Bling Teeth – The Ultimate Children’s Accessory
You want your kid to be cool? Get him a Bling Teeth grill and he’ll shine like a star. At least his mouth will. Here is one thing I never thought would be sold as a children’s toy, bling teeth. Vampire teeth, sure, teeth with a gap, why not, but BLING TEETH?!? Who would anyone […]
Racing Limousines
GP Limos is certainly an original idea. Nobody has ever created a racing vehicle to fit 6 passengers and the driver. Mike Pettipas is the mastermind behind GP Limos and creator of the World’s Fastest Street-Legal Limousine. The concept of GP Limos is pretty simple, build a racing car that looks like a Formula 1 […]
Scrabble Keyboard for Mac
Datamancer presents his new creation, a scrabble keyboard for the Apple Macintosh. The special keyboard uses real scrabble tiles, hand-beveled and fitted on a USB, clicky, mechanica-switch keyboard. The casing is made out of aluminum, to fit the simple, sleek design of the Mac. The scroll and Num and Caps keys have been fitted with […]
Purification by Ice in Russia
To celebrate the Orthodox holiday of the Epiphany, on January 19, Russians plunge into ice-cold water to purify their bodies. In a ritual imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan, wholes are cut into the ice covering rivers and ponds across Russia and priests bless their waters. People actually stand in line, […]
Barack Obama’s Look-alike
Ilham Anas is a 34-year-old photographer who has become famous for looking like Barack Obama, the new president of the United States of America. Ilham Anas has become quite a celebrity in his home country of Indonesia and he now makes most of his money from appearing on various TV shows and posing as Barack […]
How the Dutch Welcome the New Year
I always thought celebrating New Year’s was all about fun. How can bathing in ice-cold water be considered and enjoyable experience…unless you’re a seal or a penguin? About 6,500 Dutch gathered on Scheveningen Beach, in The Hague, for a quick splash in the waves, to celebrate the coming of a new year. Both young and […]
China Fights Earthquakes With Cardboard
After the disaster caused by the huge earthquake in May 2008, China is looking for safer schools for its children. And a possible solution is the temporary schools proposed by Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban. After the terrible earthquake that hit China and caused over 69,000 casualties, Ban brought his ingenious idea to the attention of […]
Barack Obama’s LEGO Inauguration
If you couldn’t watch Obama’s inauguration in person, you can do it at Legoland California. Over 1,000 figurines and hundredes of thousands of bricks were used to recreate Barack Obama’s hystorical inauguration on the steps of the capitol. Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters, Sasha and Malia, are depicted as he takes […]
El Caminito del Rey
Often shortened to El Camino del Rey, this dangerous walkway has claimed many lives in recent years. El Caminito del Rey was built in 1901 as a connection between the power plants of Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls. It took four years to finish and in 1905 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, crossed the walkway […]
Geese Cause Plane to Crash
Jetliner crashes into the Hudson River after impact with a flock of seagulls. Just 2-3 minutes after taking-off from the La Guardia Airport, in New York City, flight 1549 flew directly into a flock of geese that knocked-out both its engines. The pilot alerted the passengers to hold on, as he attempted to force-land the […]
Sleeping in a Barrel
Sleeping in a wine-barrel without getting drunk is bvery possible at a lovely, little hotel in the Netherlands. De Vrouwe van Stavoren is probably the only hotel in the world that offers accomodation in real wine barrels. They are indeed genuine 15,000 liters Swiss wine barrels converted into small luxury rooms. Every room is equipped […]
The Jumbo Jet Hostel
Starting this January, the Arlanda Airport, in Stockholm, Sweden, has become home to the world’s first plane-hotel. The idea of creating a hotel in an old 747 jumbo-jet belongs to Oscar Dios, a 36-years-old businessman that hopes the outrageous location will draw in lots of clients. The plane had been abandoned for six years, after […]
Where Electronics Go to Die
No, electronics are not recycled the same way as ordinary trash. Electronics have their own graveyard, and it’s called Guiyu. Guiyu is a town in China that is known as the largest electronic waste site on the planet. One million tons of electronics waste are shipped here every year, mostly from North America, Japan and […]
The Amazing Creature That Is the Silkworm
Silkworms are extraordinary creatures that play a huge economic role in the world of man. If you didn’t know the silkworm is the only completely domesticated insect in the world, which means it can not survive naturally in the wild.They are bread for their precious cocoon, that is processed into the precious material we know […]
Too Cute to Eat
Impressive food-art that makes you want to play with your food. Fruit and vegetables can become real works o art in the hands of a person with imagination and the pics below are proof of that.