Mexican Town Raffles Brand New Car, Winner Can Only Use It 50 Years From Now
The Mexican town of Ojinaga, in the state of Chihuahua, made international headlines recently for a rather unusual raffle. Instead of being awarded to the winner, the prize – a brand new car – was buried as a time capsule, to be used by the winner’s relatives, 50 years from now. Who knows if we’ll […]
Caterpillars Don’t Have Lungs, But Somehow This One Can Scream to Keep Predators Away
Apart from the sound they make while chewing on leaves, the vast majority of caterpillars are silent creatures. However, the Nessus sphinx hawkmoth caterpillar is able to produce clicking noises that sounds a lot like static, as a self-defense mechanism, and scientists believe they discovered how. Insects have no lungs, but some of them can be […]
Artist Creates Amazing ‘Web Portraits’ Using a Single Sewing Thread
Slovenian artist Sašo Krajnc creates incredibly detailed portraits by tightly winding a single sewing thread on a circular wooden frame to create overlapping straight lines. That’s actually the most impressive thing about Sašo Krajnc, that he’s able to create such detailed facial features, like the curvatures of the eyes and lips, using only straight lines. He starts […]
Luxury Village in China Remains Deserted as Villagers Fight Over Who Should Own One or Two Villas
They say “no good deed goes unpunished” and one Chinese billionaire learned that the hard way after spending tens of millions of dollars on hundreds of luxury villas for all the residents in his home village, only to see them remain deserted as greedy recipients continue to argue over who should own multiple houses. Five […]
Man Raised by Wolves Is Disappointed with Life Among Humans
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja lived among wolves for 12 years in the mountains of Spain’s Cordoba province, before being discovered by the Civil Guard at age 19 and brought back into civilization. But even now, at age 72, Pantoja still hasn’t completely adjusted to life among humans. Born in Añora, Cordoba, in 1946, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja lost his […]
Japanese Company Makes the Coolest Tweezers Ever
Tweezers have been around for thousands of years, but they’ve never really been regarded as one of the coolest tools man ever invented. Well, a Japanese company is looking to change that with its awesome Tweezers of Legend. Having to pluck a rogue hair strand from your eyebrow or nose is not the most exciting […]
Ohio Town Terrorized by Zombie-Like Raccoons
Police in Youngstown, Ohio, have received over a dozen reports of zombie-like raccoons coming out in the daytime, flashing their teeth and just falling on their backs for no apparent reason. Youngstown has always had a raccoon population, but the furry mammals usually stayed out of people’s way, only coming out at night to search […]
Woman Risks Her Life Tending to Abandoned Cattle in Fukushima Radiation Zone
A Japanese animal lover risks her life every single day by venturing into the Fukushima exclusion zone to feed a heard of 11 cows abandoned after the 2011 nuclear disaster. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Fukushima in 2011 claimed the lives of over 20,000 people, and forced another 160,000 to leave everything behind […]
Artist Faces Backlash After Killing Butterflies And Using Their Wings for a Painting Symbolizing Rebirth
A Chinese art student sparked a heated debate online after using the wings of over 500 butterflies to create a series of artworks symbolizing rebirth. While some consider her “sick” for using butterfly wings as an art medium, others think her creations qualify as original art. Li Zheng, a fourth-year art student at Quanzhou Normal University […]
Indian Boy’s Body Can Allegedly Light Up LED Light Bulbs By Itself
A 9-year-old boy from Kerala, in India, has become a social media sensation after videos of him lighting rechargeable LED light bulbs just by touching their electrical contacts with any part of his body went viral online. Abu Thahir, who hails from Muhamma near Alappuzha, Kerala, discovered his unusual power only recently, while returning home with his […]
Japanese Artist Twists Copper and Brass Wire Into the Most Incredible Sculptures
When it comes to metallic wire artworks, you’ll have a tough time finding a more talented artist than @tdaiki1216, a young Japanese art graduate who seems able to twist copper and brass wire into pretty much anything he sets his mind to, from sculptures that look like drawn manga, to slithering snakes and giant insects. […]
Woman Has Been Living in an Aseptic Glass Cage for 13 Years, Unable to Even Touch Her Loved Ones
53-year-old Juana Munoz, from Cadiz, Spain, has been living in a custom glass cage for the last 13 years. It is her prison, but also the very thing that keeps her protected from all the things that would otherwise kill her. After being diagnosed with four life-threatening conditions – multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue […]
Chinese Father Finds Missing Daughter After 24-Year Search
Wang Mingqing’s daughter went missing 24 years ago, but even if the chances of finding her became lower with each passing year, he never gave up hope. After decades of tireless searching, the nearly-impossible happened – Wang received confirmation that his daughter had been found thousands of miles away, on the other side of the country. […]
Man Attacks Actor Playing Roman Soldier in ‘Passion of Christ’ Play to Save Jesus
A Brazilian man was recently arrested after jumping on stage during a Passion of the Christ theater play and hitting an actor playing a Roman soldier over the head with a motorcycle helmet, in a bid to save Jesus from getting crucified. The bizarre incident took place last week, in the Brazilian town of Nova […]
Japanese System Projects Realistic Shadows of Moving Men on Window Curtains to Protect Women Living Alone
“Man on the Curtain” is an ingenious system that uses your smartphone to project full-motion silhouettes of men on window curtains to deter criminals targeting women who live by themselves. Tokyo may be one of the safest cities in the world, but crimes do sometimes occur and women who live alone are among the most […]