Armless Farmer Cares for 91-Year-Old Mother Using His Mouth and Feet
Despite losing both his arms in an accident when he was very young, Chinese farmer Chen Xingyin has not allowed his disability to stop him from working hard or living a normal life. The 48-year-old from Chongqing city accomplishes most tasks using his mouth and feet, and even manages to care for his 91-year-old mother. Chen’s heartwarming […]
Man with Two Perfectly Good Ears Is Growing a Third One of His Arm
Award-winning Australian performance artist Stelarc is doing something utterly bizarre in the name of art – he’s growing a third ear, on his arm! Is that even possible, you ask? Well, turns out that it can be done through a complicated surgery. The ear itself was constructed using a frame made of biocompatible material commonly […]
Couple Married for 60 Years Celebrate Every Anniversary by Eating a Piece of Their Original Wedding Cake
For the past 60 years, this Florida couple have been celebrating their anniversary by eating a piece out of their wedding cake – not a replica, the original one! Ann and Ken Fredericks were married on 19 August, 1955 and Ann’s grandmother had baked a three-layer fruitcake for the occasion. The top layer of that […]
College Professor to Spend a Year Living as Pop Icon David Bowie
In a bid to gain insights into the life of pop-icon David Bowie, a London-based professor is spending a year living like the British star. Will Brooker, who teaches film and cultural studies at Kingston University, came up with the idea for the unusual project in order to experience specific moments of Bowie’s super-successful career. He […]
38-Year-Old Woman Marries Jesus Christ in Elaborate Ceremony
When high school teacher Jessica Hayes decided to get married, she settled for no less than the son of God himself. The 38-year-old from Fort Wayne, Indiana, tied the knot with Jesus Christ in an elaborate church ceremony last weekend. The groom, of course, was not present. Hayes, a theology teacher at Bishop Dwenger High […]
The Petrifying Well of Knaresborough Turns Objects into Stone
Located on the banks of the river Nidd, near Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, is a mystical well that converts objects to stone. Any object touched by the well’s dripping waters – leaves, sticks, dead birds, and more – naturally turn to stone within a few months! For many centuries, locals believed that the Petrifying Well […]
There Is a “Crappy” Poop-Themed Cafe in South Korea
Believe it or not, there’s a cafe in Seoul, South Korea that has poop as its central theme. From the outside, Poop Cafe looks perfectly normal but when it comes to service, everything comes with a toilet twist. Coffee and tea, for instance, are served in adorable little toilet bowl-shaped cups. The foam art on the […]
Japanese Restaurant Serves Food That Literally Tastes Like Crap
We’ve featured our fair share of bizarre foods on Oddity Central, right from jam-filled sausages to charcoal cheddar cheese, but this latest dish in Japan definitely takes the cake as the weirdest ever. A new eatery owned by Japanese adult movie star Ken Shimizu has actually chosen to serve poo-flavored curry! The dish is meant to […]
Fish Bone Painting – The Unique Art of Han Bin Lin
For the past two decades, Chinese artist Lin Hanbing has been producing beautiful artworks made exclusively out of discarded fish bones. He’s passionate not only about his creative process, but also about raising awareness on social and environmental issues through his work. Lin, 51, happens to be China’s only fish bone artist. After graduating from […]
Russian Scientist Claims Ancient Race Drove Giant Cars on Earth and the Tracks Are Still Around
A leading Russian geologist recently made the bizarre claim that the mysterious groove like markings found in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were made by giant, pre-historic cars, millions of years ago. Dr Alexander Koltypin, director of the Natural Science Scientific Research Centre at Moscow’s International Independent University of Ecology and Politology, made his statement […]
Members of China’s Urine Therapy Association Believe Pee Can Cure Any Illness
Believe it or not, there’s actually an association in China that believes in the miraculous healing power of urine. So much so that members meet up every day for pee-drinking sessions! The meetings take place at the China Urine Therapy Association office, where members first visit the bathroom to collect their urine. Then they make […]
Norwegian Wildlife Park Lets Visitors Get Up-Close and Personal with Majestic Wolves
Situated in Salangsdalen, Norway’s Troms county, Polar Park has a diverse population of wild animals, including foxes, reindeer, wolverines, wolves, lynx, elk, musk, and bears. But the most popular attraction is the Wolf Camp, a facility set up with the goal of ensuring a better life for wolves in captivity. It also provides visitors with […]
Texas Entrepreneur Makes $10,000 a Month Sending People Potatoes
Potato Parcel has got to be the most ridiculous business idea since the Pet Rock. It’s so silly that when entrepreneur Alex Craig told his girlfriend about the idea, she laughed right in his face. But Craig went right ahead with his plan, and now he’s the one laughing all the way to the bank. The […]
Man Takes Holiday from Being Human to Live as a Goat
Thomas Thwaites, a conceptual designer from England, is passionate about how humans could use technology to fulfill desires. So in September 2014, he spent six days at a farm in the Swiss Alps, using technology to realise his dream of living like a goat! Thwaites designed special prosthetic limbs that allowed him to move on […]
Hair Salon Teaches Fathers to Do Their Daughters’ Hair by Tempting Them with Beer
There’s something quite special about dads doing their daughters’ hair – celebrating the fact is Denver salon owner Calli Huebl-Bodilis. She regularly hosts a hairdressing workshop called ‘Beer and Braids’ for dads and their little girls at her salon, Envogue. The workshop – priced at $55 – provides one-on-one training to six dads on ponytail, […]