This Transforming Castle Truck Is the Most Amazing Mobile Home Ever
Justin and Jola Siezen are an unconventional family. They have adopted a traveling lifestyle and are constantly on the move with their baby son Piko, in a mobile home. But that’s no ordinary mobile home – it’s a magical truck that transforms into a fantasy castle, complete with a kitchen, bedroom, turret bathrooms, and a rooftop […]
Artist Appeals to People on Their Deathbeds to Let Him Use Their Corpses in His Next Artwork
Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request – he’s asking dying people to donate their corpses for his latest art project. He apparently plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising to return them to their families once he’s done. Snorri first came up with the idea in 2008 – […]
African Pastor Turns Woman’s Hair into Delicious Food for His Congregation
A pastor from South Africa, who previously made headlines for praying for his congregation until they stripped, is now in the news again for turning a young woman’s hair into food and having his followers eat it straight from her head. Pictures posted on The End Times Disciples Ministries’ Facebook page show the pastor, Prophet Penuel […]
Could You Live on the World’s Steepest Residential Street?
There are two things you need to have if you live on Baldwin Street, in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand – strong leg muscles and stamina! Locals claim that the 350-m long street holds the world record for the steepest in the world, and while this isn’t officially confirmed, it’s definitely believable – the […]
Bon Appetite! 40-Year-Old “Zombie Meat” Sold in Restaurants Across China
After plastic rice, concrete-filled walnuts, and beef flavored pork, the latest food scandal in China involves expired meat that’s at least 30 to 40 years old! Chinese food safety officials have seized over 100,000 tons of meat, worth 3 billion Yuan ($484 million), including pig trotters from the 1970s and chicken wings from the 1980s. […]
52-Year-Old Woman Looks So Young She’s Mistaken for Her Son’s Girlfriend
Pamela Jacobs, a dusky beauty from the UK, doesn’t look a day over 25. But you’ll be shocked to learn that the woman is actually 52, and has a 21 year old son! In fact, she appears so young that she is often offered student rail fares and no one believes her when she reveals […]
Controversial Weight Loss Device Lets You Eat Like a Pig Then Pumps Your Stomach
Cashing in on people’s desperation to lose weight is a new device that’s pretty much the medical equivalent of bulimia. Its main function is to pump out the contents of a user’s stomach, right after a heavy meal. The makers of ‘AspireAssist’ claim to have already helped hundreds of patients in the US shed copious […]
The Man Who Made Millions by Selling Rocks as Pets
Gary Ross Dahl, who died earlier this year at age 78, will always be remembered for inventing the ‘Pet Rock’, a 1970s novelty toy craze. The brilliant salesman essentially sold rocks for a living, and managed to make millions through his “ridiculously successful marketing scheme.” Although he began his career as an advertising copywriter, Dahl […]
This Wasp’s Sting Is So Excruciating You can’t Help but Fall Down and Start Screaming
The Tarantula Hawk is a type of wasp with an excruciatingly painful sting that lasts only three minutes, but feels like a lifetime. The pain, rated four (highest) on the Schmidt sting pain index, is best described as “fiercely electric”. Bug experts and people who have been stung claim the pain is a lot like […]
Legendary Artist Transforms Himself into His Late Wife
When artist and musician Genesis P-Orridge met his future wife for the first time, in 1993, she dressed him up in her clothes, makeup, and a wig, transforming him into her lookalike. That, in essence, was his first step towards self-transformation, two decades in the making. To this day, even though his wife Jaye has […]
Controversial Mayor Called ‘The Punisher’ Turns Philippines’ Most Violent City into the Most Peaceful
Rodrigo Duterte, the Mayor of Davao City, Philippines, is being hailed as ‘The Punisher’ for his controversial crime fighting strategies. Despite being a government official, Duterte allegedly uses vigilante methods that have elicited severe criticism across the world. But in Davao, he’s considered a hero. During his long mandate, he’s transformed the city once known […]
Stupid ‘Sunburn Art’ Trend Puts People at Risk of Skin Cancer
Thousands of Instagrammers around the world are risking skin cancer in a bid to follow the latest online craze – ‘sunburn art’. One of the unhealthiest trends to hit social media in recent years, sunburn art involves using sunscreen or stencils on parts of their body to burn various designs into their skin. The sunburn patterns range from […]
World’s Most Exclusive Site Can Only Be Accessed by One Person per Minute
With his online experiment, Reddit user Justin Foley is demonstrating the power exclusivity. He’s proving how people will fall for pretty much anything – or nothing – by merely tagging it ‘exclusive’. Foley set up a portal called ‘mostexclusivewebsite.com’, consisting of just a few lines of text and a counter. Access is granted to only […]
Teen Dies of Leukemia, His 7 Friends Look After His Lonely Mother for 11 Years
This heartwarming tale from Hefei, in East China, proves that true friendship has the power to transcend death. For the past 11 years, Sheng Ru-zhi, a lonely mother who lost her son to leukemia, has been looked after by seven of his friends! It all started in 2001, when Zhang Kai, a teenager, was diagnosed […]
Russian Homeless Video Blogger Finds Fame and Fortune Online
A homeless man in Moscow has steadily been building himself an army of followers online ever since he started video blogging in May. The self-confessed ‘bum-blogger’ says his videos are so popular because they “show you the Moscow you have not yet seen “. Many of the homeless blogger’s videos have gone viral in Russia, […]