Homeless Man Goes From Sleeping Under a Bridge to Modelling for Fashion Shoots
They say finding yourself in the right spot, at the right time, is the key to success, and this Nigerian homeless man who got the opportunity of a lifetime while sleeping under a bridge is the perfect example. You could say it was fate that Ali Olakunmi, a young Yoruba man from Nigeria’s Osun State, […]
Man Has Been Livestreaming From Locked Room for 100 Days, Is Willing to Go 5 Years for $5 Million
A man has spent the first 100 days of 2021 livestreaming 24/7 from a locked room in Los Angeles, but he plans to stay there for the rest of the year, or even longer, if he gets the right financial incentive. 34-year-old Tim C Inzana has been locked in a shed since the start of […]
Man Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $72,000 for Housework During Their 30-Year Marriage
Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice has ordered a man to pay his ex-wife 60,000 euros ($72,000) in compensation for the cleaning and cooking she did during their three-decade-long marriage. There was a time when housework was considered a wife’s duty, but those times are long gone, as evidenced by the avalanche of court rulings in […]
Controversial Website Documents Japan’s Noisy Children and Other Phonic ‘Nuisances’
A website that maps Japan’s noisiest and most annoying neighborhoods to help people avoid public nuisances when looking for a place to live has sparked controversy, with many accusing it of criticizing normal behavior, like children crying or speaking loudly. While Japan is still sometimes portrayed as this serene, and calm land, in reality it […]
Functional Stone Violin Gives ‘Rock Music’ a Whole New Meaning
Blackbird is a unique stone violin carved by Swedish sculptor Lars Widenfalk, based on drawings by Stradivarius, but with modifications that allow it to be played. Lars Widenfalk came up with the idea of creating a violin out of stone in the late 1980s, while chiseling away at a piece of diabase and being impressed […]
Liquor-Infused Toothpicks – The Perfect Way to Enjoy Spirits Without Drinking
What do you get a man who has everything? Why, whiskey-infused luxury toothpicks, of course! With so many things just one click away nowadays, it’s hard to surprise people with truly original gifts, but every once in a while you stumble across something special. For example, I was surfing the web yesterday, as I usually […]
Hundreds of Sinkholes Appear Across Croatian Region After December Earthquake
Thousands of people are living fear of being swallowed up by the Earth after hundreds of sinkholes appear in an area that was shaken by strong earthquake just over two months ago. On December 29, 2020, Croatia recorded its strongest earthquake ever. Measured at 6.4 points on the Richter magnitude scale, the quake directly affected […]
The Controversial Agencies Paid by Parents to Retrieve Their Kids from Their Former Spouses
Single parents separated from their former partners are allegedly turning to controversial “recovery agencies” to get their children back from former spouses that take them abroad without permission. Normally, when parents separate, custody of the children is settled by a judge, along with visitation hours and rules, but sometimes one party doesn’t want to play […]
Artist Meticulously Drills Over 45,800 Tiny Holes to Create Record-Setting Egg Shell Carving
A very patient Vietnamese artist spent three years meticulously drilling a whopping 45,863 holes smaller than a human hair into a hollowed-out ostrich egg. Nguyen Hung Cuong, a talented artist from Hanoi, Vietnam, has been turning chicken eggs into intricate works of art for over a decade, but his most recent project is by far […]
Programmer Loses Password to Wallet Containing $220 Million in Bitcoin
A computer programmer who years ago wrote down the password to a cryptocurrency wallet on a piece of paper, has since lost the said paper, and with it access to around $220 million in Bitcoin. Can you imagine having over $200 million and no way to ever access it? That’s exactly the story of San […]
Coquitos – The Tiny Coconuts of the Chilean Wine Palm
Coquitos, also known as pigmy coconuts or dwarf coconuts, are the tiny equivalent of the coconuts we all know (and some of us love). It’s hard to believe that I spent over three decades on this Earth and only learned that there is such a thing as a tiny, marble-sized coconut, today. Well, it may […]
The Delicate Plant Leaf Embroidery of Hilary Waters Fayle
Using embroidery and carving as techniques, Hilary Waters Fayle transforms plant leaves into delicate but intricate works of art. Fabric or leather embroidery is hard enough as it is, but can you imagine practicing it on dried plant leaves and actually creating something beautiful? That’s exactly what Hilary Waters Fayle, a talented artist based in […]
After 20 Years, Court Tells Baker to Stop Selling Cookies Made With Sawdust
A German baker who has reportedly been selling sawdust cookies for around two decades has recently been ordered to stop, as the finely milled wood has been deemed unfit for human consumption. An administrative court in the southwestern German city of Karlsruhe has upheld a decision to ban the sale of cookies made with sawdust, […]
The World’s Oldest Coal Fire Has Been Burning For 6,000 Years
A coal seam approximately 30 meters under Australia’s Mount Wingen has been burning continuously for approximately 6,000 years, earning the place its famous nickname, Burning Mountain. Underground coal seam fires are not at all uncommon, in fact it’s estimated that about 1,000 coal seams are burning around the world at any one point. Such fires […]
Children Sprout Hair All Over Their Bodies After Being Given Hair Restorer for Upset Stomachs
Around 20 Spanish children ended up growing hair all over their bodies after being administered hair restoring medicine, instead of syrup for upset stomachs. In a shocking incident first in the summer of 2019, almost two dozen children reportedly started exhibiting symptoms of hypertrichosis, aka “werewolf syndrome”. They started growing hair excessively all over their […]