Artist Spends Three Months Building Accurate Model of Midtown Manhattan Out of Old Computer Components
Zayd Menk, a very patient artist from Zimbabwe, spent three months building a 0.0635:100 scale model of Midtown Manhattan out of discarded computer components. The 17-year-old artist, who made the model for a school project, used 263 sticks of hot glue, 27 motherboards, 11 CPUs, 10 CRT monitor motherboards, 18 sticks of RAM, 15 batteries, 12 […]
Japanese Shop Sells Realistic “Hooves Sandals” That Look Impossible to Walk On
Ever wonder what walking on two hooves must be like? Well, you don’t have to be a faun to try it out, as one Japanese shop is more than happy to sell you a pair of realistic wooden hoof sandals. Walpurgis, an online shop that seems to specialize in fantastic garments and accessories, recently started […]
Belgian Bar Forced to Install Alarm System on Beer Glasses Because People Keep Stealing Them
The Beer Wall, a popular bar in Bruges, Belgium, has recently installed alarm sensors on all of its beer glasses as well as a scanner at the entrance, in order to deter patrons from stealing them. All of the roughly 1,600 Belgian beers sold at The Beer Wall are served in their own specially designed […]
$11,000 Smart Toilet Basically Does Everything But Poop for You
The bathroom was one of the few places that technology had not been very successful in infiltrating, but with Japanese smart toilets gaining in popularity around the world, this last bastion is about to fall. And if you’re wondering what makes smart toilets so special, just check out the smartest of them all, the Toto Neorest […]
World’s Most Expensive Dog Jacket Is Made with 24K Gold, Costs $137,000
How much do you really love your pet dog? Enough to buy it the world’s first 24K gold jacket encrusted with Swarovski crystals and black diamonds? It’s “only” 137,000 and it’s armored, meaning it will protect your pooch from bites and even knife slashes. The world’s most expensive dog jacket is the result of a […]
Indian Girl Has Ants Pulled From Her Eyes Every Day And No One Knows How They Get There
An 11-year-old girl from Belthangady, India, recently made news headlines for having around 60 dead ants pulled from her eyes. As for how the insects got there, some doctors suggest they entered her body through the ears. Last week, the girl, known only as Ashwini, started complaining of severe pain in her eyes. She told her […]
Woman Convicted of Hiring Hitman to Kill Ex-Husband Now Accused of Trying to Have the Hitman Killed
A 70-year-old woman from Salt Lake City, Utah, was recently found guilty of conspiring to have her ex-husband killed two years ago. But what’s really interesting about this case is that on the day of her trial she was also charged with repeatedly trying to have the hitman who ratted her out killed, while she […]
The Photo-Like Painted Portraits of Yasutomo Oka
These lovely portraits may look like high-definition artistic photographs, or even the product of CGI, but they are actually oil paintings created by Japanese artist Yasutomo Oka At just 34-years-old, Yasutomo Oka is quite obviously already a master when it comes to hyperrealistic paintings. The artist, who hails from Komaki, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, spends […]
People Are Freaking Out Over This Dog with a Disturbingly Human Face
Yogi, a one-year-old brown Shih Tzu- poodle mix, has become a social media sensation due to his uncanny, almost human-like facial expression. Photos of this ‘dog with a man’s face’ have been doing the rounds online, and people can’t stop talking about him. It all started when Chantal Desjardins, from Massachusetts, posted a photo of her […]
Innovative Heater Pays for Itself by Mining Cryptocurrency While Generating Warmth
The Quarnot QC-1 is advertised as the world’s first crypto-heater, allowing consumers to mine cryptocurrencies and utilize the heat generated by two on-board graphics cards for heating their homes. Heat generation is one of the biggest challenges cryptocurrency miners have to deal with. Large crypto farms have to invest in expensive venting and cooling solutions to […]
Chinese Weather Girl Doesn’t Seem to Have Aged a Day in 22 Years
44-year-old Yang Dan has been a weather girl at China’s state broadcaster CCTV for over 22 years, but what’s most remarkable about her long career is that she doesn’t seem to have aged a day during that time. Yang’s incredibly youthful looks have always fascinated her fans, but after the producers of her weather program released […]
Loyal Dog Still Waits Outside Hospital Where His Owner Died Four Months Ago
The story of a nameless mongrel that has been patiently waiting outside a hospital in Sao Paolo Brazil four months after his owner was admitted there following a stabbing has been making headlines around the world. The dog first showed up at the Santa Casa de Novo Horizonte hospital in Sao Paolo on the same night […]
Vegan YouTuber Criticised For Putting Pet Fennec Fox on Vegan Diet
Spanish YouTuber Sonia Sae, who uses her channel to share advice on how to live on a plant-based diet, has come under fire for putting her pet fennec fox on a vegan diet, after photos of the shockingly thin animal were shared online. Animal activists and some of Sonia Sae’s own followers have accused her […]
Corporate Man Wears High-Heels to Work Because They Make Him Feel Empowered
Ashley Maxwell-Lam, a project manager for a major bank in Sydney, Australia, has been wearing six-inch stilettos to work for about a year and claims they make him feel empowered. 30-year-old Ashley has always loved women in high-heels and the power they exude, so he decided to adopt the same footwear in order to feel empowered […]
Woman Suffers Liver Damage From Dyeing Her Hair Every Month for 10 Years
A middle-aged woman from Harbin, China, was recently diagnosed with chemical cirrhosis that seemed to have been caused by her long-time habit of dyeing her hair every month. Referred to only as Mrs. Chen by Chinese media, the 50-something woman allegedly started spotting white hairs on her scalp when she was in her 30s. There […]