Ambidextrous Artist Draws Photo-Realistic Pencil Portraits with Both Hands at the Same Time
Drawing hyperrealistic color portraits with your dominant hand is difficult enough, but try simultaneously drawing two separate portraits with both hands. It sounds almost impossible, which makes Dutch artist Rjacenna’s skill that much more impressive. Rajacenna first made news headlines in 2010, as a child prodigy able to create incredibly realistic portraits of celebrities with […]
Finnish Artist Creates Life-Like Crocheted Versions of People in Her Village
Knitting may not be the most exciting art from, but Liisa Hietanen’s knitted creations are nothing short of awe-inspiring. The Finnish artist makes crocheted life-size versions of people in her village, and the similarities are eerily uncanny. Hietanen began crocheting and knitting when she was 10 years old and got so good at it that […]
Meet Vaggelis Chatzis, the World’s Only One-Handed Professional Boxer
Vaggelis Chatzis’s life is considered by many the ultimate underdog story. After having his right forearm amputated from below the elbow when he was only a baby, he grew up to become the world’s only one-handed professional boxer. Chatzis was born with a cancerous tumour in his right hand which would have ultimately killed him […]
Woman Wants to Hire Someone to Make Decisions for Her for a Month
We all make wrong decisions from time to time, but one woman in the UK feels like she’s made so many of them over the last year that she now wants to pay an “enlightened individual” $2,600 to make decisions on her behalf for a month. After reportedly losing money by trusting a friend, becoming […]
Millionaire Wants to Buy a Mountain So He Can Turn It Into His Own Mount Rushmore
If you happen to own a mountain or cliff that you’ve been struggling to sell, maybe you can strike a deal with this multimillionaire who wants to carve his family’s faces into it, Mount Rushmore style. Online luxury marketplace HushHush.com recently revealed that a mysterious multimillionaire reached out to them with a very unusual request […]
Ghost in Girl’s Apartment Turns Out to Be Total Stranger Hiding in the Closet And Wearing Her Clothes
A North Carolina university student who thought her apartment was haunted after things started disappearing was shocked to find a creepy man hiding in her closet and wearing her clothes. The female student, who only wanted to be identified as Maddie, had grown to think that the off-campus apartment she shared with a roommate was […]
Online Store Sells $650 “Thought Box” That You Put Over Your Head to Just Think
With open offices being so popular these days and distractions pretty much everywhere you look, it can be difficult to find a personal space to gather your thoughts. But with the Thought Box, a $650 cardboard and fabric box that you put over your head, you can enjoy some personal place anywhere. The Thought Box […]
Woman Divorces Husband Three Minutes After Marrying Him
A newlywed couple in Kuwait recently made history for having the shortest marriage in the country’s existence. They decided to go their separate ways just three minutes after getting married. Last month, Kuwaiti media reported the bizarre case of a couple who ended their marriage before even leaving the courthouse they got married in. The […]
Man Has Toothpick Removed From Inside His Heart After Swallowing It While Drinking
A 29-year-old Chinese man can consider himself lucky to be alive after doctors removed a wooden toothpick stuck in the right atrium of his heart. The man, known only by his surname, Zhou, underwent an open-heart operation on January 9, at a hospital in Nanning, southern China’s Guangxi Province, to have an excessive growth removed from […]
Dating Service Matches People Based by Their DNA Compatibility
We’ve seen a lot of interesting dating services in the last few years, like Hater, an app that matches people by things they both hate, Dating AI, a service that lets you date people who look like your favorite celebrities, or Trump Singles, a dating site catering exclusively to Donald Trump supporters. But if you […]
Former Inmate Robs Bank Just So He Can Go Back to Prison
William J. Gallagher, a 68-year-old career criminal who had just been released from prison after a 20-year sentence, recently robbed a Wisconsin bank, with the sole purpose of getting arrested and sent back to prison. Six months after finishing his 20-year prison sentence at a penitentiary in New Jersey for attempted homicide, Gallagher took an […]
Real-Life Rapunzel Hasn’t Washed Her Hair in 20 Years
Most people can’t go a week without washing their hair, but one real-life Rapunzel from Britain claims she has never washed her six-foot long locks in the last 20 years and that she only needs to comb her hair thoroughly to keep it in pristine condition. 32-year-old Frankie Cluney, an artist from Brighton, in the […]
City Bans Dog Walking in Public Places to Discourage Dog Ownership
Authorities in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, have enforced a ban on dog walking in public places like streets and parks. The bizarre measure is part of a long-standing effort to discourage dog ownership in the Islamic country. Tehran’s police chief, Hossein Rahimi, recently announced that he has received permission from the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office […]
Woman Hatches Duck Egg Bought from Restaurant, Ends Up with Adorable Pet
A Malaysian woman ended up with a pet duck after buying a fertilized egg from a restaurant and using a makeshift incubator to hatch it instead of eating it. 39-year-old Erica Lim, a creative professional from Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, recently sat down with online magazine Star2 to talk about life with a pet duck […]
Runner Finds Puppy During Marathon, Carries It for 30 Km
A Thai marathon runner recently made international news headlines after it was reported that she ran 30km carrying a small puppy she found on the side of the road during the 42km race. Khemjira Klongsanun was 12km into the Chombueng marathon in western Thailand, on Jan 20, when she saw a puppy dog by the side […]