Indian Family Save Hundreds of Orphaned Wile Animals by Turning Their Home into a Sanctuary
The Animal Ark is a special wild animal sanctuary, in Maharashtra, India, that takes in orphaned animals whose parents get hunted by villagers for food. It was set up by a local doctor who understood the necessity of hunting, but couldn’t bare to let the young animals starve to death. One day, during the early 70s, Dr. Prakash Amte […]
English Couple Have Been Together for 16 Years, But Have Never Lived Under the Same Roof
Claire and David Burke have been together for 16 years, happily married for 7 years, and even have a son together, but they’ve never moved into the same house. They spend their free time as a family, but when it’s time for bed, they say their goodbyes and head to their separate homes. It may not […]
Meet Frederick The Great, Unofficially the World’s Most Handsome Stallion
“Real-life Black Beauty”, “Storybook Stallion”, or “Fabio of Horses” are just some of the flattering nicknames people use when referring to Frederick the Great, a 16-year-old Friesian stallion and proud holder of the unofficial title of “world’s most beautiful horse”. Born in the Netherlands, Frederick was imported into the United States by Stacy Nazario, owner of […]
Painting with Wool – Artist Creates Shockingly Realistic Felt Portraits
Creating hyper-realistic animal portraits with a paintbrush or pencil is a difficult skill that only the world’s most talented artists can master, but doing it with just a needle and wool felt sounds downright impossible. That only makes “wool painter” Dani Ives’ work that much more impressive. Looking at Dani Ives’ impressive portfolio of “wool […]
Spanish Natural Park Looks Like a Giant Brain from the Air
The San Fernando marshes in Bahía de Cadiz Natural Park, Spain, are sometimes referred to as “Nature’s Brain”, because of their uncanny resemblance to a human brain, when seen from high above. Covering an area of 105 square kilometers, Bahía de Cadiz Natural Park consists of wetlands, beaches, pine forests and reed beds, and has long been a popular […]
Chinese Doctor Puts on Opera Makeup to Help Patients Relax
Bai Shufang, a doctor at a vitiligo hospital in Beijing, China, has been dressing up as a traditional opera character, complete with elaborate facial makeup, as a way to make her patients feel more relaxed. After noticing that many of her patients had trouble opening up to her about their condition, which affected her ability […]
Korean Nail Artist Creates Pierced LED Disco Nails
Park Eunkyung, a popular nail technician from South Korea, may have just kickstarted the next big trend in nail art – multi-colored LED disco nails, perfect for drawing attention in the club. Eunkyung, who has quite a following on Instagram, recently posted a series of photos of her latest nail art idea – fake clear nails with […]
“Asia’s Cleanest Village” Sets Example for the World
From discarded plastic bottles and wrappers to the cow dung littering the streets of major cities like Delhi, trash is a big problem in India, but not in the small village of Mawlynnong. People here have zero tolerance for garbage and spend a lot of their time making sure every square inch of their village is spotless. […]
Tech-Savvy Father Builds Smartphone App That Forces Kids to Reply to Messages
Kids, and teens in particular, are apparently really good at ignoring their parents’ messages, which is why one London Father created ReplyASAP – a messaging app that takes over the home screen and sounds an alarm that can’t be turned off until a message is answered. 45-year-old Nick Herbert, from London, UK, came up with […]
Japanese Amateur Artist Specializes in Gravity-Defying Coin Structures
Stacking coins in a simple tower can get pretty challenging after it reaches a certain size, but that’s child’s play compared to what this Japanese artist can create out of thousands of carefully placed coins. Twitter user @thumb_tani has been delighting his fans with an array of physics-defying coin structures ever since he discovered the hobby, by […]
The Alaskan Town Where Bald Eagles Are as Common as Pigeons
The majestic bald eagle is the national bird of the United States, but most Americans are lucky to see one first-hand during their lifetimes. Unless they live in the town of Unalaska, Alaska, where bald eagles are as common as pigeons are in other human settlements. Unalaska is home to around 4,700 people who have […]
Buddhist Robots to Perform Cheaper Funeral Services in Japan
When experts predicted that robots will take most of our jobs in the next few decades, priests were probably among the least concerned humans on the planet. After all, machines and spirituality don’t exactly go hand in hand. But one Japanese company is showing everyone that no job is safe, with a line of “Buddhist […]
Artist Plays Dead at Popular Tourist Spots to Protest Selfie Craze
Selfies have become such a huge part of our lives that it’s hard to believe that they only became popular only a few years ago. People are snapping pics of themselves virtually everywhere, from the top of skyscrapers to their bathrooms, and we even gadgets and accessories designed around selfies. Things have gotten so bad […]
Woman Loses Engagement Ring on Her Farm, Finds It 13 Years Later, Wrapped Around a Carrot
It was September of 2004, when Mary Grams, of Alberta, Canada, lost her diamond-encrusted engagement ring, while working on her family farm. She spent days looking for it, but to no avail. Last week, nearly 13 years later, her daughter in law plucked a weird-looking carrot from the garden, with a diamond ring tightly wrapped around it. “I […]
Super Robot Wolf – Japan’s High-Tech Crop Guardian
Japan’s fascination with robotics and all things high-tech is legendary, but did you know thy make robot scarecrows now? Well, Super Robot Wolf is meant to scare a lot more than crows, but still, Japan may be taking their love for technology a bit too far. When I was growing up, farmers kept birds and […]