Monsieur Pingouin – The Man Who Thinks He’s a Penguin
79-year-old Alfred David has come to be known as “Monsieur Pingouin” by the people of Brussels because he almost always walks around in his big penguin suit and even “talks” like one. People who see Mr. Penguin for the first time and don’t know his story might think he’s on his way to a costume […]
Fan Builds Six-by-Six Foot LEGO Model of Star Wars Scene
Jay Hoff, an American school teacher from Florida, has spent six months of his life building a large-scale LEGO model of a scene from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The first time Jay encountered LEGO was in 1973, when he found a biplane in a Burger King lunchbox, and he’s been fascinated with the […]
Amazing Works of Art Painted Only with Beer
Artist Karen Eland paints all kinds of portraits and paintings using nothing but beer. The first time we featured Karen Eland on Oddity Central was when she took the art world by storm with her beautiful coffee paintings. She started her artistic career doing portraits with water color and colored pencils, but quickly moved on […]
Mexican Woman Has Live Grenade Lodged in Her Face
Karla Flores, a 32-year-old street vendor from Culiacán, Mexico can consider herself after she survived being shot in the face with a live grenade. On August 6, 2011 Mexico’s “Miracle Woman”, as she’s come to be known, was selling seafood on the street when all of a sudden she heard an explosion. As she turned around […]
Man Turns Junk into Life-Size Models of Old Fighter Planes
Ian Baron, a nuclear plant mechanic from Bowmanville, Canada, has spent the last five years building life-size replicas of old fighter planes from various kinds of junk. Ian started making his planes five years ago, after visiting the Ford Automotive Museum in Michigan where he saw what can be accomplished by bending metal. He had […]
Peruvian Smoothie Stand Sells “Delicious” Frog Juice
A counter-top restaurant in Lima, Peru has been selling fresh frog juice for the last 15 years, and some locals drink it every day because they say it gives them strength. There’s nothing like a glass of fresh juice in the morning, right? Peruvian restaurant owner Carmen Gonzales would agree with this 100%, only she […]
Life-Size Ford Explorer Replica Built from 382,000 LEGO Bricks
I’m not a very big fan of Ford’s new Explorer SUV, but I have to say I’m impressed with the life-size LEGO model created by workers at Legoland Florida. You’re probably thinking a Mustang or a Ford GT would have looked a lot cooler than a LEGO Explorer, and you’d be right, but you have […]
World’s Only Dog Chapel Faces Shutdown Due to Unpaid Debts
Created by artist Stephen Huneck as a place where people of all religions could celebrate the spiritual connection they have with their dogs, the famous Dog Chapel of Vermont is now in danger of being closed down due to unpaid property taxes. Stephen Huneck loved dogs for as far as he could remember, but growing […]
Mind-Boggling Embroidered Portraits by Cayce Zavaglia
Cayce Zavaglia is an embroidery artist from St. Louis, Missouri whose embroidered portraits look more like paintings than needle and thread artworks. Over the past 16 years, Cayce has created portraits of her family, friends and fellow artists, but while her passion for the expressions of the human face has remained constant, paint has slowly […]
Tokyo Dental Salon Specializes in Giving Girls Crooked Teeth
A dental salon in Tokyo’s Ginza district has become very popular with girls after it advertised a cosmetic procedure that lengthens and sharpens canines to enhance a feature Japanese call “yaeba”. Crooked teeth are seen as imperfections in many western countries, and particularly in America, where braces are practically a God-given gift to man, but […]
French Chocolatier Organizes Chocolate Boat Regatta
Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the Odet River, in Quimper, western France, to see seven chocolate boats competing in the sweetest regatta ever. Georges Larnicol first made headlines last year, when he managed to sail in a 1.2-tonne-heavy chocolate boat, in Concarneau port. Now the 56-year-old master chocolatier, who owns a dozen […]
Artist Creates Un-BRIE-leavable Cheese Portraits
To celebrate British Cheese Week, artist Faye Halliday has created a series of creamy celebrity portraits made with cheese spread. The young artist created her series of cheese portraits using only cheese spread on a black canvas. Halliday was commissioned by English brand Primula to test the versatility of their cheese spreads in a really […]
Dresses Made from 3,000 Yak Nipples Spark Controversy
Fashion designer Rachel Freire has recently been called “sick” by animal rights activists, after she presented a series of creations made from 3,000 yak nipples, at London Fashion Week. And you thought no one could top Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress, right? Well, yak nipples seem a lot more bizarre than some sewn pieces of red meat. […]
10 Best Finds of the Week #10
Drainage Tube Hotel: Next Generation Recycled Living (Bit Rebels) Designer Transforms Wonderbras into Handbags (Metro) Guy Attempts to Survive on Only His Wife’s Breast Milk (Geekosystem) 12 Most Poisonous Frogs on Earth (Environmental Graffiti) 10 Bizarre Divorce Products (Oddee) The Angola Prison Rodeo (Atlas Obscura) Meet Medus – The World’s Longest Snake (Daily Mail) Cage […]
World’s First 7-Star Pet Resort Opens in Dubai
Urban Tails Dubai, the world’s first seven-star resort for pets, was inaugurated this summer and owners say it was such a big hit they’ve been full all season. Just think of this place like an equivalent of Burj al Arab for cats and dogs. It was created by Irish ex-pat Aideen O’Mara who moved to […]