Tiger Tug – Playing Tug of War with a Full-Grown Tiger
Visitors at the Busch Gardens Zoo, in Tampa Bay, Florida, are given the chance to test their strength against a mighty tiger, in a game of tug of war. Zoos these days just aren’t what they used to be. Just last week, we had an article on Lujan Zoo, where guests are allowed to get in […]
It’s About Time! New York Hosts First World Burping Championship
Most civilized countries have long considered burping one of the most embarrassing things a person can do in public. Now, the World Burping Federation, in Geneva, is trying to change people’s opinion, and their first attempt was the first edition of the Burping Championship. Held in New York City, this first annual World Burping Championship […]
ScreamBody – The Portable Organ That Lets You Scream Without Disturbing Anyone
Invented by MIT’s Kelly Dobson, the ScreamBody is an ingenious device that allows you to let out all your rage and frustration without having to worry about it being socially inappropriate. As a kid, I watched a lot of cartoons where characters would just scream inside a paper bag, because they couldn’t let out their pain […]
Talented Composer Makes Beautiful Music with Instruments Provided by Mother Nature
Meet Diego Stocco, the guy who can make music from anything, even raw nature. In celebration of Earth Day, he staged an innovative musical experiment in which he used all kinds of unusual but completely natural instruments. Who knew tree bark or orange peel could sound so groovy, if orchestrated by the right person? In his […]
Amazing Artist Draws with Both Hands at the Same Time
Xiaonan Sun has become a YouTube sensation after a video of him drawing the portraits of Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins with both hands, at the same time, went viral. It’s definitely one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Let’s face it, YouTube is full of videos of talented artists drawing realistic portraits […]
Grieving Father Invents Device to Talk to His Dead Daughter
Any parent grieving the death of their child would go to any lengths to hear the child’s voice one last time. But how many of them would actually invent a device for it? Electrical Engineer Gary Galka from Connecticut did just that. After his 17-year-old daughter Melissa died in 2004 in a car accident, Gary […]
Monkey-Man Keinichi Ito – The Fastest Man on All Fours
29-year-old Kenichi Ito, from Tokyo, says he has loved monkeys ever since he was a child. He has always been able to identify with animals, and harbored an ambition to adopt one of their traits. His deep desire has been fulfilled, now that he is actually able to move around quite comfortably on all fours, […]
Tuvan Throat Singing – A Unique Mongolian Tradition
As with any other piece of music, it is quite impossible to describe through words what exactly Tuvan throat singing is. I could try to explain to you the physics of how it is done, but then you could always get that information from Wikipedia. I could try to explain what it sounds like, but […]
Controversial Cinnamon Challenge Becomes Internet Hit
It’s things like the Cinnamon Challenge that strengthen my belief that people will do the dumbest things if they think it’s cool. Because who in their right mind would want to stuff their face with a tablespoon full of cinnamon just for fun? The answer – thousands. And would you believe the Governor of Illinois […]
Indian Man Bathes with Boiling Milk Once a Year
India is a land of ancient culture, with practices that date back thousands of years. It is hard to trace the origins of any particular ritual, let alone remember the significance behind them. With no logical explanation available, several Indian practices seem superstitious and sometimes even a tad foolish. However, this does not deter the […]
Who Needs an Education When You Can Eat Hot Coal
People will eat the weirdest things. In the past we’ve featured strange eating habits like munching on bars of soap, gobbling handfuls of sand and eating sponges, but Ambuli Abu, from Coimbatore, India, is the only man I know of who can actually eat red-hot coal. I’ve seen people consume some of the hottest foods on […]
Meet Stanley Thornton, the 31-Year-Old Adult Baby
It’s often said that in order to de-stress, you need to keep the inner child alive. But what if there was a person who kept it alive all day, every day? Sounds a little creepy, I know, but that’s exactly what 31-year-old Stanley Thornton does. He lives a double-life – as an adult outside the […]
Carrot-Obsessed Woman Covers Her Body with Tattoos of the Vegetable
A while ago we did a story about a boy who turned orange after eating carrots. Now that I’ve come to know about carrot-obsessed Zizi Howell, I think she’d do anything to trade places with the boy. Unfortunately, she can’t really change skin colors, but she’s settled for tattooing carrots all over her body. She […]
People CAN Fly: Man Takes Off with Custom-Made Bird Wings
How many times have you wished you could soar through the sky like a bird, only to remind yourself that it wasn’t possible? For me, it must have been a million times. But now it doesn’t seem like such a remote possibility, not after watching this video of a man flying with a pair of […]
Speech Jammer – The Wacky Japanese Device That Stops People from Talking
Ever came across someone so annoyingly chatty that you wanted to shoot them with an invisible gun and shut them up? Well, you might just be able to, thanks to the Speech Jammer. It’s a Japanese invention that could very well be the perfect answer to all the talkative people out there. The device is […]