This Brooklyn Parking Space Can Be Yours for “Only” $300,000
Finding a place to park your car in Park Slope, Brooklyn on a daily basis is apparently an almost impossible task, which is why some people are willing to pay a whopping $300,000 for a simple parking space. $300,000 is enough to buy an apartment in some parts of New York, but on Union Street, […]
74-Year-Old Man Dresses as a Woman to Make His Mother Happy
Every weekend for the past 14 years, Li Yinglai, an elderly gentleman from Kunming, China, has been entertaining visitors at the city’s Green Lake Park by dressing up in traditional women’s clothes, dancing and posing with tourists. But while he loves the attention, he claims that he’s not your usual busker, he’s just doing this to make […]
Smart Bracelet Allows Dads-to-Be to Feel The Movements of Their Unborn Children
In an effort to help expecting fathers feel more involved in the pregnancy, a Danish tech company has developed a smart bracelet that lets them feel the kicks and movements of their unborn children in real time. Fibo is the newest development in wearable technology. It looks like a cross between a fitness tracker and […]
The Promised Land of Pigs – A Retirement Home for Pigs Saved from Slaughterhouses
For the last 22 years, the Promised Land of Pigs, a unique farm in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, has been a haven for hundreds of pigs that would have otherwise been slaughtered and sold piece by piece at a supermarket. Here, they enjoy a peaceful, comfortable existence complete with hugs and weekly massages until the end […]
Russian Entrepreneurs Give Women the Chance to Rent Flower Bouquets and Expensive Gifts for Women’s Day Photo Shoots
With Women’s Day just around the corner, social networks like Instagram and VKontakte have become flooded with ads from Russian entrepreneurs offering women in Moscow the chance to rent impressive 101-rose bouquets and designer shopping bags for 10-minute photo shoots. If your boyfriend is cheap, but you want to spark the envy of all your […]
Bizarre Smartphone App Lets You Take Photos, Talk with the Dead
In an effort to help people cope with the loss of their loved ones, a South Korean tech company is developing an app that lets them take photos and converse with digitally-rendered models of deceased friends and family. Called “With Me”, the controversial app was developed by ELROIS, a Korean firm that specializes in creating realistic 3D avatars, […]
Man Spends $50,000 on Plastic Surgery to Transform Himself into Genderless Alien
Vinny Ohh, a makeup artist and part-time male model from Los Angeles, California, has so far invested over $50,000 into 110 cosmetic procedures in an effort to turn himself into an asexual alien. People have many reasons for turning to plastic surgery, but becoming an alien is definitely not the most common one. Vinny Ohh […]
Entrepreneur Sells World’s Most Expensive Mountain Air at $167 per Bottle
If you’ve ever been to Switzerland you already know that pretty much everything is expensive there, and the fresh mountain air is apparently no exception. Well, most of it is actually free, but if you want to order a liter of Swiss mountain air collected from a secret location in the Alps, you’ll have to […]
Semi-Permanent Freckle Face Tattoos Are Apparently a Beauty Trend Now
While some women cover their faces with thick layers of foundation to cover up natural freckles, others are apparently getting them tattooed. Yup, freckles are in, and some people would even go under the needle to get them. Freckle tattooing is reportedly one of the fastest growing beauty treatments available today. Similar to microblading, an […]
Turkish Feline Lover Installs Tiny Window Ladder to Help Stray Cats Escape the Cold
Winter in the Turkish town of Terkirdag has been particularly cold this year, but a local cat lover has come up with an ingenious solution that allows stray cats in her neighborhood to escape the chill – installing a tiny metal ladder leading up into her cozy apartment. Sebnem Ilhan couldn’t just sit by and let […]
Lonely Teen Robbed of a Childhood by Leukemia Advertises for Friends Online
Jordan Kosovich developed leukemia when he was just seven years old. He battled the disease for the next four years, and even though he eventually beat it, the experience took a heavy toll on his social life. Now, the 19-year-old is so desperate to find some friends that he advertised for them on a classifieds […]
At 68, Berlin’s Famous “Techno Grandpa” Still Hits the City’s Hottest Clubs
If you thought your grandpa was cool for his age, you’ve probably never heard of Bernhard Enste, the legendary “techno grandpa” of Berlin. When other 68-year-olds turn in for the night, he’s just getting ready to hit the hottest techno clubs in the German city and party until dawn with kids young enough to be his grand-children. […]
Meet FORPHEUS, the World’s First Robot Table Tennis Tutor
An advanced robot developed by Japanese electronics company Omron has recently been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s first robot table tennis tutor. FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized Automation with Sinic Theoretics) used machine learning to asses the skills of a human player, adjust its game accordingly and provide tips […]
Brazilian Scientists Bake Bread Out of Cockroach Flour
With food shortage expected to become a major problem in the next decades, many experts believe that insects could become a major source of nutrients for people in the future. We already have plenty of insect based recipes and restaurants have begun putting bugs on their menus, but we need an effective way of using […]
Chilean Police Report Paranormal Activity While Investigating Domestic Disturbance
People report cases of paranormal activity somewhere around the world virtually every day, but it’s not often that you hear police officers actually confirming these occurrences. However, that’s exactly what happened a couple of days ago in a Chilean city, when police investigating a domestic disturbance were allegedly attacked by mysterious forces. On February 26, […]