Artist Folds Realistic Insects from a Single Sheet of Paper
As real as these insects might look, they are actually made from a single sheet of paper, expertly folded by origami master, Brian Chan. I’ve been staring at Brian Chan’s creations for a while, and I still find it mind-boggling how someone can produce such realistic work by folding a simple piece of paper. But […]
Incredible Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee
Can’t find any use for those thick books lying around your house? Carve landscapes out of them! At least, that’s what Guy Laramee has been doing for some time now. An interdisciplinary artist who has been practicing for 30 years now, Laramee has done several things in his lifetime, from stage writing to contemporary music, […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #23
(NSFW) The Daily Routine of a World Champion Masturbator (YouTube) China’s Giant Snow Sculpture Festival (Environmental Graffiti) How to Make a Giant Snow Ski Rapm Off of Your Roof (Laughing Squid) Cardboard Cop Cars Slow Chinese Traffic (Orange News) Remote-Controlled Motorised Shoes Save You the Effort of Walking (Daily Mail) Giant Wave-Shaped Clouds over Birmingham, […]
Finally, a Watching Paint Dry Championship
Contests and competitions have been used for a very long time now as a marketing tool. Some of these competitions have been quite unusual. But it doesn’t get more unusual than this – a championship for paint-watchers! The paint-watching championship is being organized by Localtraders.com, an online resource for finding reliable local tradespeople in the […]
Doglegs – Japanese Pro-Wrestling for the Disabled
Physical disabilities have never stopped the resilient from pursuing their passion for sports. And wrestlers are not to be left behind. The Doglegs wrestling group founded in Japan gives the disabled an opportunity to fight, although it has been called a ‘freak show’ by some critics. Unlike other sports for the disabled, Doglegs seems more […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #21
7 Great Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions (Environmental Graffiti) LEGO Tourist Travels the World (Orange News) Chinese Rapunzel Has World’s Longest Hair (Sina) 10 Incredibly Bizarre Art Installations (Oddee) Stuntman Balances on His Head, on a Spike (Daily Mail) Man Fakes Mother’s Obituary to Get Time Off (Huufington Post) World’s 7 Creepiest Abandoned Zoos […]
Guy Has over 10,000 URLs Tattooed on His Body
Pat Vaillancourt is the current record holder for the most web addresses tattooed on his body, with over 10,000 URL’s inked on his back and shoulders. That sounds like a lot, but he’s not stopping until his body is covered by 100,000 website addresses. In 2010, 30-year-old Vaillancourt, from Quebec, Canada, decided he wanted to set a […]
Photocopied Portrait Recreated with 3.2 Million Dots
People have been photocopying their body parts for a while now, and even though it’s still pretty funny, it’s not that impressive at it once was. But what about a portrait of a photocopied face recreated with over 3 million dots, is that impressive enough for ya? Artist Miguel Endara started out with a portrait […]
World’s First Sex School Opens in Vienna
If you felt that Sex Ed classes in school were rather inadequate, we have some good news for you. There is now a school that provides courses related exclusively to sexual education, and includes practical instructions as well. The Austrian International School of Sex (AISOS) will soon be open to students near Vienna. The opening […]
Who Knew “My Little Pony” Appeals to Dudes
If I told you about a group of adult males, who are fans of a children’s cartoon series about ponies, called the “Bronies“, you’d probably tell me to stop kidding. But I’m not. It’s really true. Ever since “My Little Pony”, an animated TV show from the 80s, was remade in October 2010, the number […]
Man Sells Restaurant for $100 in Exchange for a Year’s Free Meals
It is surprising to find business owners in this day and age who aren’t all about the money. Michael Diedrick from Milwaukee is one such person. The fact that he sold his restaurant located in a prime neighborhood for a paltry sum of $100, is something strange and unfathomable. Although, once you get to know […]
Dog Proves He Is Truly A Man’s Best Friend
The relationship between a dog and its master has always been a special one, and is often depicted in books and films as well. Dogs tend to know things instinctively, and it’s no secret that a dog is possibly one of the best companions to human beings. Time and again, we have heard stories of […]
Couple Name Baby after “Skyrim”, Win Free Video-Games for Life
Megan and Eric Kellermeyer decided to name their baby born on 11/11/11 Dovahkiin, after the leading character in Bethesda Studios’ “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” video game. Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer was born at 6:08 pm PST, and his parents explained their decision because they wanted to give their son an “awesome name”. Meaning “Dragonborn” in dragon […]
Susan Stockwell Makes Victorian Gowns from Paper Maps and Real Money
We’ve all seen paper dresses before, but Susan Stockwell’s Victorian gowns made from maps and various bills are in a class of their own. A sculptural study on colonialism and the British empire, her series of life-size paper dresses are composed of ordinance survey maps and English bills glued together. By sing military maps to create […]
Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Mosaics from Thousands of Naked Bodies
New York-based artist Angelo Musco is taking the photography world by storm with his incredible mosaics made up of thousands of naked bodies. Touching themes like birth, procreation and gestation, Angelo Musco creates complex structures of the natural world from an ant colony and beehive to a school of fish, using thousands of human bodies. “A […]