Bachelor Tries to Find a Wife With Witty Subway Advertising Banners
A London bachelor is taking extreme measures to increase his chances of finding a wife – renting subway advertising banners in the English capital to get as much exposure as possible. If you’ve passed through the Oxford Circus subway station in London during the last few days, you’ve probably seen a couple of unusual advertising […]
This Indoor Nuclear Shelter Fits Even in a Tiny Apartment
A Japanese company is selling metallic shelters that can be installed in apartments and small houses, for protection against natural disasters and even radiation and missile strikes. You’ve probably heard of millionaires and doomsday preppers building their own luxury underground bunkers, but one Japanese company claims you can ride out the nuclear apocalypse from the […]
Gold-Obsessed Man Wears Up to Two Kilograms of Jewelry, Drives Gold-Plated Car
A 39-year-old Vietnamese man recently went viral because of his obsession with gold, wearing kilograms of jewelry around his neck and on his hands, and driving gold-plated cars and motorcycles. Tran Duc Loi, an entrepreneur from Vietnam’s An Giang province has been getting a lot of attention in his home country because of his fascination […]
Chinese Border Patrols Rely on Geese to Keep Illegal Immigrants at Bay
For over half a year now, border control points in Longzhou County, along China’s border with Vietnam have been using geese as part of their arsenal of detecting and apprehending illegal immigrants. As part of China’s strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the country has taken a very hard stance on illegal immigration, with […]
The Tamaskan – A Dog Bred to Look Like a Wolf But That Doesn’t Have Any Wolf in Its Lineage
The Tamaskan is a relatively new and rare breed of dog created with the specific purpose of mimicking the looks of a grey wolf without any genetic relation to the wild predator. In the 1980s, a group of British dog breeders set out on a mission to develop a new dog breed with a wolf-like […]
Man Falls in Love With Humanoid Robot, Hopes to Marry It
An Australian man who has given up on finding a human partner claims to have found the next best thing – a humanoid robot named Emma. Ever since his mother died a decade ago, Geoff Gallagher from Queensland, Australia, had only his dog, Penny, to soothe his loneliness. But then, a couple of years ago, […]
Thai Dog Shelter Gives Paralyzed Strays a Second Chance at Life
The Man That Rescues Dogs, an animal shelter in Chonburi, Thailand, cares for over a thousand stray dogs, including a few paralyzed animals that get to run with the pack again, thanks to the care and attention of the staff. Michael J. Baines is the man behind The Man That Rescues Dogs. The Swedish national moved […]
The Photo-Like Acrylic Paintings of Johannes Wessmark
Johannes Wessmark is a self-taught Swedish artist who specializes in hyperrealistic acrylic painting that rivals high-resolution photography. Johannes Wessmark was born in Karlstad, Sweden in 1962. He had a happy childhood, but he wasn’t the most popular of his peers, preferring instead to observe without interacting. Looking back, the Swedish painter remembers some quirks that […]
Man Allegedly Gets 10 Covid Vaccine Shots in One Day on Behalf of Other People
A New Zealand man allegedly got 10 Covid-19vaccine doses injected in only one day, after being paid by other people to get the shot on their behalf. New Zealand is on its way to reaching a 90% tw0-dose vaccination rate before Christmas, but it’s still dealing with a number of citizens who aren’t even considering […]
Human Punching Bag Makes a Living by Letting People Punch Him to Relieve Stress
For the last 11 years, “Turkey’s first and only stress coach” has been making a living by letting people punch him, without ever punching back. Hasan Riza Gunay started working as a human punching bag in 2010, after finding inspiration in Turkish director Kemal Sunal’s classic movie “Sark Bulbulu” (Eastern Nightingale), in which the protagonist […]
Tech Company Will Pay $200,000 to Use Your Face and Voice on Its Robots
Russian robotics company Promobot recently announced plans to buy the rights to use someone’s face and voice on its robots forever for the price of $200,000. Known for producing hyper-realistic, humanlike robots, Promobot is currently developing “a humanoid robot-assistant which will work in hotels, shopping malls and other crowded places,” and is in the market […]
The Hyper-Realistic Big Cat Paintings of Julie Rhodes
Julie Rhodes is a UK-based artist who specializes in photo-like hyperrealistic paintings of wildlife, particularly big cats like lions and tigers. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Julie Rhodes’ paintings for photographs, as the differences are very hard to spot for the untrained eye. From her subjects’ intricate fur patterns, to the perfect coloring of the […]
Woman Tries to Hire Assassin on RentAHitman.com, Ends Up in Prison
A Michigan woman who turned to a bogus rent-a-hitman website to have an assassin kill her ex-husband was recently convicted for solicitation of murder. The internet is amazing. You can find just about any kind of information or service if you put in the work and do some research, but when it comes to hiring […]
The Tyrannophone – An iPhone With an Actual T-Rex Tooth Embedded in It
When gold, platinum and precious stones aren’t enough to sell custom iPhones, it’s time to bring out the good stuff, and there are few things more intriguing than real dinosaur teeth. Caviar has been producing custom luxury variants of popular iPhone models for many years now, but this year they’re doing something completely different. After […]
Olive Wagyu – The World’s Rarest Type of Steak
With only about 2,200 heads of cattle bred specifically for it, of which only a few are harvested every month, olive wagyu is regarded as the rarest type of steak in the world. The history of olive wagyu is closely tied to that of Shodoshima Island, in Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture. Also known as “Olive Island”, […]