shopping in Amsterdam – Dutch Group Turns Supermarkets into Discos
Shopping for groceries can be dreary, but a group of Dutch entrepreneurs is trying to change that. They’ve come up with a unique concept called ‘Disco Boodschappen’ (Disco Shopping) which basically involves throwing a disco dance party at an otherwise boring supermarket. The organisers said they came up with the plan after they saw a […]
Semi-Nomadic Sea Gypsies Boast Superhuman Underwater Vision
The semi-nomadic Moken people, living along the coasts of Burma and Thailand, are hunter-gatherers who for centuries have harvested the sea’s bounty. They use traditional diving methods to this day, instead of modern masks or scuba gear. And their underwater vision is so evolved that they are able to gather tiny shellfish and other food from […]
Guy’s Girlfriend and Ex-Girlfriend Jump into a River to See Which One He Would Save
A Chinese man was recently presented with the ultimate test of love – he was forced to choose between saving his current and ex girlfriends! The two love-struck women jumped into a river to see which one he would save. The poor man in question is 21-year-old Wu Hsia, who recently broke up with his […]
The Last Man in Fukushima – Kindhearted Local Remains in Radioactive Zone to Feed the Animals
When the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant went into meltdown, after the devastating tsunami in 2011, most of the locals fled to overcrowded temporary shelters. So did Naoto Matsumura, but the brave man soon decided return to his home town of Tomioka, just to take care of the many animals left behind! And even though the radiation […]
Incense Pointillism – Artist Burns Thousands of Holes into Paper with Incense Sticks to Create Beautiful Landscapes
While traditional forms of pointillism involve adding distinct dots of color in patterns to form an image, Korean artist Jihyun Park does the opposite. He inverts the art of pointillism by puncturing dots into paper instead of adding them. Using incense sticks, Park burns thousands of tiny holes into rice paper, until recognisable patterns of […]
Sizzling Hairstyle – Chinese Barber Cuts Hair with Hot Metal Tongs
Wang Weibu is one of the few remaining Chinese hairdressers practicing the ancient hair-cutting art of ‘Dahoujia’. The rather extreme technique involves the use of a pair of red hot metal tongs to burn hair off, instead of cutting it! Weibu, 72, starts by heating the clamp in a wooden fire until it is red hot, […]
Prayer Nuts – Intricately Carved Wooden Marvels of a Time Long Passed
While most rosaries these days consist of glass or wooden prayer beads, there was a time when wealthy Europeans used ‘prayer nuts’ – minutely detailed, small-scaled boxwood carvings. Each nut was a masterpiece in itself, decorated on the interior and exterior with intricate carvings representing Biblical stories. The delicate wooden orbs were designed to be […]
There’s a Truly Unique Island Home For Sale in Hungary
If you’re looking for a truly unique island home, you might want to check out this newly listed property in Hungary. It’s no a tropical paradise and the water is actually a small pond in the middle of an agricultural area, but at least it’s quiet. The small house is located straight in the middle […]
Turtle-Shaped Island Spends Nine Months Underwater, Only Appears in Spring
Every year, with the coming of spring, thousands of Chinese tourists flock to the The Gorges Reservoir to see an elusive turtle-shaped island rise from the waters of the Muodaoxi River. The event, dubbed ‘spring turtle rising from water’, is celebrated by local residents because turtles are considered auspicious and a sign of longevity. It […]