Kordeza – The World’s Youngest Mother
Kordeza Zhelyazkova, an 11-year-old girl from Bulgaria gave birth to a daughter, Violeta, during her wedding and became the youngest mother in the world. Like all childhood love stories, Kordeza’s began at the playground. She was being harassed by a group of bullies, when Jeliazko Dimitrov, a 19-year-old boy appeared as her knight in shining armor. […]
Giant Gigantor Unveiled in Japan
Two weeks after the Tokyo Gundam statue was dismantled, a new robot statue was unveiled in Kobe, Japan. This time it’s the Tetsujin 28-go aka Gigantor. This mean looking machine was set up in Wakamatsu Park, Kobe and unlike the RX78 Gundam statue it will remain here permanently. The funds for the construction of Gigantor […]
Meet the Hairiest Man in China
I know, being the hairiest man in China is not how you’d want to be known, and neither does Yu Zenhuan, whose hair covers 96% of his body. Yu was diagnosed with a rare condition that causes hair to grow in places it normally shouldn’t. he was born in a family of farmers and, when […]
Teenager Invents Cheap Solar Panel Using Human Hair
Milan Karki, an 18-year-old from Nepal, may have solved the world’s increasing energy problems, by inventing a solar panel that uses human hair instead of expensive wiring. The young Nepalese, together with 4 classmates, has been trying to come up with a way of producing cheap, renewable energy for his home village ever since he […]
Amateur Inventor Showcases Homemade Submarine
Tao Xiangli, a 34-year-old amateur inventor from China, spent two years building a fully-functional homemade submarine. Tao is not the first person to build a homemade submarine, but that doesn’t make his achievement any less impressive. Especially since he did it using oil barrels and tools purchased from a second-hand market. After two years of […]
Remember Our World Is Melting
Raising awareness on the issue of global warming is not easy this days, but artists come up with all sorts of original ways to make the news. Take Brazilian artists Nele Azevedo, who created 2,000 ice-sculptures and placed them on the steps of the Berlin Opera Hall, to melt. That’s a lot of work to […]
Let Vegetarianism Grow on You, Literally
PETA activists finds original way to promote vegetarianism in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ashley Fruno, an old PETA activist from Canada, who in the past even went nude to promote vegetarianism, now found an even more ingenious way to attract attention. On September 2, 2009, miss Fruno showed up in front of a mall in Malaysia’s […]
Destructotherapy in China
The Chinese Government knows how stressful work can be and decided to help the people release the pressure through Destructotherapy. This is not the first time we’ve posted a piece on Destructotherapy, but it is the first time I’ve heard of it in China. Authorities in Changsha have set up a destruction therapy course in […]
Jesus Has Returned and Lives in Siberia
At least that’s what over 5,000 followers of Viassarion the Teacher would have you believe. Sergei Torop is a 48-year-old spiritual leader who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus. A former traffic policeman, Torop was laid-off in 1991 and suddenly realized he was the Second Coming of Jesus, 2,000 years after he was crucified. […]
El Ingles – The 67-Year-Old Matador
67-year-old Frank Evans, Britain’s oldest and only bullfighter, returns to the bullfighting arena and slays 2 unlucky horned beasts. After a knee replacement and a quadruple bypass, ageless matador Frank Evans performed once again in the Plaza de Toros, in Benalmadena, on the Costa del Sol. A grandfather of five, Evans looked cool as ice, […]
Nefertiti Walks Among Us
It turns out being “The Beauty of the Nile” is not only very painful, but also very expensive. Nileen Namita, a 49-year-old woman from Brighton, Britain, has spent the last 20 years trying to look as the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. She says she often had dreams about Nefertiti when she was only a child. Her […]
Obese Girl Is Eating Herself to Death
Suman Khatun is a 5-year-old Indian girl who just can’t stop eating. Doctors say she will end-up eating herself to death if she doesn’t seek medical help soon. Suman’s problems were noticed ever since she was three months old and by the time she turned two, she weighed 38kg. Now, at age five, Suman weighs […]
Meet the World’s Youngest Sharpshooter
At just six years of age, Miko Andres can proudly call himself the youngest gun in the west…although he lives in the Philippines. Miko handles his Colt 1911 handgun with impressive ease, loading, aiming at shooting it like this is what he was born to do. The six year-old took-up practical shooting at the beginning […]
Rubber Doll Swimming in Russia
I’ve seen rubber dolls used in many ways, most of them for adult eyes only, but using them as flotation devices makes much more sense. Hundreds of crazy Russian swimmers gathered in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third largest city, for the annual Bubble Baba Challenge (Bubble Woman Chalenge). They plunged into the cold waters of the Ob […]
Biggest Toilet Paper Prank Ever?
Toilet paper pranks are very popular, but I can bet you’ve never seen anything of these proportions. Someone spent a lot of effort and money to pull off what may be the greatest toilet paper prank in history. It all happened on Maplefield Road, in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan and it took hundreds of toilet paper […]