Cash-Strapped Couple Seek Corporate Sponsors to Fund Their Wedding
A young couple from Orlando, Florida, have found the perfect way to organise their dream wedding without spending a penny. Courtney McKenzie and her fiancé Jamil Newell are opting for a corporate-sponsored ‘social’ wedding and honeymoon, which means their special moments will feature all sorts of product endorsements and ads. Courtney, who works in social […]
Bachelors Wanted in Brazilian Town Made Up Entirely of Women
UPDATE: Apparently, Noiva de Cordeiro isn’t exactly the bachelors’ paradise it was made out to be by Western media. According to a recent article in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, the Belo Vale town isn’t that much different from any other rural settlement. Most of the women shown in the photos working in the field […]
Sheep Found Wandering through Tasmanian Wilderness May Be the World’s Woolliest
A Tasmanian farmer-couple recently discovered what might just be the world’s woolliest sheep. They’ve named the super-fluffy creature ‘Shaun’, after popular cartoon character Shaun the Sheep from the British comedy series Wallace and Gromit. As it turns out, Shaun has never had his coat cut, and it is at least half-a-meter thick now. In fact […]
Mangetsu Man – The Anonymous Japanese Superhero Keeping Tokyo Clean
Mangetsu Man is a likable Japanese superhero whose only superpower is the determination to keep the streets of Tokyo clean, especially the Roppongi district, which locals say is always in need of a dust sweep. As you might have guessed, his arsenal of super-weapons consists of a broom and a dust pan. Donning a purple […]
Vacuum Company Brand Manager Eats Pasta Off Subway Floor to Demonstrate New Product’s Effectiveness
Ravi Dalchand, senior brand manager at Bissell Canada, will stop at nothing to demonstrate just how great his company’s new steam vacuum cleaner is. Believe it or not, he has actually eaten pasta off the floor of a busy subway station, after cleaning it with the vacuum. The event in question took place at Toronto’s […]
Washington Artist Paints with Credit Cards
Artist Sandy Byers owns a vast collection of credit cards, but surprisingly, she doesn’t use any of them to shop. Instead, she uses them as a replacement for paintbrushes, especially when she doesn’t have any handy. Sandy has always been rather unconventional – she actually quit her cushy job at Microsoft 12 years ago to […]
Try Before You Die – Macabre Festival Lets Japanese Try Out Coffins and Funeral Makeup
Trying out a coffin while you’re still alive can be a rather unnerving experience. But the Japanese seem to love it! They even have a creepy ‘try-before-you-die’ festival where people can lay down in coffins, try out funeral garments and even get a morbid makeover. Called ‘Shukatsu Festa’, the unique event has become very popular […]
Amazing Woman Turns Her Apartment into Hospice for Terminally Ill Cats
Most people aren’t aware of this, but an alarmingly large number of cats die of leukemia every year. To raise awareness about the plight of these suffering cats, Maria Torero has converted her own two-story, eight-room apartment into a feline hospice. The 45-year-old nurse from Lima, Peru, currently has 175 patients residing with her, and […]
Hitofude Ryuu – The Japanese Art of Painting Dragons with a Single Brush Stroke
The talented Sumie painters of Kousyuuya Studio in Nikko, Japan can paint the body of a dragon with a single stroke of the brush. The delicate technique is known as ‘hitofude ryuu’, which literally means ‘dragon with one stroke’, and it’s been around for four generations. Watching these painters create a perfect dragon – with […]
16-Year-Old Creates Revolutionary Flashlight Powered Solely by Body Heat
16-year-old Ann Makosinski, from Victoria, Canada, has come up with a marvelous invention – a flashlight powered solely by body-heat. Her project won second prize at a local science fair, and made it all the way to the 2013 Google Science Fair, where she was declared the winner for her age group. She also updated […]
The Eccentric German Millionaire Who Lived on Less Than $500 a Month
When millionaire Klaus Zapf passed away this week, the whole of Germany mourned his death. The eccentric tycoon, who always had millions at his disposal, actually lived a frugal life by choice. What endeared him most to the people of his nation was his generous nature – he gave most of his money away, while […]
Chinese Farmers Can Grow Gourds into Virtually Any Shape
Looking at the detailed sculptures in the photos below, You’d be tempted to think they are made of wax, but believe it or not, they’re actually gourds! Enterprising Chinese farmers are able to grow these veggies into any shape they want. The most popular one is Chairman Mao, but there are many others as well […]
This Guy Has Been Saving All His Nail Clippings Since 1978
58-year-old oil investor Richard Gibson has one of the weirdest collections in the world. For the past 36 years, he has been religiously saving all his toenail clippings in a glass jar. Collecting toenails is a strange hobby, but Richard says that he didn’t exactly plan for it – it sort of happened as a […]
Every Single Day This 99-Year-Old-Woman Sews a Dress for a Child in Need
Lillian Weber, from Iowa, is almost 100 years old, but she doesn’t let her age stand in the way of her life’s mission – helping those in need. She spends every single day making a dress from scratch, so that a child in need will have something to wear. She started the unique project in […]
Artist Uses Melting Ice-Cream to Create Deliciously Colorful Paintings
While most people prefer their ice-cream frozen, Baghdad-based artist Othman Toma likes it melted. He uses multi-colored melting treats as a medium for his art, instead of normal paint. And it works incredibly well. In fact, to the untrained eye, his artworks seem painted with regular watercolors. Toma paints all sorts of stuff using ice […]