Fart By Mail – A Stinky Mail Service for the Adventurous
Fart By Mail, a California-based mail order service started by Zach Friedberg, offers people the chance to send friends or enemies stinky greetings that actually “smell like real poo”. Holidays are just around the corner, and if you’re looking for a really original way to send your season’s greetings, you might want to check out Fart By […]
Japanese Self-Confessed Geeks Attend Masked Matchmaking Event
Japanese geeks, commonly known as “otaku”, too shy to go out and meet a potential date face to face attended a special matchmaking event where everyone wore anime character masks to conceal their identities. The event called “Ota-konkatsu” took place in Kuki City, north of Tokyo, a “holy place” among anime fans. The city is home […]
Japan Develops Shock-Absorbing Electric Car Covered in Airbags
Hiroshima University-affiliated startup business Humanix has recently revealed a three-wheel electric vehicle, called iSAVE YOU, which is covered in covered with an airbag-like cushion material that springs back to its original form after absorbing impacts. You hear that, auto-makers around the world? You’re doing it wrong, airbags go on the OUTSIDE of the not the inside! At least […]
Jeweler Creates Mechanical Creepy Crawlers from Watch Parts and Light Bulbs
JM Gershenson-Gates is a Chicago-based jeweler who creates unique accessories from discarded watch parts, in a bid “to show the beauty of the mechanical world, a place generally hidden from the public behind metal and glass.” On his website, Jason Gershenson-Gates says he has always been fascinated with mechanical things. The son of a “gearhead”, and […]
72-Year-Old Grandpa Finds Internet Fame after Modelling Teen Girl Outfits
Photos of a 72-year-old Chinese man modelling stylish clothes for young women have recently went viral online, after his granddaughter posted them on China’s largest retail website. What started out as a silly joke turned into a massive advertising campaign for her store. We’ve had posts about successful elderly fashion models before, but Liu Xianping, a grandfather from China, is […]
Overcrowded Japanese Subway Inspires Original Photo Series
Tokyo Compression is an ongoing photo series by German-born artist Michael Wolf that shows daily commuters with their faces pressed against the steamy windows of Japan’s overcrowded subway trains. Japan has one of the highest population densities in the world. Tokyo, its capital city, and the surrounding metropolitan area has a population of over 35 million, living […]
World’s Worst Hotel Warns Visitors Not to Sue Before They Arrive
What’s the worst hotel you’ve ever stayed in? Never mind, it couldn’t have been any worse than the Hans Brinker Budget Hostel in Amsterdam, which actually prides itself on being the “world’s worst hotel”. While most other hotels go out of their way to convince potential clients they have the cleanest rooms, the most comfortable beds […]
Edible Deodorant Tastes Sweet, Makes You Smell Like Roses
Did you ever think there would come a day when the sweets you eat actually make you smell sweet as well? Well, my friends, that day is today! Introducing Deo Perfume Candy, the edible deodorant that makes you smell like fresh roses from a stunningly beautiful valley in Bulgaria. Actually, the concept has been around […]
WOW Orc Assassin Wins Seat in State Senate
“So I’m a level 68 orc rogue girl. That means I stab things…a lot! Who would have thought that a peace-lovin’, social worker and democrat would enjoy that?!” This was the statement that won World of Warcraft gamer Colleen Lachowicz a seat in Maine’s State Senate. Democrat Colleen Lachowicz has recently won a seat representing Maine’s Senate District 25, […]
Artist Recreates LOTR Bag End with 2,600 Balloons
If you think balloon animals are cool, this inflated replica of the Baggins family residence, from the Lord of the Rings, will probably blow you away. Famous balloon artist Jeremy Telford recently spent 40 hours recreating Bag End from 2,600 balloons. We’ve featured some pretty cool balloon-made stuff here on Oddity Central, from balloon costumes, […]
Conrad Engelhardt’s Stained Wine Cork Paintings
London-based artist F. Conrad Engelhrdt has set up an ingenious recycling scheme by collecting discarded wine corks from various restaurants around the English capital and using them to create unique paintings. This isn’t the first time wine and corks have been used as art mediums. In the past we’ve featured artists who paint with wine, […]
The Delicate Gourd Carving Art of Marilyn Sunderland
Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, Marilyn Sunderland is an artist in the finest sense of the word. She can take a common gourd and turn it into a spectacular work of art by carving all kinds of images onto its shell and enhancing them with her painting. Seeing how this Halloween a lot of […]
World’s Strongest Beer Called Armageddon Is Stronger Than Whiskey
Appropriately named Armageddon, the new beer from Scotland’s Brewmeister Brewery will probably end your days if you drink too much of it. The potent concoction has an alcohol content of 65% by volume. That’s stronger than vodka or whiskey. Although the Guinness Book of Records has yet to certify Armageddon as the world’s strongest beer, that hasn’t […]
Vietnamese Man Shows Off Car Made Almost Entirely Out of Wood
It’s not the world’s first wooden car, but it is the first of its kind in Vietnam. Featuring a body made exclusively from high-quality wood and decorated with intricate carvings, the Achilles has been turning heads on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City. The one-of-a-kind vehicle was created by Le Nguyen Khang, owner of Binh Duong-based wood […]
Mark Powell’s Hellish Dioramas Will Freak You Out
Looking at his nightmarish dioramas, you’d think Melbourne-based artist Mark Powell has been to hell and back. Bizarre, sinister and disgusting are just some of the words usually used to describe his art, but that’s most likely the reactions he was going for when he created these scenes. Powell’s creepy dioramas are populated with monstrous […]