Caramelized Sugar Painting – A Tasty Chinese Tradition
The sweet art of painting with caramelized sugar can be witnessed in China’s Sichuan province. Although not as popular as it once was, this ancient craft still manages to amaze tourists lucky enough to stumble upon a skilled street artist. According to experts, this type of Chinese folk art originated from the Ming Dynasty when sugar […]
Meet Jim Cripps, the Incredible Backwards Bowler
You’ve probably never seen anything like this before, I sure haven’t. Tennessee native James Cripps earned the nickname Backwards Bowler for a very simple reason – he’s able to bowl perfectly well without even facing the lanes. Believe it or not, it all started as a friendly bet. Jim Cripps loved bowling, but he admits he was […]
The Pain of Growing Up – Being Stung by Hundreds of Bullet Ants in the Amazon Rain-Forest
Among the most bizarre coming-of-age rites we’ve ever featured is the one followed by the Satere-Mawe Tribe, an indigenous tribe from the Amazon rain forest, Brazil. What a boy has to do to become a man in this tribal community is painful, to say the least – he has to withstand being stung by not […]
Male TV Hosts Go Through the Agony of Giving Birth
Two male Dutch TV hosts known for performing outlandish stunts on their program, “Proefkonijnen” (Guinea Pigs), have recently experienced agonizing pain similar to that of labor, by strapping electrode emitting machines to their abdomens. Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno first caused international controversy in 2011, when they consumed cooked pieces of each other’s flesh, on live television. […]
Robot Band Compressorhead Puts the “Metal” in Heavy Metal
Compressorhead is not your usual heavy-metal rock group. The band’s three members are all robots, but they’ve proven they can cover hits by rock legends like Motorhead or AC/DC honorably. They’re even scheduled to play alongside The Chili Peppers and The Killers, at the Big Day Out Festival, in Australia, this summer. Assembling, cooking, waiting tables, […]
Is This the Most Easily Scared Guy in the World?
Basse Andersen has become somewhat of a national celebrity in his home country of Norway after his coworkers started uploading videos of him freaking out over various pranks. He’s even been given the title of “most easily scared guy in the world”. Basse was just an average Norwegian working at a company called Oestereng & Benestad, […]
Anamorphic Illusion Master Likes to Play with Our Minds
Something about the image below is not what it seems, but you probably guessed that already. Why else would such a common looking photo be posted on a site like this, right? But can you guess what’s strange about it? These are not the first time I post anamorphic illusions on OC, but I’m pretty […]
World’s Longest Word Has 189,819 Letters, Takes 3.5 Hours to Pronounce
The full chemical name of the world’s largest known protein has 189,819 letters and is considered the longest word in any language. If you’re one of those people who loves to watch paint dry, you can even watch a 3.5-hour video of a guy pronouncing the whole name. Titin, also known as connectin, is a giant protein composed […]
The Mind-Blowing Sand Paintings of Ilana Yahav
Ilana Yahav is a world-famous Israeli sand animation artist who uses only her hands to create wonderful stories out of simple grains of sand. Her incredible videos have been watched by millions of people around the world. Ever since she was a child, Ilana knew her destiny was tied to the art world, and she […]
Surveillance Camera Man Highlights Privacy Issues by Filming People without Permission
An anonymous person known only as “Surveillance Camera Man” is sparking controversy by filming people in public and private spaces without asking for their permission. Clever way of highlighting privacy issues or just intentionally provoking people? Why is it that hardly anyone minds being on camera wherever they go, but whenever there’s a face attached […]
Dung Spitting Competition Will Leave a Bad Taste in Your Mouth
Kudu Dung Spitting is an African sport popular enough to have its own official competition, in which contestants have to put a kudu dung pellet in their mouth and spit it as far as possible. Some people use dung to make coffee taste better, but in some parts of Africa it’s used to fuel a […]
Guy Can Put Out Candles Three Meters Away with Energy Generated by His Punches
Zhang Feng, a 23-year-old man from Zhengzhou, China, has apparently mastered a unique kung-fu technique he calls “Shaolin Sunshine Hand”, which allows him to generate enough energy with his fists to put out candles up to three meters away. This you gotta see! Remember those cheesy Chinese kung-fu films we all used to watch during […]
Broken-Hearted Dog Stands Guard over Dead Mate’s Body for over a Week
Even in the animal kingdom, the loss of a loved-one isn’t easy, and this grieving dog, on the outskirts of Filippovka, a village in Russia’s Perm region, is proof of that. His mate had been by a car while trying to cross the road, over seven days ago, but he’s still standing guard over her body, […]
Old Chinese Man Moves Objects with Qi (Chi) Energy
A video of an 84-year-old man who appears to be moving objects with only his internal energy has become viral in China. The man also slices his stomach with a cleaver but remains unscathed. The power of Qi is often demonstrated in various styles of Chinese martial arts most often practiced by Buddhist monks. You’ve […]
Woman Saves Money by Not Using Toilet Paper or Doing Laundry
Kay, a woman from New York who’s going to be featured on TLC’s upcoming series Extreme Cheapskates, uses a combination of soap and water to rinse her private parts after using the restroom, instead of spending money on toilet paper, like the rest of us. In the first episode of TLC’s new series, Kay explains […]