A demon, psychedelic swirls or simply looking as though you have suffered eye trauma … these scary contact lenses really do have to be seen to be believed. Created by a special effects artist who has worked on Hollywood blockbusters starring Bruce Willis and Natalie Portman, the range will set you back up to £500 [...]
Continue reading...31. January 2010
They say love knows no boundaries, but this is taking it a little too far. A Vietnamese man has been sleeping next to his wife’s corpse for the last five years. Le Van, a 55-year-old man from Quang Nam province, Vietnam, lost his wife in 2003. Because he couldn’t go to sleep at night without hugging [...]
Continue reading...2. January 2010
This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all [...]
Continue reading...16. December 2009
Warriors the Sikhs who are very Fond of Big Turban. The Most Complex of them are Composed of 350-450 Meters, Tissue and Require 45 Minutes to Collapse. Warriors the Sikhs who are very Fond of Big Turban. The Most Complex of them are Composed of 350-450 Meters, Tissue and Require 45 Minutes to Collapse.
Continue reading...22. September 2009
1. Eyeball Tattoo Corneal tattooing is not only possible, but it has been known and done now for over 2,000 years — it became almost commonplace in the late 19th century and into the 20th century to correct defects such as corneal scarring and leucomas. These days, it is done less often because contact lenses are [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2009
So he died like 3 years ago, so what something like that doesn’t really die that easily you know, this kind of creature is hard to forget. SAM held the title of World’s Ugliest Dog for 3 straight years (2003, 2004, 2005) and he was striped of it by his own mortality, dying due to [...]
Continue reading...25. August 2009
Say Hello to the Civet: The Maker of $600 Coffee Yes, it’s true — this mammal, native to Africa and Asia, is responsible for pooping out the world’s most expensive coffee, called Kopi Luwak. Civets are fed coffee cherries, and during digestion the animal’s enzymes mix with the coffee beans before they, ahem, pass through, giving [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2009
10. Capsule Hotel, Netherlands: a hotel made out of a survival pod Your own survival pod! Escape pod hotel in a city centre dock location. Moored in The Hague, your room is a bright orange survival pod which once saw service on an oil rig platform. Originally built in 1972 they are 4.25 metres in diameter [...]
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31. January 2010
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