Artist Creates Sculpture Smaller Than a Blood Cell on a Hair Stubble
Renowned microsculptor Willard Wigan MBE has created the world’s smallest ever work of art by carving a motorcycle on a hollowed-out hair stubble, by hand, in between his heartbeats. The tiny masterpiece measures just 3 microns and is only visible through a microscope. 55-year-old Willard Wigan MBE was already famous for his tiny pinhead sculptures, but he […]
Employees Get Company Logo Tattoo in Exchange for Raise
A New York City real estate company has offered employees a 15% pay raise if they get a tattoo of its logo on their bodies. So far, 40 of the 800 employees took the deal and got a permanent Rapid Realty tattoo. People usually get tattoos to show off their personality, but for the employees […]
The Unkai Terrace of Tomamu – A Magical Place Above the Clouds
Located in Japan’s Tomamu Resort, on the island of Hokkaido, the Unkai Terrace is a unique scenic spot perched high atop a mountain peak that is often above the clouds, offering tourists breathtaking views of the white, fluffy sea beneath them. The “unkai” (sea of clouds) phenomenon has been attracting tourists to the resort town […]
Urban Treasure Hunter Makes a Living Retrieving Stuff People Drop on the Street
For the last eight years Puerto Rico native Eliel Santos has been making a living by reeling in jewelry, cash and electronics from beneath New York City’s sidewalk grates. It may not seem like a very profitable trade, but on great days he can earn over $1,000. 38-year-old Eliel Santos lives in the Bronx, but […]
North Korea’s Amazingly Choreographed Human Mosaics
Take tens of thousands of children, place them in the largest stadium in the world, arm them with giant colored flip-books containing hundreds of colored panels, train them to move in perfect unison and you get the awe-inspiring human mosaics of the Arirang Mass Games, in North Korea. The Arirang Festival Mass Games held in Pyongyang, […]
Looking for Time Twins – Man Travels the World to Meet People Born on the Same Day as Him
Curious to know what other people who have spent the same number of days on Earth as him have achieved, English writer Richard Avis is traveling around the world looking for individuals who share his birthday. Were you born on December 1st, 1974? Than you just might be on Richard Avis’ to-visit list. The oddball […]
Man Designs and Builds Unique Star Trek-Themed Home
Steve Nighteagle likes being different, he hates having possessions that every person can have. So to make sure his home was completely unique he has spent the last four years turning his front room into a Star Trek-themed Federation room. “I disliked my life in the past, the now is OK! Star Trek gives me the way […]
Fan Builds Awesome DIY Iron Man Suit
A passionate Iron Man fan from the United Kingdom spent hundreds of hours creating a realistic-looking suit of the Marvel superhero from Eva foam, wood and other recycled items. Did I mention he’s only 17? Reddit user Mafferick was so impressed with his 17-year-old friend’s home-made Iron Man costume that he decided to share it […]
Wolf-Dog Appears to Be Sobbing at Grave of Owner’s Grandmother
A heartbreaking video that recently went viral on YouTube shows a heartbroken wolf-dog laying over the gravestone of his owner’s grandmother,shaking and making what appear to be sobbing noises. Over the years I’ve posted some truly heartbreaking stories about dogs displaying their feelings over the loss of their masters, pets waiting by their owner’s graves […]
FootGolf – Fun New Sport Combines Football and Golf
FootGolf is an addictively fun sport that combines golf and football (soccer). It’s usually played on golf courses and players have to putt a football in 21-inch holes using as few kicks as possible. The origins of footgolf are unclear, but its conversion into an official sport can be attributed to the Netherlands, where the ruleset […]
The Mysterious Shell Grotto of Kent
The Shell Grotto is a unique 70-foot underground winding passageway in Margate, Kent, painstakingly decorated with around 4,6 million seashells. This English tourist attraction is as beautiful as it is mysterious, as no one seems to know who created it and why. The story goes that the Shell Grotto was discovered in 1835, when local James […]
What 10 Days Underwater Can Do to Your Hands
You know how the skin on your hands gets wrinkly every time you spend a little too much time in the bathtub? Imagine what your hands must look like after ten full days of being submerged underwater. Tim Yarrow doesn’t have to imagine it; he is the current record holder for the longest time spent […]
Art Students Swallow Pieces of Film to Become Human Cameras
The next time you look in the mirror and ask yourself “what am I?”, a correct answer could be: a living, breathing camera. Last year, two art students, Luke Evans and Joshua Lake, conducted an unusual experiment in which they swallowed several pieces of film to capture the digestive system at work. Their art project […]
India’s Dangerous Human-Powered Ferris Wheels
How do you keep the fun going at fairs in a country affected by frequent power cuts and blackouts? Simple, just hire a bunch of workers to dangle from the bars of manual ferris wheels to keep it in motion. India’s human-powered ferris wheels recently made headlines in Western media after a video of one […]
Jinichi Kawakami – Japan’s Last Real Ninja
As the 21st head of the Ban clan, a line of ninja that can be traced back 500 years and the only living person who learned all the skills that were directly handed down from ninja masters, Jinichi Kawakami is considered by many the last real ninja in all of Japan. 63-year-old Kawakami, a retired engineer, says […]