The Catacomb Saints – Relic Hunter Photographs Europe’s Jewel-Encrusted Skeletons
Paul Koudounaris, a history professor from California, has spent the last three years visiting ancient ossuaries and churches around Europe and photographing their macabre treasures. Among these are the Catacomb Saints, a series of jewel-encrusted skeletons said to be the remains of Christian saints. Decorated with hundreds of precious stones and several pounds of gold and […]
Dubai Tuner Gives Back Seat Driving a Whole New Meaning
Seen from the outside, the 2008 Nissan Patrol modified by Ali, of Kingdom Customs Garage, in Dubai, looks completely normal, but open the front door and you’ll notice a few details are missing. And by details I mean the steering wheel, pedals, shift stick… You probably haven’t seen anything like this before, I certainly haven’t. […]
Bambu Gila – The Crazy Bamboo Dance of Maluku
Bambu Gila is a mystical ritual performed in Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, where a group of strong men struggle to control a piece of bamboo from moving around like crazy as if it were possessed by an unseen power. The origins of Bambu Gila, or Crazy Bamboo, are unknown, but it is believed the ancient ritual […]
Brazilian Man to Marry Pet Goat in Devil’s Curch
Aparecido Castaldo, a retired stone cutter from Jundiai, Brazil has decided to marry his beloved Carmella, a goat. Because no Christian minister would agree to perform the marriage ceremony, the two will be wed by a known satanic leader, in the Church of the Devil. People have married their pets in the past, although in […]
Ken Delmar, the Artist Who Paints on Paper Towels
Paper towel painting is a popular children’s learning activity, but American artist Ken Delmar is determined to turn it into a proper art form. For the last eight months, he has been using the flimsy kitchen disposables as canvases for detailed and vibrantly colored artworks. 71-year-old Ken Delmar has been painting most of his life, […]
Controversial Artificial Iris Implant Surgery to Permanently Change Eye Color
People unhappy with the way they look have been using plastic surgery to change their appearance for years, but now they can take their obsession to a whole new level by changing the color of their eyes through a controversial procedure known as artificial iris implant. Pioneered by Dr. Kenneth Rosenthal, as a way to […]
Lonely Bachelor Wanders around Manhattan Looking for a Rich Wife
For the past 12 years, Robert Darling, a 58-year old unemployed man from New jersey, has been traveling to Manhattan in search of a life companion. To make it easier for women to notice him, he carries a sandwich board which reads “Looking for a rich lady to be my wife”, along with his phone […]
Wife Tells Husband to Take Up a Hobby, He Builds a Giant Wine Cork Rhinoceros
Two California couples, Jim and Mary Lambert of Carmichael, and Bob and Di Nelson of Fair Oaks, have spent the last three years making a life-size rhinoceros sculpture out of plywood, foam and 12,000 wine corks. It all started one day, three years ago, when Mary told her husband Jim to take up a hobby. Instead […]
Fancy Dresser Wears a Different Costume Every Day for a Year
Mary Saba, a young Australian woman whose favorite hobby is creating funny costumes, challenged herself to wear a different one every day for a whole year. Since most of her costume were homemade, Mary only needed $440 to reach her goal. Even before she started her original project, Mary’s friends called her “costume queen” for […]
No Internet, No Cable, No Problem – Canadian Family Lives Like It’s 1986
Most people couldn’t imagine a day without their fancy smartphones, but a family in Guelph, Canada has decided to shun all post-1986 technology from their lives for a whole year, as part of a social experiment. It all started last year when Blair McMillan asked his five-year old son if he wanted to come outside […]
Awesome Dad Sends His Kids’ Toys into Outer Space, Records the Whole Trip
Children make all kinds of ridiculous requests, and sometimes parents agree to them, even if they don’t plan on keeping their promises. But not Nicholas L., a French father-of-three who in order not to let his kids down actually sent a couple of their toys into outer space. Last December, Nicholas’ three children asked him […]
Girls Squeeze Limes in Sunlight, Suffer Severe Caustic Burns on Their Hands
Squeezing a slice of lime into a refreshing drink on a hot summer day isn’t as harmless as you may think. Fredrikke and Selma, two young Norwegian girls, found that out first hand after they suffered from severe Margarita Dermatitis during their vacation in Spain. Fredrikke and Selma, both seven years old, were vacationing with their families in […]
Mr. Zoom Freaks People Out with Eye-Popping Performances
30-year-old John Edward Doyle has the ability to squeeze his eyes out by up to 12 millimeters. He discovered his “talent” about two years ago while entertaining his friends, and for the past six months he has been using it to freak people out online under the alias “Mr. Zoom”. John discovered his bizarre eye-popping […]
Airplane Enthusiasts Build Realistic Boeing 737 Cockpit and Flight Simulator
For as long as he can remember, Kjetil Mathisen has been fascinated with flying machines. As a kid he spent most of his time playing with model airplanes, helicopters and virtual flight simulators, but as an adult he has taken his passion to a whole new level by building his very own scale replica of a […]
Croatian Confectioners Create White-and-Blue Ice Cream, Name It Facebook, Make a Killing
Facebook, the world’s most popular social network, has just passed the 100 billion valuation mark, but thanks to a couple of business-savvy ice-cream makers from Croatia, anyone can have a slice of it for as little as 1 euro. Brothers Admir and Ibi Adili run the Valentino ice cream shop in Tisnom, on Croatia’s Murter […]