Meet Tomoko Kanda, Japan’s Cutest Female Bodybuilder. She Is 48 Years Old!
People often believe that female bodybuilders have to compromise on their feminine charm in order to lift heavy and win competitions, but Japanese bodybuilder Tomoko Kanda is proving them wrong. The 48-year-old has dedicated her life to bodybuilding and weight training, but also managed to retain her feminine beauty. Tomoko, who lives in Abeno-Ku, Osaka, […]
Welcome to the World’s Only Retirement Home for Old Cats
The Lincolnshire Trust for Cats, in Lincolnshire, England is a charity that claims to be running the world’s only retirement home for cats. It is currently home to nearly 80 elderly cats living out their last days in comfort. The retirement home caters specifically to cat owners who are worried about what will happen to their pets if […]
15-Year-Old Girl Hires CEO to Run Her Successful Nanny Agency While She Attends High-School
15-year-old New Yorker Noa Mintz is one of the youngest people in the world to own a successful start-up. The teen entrepreneur is the founder of ‘Nannies by Noa’, a popular baby sitting agency that she started after a number of bad personal experiences with babysitters, but because she is still in school she needed someone to handle […]
Japanese Farmers Somehow Create Eggs That Smell Like Citrus Fruit
Only in Japan can you find strange foods like garlic flavored cola, deep-fried maple leaves, and delicious water cake, but citrus-scented eggs are pretty strange, even by its standards. And yet these fruit-smelling eggs do exist thanks to a producer in Kochi Prefecture, in the southwest corner of Shikoku island. The special eggs, called ‘yuzu tama’, supposedly […]
Woman Formerly Known as Ladyzunga Cyborg Changes Name to Abcdefg Hijklmn Opqrst Uvwxyz
A Colombian woman recently changed her name to include all 26 letters in alphabetical order. So her first name is Abcdefg Hijklmn and her last name is Opqrst Uvwxyz. We’re not sure what she’s having people call her, but it’s probably something short, like Abc. Before she turned to the alphabet, the 36-year-old Bogota resident used […]
Drinking Breast Milk – The Latest Craze among Bodybuilders Looking to Bulk Up
Most of us find it normal to consume cow, goat and even donkey milk, but there’s something undeniably creepy about adults drinking human breast milk. Yet, it’s the latest fad among bodybuilders convinced it will help them gain muscle faster. It’s unbelievable how many fitness fanatics out there believe that drinking human milk is the ultimate […]
At $40,000 per Teaspoon, Albino Caviar Named “White Gold” Is the World’s Most Expensive Food
A special type of caviar, made from rare albino fish eggs and laced with 22-carat gold, is thought to be the most expensive food on the planet. Priced at a staggering $300,000 per kilo (that’s about $40,000 per teaspoon), ‘White Gold’ caviar will be served to the super rich at some of the best restaurants […]
Woman Known as “The Bouquet Slayer” Has Caught 46 Wedding Bouquets, Is Still Single
The traditional bouquet toss at a wedding is mostly a symbolic gesture, but to 37-year-old Utah resident Jamie Jackson, it’s a sport. She has caught 46 bouquets since 1996, earning herself the nickname ‘The Bouquet Slayer’. Ironically, she’s still single, but that doesn’t seem to bother her. It all started out when Jamie attended her […]
World’s Oldest Burger Still Looks Edible after 20 Years
A couple of Australian men claim to possess the world’s oldest burger – a 20-year-old quarter pounder with cheese that still looks remarkably edible! Eduard Neetz and Casey Dean purchased the burger from a McDonald’s outlet in Adelaide when they were 13 and 14 years old respectively. They were out buying food for a party, […]
Garbage Gone Glam – Designer Turns Everyday Trash into Fashionable Outfits
Kristen Alyce is an eco-conscious designer who converts all kinds of trash, like discarded drink cartons, leaflets and concert tickets, into fashionable outfits for women. Her quirky designs include all sorts of clothing – right from cocktail dresses to floor length gowns, made under her label ‘Garbage Gone Glam’. Kristen said that she started dreaming […]
Brazilian Football Club Employs Fans’ Mothers as Stewards in Effort to Curb Violence
In a bid to curb violence among football fans, a Brazilian club employed the hooligans’ own mothers as stewards for a match held last Sunday. Sport Club do Recife hired and trained around 30 mothers for the derby against known rivals Nautico. The moms were put to work patrolling the pitch and were dressed in […]
Meet Japan’s Revolutionary Alliance of Men That Women Are Not Attracted To
Lots of single people complain about how Valentine’s Day and other holidays are somehow designed to make them feel excluded, but this particular group of Japanese men have taken things even further – every year, they take to the streets to protest against the injustice of it all. They are called ‘Kakumei-teki himote doumei’, which literally translates to […]
This Electric Thinking Cap Boosts Learning and Decision Making
Up until a few weeks ago, the proverbial thinking cap only had a figurative meaning, but apparently science has finally managed to catch up. A couple of American scientists have created a real thinking cap that could help people learn and make decisions quicker. This unique device is the brainchild of psychology professor Geoff Woodman and Ph.D. […]
7 Siblings Who Haven’t Left Their New York Apartment in 14 Years Learned about the World by Watching Movies
Although the Angulo siblings grew up in New York, they had no idea what the city was like for almost 14 years. They spent their entire childhood confined to their parents’ four bedroom apartment, learning about the outside world solely through films. Their story is now the subject of The Wolfpack, a documentary made by […]
This Woman Has Produced Only a Jar-Full of Trash in the Last Two Years
Lauren Singer is a sustainability-conscious entrepreneur who has produced almost no waste in the past two years, proving that a trash-free lifestyle is indeed possible. Lauren majored in environmental science at NYU, and it was during her student years that she began working towards a ‘Zero Waste’ goal. Today, the New Yorker does several things […]