World’s Strongest Coffee Has 200 Percent More Caffeine than Average Roasts
If you feel regular coffee isn’t strong enough to keep you awake and focused through the day, you might want to try a big cup of Death Wish. It’s advertised as the world’s strongest coffee and allegedly has 200% more caffeine that the average dark roast. The name isn’t too encouraging for the faint-of-heart, but if you’re […]
Bojana Danilovic – The Woman Who Sees Everything Upside Down
Bojana Danilovic, a young woman from Serbia, suffers from a strange condition that has left both doctors and scientists baffled. The 28-year economics graduate sees everything upside down. Experts from Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who examined Bojana Danilovic say she suffers from a rare brain condition called ‘spatial orientation phenomenon’. In layman’s terms […]
La Balade Des Gnomes – Belgium’s Fairytale Hotel
If you’re looking to take a break from your everyday life and retreat in a fairytale world, there’s probably no better place than La Balade des Gnomes, near the picturesque town of Dubuy, Belgium. Featuring ten amazingly-decorated bedrooms and a special suite designed as a Trojan cow, this place is certainly unique. Formerly an ordinary […]
Japanese Dude Needs Your Help to Travel the World and Take Photos of Beautiful Women
Kei Akatsu is a Japanese student who wants to travel the world and take photos of beautiful women for his Beauties World Map project. But he needs your help to do it. Traveling isn’t cheap, so he’s turned to an online crowd funding service to fulfill his dream. The Tokyo University of Science student spent half a […]
Something Smells Rotten – Zombie Perfume for That Perfect Undead Fragrance
If you’ve always dreamed of smelling like a walking corpse, you’re in luck, because weird-perfume maker Demeter has recently launched Zombie for Him/Her, a new line of putrid fragrances for both men and women. Say the Zombie Apocalypse happens tomorrow and you find yourself all alone in a world full of brain eating undead. What’s […]
Private Zoo Owner Plans to Spend a Year Living with Lions
Alexander Pylyshenko, the owner of a private zoo in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, has announced he plans to spend a year caged with two full-grown lions, in order to raise funds for a proper care center for big cats. If this story sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because this wouldn’t be Alexander Pylyshenko first such […]
The Impossible-Looking Pencil Sculptures of Cerkahegyzo
Cerkahegyzo is a Hungarian artist who transforms common pencils into seemingly digitally-altered works of art. In reality, the miniature sculptor uses just a few basic tools and mountains of patience to create these intricate masterpieces. Believe it or not, Budapest-based artist Cerkahegyzo manages to produce all these unreal artworks out of a single pencil. Some of his works […]
Gallium – The Rare Metal That Melts in Your Hand and Attacks Other Metals
Remember those liquid metal Terminators from the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies? What if I told you that kind of material isn’t just the fruit of someone’s sci-fi imagination, but a real metal? It’s called Gallium and it has some pretty cool properties. So what makes gallium so special? Well, first of all, the brittle metal has […]
World’s Bounciest Chair Is Made from 65,000 Rubber Bands
It might look like just a colorful art piece, but Justin Moeller’s rubber band chair is functional piece of furniture able to sustain a grown man’s weight. The young industrial designer created the unique in 2011, by hand, from over 65,000 rubber bands. Justin Moeller was in his final year at the Appalachian State University, in […]
Breath of Fresh Air: Environmentally-Friendly Air Freshener Is Made from Cow Dung
Two Indonesian high school student have impressed judges at the national Science Project Olympiad with their ingenious air freshener made from from cow dung. Believe it or not, the organic product actually has a pleasant plant-like fragrance. Dwi Nailul Izzah and Rintya Aprianti Miki managed to surpass 1,000 other participants at the Indonesian Science Project Olympiad (ISPO), […]
Bon Appetit! London Public Toilet Gets Converted into a Gourmet Snack Bar
If you enjoy eating in the bathroom, you have to check out the Attendant Cafe, in London. Formerly a 19th century public restroom, the underground venue has recently been converted into a gourmet sandwich shop, but retains many of its original decors, including the urinals… Rising property prices in London are becoming a big problem for […]
Minas Tirith Replica Made from Sand and Water Will Blow Your Mind
Lord of the Rings fan Joseph Alvenaz has created an awe-inspiring 10-foot-tall by 12-foot-wide replica of Minas Tirith, almost exclusively out of sand and water. Believe it or not, this was his first major sand sculpture. We’ve featured some pretty impressive models of Gondor’s capital city, including one made entirely from matchsticks, and one made from LEGO, […]
Smart Billboard Produces 100 Liters of Drinking Water a Day Out of Thin Air
Researchers in Peru have teamed up with an ad agency to provide a viable solution to the problem of potable water shortage in Lima, the world’s second-largest city in the world. Their creation is a s simple as it is ingenious – a billboard that turns air humidity into drinking water. Located northern edge of […]
“Barbie Man” Spends $30,000 a Year Collecting Barbie Dolls and Memorabillia
41-year-old Stanley Colorite, who calls himself “the Barbie Man” has been collecting Barbie dolls for the last two decades, and has turned his home into a virtual museum to the popular Mattel toy. A house-cleaning business owner from Florida, Stanley Colorite bought his first Barbie doll in 1997. Now he has over 2,000 of them, […]
Extreme Athlete Attempts Mary Poppins-Inspired Umbrella Skydive
Remember Mary Poppins, that lovable nanny played by Julie Andrews in the 1964 movie adaptation of P.L. Travers’ children books? Growing up I always asked myself if floating around with an umbrella was possible in real life. Now, thanks to the stunt of extreme athlete Erik Roner, I finally have an answer. I remember wanting to climb on to the […]