The Shark Whisperer – Young Conservationist Dances with Great White Sharks
Most people wouldn’t dream of going anywhere near a Great White Shark, and yet shark conservationist Ocean Ramsey has no problem swimming with the deadly predators and even hitching a ride with them, in her efforts to prove they’re not the monsters films like Jaws made them out to be. 27-year-old Ocean Ramsey got the […]
The Electrifying Painting Performances of David Garibaldi and His CMYKs
David Garibaldi is a successful performing artist who combines his passion for painting, dance and music in truly inspiring performances. Holding a paintbrush in each of his hands, he strokes the canvas as he dances to modern tunes, creating incredibly detailed portraits of pop icons. Born in Los Angeles to entrepreneur parents, David Garibaldi moved to Sacramento when he […]
Twi-line – A Phone Line for Twilight Fans Struggling to Cope with the Series’ End
One of the biggest film franchises ever made, the Twilight Saga came to an end with the launch of Breaking Dawn – Part 2. It was a celebrated moment by fans of the series, but now that all the hype is gone, many of them are struggling to accept the fact that their favorite blood-suckers […]
Bathing in Fermented Sawdust – The Latest Bizarre Beauty Treatment from Japan
Forget about greasy creams, mud wraps and even Botox shots. All you need to keep your skin looking healthy and beautiful is a good old fashioned fermented sawdust bath. It’s all the rage right now in Japan, and everyone seem to love it. Women will do all sorts of weird things to their bodies in order […]
The Creepy Life-Like Giants of Ron Mueck
Things are not as they seem, when it comes to the mind-blowing artworks of London-based sculptor Ron Mueck. Seeing his larger-than-life sculptures of the human body for the first time, you’d be tempted to think you are looking at real-life giants. Australian-born Ron Mueck is the so of two toy makers, so it’s really not […]
China’s MMO Video Game-Inspired Restaurants
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) video games are very popular in China. Combine that with the country’s culture of fakes and copycats and you get lots of unofficial merchandise and even venues inspired by popular virtual reality universes. One such place was the World of Warcraft-themed restaurant on Chaoyang Road, in Beijing. Opened in 2008, by a […]
Bedazzle Your Food with the World’s First Edible Spray Paint
I never would have imagined humans would one day be eating spray paint, and yet here we are…Food Finish is the world’s first edible spray paint, and according to its German manufacturer, it’s a great way to add some strange color to your food. People have been eating strange things for a long time. There’s […]
The Photographic Pencil-Drawn Portraits of Franco Clun
Italian artist Franco Clun uses only pencil and paper to create these incredibly realistic portraits that can easily be mistaken for photographs. Believe it or not, he’s a self-taught drawing master who has never studied art… I’ve always found hyperrealism fascinating, and the collection of articles on this amazing art genre that I’ve posted on Oddity Central […]
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 […]