Hang on to Your Panties: Thai Man Collects 11,000 Pairs of Women’s Underwear in 30 Years
Some hobbies are downright disgusting. Like this guy from Thailand who collected 10,000 pairs of women’s underwear. No that’s not the gross part. What’s truly disturbing is that he smelled them all the time, even while he was driving. Ewww, right? Apparently, his obsession was not just for underwear, but also for the stealthy way […]
If Your Name Is Smith, This Man Wants to Hear from You
“I look for Smiths.” That’s how Bob Ziegler, from Minot, North Dakota, describes his hobby of 30 years. While most people are content with collecting stamps and bottle caps, Ziegler’s hobby is a little more complicated. He looks for people with the last name Smith and writes to them with a simple request: to send him […]
World’s Largest Collection of Clowns Is Kind of Creepy
Ortrud Kastaun, a 61-year-old woman from Germany, has set a new Guinness record for the world’s largest collection of clown related items. Orty, as her friends know her, has been collecting clowns for the last 15 years, and has so far amassed 2,053 different clown-related items. She’s had to move to a bigger house that would […]
Chinese Man Builds 600,000-Cigarette-Pack Fort
Wang Guanyi, a 46-year-old cigarette pack collector from Longnan, China, has recently built a fort model using 600,000 empty cigarette packs. Wang is a famous person in his home city because he usually greets everyone with “hello, do you smoke? do you have cigarette packs?” He says he has been fascinated with cigarette packs ever […]
Guy Collects All 1,850 PlayStation 2 Games, Leaves Them Sealed
Ahans 76, member of the Playstation Collecting Community, probably deserves the title of King of PS2 Collectors, after he managed to acquire a brand new, sealed copy of every game ever released for the PlayStation 2. We’ve featured some pretty impressive collections on Oddity Central, bust as a fellow gamer, I find this one particularly […]
Meet the World’s Biggest Harry Potter Fan
Harry Potter fans around have crowned their king and his name is Steve Petrick. The 22-year-old, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has won the title of World’s Biggest Harry Potter Fan after entering an online contest, last year, and posting a video of why he should get first place. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter is the most successful […]
Doll Addict Collects $2 Million-Worth of Antique Dolls
Kathy Libraty, an antique doll collector from Brooklyn, New York, has spent the last 25 years searching for antique dolls, and now has an impressive collection of over 1,000 items that’s worth around $2 million. Believe it or not, Kathy’s fascination with dolls didn’t start when she was a little girl. In fact she remembers […]
15-Year-Old Has a Strange Passion for Vacuum Cleaners
Kyle Krichbaum, a 15-year-old boy from Adrian, Michigan, has been fascinated by vacuum cleaners since before he could talk. His passion stuck with him through adolescence, and he’s now known as the world’s youngest vacuum cleaner collector, with a collection of around 200 vintage devices. Most teenagers don’t have that strong of a relationship with vacuum […]
Wacky Couple Share Their Home with 240 Love Dolls
60-year-old Bob Gibbins, and his wife Lizzie, 55, have a rather unusual collection of 240 different kinds of love dolls that they like dressing up and taking on shopping trips. Bob says he has always been interested in dolls, but his passion really started to develop when he used to buy rag dolls and other […]
Clock Collector Has Plenty of Time on His Hands
With over 1,500 different clocks covering every wall in his house, Jack Schoff holds the Guinness Record for the largest collection of clocks. A clock placed above the door to Jack Schoff’s home, in North Berwick, Maine, is meant to prepare every visitor for what awaits them inside, but the sight of 1,509 clocks adorning […]
Japanese Geek Is World’s Biggest Super Mario Fan
Mitsugu Kikai, a 25-year-old from Tokyo, Japan, has received the title of World’s Biggest Super Mario Fan, for his giant collection of Mario-themed memorabilia. I’m not saying it’s fate, but Kikai was born the same year Nintendo released their first Super Mario video game, and he says one of the first things his parents bought […]
Russian Pensioner Amasses a Fortune of Five Million Kopek Coins
Yuri Babin, a retired military officer from the Russian city of Novosibirsk, has spent the last 13 year collecting a fortune of about 5 million kopek coins. The kopek is 1/100th of a Ruble, the Russian equivalent of a cent. Babin began collecting them in 1998, following wide scale Russian bank defaults that caused the […]
Newspaper Delivery Man Shows Off His Military Vehicle Fleet
44-year-old Shaun Mitchell, from West Lynn, Norfolk is a newspaper delivery man with an unusual passion for military vehicles. He likes them so much he put together a regular fleet of tanks, anti aircraft guns, jeeps and other vehicles, right in his backyard. Shaun became obsessed with military vehicles when he was 18 years old, […]
Feline Lover Collects over 2,000 Ceramic Cats
60-year-old Pamela Cole has spent most of her life putting together an impressive collection of over 2,000 ceramic cats, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. When Ms. Cole says she’s crazy about cats, you best believe she means it – her house in Hollywood, Birmingham is practically full of ceramic cats, from a common […]
Former Milkman Builds His Own Milk Bottle Museum
33-year-old Paul Luke, a retired milkman from Essex, England, was forced to build a mini museum for his impressive collection of over 10,000 milk bottles. Paul collected his first milk bottle in 1987, when he was just nine years old, but as times went by, his passion got out of hand, and he is now […]