You Can Now Drink from a Cup Made with the Ashes of Your Loved Ones
New Mexico-based artist Justin Crowe first incorporated cremated human ashes into a dinnerware set, last year, as part of an art project, but after his friends learned about it and asked him to create bespoke items for them, he decided to turn the idea into a business. Today, his company, Chronicle Cremation Design, offers people the […]
If You Need a Question Answered and Google Is Down, There’s a Number You Can Call
Ever wonder what life was like before internet search engines like Google? How did people get answers to all-important questions like ‘what’s the average life expectancy of a frog’, or ‘is there a full moon every night in Acapulco?’ Many of them turned to the ‘ask a librarian’ phone service of the New York Public […]
Blades of Steel – Indian Teen Pulls Cars with His Shoulder Blades
Most people barely manage to pull one car using both their arms, but an Indian teenager can pull two of them using only his unusually strong shoulder blades. 18-year-old Abhishek Choubey, from India’s Madhya Pradesh state, started using his shoulder blades to pull various objects when he was just 8, after noticing that they were […]
Divorced Wealthy Couple Split Their Three-Storey Mansion with Brick Wall
A divorced Russian couple recently made headlines after they split their expensive mansion in half with a brick wall, which left the ex-wife unable to access the upper floors on her half because the stairway is on her former partner’s side. After their divorce, Margareta Tsvitnenko, 45, and her former spouse, Sergei, were ordered to split the […]
Japanese Magic Shop Sells Love-Granting Apples at a Premium Price
If your special wish this Halloween is to have someone fall madly in love with you, making it a reality may be as easy as eating an apple. Not just any apple, mind you, but a special kind of love-granting apple sold by a magic shop in Japan. The Poison Apples of Love’s Desire may […]
Four-Year-Old Russian Girl Speaks Seven Different Languages, Stuns the World
At first glance, Bella Devyatkina, from Moscow, Russia, is your typical carefree, playful four-year-old, but ask her a question in Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese or Arabic, and you will be shocked by her articulate response. Bella made headlines in Russia a few days ago, when she appeared on a TV talent show, where she spoke seven […]
Meet Daniel, the Now-Famous Emotional Support Duck
Dogs, and sometimes cats, have long been used as support animals to help humans deal with a wide range of physical and psychiatric conditions, but ducks, not so much. That’s what makes Daniel Turducken Stinkbottom, the internet’s latest sweetheart, so darn special. Daniel made international headlines a couple of days ago, after photos of him […]
Skunk-Like Bicycle Lock Sprays Thieves with Vomit-Inducing Gas
The aptly-named SkunkLock is an ingenious bicycle lock that blasts would-be thieves with a disgusting cocktails of chemicals that most of the time causes them to vomit uncontrollably. When San Francisco-based Daniel Idzkowski learned that over 1.5 million bikes are being stolen across the United States, every year, he decided it was up to him to come up […]
Would You Change Your Name to ‘iPhone Seven’ for an iPhone 7?
A brand new iPhone 7 costs as much as four and a half average salaries in Ukraine, but a local retailer is giving Apple fans the chance to get one for free, by simply changing their names to “iPhone Seven”. Allo.ua, Ukraine’s largest mobile phone retailer, is currently running a very unusual iPhone 7 giveaway. […]
This Lovely Rocket-Shaped Fountain Pen Costs Just $20,000
Swiss premium writing tool company Maison Caran d’Ache and luxury watchmaker MB&F recently teamed up to create a limited-edition fountain pen that’s shaped like a rocket ship and comes in a launch pad box. Considering the theme, the astronomical price of $19,900 is actually not that much of a surprise. The Astrograph fountain pen is reportedly […]
Man Divorces Wife after Seeing Her Without Makeup for the First Time
It sounds like one of those funny news articles you read on sites like The Onion, but this one is sadly true. A man from the United Arab Emirates divorced his young wife just days after their wedding, after seeing her makeup free for the first time. The bizarre news was reported by psychologist Dr Abdul […]
Chinese Companies Are Stealing Kickstarter Product Ideas and Launching Them Faster and Cheaper
An Israeli entrepreneur who has spent a year designing a product that would make him rich, saw his dreams collapse after putting his product on Kickstarer to raise some extra production funding. Just seven days after the start of the crowdfunding campaign, copycats were already available on Chinese online stores like Alibaba. With the popularity […]
World’s Most Expensive Potato Chips Cost $11 a Piece, Come in Boxes of Five
In an attempt to create a special snack to go with their high quality beer, Sweetish brewery St. Erik’s has created the world’s most expensive potato chips. Apparently, St. Erik’s didn’t think Lays or Pringles chips were good enough to pair with their ale, so they decided to create their own exclusive snack and price it accordingly. “St. […]
92-Year-Old ‘Superpolygamist’ Who Married 107 Women Says God Told Him to Do It
Mohammed Bello Abubakar is one of the most controversial figures in Nigeria. Despite having no discernible income, the 92-year-old man somehow convinced 107 women to marry him throughout his life, 97 of which are still his wives. He claims that marrying as many women as possible is a divine assignment he has received from God. […]
IKEA Store Can’t Keep Elderly Freeloaders Out of Its Cafe
An IKEA store in Shanghai, China claims it has been forced to enforce special rules in order to keep elderly freeloaders from virtually taking over the place for hours at a time and engaging in blind dating sessions. IKEA is very popular in China. Some people love the furniture mega-stores so much that they spend whole […]