9-Year-Old Girl Spends Her Free Time Building Tiny Shelters for the Homeless
Hailey Ford may look like an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her magnanimity is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring. The little saint has made it her mission to help the homeless in her community by giving them a place to sleep. While most other kids her age are content playing with toys, Hailey picks up power tools to build tiny shelters for people living on […]
Japanese Artist Carves Faces in Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cups
Parents are forever telling kids not to play with food, but Japanese artist Makoto Asano does just that. He carves smiling faces into tubs of Häagen-Dazs ice cream, using nothing but the flimsy plastic spoon they come with. Asano’s ice cream faces may look childish to some people, but there’s a certain whimsical quality about them that […]
Thai Batman Fan Opens His Own Dark Knight Museum Complete with a LEGO Gotham City
Meet Somchai Nitimongkolchai, Bangkok’s biggest Batman fan. The 43-year-old has been investing in Batman memorabilia for the past decade – his vast collection now consists of a whopping 50,000 pieces, including a LEGO Gotham City. And it’s all on display at his very own ‘Batcat Museum & Toys Thailand’. Somchai, a self-confessed superhero geek, became obsessed […]
Meet Baltazar, the Last Ice Merchant of Ecuador
While the rest of the world reaches into the freezer for ice, there’s someone on this planet who actually climbs mountains to chop it off. Meet Baltazar Ushca, Ecuador’s last hielero, or ‘iceman’. Ushca is the last surviving practitioner of his family’s trade – passed on from father to son for centuries. At least once […]
Advanced Artificial Leg Allows Amputees to Feel Sensations in Their Foot
Austrian scientists have invented a revolutionary product in the world of prosthetics – an artificial leg with lifelike sensations. The one-of-a-kind man-made limb has sensors fitted to the sole, which are able to stimulate nerves at the base of the amputee’s stump. “It feels like I have a foot again,” said Wolfang Rangger, the very […]
Man Chops in Half Everything He and His Girlfriend Owned after Breakup
We’ve seen people do strange things to cope with the pain of a breakup – like spending a week at KFC or inventing ridiculous uses for a wedding dress. But German eBay user ‘der.juli’ took post-breakup madness to the next level by literally cutting in half all the things he and his ex owned together. It […]
The World’s Newest Human Ken Doll Actually Looks Plastic
Brazilian model Mauricio Galdi is the newest addition to the growing band of surgically-enhanced men branded ‘Human Ken Dolls’. After a total of eight procedures in the past decade, his face now looks like that of the popular plastic doll. Mauricio, 27, claims that he wasn’t actually aiming for the ‘Ken’ look, but now that the media’s given […]
School Fire Drills in China Are Way More Intense Than What You’re Used To
Let’s face it: fire drills are boring and they do nothing to prepare you for a real disaster. Recognising the need for some serious training, a school in China recently collaborated with the local fire department to take traditional fire drills to the next level. During the mandatory annual event hosted by Nanhu Vocational School, in […]
Doctors Keep Teen Awake for a Week to Keep Parasite from Tunneling into Her Eye
Contact lenses seem harmless, but they can cause the eyes some serious damage, something that 18-year-old Jessica Greaney learned the hard way. She was nearly left blind last month, when a parasite burrowed into her eye and started feeding on her cornea, all because of a contaminated lens. When Jessica first noticed that her eyelid was drooping, she […]
Russian Powerlifter Will Make You Reconsider Condescending Terms Like “Weaker Sex”
Natalia Trukhina is a professional powerlifter from Russia. At just 23-years of age, she has already accomplished more than other athletes do in their entire careers, setting multiple bench press and armlifting world records as well as earning several world champion titles. Natalia discovered her passion for powerlifting when she was 14 years old. She […]
Rare Vietnamese Chicken Breed Has the Weirdest Legs You’ve Ever Seen
You might find its freakishly butch legs rather repulsive, but believe it or not, the Dong Tao chicken is incredibly popular in Vietnam. Once reserved for royalty and ritual offerings, the rare breed is now prized by chicken breeders and its meat is served in exclusive restaurants that cater to the wealthy. An adult Dong Tao […]
How the “Waterman of India” Revived Five Rivers and Brought Back Water to Over 1,000 Villages
Rajendra Singh is considered a hero in the state of Rajasthan, in India, for single handedly reviving five rivers that had been dried up for decades. His exceptional work and dedication have earned him the nickname ‘Waterman of India’. Singh, who studied Ayurvedic medicine at college, had always dreamed of becoming a farmer. So when he […]
Former Millionaire Now in Heavy Debt after Adopting 72 Children in the Last 19 Years
Meet Li Li Juan, a former millionaire whose benevolent spirit led her to bankruptcy. The 47-year-old, from northern China’s Hebei Province, has adopted 72 abandoned children over the course of 19 years. She spent all her money caring for them, and is now facing a huge debt of over two million yuan. Li became rich […]
Game of Drones – Australia’s Awesome Underground Drone Racing League
Drone racing is a mushrooming trend in Australia, catering to a growing band of enthusiasts looking to fulfill their need for speed. The races, organised by underground ‘leagues’, generally take place in rundown warehouses, farms, and go-kart tracks in the fringe suburbs of various cities. The relatively unknown sport is called FPV (first person racing). […]
Guy Living Near Milwaukee Airport Paints “Welcome to Cleveland” on His Roof to Confuse Airplane Passengers
For nearly four decades, Mark Gubin has been playing an epic prank on people flying into his hometown. As aircrafts descend into Milwaukee’s Mitchell International airport, passengers are greeted with a warm, welcoming sign: ‘Welcome to Cleveland’! Gubin says that the sign – painted on the roof of his apartment in six-foot letters – has always […]