Singapore Nightclub Uses Revolutionary Pee Analyzer to Thwart Drunk Driving
Accidents caused by drunk driving are a major problem all around the world, and the city-state of Singapore is no exception. With over 2140 reported cases of drunk driving in the last 12 months, authorities are having problems dealing with the issue efficiently. Luckily, Zouk, one of the hottest nightclubs in South-East Asia seems to […]
Slimy Facials – Japanese Salon Uses Live Snails as Beauty Treatment
Snail slime is believed to have an anti-ageing effect on human skin and beauty product companies have been using as an ingredient for around two decades. Now, a Japanese beauty salon is taking things to a whole new level by offering a treatment where live snails are put directly on clients’ faces to cover them in slime. […]
Dog Lover Will Live in Animal Shelter for 35 Days to Highlight the Plight of Abandoned Pets
Sean Le Vegan, a dog lover from Manchester, England, will spend over a month in an animal shelter enclosure to raise awareness about the plight of stray dogs and encourage people to adopt rather than buy canine pets. Sean, a 35-year-old web-designer and volunteer at the Manchester and Cheshire Dogs’ Home, believes spending 35 days and nights […]
Larry Da Leopard Has His Entire Body Covered with Leopard Spots
For the past 20 years Houston-based Larry Da Leopard has covered his entire body with over 1,000 leopard spots to achieve his goal of becoming a “manimal”, part man, part animal. He refers to himself as The Leopard Man. Larry says he started getting tattoos with his friends in a time when skin inking was […]
Human Breast Milk Is Becoming Really Popular with Adults in China
According to multiple Chinese media reports, wealthy and busy adults have found a new way to combat health issues caused by stress and strain – drinking human breast milk. They hire wet nurses who regularly provide the nutritious drink. While many parents in China are struggling to find safe powdered milk for their babies, following […]
Turkish Man Wears Copper Wire Cage on His Head to Quit Smoking
The things people will put themselves through to give up smoking. Case in point İbrahim Yücel, a 42-year-old smoker from Kütahya, Turkey who recently decided to wear a locked metal cage over his head to fight his addiction. İbrahim Yücel has been smoking for the last 26 years, and despite several attempts to quit he couldn’t […]
A Strong and Silent Husband – Australian Woman Marries a Bridge in Southern France
For the last 10 years Australian artist Jodi Rose has traveled the world recording the vibrations in bridge cables with contact microphones and using them to create experimental music. You could say she has an almost intimate relationship with bridges, and recently she decided to make it official by marrying a mysterious bridge in the south of […]
Grieving Widower Builds Taj Mahal Replica in Memory of His Late Wife
Faizul Hasan Kadari, a retired post-master from India, has put his entire life savings into building a replica of the world famous Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife who died in 2011. The original Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his wife Mumtaz in 1631, and is regarded […]
Alonso Mateo – The Internet’s Five-Year-Old Style Icon
Most five-year-olds love playing dress-up by randomly combining clothes to create ultra-eccentric outfits, but Alonso Mateo doesn’t fool around like that. The mini-fashionista sports the most impeccable ensembles, smiles charismatically and poses as nonchalantly as an experienced male model. Virtually every photo of him posted online goes viral on sites like Instagram and Facebook, and […]
Playing with Lightning – Chinese Band Uses 1-Million-Volts Tesla Coil in Its Electrifying Concerts
If you’re ever passing through China’s Fujian province, make sure to stop by Dacuo Village and catch a performance by local band Lightningfan. The group specializes in producing electric arcs from Tesla coils that are charged with 1 million volts of electricity, and are in sync with the music they play. 31-year-old Wang Zengxiang, founder and […]
Meet the Breatharian Who Lives on Energy and Only Eats a Few Times a Year
Kirby de Lanerolle is a breatharian who gets his nourishment from light, wind and the “vibrations of God”. He claims to eat regular food as rarely as ten times a year, and is the only known person to have completed a marathon having only consumed water for 3 months. Many people have died trying to give […]
Mysterious Condition Causes Girl to Cry Tears of Blood
20-year-old Yaritza Oliva is living a nightmare. For the last couple of weeks the girl from Purranque, Chile, has been crying tears of blood and so far no one has been able to explain her mysterious condition. Yaritza first noticed blood tears coming out of her eyes about two weeks ago, but due to her family’s […]
China’s Walking School Has Children as Young as Eight Marching 1,000 Km across the Country
The Xu Xiangyang Education and Training Workroom, or the Walking School is an atypical educational facility which enrolls Chinese problem children and forces them to walk up to 1,000 kilometers through across the country in order to teach them discipline and make them take responsibility for their actions. In a Chinese society which leaves no room […]
In Indonesia Professional Hitchhikers Do Drivers a Favor
Usually, it’s the drivers who help out hitchhikers by offering them a ride, but in Indonesia’s capital city, it’s the other way around. Professional hitchhikers get paid to ride in complete strangers’ cars and help them reach their destination faster. The world’s sixth largest metropolis, Jakarta has a population of over 30 million and around […]
Dancing with Death – The Train Surfers of Soweto
There’s no sea in Johannesburg so the poor young men from the inner city of Soweto get their kicks by surfing high-speed commuter trains. This dangerous pastime has claimed many lives throughout the years, but despite several initiatives to put a stop to it, train surfing remains pretty popular. South Africa is considered the birth […]