The Hottest Place On Earth Feels Like Walking on a Hot Iron Pan
Iran’s Dasht-e Lut desert is only the 25th largest desert in the world, but it holds the record for the highest ;and surface temperature ever recorded, over 70 degrees Celsius. Dasht-e Lut (Persian for “Emptiness Plain”) is a large salt desert that, scientists believe, formed on the bottom of a sea. Millions of years ago, […]
23-Year-Old Mother of 11 Has No Plans to Stop Growing Her Family
A 23-year-old Russian woman has become a mother of 11 in just 10 months time, after turning to surrogates in order to have as many babies as possible, as quickly as possible. Christina Ozturk only gave birth once, at the age of 17, when she had her first daughter Vika, but after marrying millionaire husband […]
Man Phones Police to Confess to Fake Murder in Hopes of Having Road Cleared of Snow
After having the road to his home blocked by heavy snowfalls, a Ukrainian man decided to call police and confess to a fictitious murder, in hopes that they would clear the road in order to reach him. According to police sources, on Saturday, February 13 an unnamed man from the village of Grybova Rudnya, in […]
Iron Shoe Training – Man Exercises by Walking With 150 Kg. Attached to His Feet
A Chinese man has been getting a lot of attention on Asian social media, because of his unique training regimen – walking with 150 kg of steel plates attached to his feet. Zhang Enshun, a 42-year-old man from Yulin City, in China’s Guangxi province, has been training in the art of “iron shoes” for the […]
Drunk on Art – The Wine Paintings of Sanja Jankovic
Young Serbian artist Sanja Jankovic creates beautiful paintings by using various types of wine – red, white, rosé – instead of oil paint, watercolors or acrylics. Sanja Jankovic has always tried turning things into art mediums, and after giving wine a go, she stuck with it. Not only did the end result look really cool, […]
Chinese Actress’ Nose Tip Dies After Botched Plastic Surgery
Popular Chinese film actress Gao Liu recently posted photos of her damaged nose on social media, as a warning about the possible dangers of plastic surgery done wrong. Liu, a young singer and actress who has starred in multiple films and TV programs and was considered an up-and-coming star in China, had gone off the […]
The Unique Oval Community Gardens of Copenhagen
The Naerum suburban district of Copenhagen, in Denmark, is home to one of the most visually appealing allotment gardens in the world – the “round gardens”, which are actually oval. Søren Carl Theodor Marius Sørensen is considered one of the greatest landscape architects to have ever lived, and the oval gardens of Naerum are one […]
12-Year-Old Boy Swallows 54 Magnets To See If Metal Would Stick To His Stomach
Human curiosity has been at the core of many breakthroughs throughout history, but its outcome isn’t always positive. The the case of this 12-year-old boy who swallowed dozens of magnetic balls, just to see if metal would stick to his stomach. Rhiley Morrison, and English schoolboy from Greater Manchester, had to undergo life-saving surgery after […]
Man And Swan Have Been Best Friends for the Last 37 Years
A retired postman from Turkey and a beautiful white swan have been inseparable for nearly four decades, and the story of their amazing friendship has melted the hearts of millions. When Recep Mirzan spotted a wounded swan in a filed in Turkey’s Edirne province, in 1984, he had no idea that he was about to […]
Phone Booth-Like Office Spaces in Japan Allow People to Work From Virtually Anywhere
Telecubes, mobile offices the size of phone booths, have been popping up all over Japan, as demand for public working spaces continues to soar. Japanese media originally reported on the rise of Telecubes back in 2019, when Mitsubishi Estate announced plans to start rolling out the tiny but cozy offices at airports and train stations […]
TV Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Reunite People With Loved-Ones Who Have Passed Away
Virtual reality has the potential to change our lives in a number of ways, one of which is apparently the possibility to reunite with loved ones who have passed away. South Korean television MBC recently started broadcasting season two of its hit documentary, 너를 만났다 (“I Met You”), a unique program that uses state-of-the-art VR […]
Toddler Recorded His First Music Album Before He Was Born
Luca Yupanqui, was still in her mother’s uterus when she started recording her first music album. Now she is getting ready to release the world’s first ever LP with sounds from inside the womb. The daughter of Elizabeth Hart, a member of psych-rock band Psychic Ills, and musician Iván Diaz Mathé, young Luca is all […]
The Controversial Agencies Paid by Parents to Retrieve Their Kids from Their Former Spouses
Single parents separated from their former partners are allegedly turning to controversial “recovery agencies” to get their children back from former spouses that take them abroad without permission. Normally, when parents separate, custody of the children is settled by a judge, along with visitation hours and rules, but sometimes one party doesn’t want to play […]
Man Shocked to Find Missing AirPod Lodged in His Esophagus
A 38-year-old man is warning other AirPod users about the danger of swallowing the wireless ear buds, after accidentally ingesting one in his sleep, and undergoing surgery to have it removed. Last Tuesday morning, after waking up in his home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Brad Gauthier noticed that one of his AirPods was missing. He had […]
This Insane Laptop Has Seven Foldable Displays
The Expanscape Aurora 7 prototype is being marketed as the world’s first seven-screen laptop, a 17.3-inch behemoth designed with IT professionals and content creators in mind. Having more than one display is quite common for PC workstations, but multiple screens have obviously been more difficult to implement on laptops. Well, until today, that is, as […]