Good Guys Do Finish Last – New York Doorman Gets Fired for Being Too Nice to Tenants
In a surprising turn of events, a doorman was recently fired from his job at a Long Island City luxury building for – get this – being too nice to the residents, proving yet again, that nice guys do seem to finish last! 41-year-old Ralph Body had been working at the building, called ‘27 on […]
11-Year-Old Autistic Boy Draws Amazingly Accurate World Map from Memory
An 11-year-old autistic boy is cooking up an internet storm with his unbelievable ability to draw a map of the world freehand, from memory! The boy’s mom is a college professor, and he happened to sit in on one of her classes a few weeks ago. During the class, he apparently walked up to the whiteboard […]
Man Collects Food Restaurants Would Throw Away, Gives It to the Homeless
24-year-old New Yorker Robert Lee is one of those rare souls who give up their high flying careers, and use their business acumen to make a difference in the world. Lee is the cofounder of ‘Rescuing Leftover Cuisine’ (RLC), an initiative that makes an effort to end urban hunger by collecting wasted food from large […]
Cat Finally Gets Rescued after Living in the Wall of a Subway Station for Five Years
After five long years of entrapment inside the wall of a subway station in Cairo, Egypt, a cat was finally set free last month. The poor feline was first discovered in 2010 by an elderly man known as Uncle Abdo, who heard its meows from behind the wall at Mohamed Naguib Metro station. After checking […]
Artist Uses Pressed Plant Leaves to Create Beautiful Collages
Artist Helen Ahpornsiri uses pressed ferns leaves and stems to create intricately beautiful illustrations of birds, insects and other creatures. Each delicate piece consists of hundreds of pieces of pressed fern, assembled to form shapes that are sometimes no bigger than a coin or a pencil stub. The completed illustrations are so colorful that they […]
Chinese Writer Spends $225,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like William Shakespeare
34-year-old Zhang Yiyi wasn’t happy with simply being called a great writer, he wanted to look the part as well. So he spent his entire life savings of 1.4 million yuan ($225,800) on plastic surgery, in order to resemble his childhood hero and role model – William Shakespeare! The devoted superfan had a total of […]
Karl Lagerfeld’s Modelling Pet Cat Earns Way More Money than You
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is undoubtedly a rich man, but here’s a shocker – even his cat Choupette is richer than most people. The furry white feline managed to earn over three million dollars from just two days of modelling work. She is now believed to be the world’s most pampered cat – she has […]
Every White Line in these Ultra-Realistic Animal Portraits is Just a Scratch
We’ve seen highly talented artists burn paper, roller skate, and even kick a football around to create art. But here’s something new – Illinois artist Allan Ace Adams actually scratches away at paper to create breathtaking animal portraits. It’s called scratchboard art, and it involves using an exacto knife to scrape away a top layer […]
Thou Shalt Not Steal: Guy Gets Tattoo of Jesus, Walks Out without Paying
A British Man recently spent six hours getting a tattoo of Jesus worth £250 ($370) at a tattoo shop in Luton, England and simply walked out without paying. The artist who inked him said that the man claimed to have paid another member of staff, and then slipped away during the confusion. But here’s the […]
The Endurance Race So Hard That Only 14 People Have Completed It in 30 Years
The Barkley 100-Mile Marathon, held annually in Frozen Head State Park near Wartburg, Tennessee, is considered to be one of most challenging ultra-marathons in the world. So tough, in fact, that only 14 people out of about 1,100 participants have ever managed to complete it since its inauguration in 1986! That’s just two more than the […]
Seemingly Indestructible Kung-Fu Master Takes a Drill to the Head Without Even a Scratch
You could say Zhao Rui, a young Shaolin monk from China, is rather thick-skulled. In a shocking video doing the rounds online, he can be seen holding a powerful electric drill to his head, without even breaking his skin, let alone fracturing his skull. The 24-year-old Kung-Fu master can also bend an iron bar against […]
Woman Finds Kidney Donor with Message on Car Window
When 24-year-old Christine Royles was diagnosed with failing kidneys early last year, she had to join a waiting list of over 100,000 people in the US who needed kidney transplants. When she learned that over 4,000 people die each year just waiting for their turn, she decided to take matters in her own hands. And […]
The Heartbreaking Story of a Man Who Has Spent the Last 18 Years on the Road Looking for His Missing Son
Chinese social media is abuzz with the story of Guo Gantang, 45, who has spent the last 18 years on the road in search of his missing son. Guo’s ordeal began on September 21, 1997, when his two-year-old boy, Guo Zhen, was abducted from the front gate of his home in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. According […]
Artist Turns the Ashes of Loved Ones into Beautiful Jewelry
California artist Merry Coor is using her skills to help people preserve the memory of their loved ones in the form of breathtaking pieces of jewellery. She uses cremated ashes of the deceased to create stunning beads that are lovingly crafted by hand. The process begins with Coor mailing an envelope and a tin box […]
Finally! Japanese Company Creates Onion That Doesn’t Make You Cry
Thanks to Japanese company House Foods Group, tear-inducing onions could be a thing of the past! The company claims to have produced the world’s first ‘tear-free’ onion, by disabling the compounds that the popular vegetable releases when chopped. According to a House Foods Group press release, their researchers have spent over a decade studying the chemistry […]