Japan’s Lonely Youth Turns to Rent-a-Friend Services
Making friends is not as easy as most people think, but it seems that for young men and women in Japan it’s really, really hard. According to a recent article published in the country’s biggest newspaper, some people are finding it so difficult to make people like them that they prefer to pay for rent-a-friend […]
Belarusian Woodcarver Makes Intricate Clocks Exclusively from Wood
In this day and age, it’s hard to imagine someone making accurate clock mechanisms without using a single piece of metal. And yet, Andrey Martyniuk, a woodcarver from Belarus, manages to create intricate clocks exclusively from wooden components. As a child, Andrey Matyniuk loved to sketch. He then got an education as an engineer, and […]
Pregnant Woman Lets Online Voters Choose Baby’s Name for $5,000
A 26-year-old pregnant woman from West Los Angeles, California, has agreed to allow online voters to chose the name of her child, in exchange for $5,000. Natasha Hill, a young art teacher from LA, is expecting a baby in September, but she had already started thinking about his/her name. She considered naming her child Katorah […]
Money Artist Makes Beautiful Collages from Thousands of Old Soviet Banknotes
Igor Arinich is known as the “Money Artist”in his home country of Belarus. He earned that nicknamed after he became famous for creating intricate collages made exclusively from old Soviet banknotes. He is not the only artist in the world who uses money as his main medium. In fact, he started doing it himself after seeing the […]
Man Wears Empathy Suit for Nine Weeks to Experience Pregnancy
In a bizarre attempt to experience “the one thing unavailable to men as parents”, writer Benjamin Percy wore an empathy suit complete with a fake belly, for nine weeks. You’d think the efforts of a man trying to go through the hardships of pregnancy would be applauded by women, right? Well, no… Although fully aware that he […]
Indian Sculptor Makes Creepy Bust of Favorite Politician from His Own Blood
An Indian man known only as Hussaini has recently unveiled a shocking work of art – a bust of J. Jayalalitha, Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu state, made from 11 litres of frozen human blood, donated by him and 32 of his students. Apparently, nothing shows admiration for a person like making a creepy sculpture of them […]
Would You Pay $600 a Month to Live in a Human Locker Room?
It’s no secret that Tokyo is one of the most crowded cities n the world. It’s also got some of the smallest apartments in the world, but a recent news program showed this whole housing problem is getting ridiculous. People are paying huge rents to live in coffin-sized apartments. Just looking at photos of these […]
Guy Is Suing His Parents for Not Loving Him Enough, Wants $200,000
Bernard Bey, a homeless man from Brooklyn, New York, is suing his parents for not loving him and supporting him enough. He is actually asking for $200,000 in compensation. This is not a joke… 32-year-old Bernard Bey is an aspiring rapper from Brooklyn. He’s also homeless, and blames his parents for his current situation. In […]
Steve Casino’s Celebrity Figurines Are Nuts, Literally!
Steve Casino, better known as the “Painter of Nuts” creates detailed celebrity figurines out of peanut shells and mixed media. His collection includes big names like James Brown, Andy Warhol or Elton John. One day, Steve Casino was eating peanuts, when he noticed one was kind of looked like him. So he started painting a […]
Woman Spends a Year Building Hogwarts Replica from 400,000 LEGO Pieces
LEGO master Alice Finch has spent over 12 months piecing together an impressive model of the Hogwarts school of magic, from the Harry Potter movies, complete with decorated and populated interiors. LEGO makes its own official Harry Potter sets, but they weren’t enough for master builder Alice Finch. While the mother of two understands why […]
Artist Recreates the World’s Most Famous Cities from Cardboard Boxes
Using only corrugated cardboard boxes and glue, renowned English artist Chris Gilmour has managed to recreate some of the world’s most famous cityscapes in stunning detail. We first featured Chris Gilmour’s amazing cardboard sculptures back in 2009, but his latest project, titled “You can build anything when you put your mind to it“, is probably the […]
Conquer Your Fears in China’s Snake Village
Nestled in the heart of a vast farmland in East China’s Zhejiang province, the small village of Zisiqiao has a pretty common look, but it hides a scary secret. The aptly names “snake village” is home to thousands of the most feared snaked species on Earth. Snakes are a vital ingredient in Chinese medicine, and are […]
Only Allowed to Whistle When Walking: The Quirky Story of the Portland Whistler
Believe it or not, whistling can get you arrested. Robert Smith, better known as The Whistler, in the city of Portland, was actually thrown in jail for disturbing people with his constant whistling and has now been ordered by a judge to only whistle when walking, so he doesn’t annoy businesses and passers-by in any one […]
Who Needs a Paintbrush When You’ve Got Magic Fingers
You probably thought finger painting was just for kids, but Iris Scott is determined to prove you wrong. Wearing a pair of latex glove, the American artist dips her fingers in color paint and wiggles them on the canvas to create beautiful work of art. “I see the world through ‘finger painted’ colored glasses,” Seattle-based […]
Latest Fake in China – Concrete-Filled Walnuts
China has long had a reputation for making counterfeit goods, but the practice in recent years the practice has been getting really extreme. After news reports of fake eggs and fake beek made of pork, it seems concrete-filled walnuts are the latest invention of ingenious Chinese food counterfeiters. There’s a set of photos making the rounds on the Internet […]