Window Swap – A Site That Lets You Experience the Views From Total Strangers’ Windows
In a time when traveling the world isn’t as simple as it used to be, a site that lets you experience the view from a window halfway around the world sounds pretty interesting. That’s where Window Swap comes in. Developed by Sonali Ranjit and Vaishnav Balasubramaniam, a husband and wife team from Singapore, as a […]
This French Forest Is Home to Over 100 Wallabies
If you find yourself walking thorough the forest of Rambouillet, just west of Paris, and happen to see an animal resembling a kangaroo, know that your eyes aren’t playing trick on you, the French forest has been home to up to 150 wallabies for over 40 years. The colony of red-necked Bennett’s wallabies living in […]
Michigan Jeweler Closes Shop And Buries Stock as Treasure for Anyone to Discover
After seeing his business affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a Michigan jeweler decided to close shop and make money by using about $1 million in precious metals as treasure for would-be treasure hunters willing to pay for clues. Johnny Perri has been a jeweler his whole life, after learning the business from his father, but […]
Kids Playing at Museum Break World’s Largest Glass-Blown Sculpture
Spanish glassblower Miguel Arribas spent around 500 hours making the world’s largest glass-blown sculpture, a whimsical castle fashioned after Cinderella’s castle, but it took a couple of children just a fraction of a second to ruin it. Last weekend, the Shanghai Museum of Glass announced that Arribas’ Fantasy Castle exhibit had been broken into pieces […]
75-Year-Old Woman Marries Son-in-Law After Her Daughter Kicks Him Out
A bizarre love triangle between a 75-year-old woman, her 52-year-old ex-son-in-law and her 56-year-old daughter has sparked controversy in Russia after their story went viral this month. Galina Zhukovskaya, 75, from St. Petersburg, Russia, married Vyacheslav Zhukovsky, a man 23 years her junior back in 2010, but it wasn’t the age difference between them that […]
More Stunning Body-Painting Illusions by Instagram Superstar Mimi Choi
After using her face for stunning make-up illusions that left people scratching their heads, Instagram superstar Mimi Choi is focusing on other body parts, primarily her arms and legs, with similar results. A former schoolteacher turned makeup artist, Vancouver-based Mimi Choi took social media by storm three years ago with her incredible optical illusions. Using […]
Loyal Camel Walks 100 Km Through Desert to Return to Previous Owners After Being Sold
A homesick camel recently managed to melt the hearts of millions of Chinese people after it was reported that it traveled 100 kilometres through the desert to return to its former owners, eight months after being sold. Chinese media recently featured the heartwarming story of a loyal camel who allegedly spent days crossing the barren […]
Too Good to Eat – The Intricately-Detailed Cakes of Tuba Geckil
Tuba Geckil is a talented cake artist who specializes in making delicious desserts that double as optical illusions. From ultra-realistic cakes shaped as Crocs shoes and salami-topped pizza, to detailed busts of real-lief and fictional characters, there’s nothing that Turkish food artist Tuba Geckil can’t shape her cakes as. In fact, some of her best […]
World’s Largest Soaring Bird Can Fly 100 Miles Without Flapping Its Wings
According to a fascinating new study, the Andean condor spend almost all of their flying time in soaring mode, flapping their wings only 1.3 percent of the time. Weighing up to about 16 kilograms and with a wingspan of roughly 3.3 meters, the condor is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement […]
Image of “Jesus Christ” Discovered in Cut Tree Branch Sparks Online Controversy
Photos of what many religious people are describing as a detailed representation of Jesus Christ discovered inside the branch of a recently-pruned willow tree have gone viral in Brazil. Last Thursday, while pruning a willow tree in Itaquiraí, Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul, municipal maintenance workers noticed a strange pattern on the inside of a […]
Chinese Tourist Attraction Lets You Experience Kung Fu Movie Flying First Hand
A unique tourist attraction in southeastern China’s Fujian province lets wuxia fans fulfill their dream of experiencing the flying techniques of the kung-fu masters they used to watch on TV growing up. If you’re a fan of popular wuxia films like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” or “House of Flying Daggers”, you’ve probably fantasized or even […]
15-Year-Old Allegedly Suffers Stroke After Playing Video Games Almost Non-Stop for a Month
A 15-year-old Chinese boy was rushed to a hospital back in March after passing out in his home in the city of Nannning. He reportedly suffered a stroke that left his left arm paralyzed, after spending the past month gaming and sleeping just two hours a night. Like many other Year 9 students, the boy, […]
Automation Studio Creates Robot Swift That Flies Just Like the Real Bird
German automation company Festo recently unveiled its latest bio-inspired creation, the Bionic Swift, a lightweight robot capable of mimicking the flight of an actual swift. Over the last decade Festo has unveiled an impressive number of robots inspired by the Earth’s fauna, from bionic ants and butterflies, to penguins, jellyfish and even kangaroos. Earlier this […]
Photographer Living in Camera-Shaped House Names Sons Canon, Nikon and Epson
An Indian man is so obsessed with photography that he named his three sons after iconic camera brands – Canon, Nikon and Epson – and spent a small fortune on a three-story villa shaped like a giant camera. You hear the phrase “passionate about photography” a lot among photography enthusiasts, but Ravi Hongal, a 49-year-old […]
95-Year-Old Indian Man Has Allegedly Never Cut His Hair
A 95-year-old man from India’s Karnataka state claims that he has never once cut his hair, which now measures an impressive 24-feet-long and has to be bundled into a huge, entangled mass on top of his head. During this year’s lockdown, a lot of people were freaking out for not being able to visit the […]