Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse in England’s Scarily Realistic Street Game
If you’re a horror flick fan, you probably remember 28 Days Later, one of the best, most realistic zombie movies ever made. It told the story of a small group of survivors fighting for their lives in zombie-infested England. Now, a game company is giving people the chance to experience their fear in an adrenaline-packed […]
Battle of the Queens – Switzerland’s Ultimate Cow Fighting Championship
Every year, the peaceful Swiss village of Aproz becomes a battleground for Herens cows, a breed of cattle known for its genetic predisposition for combativeness. During the Battle of the Queens (Combats de Reines) the animals get a chance to fight each other for supremacy. Before you pick up the phone to call your favorite animal rights […]
North Korea’s Amazingly Choreographed Human Mosaics
Take tens of thousands of children, place them in the largest stadium in the world, arm them with giant colored flip-books containing hundreds of colored panels, train them to move in perfect unison and you get the awe-inspiring human mosaics of the Arirang Mass Games, in North Korea. The Arirang Festival Mass Games held in Pyongyang, […]
FootGolf – Fun New Sport Combines Football and Golf
FootGolf is an addictively fun sport that combines golf and football (soccer). It’s usually played on golf courses and players have to putt a football in 21-inch holes using as few kicks as possible. The origins of footgolf are unclear, but its conversion into an official sport can be attributed to the Netherlands, where the ruleset […]
Dutch Company Recruiting Mars Colonists for Original Reality Show
Would you sign up for a one-way trip to Mars? So far over 10,000 people from all over the world have answered the call of Dutch company Mars One who plans to send volunteer colonists to Mars for a unique new reality TV show. No human has walked the Moon since 1972, and no one […]
Hari Kuyo – Japan’s Unique Memorial Service for Broken Needles
Hari Kuyo is a Japanese festival dedicated to old and broken needles. Celebrated every year on the 8th of February, this festival sees hundreds of women dressed in colorful kimonos, gathering at various Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples in and around Tokyo. This 400-year-old ritual involves sticking old and broken needles into soft chunks of […]
The Peabody Hotel’s Celebrity Ducks and Their World Famous March
The Peabody Hotel in Memphis is famous not just just for its exemplary service, but also for a truly unique attraction – the March of the Peabody Ducks, which involves a performing troupe of, you guessed it, ducks. The whimsical experience is enjoyed by guests both young and old alike, every day of the year. […]
Life without Fear – Russia’s Hands-On Approach to Conquering Your Fears
Life without Fear is an increasingly popular hands-on course that helps people overcome their phobias and anxiety by putting them through a series of extreme trials, including walking on hot coals, sitting on broken glass, swimming in ice-cold water and even eating pieces of burning cotton. There are people dealing with fears all around the world. In […]
The Guinea Pig Festival of Huacho Has Rodents on the Menu
It’s funny how a cute and furry pet in one part of the world can be considered a delicacy in another. But that’s exactly what guinea pigs are in the small town of Huacho in Peru. In fact, they have a whole festival dedicated to dressing up and cooking the hairy rodents – The Festival […]
The Sacred Antogo Fishing Ritual, or How to Catch All the Fish in a Lake in 15 Minutes
Just beneath the village of Bamba, in the Northern part of Dogon country in Mali, lies a small, yet sacred lake, where fishing is permitted only once a year – during the unique ritual called Antogo. In the past, Bamba is said to have been covered in lush green forests. The lake, which is considered […]
Truly Curious Eats – The Annual Gala of the Explorers Club
Members of New York’s exclusive Explorers Club get together once a year at the Waldorf Astoria hotel to enjoy some of the most unusual dishes ever conceived. From live tarantulas to juicy cow eyeballs, the menu of the Annual Gala of the Explorers Club features everything you’ve never wanted to put in your mouth. A fair warning – […]
Sci-Fi Speed Dating – Because Geeks Need Love Too
It’s hard out there for a geek, especially when it comes to finding a date, but thanks to events like Sci-Fi Speed Dating, comic-book and video game enthusiasts actually have a chance of finding a special someone who shares their interests. Sci-Fi Speed Dating is an event that takes place at Comic Cons around the […]
Ghost Money – Currency of the Afterlife
If there is indeed such a thing as afterlife, the Chinese and Vietnamese might just be the richest people there. And that’s because their living relatives make sure they are well provided for – by throwing money into flames. Well, not real money. Only fake notes. This fake money is commonly known as ghost money, […]
Vietnam Festival Is Dedicated to Meeting Ex-Lovers
Most people cannot stand the thought of their partners even talking to their exes, let alone socializing with them. But things are different in a small community of Vietnam. A yearly ‘love market’ of sorts is held in the hillside village of Khau Vai, 500km north of Hanoi, near the border with China. It takes […]
Macabre Rituals – The Annual Cleaning of the Dead at Pomuch Cemetery
It’s fascinating how bizarre the rituals of the dead can get. The latest we’ve discovered is from Pomuch, Campeche, a small Mayan town in Mexico. In Campeche, the day of the dead, which is not unlike Spring Cleaning, is honored each year. On this particular day, families visit the cemetery to participate in the ritual cleaning […]