Japanese Surgically Alter Their Palm Lines to Change Their Fortunes
Palmistry, the art of predicting the future by reading palm lines, has always been very popular in Japan, only now modern day believers are taking matters into their own hands by using plastic surgery to alter or extend their life, love and success lines, and hopefully change fate. Do you want to live a long […]
Curious Eats – Tokyo’s Legendary Black Hot Dog
Japan is known for its selection of weird foods, and today we can add one more item to the ever-growing list. The Black Terra Hot-Dog is one of the most popular fast-food delicacies sold in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. It’s over 30 centimeters long and looks like it’s been cooked a few hours longer […]
French Artist Creates Amazing Portraits from Liquid, Solid and Powdered Foods
World, meet Vivi Mac, an amazing artist from France who can use virtually any kind of food to create detailed celebrity portraits. Although she has yet to display her ephemeral masterpieces in an proper art gallery, Vivi Mac has already made a name for herself online. We’ve featured some amazing food artists on Oddity Central […]
Singapore Nightclub Uses Revolutionary Pee Analyzer to Thwart Drunk Driving
Accidents caused by drunk driving are a major problem all around the world, and the city-state of Singapore is no exception. With over 2140 reported cases of drunk driving in the last 12 months, authorities are having problems dealing with the issue efficiently. Luckily, Zouk, one of the hottest nightclubs in South-East Asia seems to […]
Slimy Facials – Japanese Salon Uses Live Snails as Beauty Treatment
Snail slime is believed to have an anti-ageing effect on human skin and beauty product companies have been using as an ingredient for around two decades. Now, a Japanese beauty salon is taking things to a whole new level by offering a treatment where live snails are put directly on clients’ faces to cover them in slime. […]
Life-Size Fiat Abarth Model Made Exclusively from Body-Painted Contortionists
Italian car-maker Fiat has partnered with renowned body painter Craig Tracy to advertise their sporty Fiat 500 Abarth in a truly unique fashion. Craig Tracy is a master of body-painted optical illusions. From realistic animals to breathtaking sceneries, he is able to create just about anything from a a few expertly-painted flexible bodies, but he […]
Dog Lover Will Live in Animal Shelter for 35 Days to Highlight the Plight of Abandoned Pets
Sean Le Vegan, a dog lover from Manchester, England, will spend over a month in an animal shelter enclosure to raise awareness about the plight of stray dogs and encourage people to adopt rather than buy canine pets. Sean, a 35-year-old web-designer and volunteer at the Manchester and Cheshire Dogs’ Home, believes spending 35 days and nights […]
Real-Life Superhuman Blows Up Hot Water Bottles with His Nose
Here is a guy who can literally blow you away. Jemal Tkeshelashvili, from Georgia, is a superhuman with a very unique ability. He can blow up hot water bottles to the point where they explode, with his nose. Jemal currently holds the Guinness World Record for most hot water bottles burst with the nose in one minute. […]
The Stunningly-Beautiful Finger Paintings of Paolo Troilo
Italian artist Paolo Troilo doesn’t use paint brushes to create these incredibly beautiful works of art. Instead he dips his fingertips in black and white paint and guides them across the canvas, rendering the most detailed finger paintings I have ever seen. Paolo Trolio is a self-taught artist who started drawing when he was only […]
Pyura chilensis – Nature’s Bizarre Living Rocks
Pyura chilensis doesn’t look like much from the outside. You could pass right by a colony without realizing they’re more than just simple beach rocks, but cut them open and you’ll think you’ve discovered a real bizarre-looking alien specimen. Popularly known as the living rock, Pyura chilensis is actually a weird sea organism that lives on the rocky […]
A Cruise on Dry Land – Korea’s Unique Cruise Ship Hotel
Ever wished you could experience a luxury cruise without the motion sickness? Step aboard the Sun Cruise Hotel, A Korean tourist attraction designed and built to emulate cruising for the sea sick.Seen from afar, the Sun Cruise Hotel looks like a ship washed up on top of a cliff by a giant wave, but the colossal […]
Scottish Chef Takes Celebrity Pizza Art to Another Level
Domenico Crolla, pizza master extraordinaire and owner of award-winning restaurant Bella Napoli, specializes in amazingly detailed celebrity portraits made exclusively with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce on a pizza dough canvas. Domenico’s career as a pizza artist began with the face of legendary action film star Bruce Lee. After receiving a “thank you” message from […]
Larry Da Leopard Has His Entire Body Covered with Leopard Spots
For the past 20 years Houston-based Larry Da Leopard has covered his entire body with over 1,000 leopard spots to achieve his goal of becoming a “manimal”, part man, part animal. He refers to himself as The Leopard Man. Larry says he started getting tattoos with his friends in a time when skin inking was […]
46-Year-Old Korean Mom Proves Weight Loss and Fitness Really Do Turn Back the Clock
It’s hard to believe the woman in the photo below is actually 46-year-old and a mother of two. Jung Da Yeon is known as momjjang ajumma in her native land of South Korea which means “mom with a striking figure”, and it’s easy to see why. But Jung Da Yeon didn’t always look like this. In 2003, after going […]
Artist’s Amazing Anamorphic Drawings Seem Ready to Leap Off the Page
It’s amazing how some people can use rudimentary tools like pencils and paper to trick the brain and make their artworks look like they’re coming to life. Alessandro Diddi is one of these rare talented artists who creates anamorphic drawings that seem ready to jump off the page. “When people see my drawings they are […]