Brazilian Company Offers Fake Facebook Girlfriends for $20
Do you want to make your ex-girlfriend by hooking up with a hot chick on Facebook? Are your parents pressuring you to go out and get a date? Are you tired of being teased about not having a girlfriend? If any of this sounds familiar, know that there’s hope for you yet. It’s called Namoro Fake, and […]
Sci-Fi Speed Dating – Because Geeks Need Love Too
It’s hard out there for a geek, especially when it comes to finding a date, but thanks to events like Sci-Fi Speed Dating, comic-book and video game enthusiasts actually have a chance of finding a special someone who shares their interests. Sci-Fi Speed Dating is an event that takes place at Comic Cons around the […]
The Amazing Rice Grain Artworks of Chen Forng-Shean
Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-Shean uses little things like grains of rice and sand to create awe-inspiring miniature artworks. The self-taught artist spends up to several months in front of a magnifying glass, working on a single piece. Chen Forng-Shean has gained international recognition for his amazing talent of making incredible works of art out of […]
Indian Student Invents Electrifying Alarm Clock that Shocks You Out of Bed
Tired of waking up very late and missing his university lectures, Indian student Sankalp Sinha decided to do something about his problem – he invented a special alarm clock that “rewards” the owner with an electric shock if he tries to press the snooze button. 19-year-old Sankalp Sinha came up with the idea for his shocking alarm […]
Dog Attends Daily Mass at Church Where Dead Owner Used to Go
Ciccio, a 12-year-old German shepherd, whose owner passed away two months ago, visits the church she used to frequent and where her funeral was celebrated, patiently waiting for her to return. The people attending the church of Santa Maria Assunta in San Donaci, Italy have received a lesson in love and loyalty from a dog that […]
Return of the Invisible Man – New Stunning Camouflage Works by Liu Bolin
Liu Bolin, the man who took the international art world by storm, in 2009, with his incredible ability to merge with the environment, has returned with a new series that makes him even harder to spot. Nicknamed the “Invisible Man”, Liu Bolin is a master of camouflage art who spends up to 10 hours blending […]
Milagros Caninos – A Haven for Mexico’s Disabled and Tortured Dogs
Milagros Caninos, or Miracle Dogs, is a very special canine shelter in Mexico City. For years it has been a true paradise for dogs suffering from terminal illnesses, are blind, paralyzed or have been tortured and abandoned on the streets of Mexico’s capital. Patricia Ruiz, the founder of Milagros Caninos lost her pet dachshund, Clavo (Spanish […]
Self-Taught Ninja Slices Soda Cans with Plastic Playing Cards
A man from China’s Hubei Province has recently become an internet celebrity of sorts, after a video of him throwing plastic playing cards at soda cans and actually putting holes in them, went viral. Who says there’s no such thing as comic-book-like superpowers? And I’m not talking about the funny ones you can buy at […]
Robot Band Compressorhead Puts the “Metal” in Heavy Metal
Compressorhead is not your usual heavy-metal rock group. The band’s three members are all robots, but they’ve proven they can cover hits by rock legends like Motorhead or AC/DC honorably. They’re even scheduled to play alongside The Chili Peppers and The Killers, at the Big Day Out Festival, in Australia, this summer. Assembling, cooking, waiting tables, […]
Japan’s “Infidelity Phone” Keeps Extramarital Affairs Private
These days, the world is going crazy over smartphones, but in Japan, people who engage in extramarital relations remain faithful to a seemingly outdated mobile phone which does a great job of keeping their affairs private. It’s even been nicknamed the “uwaki keitai” or “infidelity phone”. The Fujitsu “F-Series” flip-phones are not coolest-looking or most feature-full mobiles […]
Nigerian Artisan Covers Car in Woven Raffia Palm Cane to Advertise His Business
Ojo Obaniyi, a talented artisan from the Nigerian city of Ibadan has come up with an ingenious way of advertising his raffia palm cane weaving services – he covered the inside and outside of his Volkswagen pickup in the natural material. There are a lot of raffia palm cane weavers in Nigeria, but one of them […]
Meet the Guy Who Built a Train in His Basement
Canadian Jason Schron loves VIA trains so much that he actually spent four and a half years and $10,000 building his own genuine replica of a 1980s VIA train cart, accurate down to the tiniest details, right in the basement of his home, in Vaughan, Ontario. “The train is where I feel most at home,” Schron […]
Woman Plans To Eat and Drink Only Starbucks for a Year
A Seattle-based woman by the name of Beautiful Existence (her legal name) has set a very strange challenge for herself this year – she plans to eat food and drink beverages only from Starbucks for all of 2013. No, she’s not addicted to Starbucks products. Beautiful Existence just likes to set year-long challenges for herself. For example, […]
Creepy Spider Dress Protects Wearer’s Personal Space
Don’t you hate it when total strangers invade your personal space by getting a little too close for comfort? By wearing the high-tech Spider Dress you can now send them a message in the shape of a creepy artificial spider leg pressing against their body. Netherlands-based designer Anouk Wipprecht has designed one of the scariest […]
Illustrator Documents Her Shopping for the Last 6 Years by Drawing Her Everyday Purchases
From everyday groceries to household appliances and rare souvenirs, artist Kate Bingaman-Burt, from Portland, Oregon, keeps track of everything she buys by making silly drawings of something she purchases every day. She started this habit six years ago and has since then published two volumes of a book on the topic, called Obsessive Consumption – […]