The Mysterious ‘Fairy Circles’ of Namibia
Legend says that they are footprints of the gods, others believe that they are UFO landing sights, and scientists have their own theories, but the truth is that no one really knows how the fairy circles dotting the Namib coastal desert came to be. Fairy circles are uniformly distributed round gaps in arid grassland across […]
Young Artist Creates Impressively Detailed Illustrations With a Typewriter
At only 23 years of age, James Cook is already one of the world’s premier typewriter artists, and looking at his works it’s easy to see why. The young architecture student got into typewriter art about five years ago, after reading about Paul Smith, another famous typewriter artist who couldn’t use a pencil or paintbrush […]
Japanese Woman Has the World’s Largest Collection of Plastic Food
Akiko Obata has been fascinated by plastic food ever since she was a child, and 10 years ago she started collecting all sorts of plastic food items, amassing a collection of over 8,000 individual pieces. “Sampuru”, the fake food displays used by most restaurants to showcase their dishes to potential diners, is an important part […]