Energy-Saving Lighting System Turns Night Sky Purple
For the past couple of months, residents of two small towns on the southern coast of Sweden have been experiencing a peculiar nighttime phenomenon – the sky turning a bright magenta. The people Gislov and Trelleborg, two small Swedish towns located about 10 minutes apart, were originally alarmed by the bright purple sky above them, […]
Real-Life Cyborg Has Two Fins Implanted Into His Skull, So He Can Sense the Weather
Spanish artist Manel de Aguas doesn’t consider himself human, but something else. A founding member of the Trans-Species society, he uses technological implants to experience the world differently than the rest of humanity. 24-year-old Manel de Aguas first made international news headlines in August of 2017, when he built the first prototype of a device […]
Adidas Teams Up With Porcelain Maker to Create Stunning One-of-a-Kind Pair of Sneakers
German footwear brand Adidas teamed up with high-end porcelain manufacturer Meissen to create a unique pair of sneakers that’s expected to be sold for over $1 million at auction. As part of its A-ZX program, Adidas Originals plans to team up with selected partners around the world in order to create unique sneakers that qualify […]
Man Becomes Only Third Person in History to Solve Insanely Difficult Literary Puzzle
British comedian John Finnemore put his time in quarantine to good use, becoming only the third person to solve “Cain’s Jawbone”, a super-tough literary puzzle, in its near 90-year history. Created in 1934, by Edward Powys Mathers, a pioneer of advanced cryptic crosswords, Cain’s Jawbone is one of the most difficult puzzles ever created. It […]
Children Sprout Hair All Over Their Bodies After Being Given Hair Restorer for Upset Stomachs
Around 20 Spanish children ended up growing hair all over their bodies after being administered hair restoring medicine, instead of syrup for upset stomachs. In a shocking incident first in the summer of 2019, almost two dozen children reportedly started exhibiting symptoms of hypertrichosis, aka “werewolf syndrome”. They started growing hair excessively all over their […]
Man Goes For Walk After Argument With Wife, Doesn’t Stop for 420 Kilometers
An Italian man who went for a walk to cool off after getting into an argument with his wife was found 420 kilometers from his home, after walking for a whole week. The 48-year-old man from Como, a city north of Milan, in Italy, reportedly got into a heated argument with his wife one day, […]
World’s Strongest Gin Comes With a Beaker And Very Specific Mixing Instructions
UK-based Anno Distillers recently launched what it calls the “world’s strongest gin”, a spirit so string that it comes with a small beaker for precise dosing, as well as clear mixing instructions. With a 95% ABV, the Anno Extreme 95 gin is definitely not meant to be enjoyed straight up, not unless you want to […]
This Cuddly Rodent Coats Itself in Lethal Poison to Keep Predators at Bay
The African crested rat, an elusive rodent that lives in forested areas of Eastern Africa, has a very strange yet intriguing defense mechanism against would-be predators – it licks deadly toxins onto its own fur. People inhabiting the highland forests and woodlands of countries like Somalia, Sudan or Ethiopia have long known to stay clear […]
English Company Develops World’s First Antimicrobial Smartphone
Smartphones have long been known to be crawling with all sorts of bacteria and microbes, but that “dirty” reputations is getting a cleanup thanks to a UK startup that claims to have created the world’s first antimicrobial smartphone. The CAT S42 build under the Caterpillar brand is one of the sturdiest and cleanest budget smartphones […]
Kid Shoves Metal Coin Into His Nose, Forgets About It For 53 Years
A 59-year-old man in Zelenograd, Russia, lived with serious nose breathing difficulties for over half a century, because of a coin he had shoved up his nose as a child and forgot about over the years. Doctors at the Konchalovsky City Clinical Hospital in Zelenograd recently reported the strange case of a patient who said […]
Plant Evolves to Become Less Visible to Humans in Areas With Excessive Harvesting
Fritillaria delavayi, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, has apparently evolved to match its background and become more difficult to spot as a direct consequence of heavy harvesting. Scientists had known that many plants evolved to use camouflage as a way of hiding from herbivores that may eat them, but a recent study suggests […]
Man Attends Celebrity Wedding With Six ‘Girlfriends’, All Allegedly Pregnant With His Babies
Nigerian socialite Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu, aka “Pretty Mike”, sparked controversy after attending a high-profile wedding accompanied by six heavily pregnant women, all allegedly carrying his babies. Describing the women as his “six baby mothers to be”, Pretty Mike was filmed rubbing and kissing each of their bellies at the wedding of Nigerian actor Williams Uchemba […]
Japanese Company Wants to Buy Your Face and Sell It as a Hyper-Realistic Mask
Would you ever sell your face? If the answer is yes, there is a Japanese company that wants to hear from you. It’s in the business of buying the rights to people’s faces so it can sell them in the form of hyper-realistic 3D-printed masks. Ever since Kamenya Omoto, a Tokyo-based specialty mask maker and […]
Helicopter Crew Accidentally Discover Mysterious Metal Monolith Deep in Utah Desert
A helicopter crew from Utah’s Department of Public Safety recently discovered a large metal monolith in the rocky desert of southeastern Utah. So far, no one knows what the metal object actually is, or how it got there. Last Wednesday, while helping the Division of Wildlife Resources count bighorn sheep in southeastern Utah, members of […]
Japanese Rapunzel Hasn’t Cut Her Hair in 15 Years
35-year-old Rin Kambe has been dubbed the Japanese Rapunzel because of her nearly 6-feet-long mane, which she hasn’t cut in 15 years. Rin, who hails from Tokyo, was never allowed to grow her hair as a child. She was on the girl’s football team so had to keep it short, but when she became an […]