Family Stuck Atop Hidden Waterfall Saved After Sending Down Message in a Bottle
In a story that seems taken out of a Hollywood movie, an American family stranded at the top of a hidden waterfall in California, with no way to safely descend, managed to call for help by throwing a message in a bottle down into the waterfall. Curtis Whitson, his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, and their 13-year-old […]
Meet Mr. Bags, China’s Influential “Bag Whisperer”
When it comes to buying a fashionable handbag, there’s one figure most young Chinese women turn to for advice – Mr. Bags. With millions on followers on China’s most popular social networks and many of the world’s biggest bag brands fighting to gain his favor, this 27-year-old really has the Chinese bag game on lock. […]
Street Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Graffiti Optical Illusions
Portuguese street artist Vile has a gift that some would consider similar to a superpower – he can make concrete walls look transparent to the naked eye, using only cans of graffiti paint. Rodrigo Miguel Sepulveda Nunes, aka Vile, started doing graffiti when he was 14 years old. In college he studied Cartoon and Animation […]
Peruvian Company Creates Wooden Laptop Designed to Last Forever
In an age when tech companies are encouraging consumers to constantly buy newer, more-expensive gadgets, one Peruvian company has just a launched a sustainable wooden laptop designed to last at least 10 to 15 years. In an attempt to bring new and affordable technology to the most remote areas of Peru, the Carrascos —a family […]
Monet’s Pond – The Japanese Pond So Beautiful It Looks Like a Real-Life Monet Painting
Up until four years ago, Monet’s Pond, a small body of water just outside Seki City, in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture, didn’t even have a name, but thanks to social media and a catchy nickname, it has become one of the most popular tourist destination in the Land of the Rising Sun. Before it became known […]
Store Clerk Memorizes Credit Card Info from Over 1,300 People, Uses It Online
Not everyone chooses to use their superpowers for good; case in point, this Japanese store clerk who used his amazing photographic memory to memorize the credit card info of over a thousand clients in mere seconds of interacting with them. 34-year-old Yusuke Taniguchi was recently arrested for having stolen the credit card information of over […]
Rare Condition Allows Woman to Hear Her Own Blood Rushing Through Her Veins
Gemma Cairns, a 32-year-old woman from Scotland, can’t remember the last time she experienced total silence. Even in the absence of outside noises, she can hear everything going on inside her body, from blood pumping through her veins, to the movements of her eyes. Cairns has been able to hear noises coming from inside her […]
Murder of Crows Has Attacked Man for Three Years After One of Their Young Died in His Hands
For the last three years, a man in India’s Madhya Pradesh state has been living a real-life daily nightmare inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’. Every time he walks out of his house, he gets attacked by a murder of crows. The strange thing is the birds only target him. Shiva Kewat, a daily wage labourer […]
Artist Smashes Glass Panes with Chisel and Hammer to Create Stunning Artworks
Seen from up close, the creations of Swiss artist Simon Berger look more like vandalism, but take a few steps back and you’ll notice the cracks in the smashed glass panes form clear and complex portraits and images. Berger admits that as an artist, he had the desire to be taken seriously, to attract attention, […]
74-Year-Old Woman Becomes World’s Oldest Ever to Give Birth
Mangayamma, a 74-year-old woman in India’s Anthar Pradesh state, recently became the oldest woman in history to give birth, after successfully delivering twin baby girls following an IVF procedure. The Indian woman had married Yaramati Sitarama Rajarao, a farmer from Nelaparthipudi village, back in 1962, but despite visiting countless doctors and temples, the couple were […]
Terrifying Deepfake App Lets You Swap Faces with Virtually Anyone
Zao, a Chinese artificial intelligence-powered app that allows users to swap faces with actors and other celebrities in videos and GIF images, has sparked serious privacy concerns due to how convincing the transformation can be. Uploaded to China’s iOS App Store last Friday, Zao became the number one downloaded app on the platform in only […]
Man Faces Charges for Pointing “Finger Gun” at Neighbor During Argument
With gun crime so frequent in the United States these days, even making a gun gesture with your hand can put some people on edge. A Pennsylvania man found that out the hard way after being charged with disorderly conduct for pointing a “finger gun” at another man during an argument. The bizarre incident took […]
Teenager Loses Sight After Living on French Fries, Chips and White Bread for Years
Doctors in the UK recently reported the shocking case of a teenager whose vision has deteriorated to the point of blindness due to a poor diet based mainly on French fries, potato chips, processed meat and white bread. The Bristol-based teenager, who preferred to remain anonymous, had reportedly been eating only French fries, Pringles chips […]
Artist Puts On Astronaut Costume to Highlight Crater-Size Road Potholes
An Indian artist has come up with an ingenious and hilarious way of showcasing the poor state of roads in the city of Bangalore – he put on a realistic astronaut costume and filmed himself walking trough the craters that made a local road look like the surface of the moon. Baadal Nanjundaswamy is well […]
Vegan Woman Sues Neighbors for Barbecuing in Their Backyard
Cilla Carden, a vegan woman from Perth, in Australia, took her neighbors to court for “deliberately” allowing the smell of barbecued meat and fish to cross onto her property. The frustrated vegan has been in a dispute with both her neighbors since 2017, and has taken one of them court several times, unsuccessfully. After having […]