Indiana Grocery Stores Let You Pick Your Own Mushrooms
Looking for super-fresh mushrooms? Head on over to a Kroger grocery store in Indiana, where you can pick them yourself. Instead of selling already picked and packaged button mushrooms, Kroger grocery stores in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana, give customers the chance to pick them by hand from a compost stand. Sure, you have to get […]
Chinese Millionaire Builds Company Headquarters to Look Like the Starship Enterprise
The headquarters of NetDragon Websoft – China’s most popular internet provider – looks quite conventional from the ground, but aerial footage shows that the building is actually a replica of the iconic Starship Enterprise! NetDragon chairman Liu Dejian, a huge Star Trek fan and self-described ‘Uber Trekkie’, reportedly spent $150 million over a span of six […]
Artist Creates Amazing Photo-Like Portraits with Thousands of Metal Screws
In a phenomenal display of creativity, artist Marc Schneider has managed to transform ordinary metal screws into an art medium. He painstakingly arranges thousands of gray scale screws to create detailed portraits that look like black and white photographs. Schneider starts by taking a photo and modifying the pixels into a gray scale template. Using the […]
Artist Overcomes Her 100 Biggest Fears in Inspirational Project
In a bid to live her life to the fullest, artist Michelle Poler has decided to face 100 biggest fears. She’s calling the project ‘100 Days Without Fear’ and her goal is to do one thing that scares her, every day for 100 days. Originally from Venezuela, Michelle recently moved to New York to get […]
World’s Smallest Park Is No Bigger Than a Flower Pot
Mill Ends Park, in Portland, Oregon, currently holds the record for the world’s smallest park. With a diameter of just two meters, it only has room for one tree and a few tiny plants, but it’s one of the city’s most popular landmarks. Mill Ends was originally supposed to be the site of a light […]
Pakistani Company Allegedly Makes Millions Selling Fake University Diplomas
On its website, Pakistani company Axact calls itself the “World’s leading IT Company.” It claims to have ten “diverse business units” that offer over “23 world class products” to “prestigious clients worldwide.” It offers these clients services in the fields of software, application design, research, and education. But according to an investigative story by The […]
Japan’s Macho Cafe Is Like Hooters for Women
Women in Tokyo, Japan, recently got the opportunity to enjoy a visual treat at their very own Hooters-style café. The pop-up venue, called Macho Café, featured muscled men clad in tight vests, serving food to visibly flustered female customers. According to Macho Café’s official website, the owners asked themselves a very puzzling question” “why are there cafes […]
Australian Company Sells Sexy Lingerie Line for Men
Australian company HommeMystere specializes in sexy lingerie for men. The idea of guys wearing lace underwear, silk bralettes and G-strings may seem strange or funny to a lot of people, but apparently the undergarments are in such high demand that the company has had to expand online just to keep up with incoming orders. HommeMystere […]
Creepy “Death Simulator” Allows People to Experience Being Cremated
If you’ve always wondered what it feels like to be cremated, this new Chinese game will help quell your curiosity. Aptly named ‘Samadi — 4D Experience of Death’, the death simulator relies on a creepy coffin, dramatic special effects and heat to accurately emulate cremation. The morbid game was launched at Window of the World […]
Depressed Chinese Man Treats Realistic-Looking Doll as His Daughter
Children have the power to give people a new lease of life, but for this Chinese man, a child-sized doll managed to do the trick! Song Bo was diagnosed with a serious illness two years ago that gave him constant headaches and made him depressed. The condition was so bad that he was convinced he […]
Controversial Slapping Therapy Leaves Practitioners Covered in Bruises
A Chinese man is gaining notoriety for trying to cure his patients’ illnesses by literally beating it out of them. Former investment banker and self-styled healer Hongchi Xiao apparently believes that by slapping themselves black and blue, they are getting rid of toxins. But his methods have come under scrutiny ever since the death of […]
Couple Rent Out Their Home on Airbnb for a Weekend, Find It Completely Trashed after Monster Party
When this young Canadian couple got the chance to make a few extra dollars by renting out their three-bedroom home on Airbnb, they took it immediately. Little did they know that two days later, they would find their beautiful home wrecked beyond imagination. Mark and Star King bought their house in 2010, in Calgary’s fashionable […]
Chinese Student Carries Disabled Best Friend on His Back for 3 Years
This heartwarming tale of friendship is proof enough that there is still hope for the world. Chinese social media is abuzz with the story of a high school kid who has been carrying his disabled best friend at school – for the past three years! When teenagers Xie Xu and Zhang Chi met for the […]
Woman Hits Venezuelan President on the Head with a Mango, Gets Rewarded with New Home
While the rest of the world relies on petitions to get in touch with elected officials, it seems that things are done differently in Venezuela. A woman recently got quick results on a housing issue after she got the president’s attention by hitting him on the head with a mango! The incident occurred last week, […]
Man Forms His Own European Country on the Concepts of Absolute Freedom and Peace
31-year-old Vit Jedlicka has formed his own European nation on a three-square-mile territory located between Serbia and Croatia. The piece of land technically doesn’t belong to either country, so he decided to use the space to fulfill his own political ambitions. Vit, who is an active member of the conservative Party of Free Citizens in […]