Meet Hideaki Kobayashi, the Famous Japanese Man Who Dresses as a Schoolgirl
Ever wondered what Mr. Miyagi would look like dressed as a schoolgirl? No?!? Me neither…Who does that? Anyway, you’ll get to see it anyway, as we take a look at one of Tokyo’s most iconic characters, Hideaki Kobayashi, better known as the “Sailor Suit Old Man” or the weird guy wearing a schoolgirl uniform. As some […]
Chinese Human Snail Carries His Home on His Back Wherever He Goes
38-year-old Liu Lingchao is a real-life human snail who carries his 60-kg-heavy house on his back wherever he goes. Made of bamboo poles and plastic sheets, the portable home provides shelter on Liu’s long travels through China. Liu Lingchao makes a living selling plastic bottle and metal cans he picks up from the streets of […]
Get Rid of Wrinkles with the Creepy Facewaver Exercise Mask
Don’t feel like spending your hard-earned money on expensive Botox shots and plastic surgery to get rid of those nasty facial wrinkles? Then you might want to take a look at the Facewaver Exercise Mask, a new face stretcher from Japan that promises to give users a more youthful and energetic look. It’s cheaper and […]
Talented Illustrator Doodles Photo-Realistic Ballpoint Pen Portraits
Doodling may not seem like the right word to describe Jacob Everett’s detailed artworks, but he does in fact use overlapping elliptical patterns to create incredibly realistic portraits of celebrities and homeless people from the streets of Bradford. “I am a portrait artist working with biro on paper,” Jacob describes his technique. “I produce large-scale portraits using […]
Mom Teaches Bullying Daughter a Lesson by Making Her Wear Horrible Clothes to School
A ten year old bully from Utah got a taste of her own medicine when her stepmother made her wear ugly thrift shop clothes to school after discovering she was constantly picking on another student on account of her wardrobe. Bullying is a hard-to-fix problem in schools, but a mother from Murray, Utah seems to […]
Meet Varya Akulova, the World’s Strongest Girl
Varya Akulova is one of those extraordinary human beings most people have never even heard of. Often referred to as “The World’s Strongest Girl”, Varya holds two Guinness records and is able to lift up to four times her own body weight. Born in 1992, in the Ukrainian mining town of Krivoy Rog, Varya Akulova […]
The Drinkable Masterpieces of a Japanese Anime Latte Artist
If you’re a fan of coffee and Japanese anime, you’re going to love these amazingly detailed latte portraits of famous Japanese cartoon characters. They are the creations of Twitter user, Sugi, who only started doing latte art a year ago. I’m a big fan of coffee art, whether it’s executed directly on a cup of […]
Chinese DIY Wiz Builds His Very Own Scrap-Part Robot
Tao Xiangli, a 37-year-old inventor from Beijing, China, has spent over 150,000 yuan ($25,000) and more than 11 months building a functional robot made of scrap parts and wires bought from second-hand markets. In China, Tao Xiangli is known as a DIY genius, with a collection of amazing home-made creations under his belt. Three years ago, […]
Meet Ai Hasegawa, the Woman Who Wants to Give Birth to a Shark
With a population nearing nine billion people and food shortages becoming increasingly problematic, the human race needs sustainable solutions if it wants to survive. Japanese designer Ai Hasegawa has come up with a very controversial approach to solving environmental and food-related issues – the possibility of women giving birth to various animal species and eventually […]
Clothing in a Can – Designer Mixes Fashion and Science to Create Spray-On Fabric
Spanish fashion designer Manel Torres is the man behind the world’s first spray-on clothing, which is applied directly on the body and can be washed and worn again just like your regular clothes. It may sound like something out of a futuristic film, but Manel Torres actually patented his amazing spray-on clothing back in the year 2000. […]
The Chillout Ice Cafe Is Literally a Very Cool Place to Hang Out
In the desert city of Dubai, summer temperatures average at about 40 degrees Celsius, so the last thing you’d expect to be able to do in this place is chill out in a sub-zero climate. But this is the UAE, where almost everything is possible, if you have the money. Welcome to the Chillout Ice […]
The Meticulously Woven Mugshots of Joanne Arnett
American artist Joanne Arnett combines photography and embroidery into an amazing new art form. Using thread and steel wire, she is able to reproduce people’s mugshots in photo-like quality. We’ve featured some impressive embroidered artworks on Oddity Central in the past, but Joanne Arnett’s masterpieces are in a class of their own. Living and working near […]
The Huli Warriors of Papua New Guinea and Their Elaborate Wigs
The Huli Wigmen are a tribe that inhabit several villages in Papua New Guinea. They are known both as some of the most fierce warriors in the region and as masterful “hairstylists”who craft flamboyant wigs out of their own hair. Not much is known about the origins of the Huli men’s tradition of crafting wigs […]
Panamanian Mr. T Is a Coconut Peeling Machine
I pity the fool who would dare try to compete with 64-year-old Andres Gardin in a coconut peeling contest. The Mr T. lookalike has been using his strong teeth to peel off the fruit’s hardened shell for over 50 years, but he is till waiting for Guinness to add his name to their famous record […]
Sharkskin Designer Gloves Are a Real Pain to Take Off
If you’re looking for a pair of comfortable designer gloves, stay away from Sruli Recht’s pain-inducing mitts. The Australian designer used an inner lining made of basking shark skin, which features thousands of hook-like scales. From the outside, Sruli Recht’s Lasting Impression looks like a nice and soft basking shark skin glove, but there’s a thorny surprise waiting inside […]