The Shockingly Realistic Porcelain Flowers of Olesya Galushcenko
Looking at the beautiful bouquets of Ukrainian artist Olesya Galushcenko, it’s hard to believe that all the flowers aren’t actually real but made of hard porcelain. Olesya Galushcenko is a hydraulics engineer who got into porcelain flower making as a personal challenge. Seven years ago, during maternity leave, she decided to take on an artistic […]
World’s Most Expensive Sheep Just Sold for Half a Million Dollars
A Texel lamb named Double Diamond and described by many as “genetically perfect” recently became the world’s most expensive sheep, commanding a price of 350,000 guineas ($490,000) at a Scottish auction. Texel sheep, originating from the tiny island of Texel, just off the coast of the Netherlands, routinely command five-figure prices at auctions, thanks to […]
Engineer Creates ‘A.I. Jesus’ Trained Only on King James Bible
An artificial intelligence engineer has created an intriguing algorithm that learned human language from reading “the bible and nothing else” and is now churning out ominous prophecies based on the Holy Book. George Davila Durendal, a childhood coding prodigy and current AI engineer and entrepreneur, recently unveiled his wackies creation yet, an A.I. algorithm trained […]
You Can Now Spend $350 on the World’s Most Expensive Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Feasting on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is usually supposed to save you money, but not if you opt for the variety served at Chicago restaurant PB&J, where a single sandwich will set you back a whopping $350. The owners of PB&J, which unintuitively stands for ‘Pizza, Beek & Jukebox’ not peanut butter and jelly, […]
The Photo-Realistic Portrait Tattoos of Oleg Shepelenko
Oleg Shepelenko, a talented tattoo artist from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, has been getting international recognition thanks to his insanely detailed portrait tattoos. The self-taught artist who works out of the Lucky Style Tattoo Shop knew he had a talent for art when he began painting in school, but never got any formal training. He got into […]
Indian Resort Turns Luxury Swimming Pool into Fish Pond to Weather Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing tourism businesses to think outside the box in order to stay afloat. Case in point, a Kerala hotel and spa that turned its pristine swimming pool into a fish farm. The Aveda Resort and Spa in Kumarakom, Kerala had to shut down operations in March, as part of a nationwide […]
Aspiring Teachers Caught Cheating With Exam Answers Painted on Nails
Thirty-five young women were caught trying to cheat on their entrance exam into schools for teachers in the Mexican state of Michoacán; they allegedly had the correct answer pattern painted on their nails. The entire admission process into teaching schools in Michoacán had been under suspicion of fraud since the first stage of exams, on […]
Pfunds Molkerei – The World’s Most Beautiful Dairy Shop
Imagine walking into the most pompously adorned room at Versailles to buy a piece of cheese or some yogurt. That’s probably the feeling you get when you step into the Pfunds Molkerei, officially the most beautiful dairy shop in the world. Located at Bautzner Straße 79, in Dresden, Germany, Pfunds Molkerei is one of the […]
Mysterious Safe Discovered in the Middle of New York Field to Remain Locked
Here’s another thing to add to your ‘weird things that happened in 2020’ list: a locked safe with a mysterious note attached to it was discovered in the middle of an agricultural field in New York state. Kirk Mathes was out of town last Thursday, when he got a phone call about a large metal […]
Mexican Bank Builds Branch in the Middle of Nowhere
Photos and videos of a functional Banco del Bienestar branch seemingly located in the middle of nowhere have been getting a lot of attention on Mexican social media this week. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador was one of the very first people to get blamed for wasting government money on useless buildings after the […]
Spot the Not: Body-Painting Artist Blends Nude Models in Various Landscapes
German body-painting artist Jörg Düsterwald is a master of camouflage, taking nude female models and using body paint to conceal them in various environments. Looking at one of Jörg Düsterwald’s signature camouflage pieces is like trying to solve a Where’s Wally’s puzzle, with some of the models blending so well into the background that you […]
Parents Allegedly Stream Overweight Daughter’s Eating Sessions for Views
A Chinese couple has come under fire from both the media and the general public after allegedly filming their young, overweight daughter devouring whole plates of food and streaming the footage online. Pictures and videos of a three-year-old girl nicknamed Pei Qi stuffing her face from multiple plates full of food have been doing the […]
Talented Artist Creates Beautiful Artworks with Hundreds of Strips of Paper
Bekah Stonefox is a 45-year-old artist from the UK who specializes in creating intricate works of art with hundreds of colorful strips of paper. The talented artist has been honing her quilling skills for the last five years, and has put together quite the impressive collection of artworks, from detailed portraits of imaginary human characters, […]
Woman Seeks Divorce Because Husband Is Too Nice, Never Fights With Her
In what can only be described as one of the most bizarre divorce pretexts ever, a Muslim woman has asked a Sharia court to end her marriage because her husband because he lover her too much. The unidentified woman from the Sambhal district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state recently approached the Sambhal Sharia court to […]
The Sri Lankan Shops Where You Have to Pay to Do the Cleaning
Businesses usually have to pay someone to keep their work spaces clean, but the shops on Sea Street, a popular jewelry hub in Sri Lanka’s capital city, actually require a fee to let people clean their premises. Hong-Kong based media outlet South China Morning Post recently featured the sad story of a heroin addict from […]