The Acrobat Climber
Now this guys must have balls the size of watermelons! Famous Austrian climber and photographer,Heinz Zak threw an incredible highline performance on May 3rd, walking on a string for a full 30 meters, between two giant sandstone towers, in the Czech Republic, the Starosta and Starostova (Mayor and Lady Mayor). Just a few days before […]
The bottle computer
Have you ever seen a computer set up in an empty whisky bottle? Well, you have now. Janos Marton, a hardware moding enthusiast got the idea for this wacky computer, when he decided to make a quiet, low-power home server. But being so passionate about tuning hardware he wanted something unique for the case. So […]
Giant jellyfish threatening Japan
How would you feel swimming next to one of these things on your holiday? Echizen kurage, as the Japanese call them, are giant jellyfish, over 2 meters in diameter and 200 kg in weight, swimming in the waters of Japan, China and Korea and disturbing their activities. The presence of these giant blobs seriously affected […]
China’s secret training methods
Painful but efficient. I have to say these Chinese have a rich imagination, the needle technique to force soldiers keep their chin up is taken out of some kind of fairytale and the cross stuck to their backs…must be really uncomfortable at first but I bet it pays of in the end. Sure some may […]
Chilli, the world’s largest bull
This guy makes a horse feel like a dwarf. Chilli is a black and white Fresian bull, weighing a whopping 1.25 tons and standing at 6 feet and 6 inches in height. Abandoned by its owner on the doorstep of the sanctuary he lives in today, when he was just 6 days old, back in […]
Sulfur hell
If you’ve ever smelled sulfur you understand why I call it hell. This is Kawah Ijen on Java island, Indonesia, a unique location that sulfur calls home. Ijen crater is a yellow-greenish pit where locals that people go down in every day and come out with over 80 kilos of sulfur on their backs. personally […]
The tightest city in the world?
You probably need a bike to make your way through the streets of this city. This is Shibam, one of the must-see cities of Yemen, situated in the middle of the desert it stands out like a skyscraper oasis surrounded by a thick, stone wall. It is indeed a sight to behold, but its beauty […]
Who said polar bears were carnivores
Not even polar bears can resist watermelons. If the rest of the polar bears in the world would learn that one of their brothers ate something other than meat, they’d probably lynch him or at least treat him like a pariah. But come on now, I understand him, after all watermelons are so delicious that […]
The mysterious 7 Strong Men
Kind of like the statues on Easter Island aren’t they? Manpupuner is a mysterious site in the northern Ural mountains, made out of seven rock towers bursting out of the flat plateau, also known as the “7 strong men“. Manpupuner is a very popular attraction in Russia, but not on an international level and information […]
The tree-house restaurant
Now that’s a hell of an idea to attract customers. This Okinawa Tree-House restaurant, on Highway 58 at the entrance in Onoyama Park in the south of Japan. What may look like a genuine tree is actually a man-made concrete structure, just like the French used to build in the lathe 19th century. Customers actually […]
Le petit Paris
This guy must really love the city of love! This man is Gerard Brion, he spent 15 years of his life building this model of Paris. Now that’s what I call a true patriot!
The Real Snake Eater
For all you gamers out there I’m not talking about Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series. This is Manoharan, a 27 year-old guy that performs one of the most growse-yet-cool stunts I’ve ever seen. He gets thin snakes through his nostrils and pulls them out through his mouth. Snake Manu, as he likes to […]
World’s tallest LEGO tower
This toy tower brings back memories… If you’re lucky enough to be living near Legoland Windsor, in England, than you’ll be able to examine this toy wonder in person. It may look pointless but this baby climbed its way into the Guinness Book of Records as the World’s Tallest LEGO tower. The former record was […]
Overweight pets – you gotta luv’em
How cute can these little guys get?!? I know, I know, these are hardly oddities, but these furry critters caught my eye while I was surfing the web and I couldn’t resist not posting something about them. Although being too fat is as bad for animals as it is for us humans, unlike us they […]
True Horse Power Vehicle
Now that’s as real horse power as you’ll ever get! When you first look at the Naturmobil it resembles a normal, modern stagecoach, but as soon as you see the horse in the back, standing on some kind of treadmill, you start to sense something is fishy. The Naturmobil is the ultimate horse-powered vehicle, because […]