Coolest Finds of the Week #39
London Gallery Hosts Invisible Art Exhibition (NEWS) The Man Who Ate His Own Brain (Yahoo) Weird Concepts: Camel-Powered Desert Ambulance (Environmental Graffiti) Off the Grid – Americans Living Outside Mainstream Society (Laughing Squid) 73-Year-Old Woman Climbs Mount Everest (HuffPost) Man Runs Half-Marathon Inside Hot Air Balloon (Digital Journal) Concept Artist’s Photos Spark Interpol Murder Hunt […]
Unofficial Animal Registrar Performs Expensive Pet Weddings
Ann Clark calls herself an “animal registrar“, which is just a fancy way of saying she performs weddings for pampered pets. You might think that’s a silly job, but she’s making up to £20,000 ($31,600) per event. Why should pets miss out on the unforgettable moments of getting married? That’s probably what Ann told herself, when she […]
Real-Life Mutant Girl Causes Things around Her to Catch on Fire
A yet unnamed 11-year-old girl from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has been making headlines in Asia, for her alleged uncontrollable power to set things around her on fire. According to Vietnamese website Ngoisao, on May 12, a young girl living in the Tan Binh district of Ho Chi Minh has burned down almost the entire third […]
Amazing Artist Draws with Both Hands at the Same Time
Xiaonan Sun has become a YouTube sensation after a video of him drawing the portraits of Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins with both hands, at the same time, went viral. It’s definitely one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Let’s face it, YouTube is full of videos of talented artists drawing realistic portraits […]
Brooklyn Artist Creates Magical Sand Paintings on Sidewalks
Colored sand, a great deal of patience and his bare hands are all Joe Mangrum needs to create his incredible sand pantings on the sidewalks of New York. Joe Mangrum was a painter for many years, but only started creating art with sand in the Fall of 2009. He chose to work with sand because […]
Spanish Family Quit Their Jobs, Sell All Possessions to Travel around the World in a Caravan
A young married couple, from Mijas, Malaga, have decided to quit their jobs, sell everything they own, and go on an adventure around the world, with their two little children, in a caravan. Do you ever get so tired of your boring life and tedious job that you feel like leaving it all behind and […]
Photos of Chinese Students Cramming for Exams Hooked to IVs Spark Controversy
It appears in China the saying “study till you drop” is taken quite literally by some, as photos show students receiving amino acid IV drips as they hit the books during late evening studying session for college exam. You thought you were studying too hard? Well unless you’ve ever needed intravenous medication to keep you […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #37
Glass-Floored Bathroom Built over 15-Storey Elevator Shaft (Geekologie) Inside Michael Jackson’s Abandoned Fun Park (Environmental Graffiti) 3D Printing Process Lets You Be Your Own Favorite Action Figure (Discovery News) Blind Man Builds Sports Car from Scratch (Orange News) 18 Kilogram Cat Could Be the World’s Fattest (Metro) Iraqi Farmer Marries Two Cousins in One Night […]
Who Needs Money, Beautiful People Travel Free
Misstravel.com is a creative new website that hooks up beautiful women with rich men. It’s essentially a dating service, but only meant for the wealthy and the attractive. Once registered, good looking women can go on a trip with generous rich men, who will, of course, take care of all the expenses. Registering at misstravel.com […]
La Pascualita – The Corpse Bride of Mexico
La Pascualita or Little Pascuala is a bridal mannequin that has “lived” in a store window in Chihuahua, Mexico for the past 75 years. That is quite a long time for a bridal gown shop to retain a mannequin, but then the dummy has a rather strange history behind it. According to an urban legend, […]
Gaza Zoo Puts Creepy Stuffed Animals in Cages to Cut Food Costs
If you visited the Khan Younis Zoo in the impoverished Gaza strip, you would see quite a variety of animals, but on close inspection, you would realize that over half of them aren’t even alive. The ones that died have been stuffed before going on display to keep visitors entertained. It sounds pretty creepy but […]
Monkey-Man Keinichi Ito – The Fastest Man on All Fours
29-year-old Kenichi Ito, from Tokyo, says he has loved monkeys ever since he was a child. He has always been able to identify with animals, and harbored an ambition to adopt one of their traits. His deep desire has been fulfilled, now that he is actually able to move around quite comfortably on all fours, […]
Dutch Insect Cookbook Will Have You Eat Bugs
Some people will eat anything that moves or even crawls. While the rest of us are wrinkling our noses at them, they’re actually at an advantage, because insects are considered to be very rich in proteins. A group of Dutch insect munchers love their creepy crawly snacks so much they’re releasing a special Insect Cookbook, […]
Japan Inaugurates World’s First Hotel for Sheep
UPDATE: As it turns out, this story is completely FAKE. After it was picked up by Yahoo News, this story got a lot of attention, but according to popular rumor-busting website, Snopes.com, it was just made up by someone who wanted to have a little fun. Well, I’m sure they had quite a laugh to […]
Impressive Portrait Made with 750 Pairs of Socks
Hong Yi, aka “Red”, has already achieved Internet fame for her amazing works, a portrait of Yao Ming created with a basketball, and one of singer Jay Chou made by spilling coffee, but she keeps producing mind-blowing masterpieces. Her latest project is a detailed portrait made with 750 pairs of socks. The beautiful Shanghai-based artist […]