You can Now Pay $425 for a Pair of Jeans Covered in Fake Mud
For the past couple of days, fashion retailer Nordstrom has been the butt of a lot of jokes on social media, after it was revealed that it is selling a pair of jeans caked in fake mud for a whopping $425. The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans are apparently brand new, but make you look like you’ve […]
Would You Pay $57,000 on the World’s Most Expensive Sleeping Pillow?
A Dutch physical therapist turned inventor has spent 15 years developing a tailor-made pillow that he claims will solve any sleeping problems. At a price of $57,000, it better! Created by Thijs van der Hilst, who is supposedly some sort of neck specialist, the world’s most expensive pillow is made of Mulberry silk, Egyptian cotton, non-toxic Dutch memory foam […]
Poo Couture – Dutch Designer Turns Cow Manure into Fashionable Clothing
With cattle breeding at an all time high, manure has become one of the world’s greatest environmental hazards, but one Dutch artist is using chemistry to turn into something that is both eco-friendly and valuable. Her innovative technique turns manure into a variety of useful materials like clothing fabric, bio-degradable plastic and paper. In recent […]
82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Spends Her Days Making Dumplings and Her Nights Dropping Beats as a Nightclub DJ
82-year-old Sumiko Iwamuro runs a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo, where she spends her days making “gyoza” dumplings, but when the sun sets, she turns into DJ Sumirock, an energetic party-starter dropping beats in popular nightclubs around the Japanese capital. Sumiko discovered her passion for techno music 12 years ago, while choosing the music at her son’s birthday party, […]
Horsing Around Is a Competitive Sport in Finland
Imagine a sport much like equestrian show jumping, but where the horse is replaced by a wooden stick with a plush toy at one and the rider actually does all the jumping over increasingly difficult hurdles. That’s the popular sport of Competitive Hobbyhorsing in a nutshell. The hobby horse is one of the oldest children’s […]
Androgynous Man Wins Lingerie Photo Contest Intended for Women
A 20-year-old man from Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast region recently made national headlines after being declared the winner of a women’s lingerie photo contest organized by a popular store chain. Andrey Nagorny, a resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, heard of the online photo contest through his girlfriend. Aware of his feminine features, they decided to take a few […]
Heavy Metal Yoga Is Actually a Thing, And It’s Pretty Intense
Heavy metal music and yoga may seem incompatible, but one New York yoga instructor with a passion for metal has mixed them together in a series of classes that help people relax and unleash their inner beast at the same time. Headbanging, death growls or “devil horns” hand gestures, all executed to a background of loud […]
Chinese City Installs Automatic Pedestrian Gates to Prevent Jaywalking
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan have recently equipped busy intersections with automatic pedestrian gates that only open when the traffic light turns green. The measure is aimed at preventing jaywalking, which has become a serious problem in many urban centers across China. Chinese officials have been cracking down on jaywalkers for years. Jaywalking in […]
Hot Wheels Collector Decorates His Jaguar S-Type with 4,600 Colorful Toy Cars
Ever since he decorated his prized Jaguar S-Type with 4,600 colorful toy cars from his Hot Wheels collection, a Malaysian businessman has been turning heads in and around Kuala Lumpur. Reports of an unusual-looking Jaguar S-Type limousine covered in thousands of miniature cars driving around the Malaysian capital had been circulating on social media for a […]
Chinese Man Spends 36 Years Chiseling at Three Mountains to Bring Water to His Village
Driven by a desire to improve the living conditions in his home, Huang Dafa, chief of Caowangba, a small village hidden deep in the mountains of Guizhou Province, China, spent 36 years digging a 10-kilometer-long water canal through three mountains. The Chinese legend of Yu Gong speaks of an old man whose house was separated from the nearest […]
Woman Kisses Brand New Car for 50 Hours, Gets to Take It Home
Dilini Jayasuriya, a 30-year-old woman from Austin, Texas, recently won a brand new 2017 KIA Optima LX after kissing it continuously for 50 hours in a “Kiss a KIA” contest. Sponsored by iHeart radio station 96.7 KISS FM, the Kiss a KIA contest started on Monday morning, with 20 people gluing their lips on the new […]
Someone Invented Colorless Coffee That Doesn’t Stain Your Teeth
Coffee is more popular today than ever before, but many people abstain from consuming to much of it because it can really take a toll on their pearly whites. Well, thanks to the world’s first colorless coffee, you don’t have to worry about stained teeth anymore. After getting tired of looking for a coffee drink that […]
Japanese Video Game Lets You Marry Your Virtual Reality Anime Girlfriend in a Real Life Wedding
To make its newest romance video game stand out from the competition, a Japanese company is giving users the chance to marry their virtual girlfriends in a real life wedding ceremony, with the help of VR technology. At first glance, Niitzuma LovelyxCation is a romance and dating simulator like many others in Japan. It lets players court one of […]
Man Gets Back at Noisy Upstairs Neighbors with “Building Shaker” He Bought Online
Fed up with the constant noise made by his upstairs neighbors, a man in China got his revenge by giving them a taste of their own medicine. He bought a device known as a “building shaker” online and left it on for a whole weekend. A resident of Xi’an, China’s Shaanxi province, the man – known only […]
Korean Actress Eats just 3 Spoons of Rice Per Day to Maintain Slender Figure
Popular Korean actress Lee Tae-Im recently sparked a bit of controversy after revealing that she only eats three spoons of rice a day in order to maintain her slim figure. Lee, who was previously known for her curves and overall healthy image, appeared on an episode of MBC Every1’s “Video Star” on Tuesday, where panelists quickly noticed her […]