Lay Down Anywhere With This Wearable Beanbag
A Japanese garment company recently made international news headlines for its newest creation – a wearable beanbag that allows you to comfortably sit or lay down anytime, anywhere. When thinking about ultimate comfort, a giant beanbag that you can wear is probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but according to Takikou, a […]
Man Forced to Compensate Wife After Concealing Lottery Win From Her For Years
A Chinese man who concelaed a lottery win of 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) from his then-wife for two years has been ordered by a court of law to compensate the woman. In 2021, the man, surnamed Zhou, won a lottery prize of 10 million yuan. After paying the mandatory tax, he was left with […]
Company Asks Job Applicants to Wear Masks to Avoid Discrimination Based on Looks
A company in Chengdu, China has been praised for asking both job applicants and recruiters to wear masks in order to avoid discrimination based on looks. Chengdu Ant Logistics recently made news headlines after a video showing its recruitment process went viral on Chinese social media. Shot by one of the interviewees, the short clip […]
Company Develops Plant-Based Salmon That Looks, Feels, And Tastes Like the Real Deal
A Canadian startup claims to have come up with the technology to create a plant-based salmon filet that looks, feels, and tastes like real wild salmon. Plant-based meat alternatives have been around for years now, with brands like Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods being among the most well-known in the burgeoning industry. But fish and […]
Move Over Sniffer Dogs, Drug-Detecting Squirrels Are Here
Police in the Chinese city of Chongqing has begun using specially-trained squirrels in their war against drug traffickers. The Police Dog Brigade of the Criminal Police Detachment in Hechuan District, Chongqing has successfully bred the first batch of drug-sniffing squirrels in China. The breakthrough was part of the country’s national key research and development project, […]
The Amazing UV Tattoos of Jonny Hall
UK-born artist Jonny Hall is famous for being one of the first tattoo artists to introduce UV-reactive ink to the style of black-and-grey realism. UVealism, a term coined by Hall himself, basically refers to the enhancement of already-impressive black-and-grey realist tattoos with the ethereal glow of UV-reactive ink. In plain light, UV tattoos are semi-invisible, […]
Italy’s Famous Upside-Down Fig Tree
The ancient ruins of Baiae, near the modern city of Bacoli, in Italy are home to a botanical oddity known as the upside-down fig tree. Looking at the tenacious tree growing out of the ceiling of an ancient Roman archway, it’s easy to see why it’s called the upside-down tree. It is literally inverted, growing […]
This Tiny One-of-a-Kind Gem Is the World’s Rarest Mineral
Kyawthuite is a transparent reddish-orange mineral of which only a single, tiny sample exists – an 0.3-gram gem – making it the rarest mineral in the world, by far. There are around 6,000 minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association, and while many of them are classified as ‘rare’, none of them rival kyawthuite in […]
Scammers Convince Man to Send Them His Savings And Set Fire to a Bank
A Russian man was recently arrested after allegedly being tricked into throwing a Molotov Cocktail in a Moscow bank by scammers who also relieved him of his life savings. A few days ago, Moscow police arrested a 48-year-old man from Ruza, a town in the Moscow region of Russia, for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail […]
Dog Abandoned in Nevada Desert as a Pup Gets Adopted by Coyote Pack
A young dog believed to have been abandoned in the Nevada Desert as a puppy was recently rescued after spending at least six months as part of a coyote pack. The people of Inspirada, a suburban neighborhood of Henderson, Nevada are used to seeing packs of coyotes running through the streets at night, but for […]
The Cracked Glass Portraits of Natnael Mekuria
Ethiopian-born artist Natnael Mekuria specializes in stunning celebrity portraits cracked into panes of glass using only a chisel and hammer. 22-year-old Natnael Mekuria discovered cracked glass art during the Covid-19 pandemic, but mastering the unusual art form took a lot of time and patience. In the beginning, he lacked the hand control necessary to keep […]
Zoo Director Allegedly Cooks Four of Its Ten Pigmy Goats for New Year’s Feast
A former zoo director in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo has been officially accused of a series of wrongdoings during his time in office, including cooking pigmy goats for a staff party. José Rubén Nava Noriega is probably a prime candidate for the title of the world’s worst zoo director. During his time managing the […]
Finally, the WD40-Scented Perfume You’ve Been Dreaming Of Has Arrived
MSCHF, an art collective specializing in unique and controversial products, has announced a new perfume inspired by the world’s most popular lubricant spray – WD40. The versatility of WD40 is the stuff of legend. You can use it as a water displacer, to loosen nuts and bolts, fix squeaky hinges, prevent rust and keep mechanisms […]
Venezuelan Man Becomes First Person To Be Tattooed by a Monkey
A Venezuelan artist and social media influencer recently generated controversy online by letting himself be permanently tattooed by a small monkey. Funky Matas is no stranger to tattoos. In fact, he holds a Guinness Record for the most signatures tattooed on his back, over 220 of them, but his latest stunt can be described as […]
Busy Woodpecker Stores 700 Lbs of Acorns in California House Walls
A California pest control company recently reported one of the most unusual cases it has ever worked on – a woodpecker filling the walls of a house with over 700 lbs (317 kg) of acorns. Nick Castro of Nick’s Extreme Pest Control, a pest control company in California, thought he had seen it all in […]