Artistic Duo Create The Most Elaborate Paper Wigs
Ukrainian-Russian art duo Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin are taking paper craft to new heights with their elaborate and flamboyant wigs made entirely out of paper. Inspired by Baroque and Rococo wigs, the talented couple and art duo create their own modern wigs out of pristine white paper. The unique choice of material only makes […]
Prison Soccer Match Between Rival Gangs Ends With 16 Dead
A friendly New Year’s Eve soccer match between teams representing two rival cartels in a Mexican prison turned into a bloodbath after a controversial tackle escalated into a gun fight. For over a decade, Cieneguillas, a medium-security prison in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, has been home to hundreds of dangerous criminals representing no less […]
The Mind-Boggling Optical Illusions of Stefan Pabst
When it comes to ultra-realistic, hand-drawn or painted anamorphic illusions, you’d be hard pressed to find someone better than German artist Stefan Pabst. Just take a look at some of his work and you’ll be rubbing your eyes in amazement. Born in Russia, Stefan Pabst has been living in Germany since he was 15-year-old. In […]
11-Year-Old Boy Dubbed Russia’s Strongest Child After Deadlifting 100-Kg Barbell
While most 11-year-olds are mostly concerned with school, video games, and surfing the web, Timofey Klevakin, a boy from rural Russia, is busy training in the gym and breaking weightlifting records. Ever since he was five years old, Timofey was interested in weightlifting, watching his father train at a makeshift gym in their home village […]
Designer Creates the World’s First Wearable Vegetable Garden
Designer Aroussiak Gabrielian has given the phrase “grow your own food” a whole new meaning by creating a wearable vegetable garden that can accommodate dozens of different crops fueled by the wearer’s own urine. Dubbed Posthuman Habitats, Gabrielian’s project was inspired by the vertical, soilless gardens of French botanist Patrick Blanc, and consists of a […]
Restaurant Owner Busted for Lacing Food with Drugs to Keep Customers Coming Back
Rather than improve his noodle recipe, a restaurant owner in China’s Guangxi Province would lace his noodles with opium to get patrons addicted and increase the chances of them coming back for more. The restaurateur’s dirty trick was uncovered by mistake, after someone who ate at his local in Sanjiang Dong Automonous County tested positive […]
Single Woman Creates Light Bulb Device That Turns on Whenever Someone Breaks Up on Social Media
Japanese YouTuber Marina Fujiwara managed to put a smile on the faces of single people this holiday season with a smart light bulb that lights up whenever couples break up on social media. As a single person, there is nothing worse than watching happy couples doing couple things during the winter holidays, like doing holiday […]
Swiss Scientists Create Shimmering Rainbow Chocolate
A group of scientists from ETH Zurich and FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland recently filed a patent for a process that makes chocolates shimmer in rainbow colors without using food coloring. The story of shimmering rainbow chocolate began on the corridors of a university building, when food scientist Patrick Rühs, materials […]
Man Implants Car Key in Hand to His Unlock Tesla with a Simple Wave
A self-described cybernetics enthusiast from Utah recently made news headlines after having his Tesla 3 key embedded in his hand, allowing him to unlock it just by holding his hand close to the car. Ben Workman has four computer chips embedded in his hands that allow him to perform different actions, from locking and unlocking […]
Japanese Artist Creates Detailed Battleship Miniatures Out of Old Newspapers
Japanese visual artist Atsushi Adachi can make just about anything out of newspaper clippings, but his most impressive works yet are a series of miniature battleship replicas perfect to the tiniest of details. We’ve seen people make impressive miniature models out of cardboard or matchsticks, but Atsushi Adachi finds newspapers to be the perfect medium. […]
Small Italian Town Lights Up World’s Largest Christmas Tree
For nearly three decades, Gubbio, a small medieval town at the foot of Mount Ingino in Italy’s Umbria region, has held the Guinness Record for the world’s largest Christmas tree. In 1981, the 750-meter Christmas tree spread over the slope of Mount Ingino was lit up for the first time. Every year since, on the […]
Talented Sculptor Creates Realistic Human Faces Out of Tiny Balls of Clay
A Chinese artist who can turn small lumps of polymer clay into realistic sculptures of celebrities and regular people has been getting a lot of attention on social media for his amazing skills. The unknown artist behind Pandahappyed, an online service that allows people to order hand-made polymer clay dolls modelled after celebrities, loved ones […]
Talented Cake Artist Creates the Most Amazing Gingerbread Sculptures
Norwegian cake artist Caroline Eriksson recently went viral for an awe-inspiring sculpture of Groot made exclusively out of gingerbread, but few people know that this is only the latest of her now traditional Christmas gingerbread masterpieces. Everything started just before Christmas of 2013, when Caroline Eriksson showed off her edible Optimus Prime, a complex, edible […]
Man’s DNA Replaced by That of Donor Following Bone Marrow Transplant
Just three months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat his acute myeloid leukemia, a Nevada man was shocked to learn that his DNA had been replaced by that of his donor. For years ago, Chris Long, who happens to be working at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department in Nevada, was suffering from acute […]
New Slanted Toilet Is Designed to Keep Workers from Spending Too Much Time in the Bathroom
Long, relaxing bathroom breaks that allow people to read the news or get up to date with their social media feed may be coming to an end due to a new and controversial toilet seat design that is supposed to make sitting on the toilet for more than seven minutes becomes uncomfortable. Called the Standard […]