This $5.5 Million Floating Mansion Is the Ultimate Luxury at Sea
The Arkup is a luxury yacht shaped like a 4,300-square-foot modern villa. It can float like a boat, or rise above the waves using hydraulic pilings, for added stability in case of rough waters, and it’s reportedly built to withstand a category four hurricane. It also costs $5.5 million! If you’re the kind of person […]
Child Genius Set to Graduate from University at Age 9
Outside of school, Laurent Simons is your typical 9-year-old child. The Belgian boy plays video games like Fortnite and Minecraft, spends time on social media, and loves to travel. But when it comes to studying, he puts students a decade his seniors to shame, graduating from university at age nine. If all goes well and […]
You Can Now Buy “Virginity Pills” to Fake It on Wedding Night
Retail giant Amazon recently found itself at the center of controversy in India, after it was reported that it is selling virginity pills that help women fake their virginity on wedding night. Called “i-virgin”, the controversial product consists of small capsules containing a mysterious “blood-powder” that allegedly imitates human blood. All the user has to […]
Japan’s Cheapest Hotel Will Charge You Just $1 Per Night if You Don’t Care About Privacy
Getting a hotel room for $1 a night can be considered a bargain pretty much anywhere in the world, and especially so in a country like Japan. But getting the huge discount comes with a catch, and it’s a big one. Tourists visiting the Japanese city of Fukuoka on a budget can get a stellar […]
Company Makes Vodka Out of Thin Air Using Captured CO2, Water and Solar Power
Brooklyn-based startup Air Co. claims to have created the world’s first “carbon negative vodka” by capturing carbon dioxide captured from the air and using a solar powered machine to turn it into ethanol. According to Air Co. co-founder Gregory Constantine, each bottle of carbon negative vodka sucks a pound of carbon dioxide from the air […]
Man Builds His Dream Home Out of Shipping Containers
Stacking 11 metal shipping containers on top of each other doesn’t sound like the idea way to build your dream three-story house, but in designer Will Breaux’s case that’s exactly what it took, and the result is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Why would anyone build a house out of shipping containers, especially one so big […]
Thousands of Birds Found Dead Near Indian Lake And No One Knows What Killed Them
Wildlife experts in India are trying to make sens of the mysterious deaths of thousands of birds near the country’s largest inland lake. While the reported death toll is currently around 2,000, locals claimed that it could reach 5,000, as carcasses allegedly cover an area stretching from 12 to 15 km around the lake. Sambhar […]
Gold Thread Acupuncture – A Bizarre Way to Deal with Pain
From actual snake oil to music therapy, over the years humanity has come up with all sort of bizarre treatments for chronic pain. One of the strangest ones you might have never heard of before is gold thread acupuncture, where tiny gold threads are implanted in the human body. Gold thread acupuncture has long been […]
Colombian Soccer Field Has Two Living Trees as Goalkeepers
A newly-inaugurated synthetic soccer pitch in Bogota, Colombia, has been attracting a lot of attention on social media due to a couple of permanent “players” – two trees growing in front of each goal. Back in 2017 the District Institute of Recreation and Sports (IDRD) commissioned engineering and architecture studies for the adaptation and improvement […]
University Lets Students Lie in a Grave to Reconcile With Their Mortality
Radboud University, in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, has been raising some eyebrows with its “purification grave”, a hole dug in the ground that students can lie down in for up to three hours to reflect on what is important to them. The “purification grave” at Radboud University is at the same time a modern […]
Man Complaining of Earache Had Whole Family of Cockroaches Living in Ear Canal
A 24-year-old Chinese man who visited a hospital to complain about sharp pain in his right ear was shocked to learn that he had an entire family of cockroaches living in his ear canal. Identified only as “Mr. Lv”, the young man arrived at Sanhe Hospital, in Guangdong Province, southeast China, last month, complaining of […]
Inmate Claims He Served His Life Sentence Because He Briefly Died
66-year-old Benjamin Schreiber is very much alive, but hasn’t stopped him from using his death as a way of explaining that he actually served his life sentence for murder. When Shreiber collapsed in his prison cell in 2015, doctors had to resuscitate him five times, which technically means that he died for a brief period […]
Indian Office Workers Wear Bike Helmets to Work to Prevent Head Injuries
Government office workers in the Indian city of Banda, Uttar Pradesh state, recently drew a lot of attention online for wearing motorcycle helmets indoors to prevent head injuries in case the roof collapsed on them. Photos of electricity department employees working at their office in Banda while wearing these large motorcycle helmets on their heads […]
Onionade – The Onion-Based Lemonade You Never Knew You Craved
Onion hardly seems like the best vegetable to base a soft drink on, but Onionade doesn’t contain the kind of onion you’re used to, but a new type that not only doesn’t make you cry when you chop it, but it unusually sweet as well. Back in 2016 we reported on one of the most […]
Chinese Men Obsessed with Martial Arts Novels Go Into the Mountains to Live Out Their Fantasies
Wuxia (martial arts and chivalry) novels and films are very popular in China, but while most people are content just reading or watching the exploits of fictional heroes, some go to extremes in order to experience these adventures themselves. Jin Yong is considered one of the greatest and most popular wuxia writers in history, and […]