This Restaurant Will Pay You $900 If You Can Eat 20 Pounds of Rice and Curry in an Hour
If you’re really short on cash and haven’t eaten anything in about a week, you may want to head over to Gold Curry, a restaurant in Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture, where you can earn up to $900 if you can finish one of their giant dishes in the allotted time. We’ve featured some outrageous restaurant challenges […]
This Designer Wants to Make Flashing LED Eyelashes a Thing
You probably never even knew you wanted colored LED eyelashes, but just look at the pretty lights. Yeah, you want them! Swedish Arduino designer Tien Pham has been getting a lot of attention lately for an unusual tech-inspired beauty product – interactive LED eyelashes that stick to your eyelids with regular eyelash glue. Called F.Lashes, […]
Long-Term Gas Leak Makes Woman Allergic to Virtually Everything, Including People
After being exposed to a long-term gas leak in her home for a long period of time, a Los Angeles woman’s immune system turned against itself, making her allergic to food, water, clothing, technology with an electromagnetic field, and even people. 30-year-old Pilar Olave, a Chilean-born actress from Los Angeles, California, has been living in her room, […]
Deer Hunter Who Adopted Abandoned Fawn, Hasn’t Shot an Animal in Ten Years
Growing up in the mountainous Sierra de Peñamayor, in Asturias, northern Spain, Aladino Montes had been shooting deer ever since he was a child, but his life as a hunter came to an abrupt end 10 years ago, when he met Bambi, an adorable fawn that has remained by his side ever since. Aladino has […]
This Smartphone Case Doubles as an Espresso Machine
Mokase is the world’s first smartphone case that also serves users a warm shot of espresso whenever and wherever they want. It’s aimed at people who are always on the go, whose hectic lifestyle prevents them from stopping by a coffee shop or even a vending machine for a dose of caffeine. Smart K, the […]
13-Year-Old Japanese Girl Sparks Debate about Age in the Modelling Industry
Momoka Kurita made quite an impression when she posed as a “race queen” during a superbike racing event in Japan, last year. Adult men showered her with compliments for her stunning looks, but little did they know that she was just 12-years-old at the time, and still in elementary school. Her appearance at the 2016 48th […]
Woman Creates Pigeon-Shaped Shoes in Attempt to Get Close to Real Pigeons
A DIY master from Tokyo, Japan, recently conquered the internet with a very unusual project. She set out to turn a pair of cheap high-heel shoes into realistic-looking pigeons to see if they would allow her to get closer to the real birds in a local park without them flying away. Did it work? Read […]
Man Wins 23-Kilometer Race He Ran in His Socks
Ibrahim Mukunga Wachira, a 27-year-old marathon runner from Kenya, became an overnight sensation in the small Baltic country of Estonia, after winning the 35th annual Tartu Half-Marathon, a 23-kilometer race he ran in his socks. Just last week, we wrote about the monumental achievement of María Lorena Ramírez, a native Rarámuri woman from Mexico, who won a […]
This Chilean Sanctuary Gives Rescued Farm Animals the Love and Affection They Deserve
If there is such a place as heaven for farm animals, it must be a lot like Santuario Igualdad Interspecies, an incredible sanctuary for domestic animals destined for slaughter or left for dead. Here, not only do they get to live in perfect peace and harmony, but they receive all the love and affection they […]
Florist Turns New York Trash Cans into Beautiful Vases Full of Color
If you live in New York City, chances are you’ve already stumbled across a most peculiar sight – a public trash containing a large, colorful arrangement of flowers, making it look like a giant vase. They have been popping up all around the Big Apple, stopping people in their tracks and putting a smile on their […]
New Service Has Couples Walking Barefoot on Broken Glass on Their Wedding Day
Couples looking for a unique and unforgettable wedding day experience can now add walking barefoot on broken glass on their list of options. A Spanish company recently introduced the service as a metaphor for marriage. Some people wouldn’t dare walk barefoot on pieces of broken glass even if somebody paid them to do it, but […]
Genetically-Modified Pink Pineapples Are Coming to a Grocery Store Near You
Thanks to genetic engineering, pink pineapple isn’t just a product of Photoshop, anymore. It’s an actual product and it’s coming to a grocery store near you, very soon. Del Monte Fresh Produce, one of the world’s largest produce suppliers, has been working on pink pineapple for over a decade, and in December of last year, […]
Mexican Woman Wearing Long Skirt and Rubber Sandals Wins 50 Km Ultramarathon
People usually train for years and invest in professional running gear just to be able to complete an ultramarathon, but María Lorena Ramírez, a native Rarámuri woman from Mexico who had not have any professional training or even basic gear, not only managed to finish a 50 km race, but actually win it. And she […]
Finally! You Can Now Buy Trump’s Russian Ties
People can’t stop talking about them, the FBI is investigating them, and now, you can wear them! Trump’s Russian Ties are here and they’re printed with the smug face of the 45th US President, Vladimir Putin, Gen. Mike Flynn, and all the other characters of this huge scandal. This morning, I woke up to an […]
The Eerie Tree Carvings of Perryville Park, in Maryland
Maryland’s Cecil County is home to many interesting parks, but none more mysterious and disturbing than the Perryville Community Park, in Perryville, where around 100 trees are marked by eerie messages left by patients from a veteran psychiatric and rehabilitation center, decades ago. Before becoming a public park, the land was owned by the nearby Perry Point VA Hospital, […]