Guy Spends a Year Tracking Down Woman He Met Last New year’s Eve after She Tells Him “Find Me”
25-year-old New Zealander, Reese McKee, started a social media campaign that fired the imagination of thousands of romantics on the internet. His plea for help in locating the whereabouts of his soul-mate went viral within hours. In fact, he had to delete the campaign because it all started to spiral out of control. I’m not […]
Taiwanese Ice Cream Shop Sells Pig’s Feet and Tofu Flavored Ice Cream
Snow King, an ice cream shop located in Taipei, capital city of Taiwan, serves more than 70 flavors of fresh, homemade ice cream. There’s nothing unusual about that, I agree. But wait till you hear what these flavors include. The shop, in business since 1947, boasts of carrying the most unusual of ice cream flavors. […]
Bread-Obsessed Japanese Artist Turns Loaves into Beautiful Lampshades
Yukiko Morita, a 27-year-old corporate employee from Kyoto, has a unique hobby. She combines her love for bread and her love for art into a special product: Pampshades.“‘Pan (Japanese for bread)’ + ‘lamp shade’ = Pampshades,” Morita explains on her website. These lighting fixtures made from real bread and can light up a room, filling […]
Rosemary Jacobs, the Woman Whose Skin Turned Silver after Using Nose Drops
71-year-old Rosemary Jacobs has had silver-colored skin for the past 60 years. At age 11, she developed a rare condition called argyria – caused by exposure to chemical forms of the element silver that makes the skin turn blue or bluish-grey. For Rosemary, the exposure occurred from nasal drops containing colloidal silver. Rosemary’s story is […]
Politeness Goes a Long Way at French Café That Charges Extra for Rudeness
The French aren’t exactly world-famous for being polite, which is why I was quite surprised when I read about this. A French Café is actually charging customers extra for being rude to its staff, and offering discounts to those who are nice. The Petite Syrah Café, located in the French Riviera city of Nice, has […]
A Void – The Famous 300-Page Book Written without a Single Letter “E”
‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that a whole novel exists without a single use of the letter ‘e’. The book in question was originally written in French in 1969, by author Georges Perec. La Disparition (The Disappearance) is a 300-page lipogrammatic novel – […]
11-Year-Old Girl Likes to Play Horse by Jumping Over Hurdles on All Four
Anna Salandar, from Båstad, Sweden, is an amazing 11-year-old with an unsual hobby. At an age when kids prefer to play video games, Anna is learning to jump hurdles like a horse – on all fours. Anna’s unique hobby is her own choice; she wanted to be able to run and jump using all four limbs. […]
Court Decides Man Has to Pay Ex-Fiancée $50,000 after Breaking Their Engagement
A jilted fiancée from Georgia has finally had her revenge. At the end of a relationship that lasted over 10 years, a state appeals court has ordered that Melissa Cooper be paid $50,000 towards compensation. Her ex-partner, IT employee Christopher Ned Kelley, was accused of breach of promise to marry. Kelley and Cooper had been […]
Jacob’s Well – America’s Stunning-Yet-Deadly Diving Spot
Jacob’s Well, in Wimberley, Texas, is one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Named after a biblical reference, the well has claimed the lives of over eight divers, but judging by the large number of thrill seekers who choose to dive in it, that doesn’t scare many people. On the surface, Jacob’s Well looks […]
French Student Sells Canned Fresh Country Air, Makes Big Profit
Apparently, people will pay for anything as long as it’s packaged well – even a can full of nothing. French student Antoine Deblay figured this out over the summer, and is making huge profits from the idea. ‘Air de Montcuq’ costs 5.5 euros (that’s about $7.5), plus shipping. It is basically just a tin can that […]
The Tragic Story of Rebecca Méndez Jiménez, ” La Loca de San Blas”
Mexican rock band Maná released a hit single in 1997 – En el muelle de San Blas (In the Wharf of San Blas). The song is based on the true and tragic story of Rebeca Méndez Jiménez, the woman who waited for her love for 41 long years. She died in September last year, at […]
The Truth about “Heaven’s Trail”, the Infamous Photo That Captured the Imagination of Millions
Heaven’s Trail is a breathtaking photograph that went viral almost the moment it was published online a couple of years ago. Like most good things on the internet, the original source was soon lost; no one had any idea where the picture was clicked, or even if it was real. One explanation on the internet […]
Scientists Create Candy That Doesn’t Cause Cavities
Dentists have always warned us that too much candy will cause cavities. But all that could be a thing of the past, thanks to a new experiment by scientists from the Berlin biotechnology firm, OrganoBalance. It turns out that candy doesn’t cause cavities at all. The bad guys are actually the bacteria that remain on […]
Rare Condition Causes Woman to Cry and Sweat Blood
19-year-old Delfina Cedeno has been suffering from a rare disorder for the past four years – she has been crying and sweating blood. Occasionally, blood also seeps out of her fingernails, belly button and nostrils. Doctors at Delfina’s home town of Vernon, in the Dominican Republic, were baffled for a long time. Even after hundreds […]
Chinese Restaurant Allows Patrons to Pay What They Want, Is Obviously Losing Money
A small, self-service restaurant in China’s Fujian province runs on a unique concept – no bills! The owner expects diners to pay whatever they think is the true price of the meal. Predictably, many people don’t pay anything at all. The restaurant, called Five Loaves and Two Fish, opened this August in downtown Fuzhou. It is […]