Houseplant Enthusiast Turns Apartment into Urban Jungle with Over 1,400 Potted Plants
Joe Bagley, a 20-year-old self-confessed “jungle boy”, has turned his one-bedroom apartment in Loughborough, UK, into an indoor jungle with over 1,400 potted plants. From cacti and succulents to tropical flowers and vines, you can find all sorts of plants growing in Joe Bagley’s home. They are everywhere, on the dining table, on bookshelves, even […]
Village Turns to Volunteer Ghosts to Keep People at Home During Pandemic
As countries around the world struggle to come up with ways of keeping people from going outside and slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, Indonesian settlements are trying an unconventional solution – volunteer ghosts. In Kepuh village, Central Java, people brave enough to venture outside their homes at night risk coming face to […]
The Scribbled Portraits of Liz Y Ahmet
Liz Y Ahmet is a self-taught artist who uses a seemingly messy technique to create incredibly detailed and expressive female portraits. A ‘scribble’ is usually defined as “a piece of writing or a drawing that is done quickly or carelessly”, but that certainly doesn’t apply to Liz Y Ahmet’s work. While her style certainly looks […]
Macabre Doll-Covered Building in Mexico Goes Viral on Google Maps
Avenida Iztacalco 9 in Mexico City was one of the most searched addresses on Google Maps this week, after photos of a creepy, doll-covered house located there went viral on social media. It all started with a short TikTok video shared by user Fernando Mata, who runs a segment called “Weird Things on Google Maps”, […]
Italian Company Proposes Plexiglas Beach Cubicles for Pandemic Summer Fun
Summer at the beach doesn’t sound that enticing this year due to the threat of Covid-19 and social distancing measures, but one Italian company has conceptualized a solution and it involves Plexiglas beach cubicles. Having to pass on the summer vacation season entirely would be catastrophic for Italy’s massive tourism sector, but Modena-based Nuova Neon […]
Indonesian Man Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Claiming Ex-Wife’s Privates Smelled Like Salted Fish
Indonesian soap opera actor Galih Ginanjar was recently sentenced to 2 years and four months in prison for humiliating his ex-wife by claiming that her genitalia smelled like “salted fish”. In June 2019, Galih appeared as a guest on a popular YouTube show hosted by TV personality Rey Utami, where he answered all kind of […]
Man Has Rusty Knife Blade Removed From His Head 26 Years After He Was Stabbed
A 76-year-old man from rural China can consider himself lucky to be alive after he had a four-inch-long rusty knife surgically removed from his brain, 26 years after being stabbed in the head. The case of Duorijie, an old farmer from the rural county of Haiyan in China’s north-western Qinghai Province, can be considered nothing […]
Japanese Mom Creates the Most Adorable Anime-Themed Bento Boxes
A Japanese mother-of-two has been getting a lot of attention on social media sites like Instagram and Pinterest for her incredibly detailed and colorful anime-themed bento boxes. If you’re even a little familiar with Japanese culture, you probably know about “kawaii”, the people’s affinity for all things cute, and the attention to detail present in […]
New York Man Uses Dating Flyers to Find “Germ-Free Girlfriend”
A life-threatening pandemic isn’t exactly what you would call the best time to find love, especially with social distancing and self-isolation measures in place, but one New York man is trying to make it work. If you’ve been jogging through Central Park or any of the Big Apple’s running paths, you may have seen these […]
Talented Illustrator Creates Mind-Blowing 3D Drawing of a Squid
Be honest, looking at this hyper-realistic drawing of a squid, could you ever tell it apart from a real-life cephalopod? Most people couldn’t which is why Japanese illustrator Yuuki Tokuda’s artwork has been getting so much attention on social media. Yuuki Tokuda is a talented illustrator whose cartoony characters have been immortalized in books and […]
This Small Chapel Is Home to the World’s Oldest Modern Mummy
In life, Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was one of the most brilliant medical minds in human history, pioneering practices and procedures that are still used today. In death, he retained his legendary status as a medical genius, but he also gained attention for becoming the world’s oldest modern mummy. Born in 1810, in Russia, Pirogov spent most of […]
Born to Fly – The Bird That Spends Up to 10 Months Without Landing
Scientists have long suspected that some species of birds can eat drink, mate and even sleep while flying, but even they were stunned when data showed that one such species could go up to 10 months without landing. As its name suggests, the commons swift (Apus apus) is a common bird that lives all across […]
Meet Puutan, an 18-Year-Old Boy Cosplaying as a Schoolgirl
Japanese men mastering the art of makeup and photo-manipulation to pose as girls seems to be a current trend in the land of the rising sun these days… Puutan, whose real name is reportedly “Tatsuya”, is a Japanese 18-year-old boy who has been posing as a schoolgirl online and messing with people’s minds. You see, […]
Art Teacher Spends 3 Months Drawing Chalk Version of Chinese Masterpiece on Eight Chalkboards
A young art teacher from China’s Shanxi Province was recently praised online for spending three months working on a detailed chalk rendition of a traditional masterpiece. When Zhao Wenrui, an art teacher in Fanzhi County, decided to draw a chalk version of Along the River during the Qingming Festival he just wanted to do something interesting […]
Russian Family Tries to Escape Coronavirus Pandemic by Going to Live in the Woods
A family of five from Russia’s Sverdlovsk region took social distancing recommendations to the extreme by self-isolating in a forest several kilometers away from the nearest human settlement. On April 6th, Sverdlovsk police received a phone call from a woman in the village of Krasnogvardeisky who claimed that her brother had taken his wife and […]