Online Shopper Pays $6 Million for His Own Commercial Rocket Launch
They say you can buy just about anything on China’s leading online shopping platform, Taobao. Well, you can now add “commercial rocket launch” to that list as well. In what was originally deemed an April 1st joke, Chinese media recently reported that an anonymous online shopper paid 40 million yuan ($5.6 million) for his very […]
Controversial “Class of Life” Has Primary School Children Eating Fish They Helped Raise
Japan’s “Class of Life” is a controversial school project that aims to teach students about valuing their food and the environment by having them raise and then eat animals like fish and chicken. We first featured the Class of Life a couple of years ago, when a video showcasing its implementation at an agricultural high-school […]
Dad Creates Custom Baby Safety Pod to Protect His Child from Coronavirus Infection
A young Chinese dad spent a month converting a cat carrier backpack into a safety pod for his baby. His invention allegedly protects the child from infection and pumps purified air into the pod with an electronic fan system. 30-year-old Cao Junjie, a tech-savvy father from Shanghai, China, wanted something that would allow him and […]
Social Distancing Has People So Bored They Are Littering Counting Seeds in Pieces of Fruit
Having to spend days on end indoors has so people so incredibly bored that they are coming up with all kinds of bizarre ways of passing the time. Case in point one Vietnamese math student who recently spent a day meticulously extracting every single seed from a piece of dragon fruit and presenting her finding […]
Man Plays Dead to Circumvent Coronavirus Lockdown
You’ve probably seen people hiding in the bushes and wearing all kinds of silly disguises in order to go outside without being stopped by police, but now you can add faking death to the list of things people have resorted to in order to circumvent the coronavirus lockdown. Just like Italy, India imposed nationwide lockdown […]
Self-Described “Water Hater” Would Rather Dehydrate Than Drink Water
A New York woman who claims she hates drinking plain water has ended up in the ER several times with severe dehydration because she simply refused to put water in her mouth. Lori Cheek is what is known as a “water hater”, a person who hates both the taste of water and the “slimy” sensation […]
Japanese Artist Paints Simple Stones as Charming Figurines
Akie Nakata describes herself as a “stone artist”, but there is more to her craft than simply painting river stones into familiar animal shapes. Every one of her pieces goes through a complex process that begins with choosing the right stone and continues with bringing out the life in it. The Japanese artist, who goes […]
The World’s Toughest Cheese Is Hard as a Rock, Turns into Chewing Gum
I understand that the title reads a bit strange, but then again this is no ordinary cheese we’re talking about. It’s the hardest cheese in the world, and yes, it can be chewed like gum for up to two hours. Chhurpi or Durkha is a traditional Nepalese cheese that has been a means of survival […]
The Incredible Ballpoint Pen Drawings of Samuel Silva
We originally featured the amazing ballpoint pen drawings of Portuguese artist Samuel Silva back in 2021, but he has been buys over the last eight years, and I though we’d take a look at what he’s been up to. Looking at some of Silva’s incredibly realistic artworks, it’s clear why many consider him the no. […]
Father Gives Son Embarrassing Haircut to Make Sure He Doesn’t Sneak Out
A Filipino father came up with an ingenious way of keeping his young boy in the house during the recently issued lockdown due to the rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, and the Philippines is no exception. As in most other places, the Government has enforced a social […]
Woman Leaves Real-Life Husband to Pursue Video-Game Romance
This is the story of a middle-aged woman from the UK who decided to end her unhappy marriage to pursue a fairy-tale romance in an online video game which ultimately resulted in a real-life wedding. Kelly Sexton was 37 when she first started playing Second Life, an online simulation game where players customize their avatars […]
“String Art Guy” Creates Incredible Portraits with Just Strings and Nails
London-based Ben Koracevic is a young, self-taught string artist determined to push the boundaries of the art form. Looking at the insanely detailed portraits he is able to create using only black string and expertly placed nails, I’d say he has already succeeded. Using thousands of nails carefully positioned on a blank white canvas, and […]
Self-Described “Crazy Snail Lady” Cares for 150 Pet Snails
40-year-old Pepper Apollo has been fascinated with snails ever since she saw some outside her workplace, 10 years ago. Today she is a self-described “crazy snail lady” with 150 shelled gastropods in her care. When I first saw a short video documentary on Pepper Apollo and her pet snails, I though it was just a […]
World’s Smallest Bird Lays Its Eggs in a Nest the Size of a Quarter
Only slightly larger that the insect it’s named after, the Bee Hummingbird weighs no more than two grams and lays eggs roughly the size of coffee beans. It is officially the world’s tiniest bird. Found only in Cuba, the Bee Hummingbird is extremely small even for a hummingbird, so much so that people often mistake […]
Meet Xherdan, Unofficially the World’s Scariest-Looking Cat
We’ve featured our share of famous internet felines, from grumpy cats, to incredibly beautiful fur balls, but we never really posted about scary-looking felines. That ends today, with Xherdan, the scariest-looking sphinx you’ve ever seen. The phrase “a face only a mother could love” is usually used maliciously, but in the case of Xherdan, a […]