Chinese Scientist Passes 71,000 Volts of Static Electricity Through His Body to Test Human Limit
For years, experts have suggested that 50,000 volts of static electricity is the highest threshold that the human body can withstand, but one Chinese scientist recently proved them wrong by passing 71,000 volts through his body and living to tell the tale. Liu Shangshe, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in Beijing, recently […]
Exceptionally Talented Artist Takes Hyperrealistic Oil Painting to Near Perfection
Swedish artist Anna Halldin Maule spends several months glazing layer upon layer of oil paint to create these stunning works of art that can easily pass for high-resolution photographs to the untrained eye. Born in Gothenberg, Sweden, Anna took an interest in painting at a very young age, honing her skills under the guidance of her […]
The Bottle Cap Alley – A Dumping Ground Turned Tourist Attraction
Bottle Cap Alley is a unique roadside attraction located at the north edge of the Texas A&M University campus, in College Station Texas. As the name suggests, it is paved with hundreds of thousands – by some accounts, millions – of beer and soda bottle caps. No one knows exactly how the tradition of paving the 50-meter-long […]