Nightmare Fuel – The World’s Largest Spider Web Is Home to Over 111,000 Spiders
A team of researchers discovered that a cave close to the Greek-Albanian border is home to the world’s largest spider web created by more than 111,000 spiders.
Art Teacher Stands Accused of Selling Students’ Painting On Personal Website
A Quebec art teacher is being accused of selling his high school students’ artworks on his website without their consent for personal profit. An art teacher at the Westwood Junior High School in Saint Lazare has landed in hot water with the parents of several of his students for allegedly selling their drawings and paintings […]
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 […]
This Website Charges People 99 Cents to See Who Else Paid 99 Cents
Who Paid 99 Cents? is a wacky website that charges curious visitors a standard fee of 99 cents for the chance to see a list of people who had previously paid 99 cents for the same reason. Would you pay 99 cents and share your credit card details with a mysterious website just to see […]
Doctors Shocked to Find Spider Spinning Webs Inside Man’s Ear
A Chinese man who checked himself in the hospital because the pounding sound in his left ear wouldn’t go away, was shocked to discover that the noise was being caused by a spider spinning webs deep inside his ear canal. Doctor Cui Shulin, deputy chief physician at the department of otolaryngology at the Dalian Central Hospital, in […]
Artist Creates Amazing ‘Web Portraits’ Using a Single Sewing Thread
Slovenian artist Sašo Krajnc creates incredibly detailed portraits by tightly winding a single sewing thread on a circular wooden frame to create overlapping straight lines. That’s actually the most impressive thing about Sašo Krajnc, that he’s able to create such detailed facial features, like the curvatures of the eyes and lips, using only straight lines. He starts […]
Single Entrepreneur Sets Up Website to Find His Ideal Woman
Ladies, meet Alan, a 37-year-old computer science graduate looking for a partner to share his life with. But he doesn’t want just any lady, he’s looking for the ideal woman, and to increase his chances of finding her, he has set up a one page website as a guide for possible candidates. If you can’t […]
Australian Town Completely Covered in Cobwebs after Millions of Spiders Rain from the Sky
Earlier this month, the residents of Goulburn – a small town in Australia’s Southern Tablelands – were spooked to discover their properties blanketed by millions of tiny spiders and mounds of their silky threads. The spiders had apparently rained down from the sky, silken thread and all, a phenomenon known as “Angel Rain”. “Anyone else […]
Real-Life Truman Show: Finnish Man Broadcasts Every Minute of His Life via Webcam
48-year-old Ari Kivikangas is into life-casting, which basically means he’s constantly broadcasting his day-to-day life webcam. But unlike other vloggers who try to come up with entertaining things to do and say on camera, Ari makes no effort to seem interesting. Surprisingly, that’s what draws more people to his UStream channel, because it makes him look […]
Androgynous Male Model Understandably Mistaken for a Girl on Asian Websites
Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, is abuzz with photographs of 18-year-old Yiming Zhao. This beautiful young model and make-up artist captured the hearts of millions of Asian netizens. Unfortunately, their hearts broke when the truth was revealed to them – their dream girl is, in fact, a boy. Yes, Yiming might be effeminate, but […]
Cecelia Webber Uses Naked Bodies to Create Human Flowers
Los Angeles-based Cecelia Webber takes nude photos of the human body and assembles them in the shape of flowers and butterflies, to create some of the most stunning images you’ve ever seen. Three years ago, Cecelia Webber was a neuroscience graduate from USC, working in the lab all day and indulging in photography in her spare time. […]
Swiss Website Lets You Hike through the Alps without Breaking a Sweat
If you’re a couch potato who dreams of seeing the beautiful Alps without actually doing any hiking, you can thank technology for the unbelievable experience offered by WebWandern.ch. Translated as Web Hike, this revolutionary website allows visitors to see the most beautiful sights the Alps have to offer, from the perspective of a hiker. To […]
Website Lets You Blackmail Yourself to Reach Goals
Aherk! is an ingenious online service that allows people to blackmail themselves in order to achieve their personal goals, through pressure. If you’ve had trouble dealing with personal goals, but always manage to do good in school or at work, you probably already know it has something to do with feeling under pressure. Some people […]
Can’t Get a Girl? Website Lets Guys Hire Fake Girlfriends for $5
GirlfriendHire.com is a new website where you can hire a girl to do ‘girlfriend-type’ things for you at a cost of just $5. Now before you get your hopes up, there are no ‘dirty’ services available. The website targets tweens and teens, so typical girlfriend activities would include doing your homework, flirting on Facebook, sending […]
New Australian Website Tells You Why Your Ex Dumped You
It’s hard enough being dumped, but not even knowing why could be pretty brutal. Especially if your ex happened to just vanish without a trace. I suppose it’s pure torture to deal with not just the loss of a partner, without breaking your head over what could have possibly gone wrong. But this doesn’t have […]