Brewery Uses Man’s Beard Yeast as an Ingredient for Beer
Something strange is going on at the Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport, Oregon. Brewers there are developing an ale made from wild yeast harvested from the beard of Rogue’s award-winning brewmaster, John Maier. He hasn’t shaved since 1978, and that apparently makes his beard the perfect place to harvest yeast. I’m just kidding, it’s far from […]
Devastated Parents Store Their Dead Son’s Body in Icebox for Six Years
This is one of those rare stories that’s both creepy and heartbreaking at the same time. Tian Xueming lost both his children in just on decade, and decided to store his son’s remains in an ice chest inside the house for six years, so he could see and talk to him whenever the massive loss became […]
Hong Kong Billionaire Offers $65 Million Reward to Any Man Who Can Marry His Lesbian Daughter
Hong King-based property and shipping tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung has offered up a bizarre $65 million marriage bounty to any man capable of wooing and eventually marrying his lesbian daughter, Gigi. “I don’t mind whether he is rich or poor – the important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted,” the billionaire said. 33-year-old Gigi Chao has […]
Fight Like a Handsome Man – Inside the Male Model Fight Club
It’s called Friday Night Throwdown, but most know it as the male model fight club, an unlicensed underground event that puts pretty boys in the ring with street fighters and real boxers. As you can imagine, models almost never win. “I think it’s hilarious that the whole point of their being is to make money off […]
Lucky Norwegian Family Wins National Lottery Every Time Mother Gives Birth
“This is completely insane… we don’t even play the lottery that often,” 29-year-old Hege Jeanette Oksnes said after her family won their third national lottery jackpot in the last six years. The most bizarre thing is it always happened after she gave birth to a child. Just last week, Tord, Hege Jeanette’s 19-year-old brother won 12.2 million […]
Man Builds UFO House to Prove His Ex-Girlfriend Wrong
Thinking of going to Roswell in the hopes of spotting a UFO? Don’t bother, just head out to the southern coast of Puerto Rico where you’re guaranteed to see one. It may not be able to fly, but it’s bizarre shape and colorful decorations make it quite a sight. 58-year-old Roberto Sanchez Rivera has been […]
Artist’s Hyperrealistic Drawings Look Like Black and White Photos
The first time you see Dirk Dzimirsky’s hyperrealistic drawings, you’re convinced they’re black and white photographs. In fact, that’s the feeling you get when you see them for the hundredth time, they’re that good. I love this kind of ultra-realistic drawings. Ever since I first saw Paul Cadden’s graphite masterpieces I’ve been pretty much hooked […]
Chinese Billionaire Sells Canned Fresh Air to Raise Awareness about the Environment
It was bound to happen at some point, I guess. Chen Guangbiao, a famous Chinese businessman and philanthropist, has recently launched a line of canned fresh air collected from various parts of China and Taiwan. The product is called “Chen Guangbiao: Nice Guy” and sells for about $0,80. It’s no secret China has a huge air pollution […]
Girl Posts Birthday Invitation on Facebook, Gets Thousands of Unwanted Guests, Riot Ensues
A 16-year-old girl from Haren, the Netherlands, forgot to set her Facebook birthday invitation to private and got a few thousand more guests than she was expecting. And if that wasn’t enough, the revelers also started a riot in the small Dutch town. Why don’t these young school girls ever learn? Jut last year a […]
Dashrath Manjhi – The Man Who Moved a Mountain
Dasrath Manjhi, a landless farmer from India, made history after he spent over two decades chiseling away at a mountain with rudimentary tools, in order to create a road for his community, when the Government refused to. If you’re looking for some motivation, stories don’t get much more inspirational than that of Dasrath Manjhi. 53 years […]
Japanese Company Creates Mind-Controlled Cat Tails for Humans
Remember the Necomimi, those wacky brainwave-controlled cat ears we featured around this time last year? Well, the same Japanese company that makes those, Neurowear, has just released a fluffy mind-controlled tail to go with them. I have to admit it’s kind of strange seeing a company that has the knowledge to create mind-controlled gadgets create […]
Russian Dude Has Successful Career as a Female Model
Meet Stanyslas Fedyanin, a 16-year-old guy from Moscow, Russia, who has gained notoriety for his very successful career as an international female body. Stas, as he likes to be called, says he is heterosexual, and even has a girlfriend, he just has an androgynous figure that makes him perfect for female modelling. There are definitely people […]
Craig Tracy’s Unbelievable Body-Painting Optical Illusions
New Orleans-based artist Craig Tracy is considered a trendsetter in the art of body painting. He spends hour painstakingly painting his subjects’ bodies with water-based paint, before taking photos of them in unique positions. The first time we featured Craig Tracy on Oddity Central, was in January 2010, right after he created a jaw-dropping image […]
Chinese Hospitals Introduce Automatic Sperm Extractors
No, this is not a joke, it’s not fake, Chinese hospitals really are using automatic sperm extractors for the most serious medical purposes. Still, I thought this was weird enough to post an article on. So, an entry about automatic sperm extractors being introduced in a Nanjing hospital recently went viral on China’s Weibo social […]
Cartoonist Looking for Solvers of World’s Largest Hand-Drawn Maze
Joe Wos, a Pittsburgh-based cartoonist and performer, is currently working on what he hopes will be the new world’s largest most difficult hand-drawn maze. Creating this thing is one daunting task, but nowhere as difficult as finding someone willing to spend approximately 40 hours trying to solve it. Like all children, Joe Wos loved to […]