Young Vietnamese Artist Carves Portraits and Landscapes on Delicate Eggshells
Vietnamese artist Ben Tre uses his steady hands and a tiny dentist’s drill to carve detailed portraits and traditional landscapes on chicken eggshells. The exquisite artworks can be mounted on an LED-illuminated base and used as artistic lamps. Ben Tre says he only started carving eggshells a year ago, yet each of his numerous works […]
Japanese Guy Earns $10,000 for Three Months of Gaming, Playing for 12 Hours a Day
They say the secret to a successful career is doing what you love, but paying monthly bills when the thing you love most is playing video games all day has got to be pretty darn hard. Not for Moru-chan, a Japanese gamer who is currently earning a decent $10,000 for basically spending three months of his […]
The Uniface Mask – A Simple Alternative to Makeup and Plastic Surgery
What if you never had to waste precious time every day covering your face with layer upon layer of makeup, or even consider plastic surgery enhancements in a never-ending quest to adhere to society-set beauty standards? These are some of the ideas Chinese designer Zhuoying Li is tackling in her new project – the Uniface Mask. […]
Talented Artist Draws Realistic Celebrity Portraits with Common Ballpoint Pens
Using regular ballpoint pens, UK-based artist Gareth Edwards draws incredibly realistic portraits of celebrities like Audrey Hepburn, Walt Disney, Natalie Portman and Humphrey Bogart with Candy Toxton. “I began working in ballpoint pen because I was to lazy to sharpen a pencil, or put away my paints at the end of the day,” Gareth Edwards explains […]
Georgian Woman Takes Care of Son Who Died 18 Years Ago
Joni Bakaradze died 18 years ago, at the age of 22, but instead of burying him in a cemetery, his family decided to keep his body preserved so that his son, who was just two at the time of his death, could see his father’s face. For the first four years after Joni died, his […]
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 […]