Romanian Giuliano Stroe, five, has been training since the age of two in Italy – where he lives with his family – and now the hard work has finally paid off. He was entered into the record books earlier this year after performing some impressive ‘hand-walking’ skills to a panel of judges and an [...]
Cybergoth is a subculture that derives from elements of cyberpunk, goth, raver, and rivethead fashion. Unlike traditional goths, Cybergoths follow electronic dance music more often than rock.
History
While the term ‘Cybergoth’ was coined in 1988 in the United Kingdom, by Games Workshop, for their roleplaying game Dark Future, the fashion style did not emerge until a [...]
There’s nothing quite like undead romance! Some of these great photos were made at the 2009 Brisbane Zombie walk, 2009 Zombie Walk in Helsinki and at 2009 Zombie walk in Vancouver. A zombie walk (also known as a zombie mob, zombie march, zombie horde, zombie lurch, zombie shamble, zombie shuffle or zombie crawl) is an [...]
The National Museum of Health and Medicine, a division of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, was founded as the Army Medical Museum in 1862 to study and improve medical conditions during the American Civil War. The Museum houses a collection of over 24 million items including archival materials, anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments [...]
Snake charming is the practice of hypnotising a snake by playing an instrument. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand. The practice is most common in India, though other Asian nations such as Pakistan, [...]
The artwork of Karl Persson is terrifyingly realistic, yet imaginative. The figures of his paintings seem to have a life and world of their own, where they disregard society’s norms and because of that they are radiant.The images could be described as horrific, yet the impact of those appalling images makes a statement. I find [...]
Shoichi Uchiyama is a 59-year old Japanese author who has a terrible weakness for insects. His favorites are the green ants, hornet larvae, and silkworm pupae. One of his personal choices is a bunch of gently boiled spiders served on a bed of rice. He loves the insects boiled, roasted or even fried. Yes, he [...]
The Capuchin Order is an offshoot of the more famous Franciscans that branched out in the mid sixteenth century. Their names comes from the distinctive hood that the monks wear that has since lent its name to the popular coffee drink Cappuccino, whose foamed milk top it resembles. Even though this Order of the Friars [...]
Make-up, hair extensions, teased hairstyles, clouds of hairspray, flippers (fake teeth), sophisticated costumes, screaming crowds (mostly mothers), weird postures, twitched face expressions, tiaras, trophies, money and more or less talent are the ingredients for the usual children beauty pageants, along with exercised smiles and hysterical crying and outbursts.
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In a way, Venus Fly Traps are smarter than humans. When some humans hunt for food they lay out a trap, go retrieve the dead animal, cook it, and consume it. A lot of energy goes into their meal. The Venus Fly Trap on the other hand, just modifies part of itself into the trap. [...]
Beautiful snow monkeys from Jigokudani (Hell Valley) located in the mountains in Nagano, Japan. Photography from Ron Gessel.
Israeli artist Shay Aaron creates clay replicas of food at 1:12 scale – impressive. He also makes jewellery and has a shop on Etsy. Shay does things that make me smile and shake my head in wonder. He’s pretty amazing. And fun. A very good combination!
Photographer Stephen Wilkes captured the images from a fixed position, capturing images over up to a 15 hour period and later stitching them together into the seamless whole that you see here. The series, appropriately called Day to Night, tells the story of a city which bustles around the clock: people [...]
Cyrus Fakrodin from New Jersey and his goat Cocoa enjoy tremedous popularity in the streets of New York. While others walk their puppies, Cyrus is taking his every day walk with his unusual goat pet “Cocoa is not even aware of where it is, after all it is just goat, but it loves to hang [...]
Almost every girl fantasies about her dream wedding where she will be a beautiful princess, just like the ones she saw in Disney movies. World renowned designer Alfred Angelo has used this idea and launched his collection of Disney Princess wedding gowns. If you haven’t seen any of his pieces yet, we are have that [...]
Egg dealers from the Chinese town Dongjang are starting to prepare dozens of eggs that are going to be used in preparation of a highly bizarre spring dish, very popular in this city. Buckets and buckets full of boyish urine are being collected from suburbian elementary schools because the urine is a key ingredient of [...]
The smallest dog in the world was named after one of the biggest pop stars – Beyoncé. Rescuers in northern California say that immediately after birth the puppy could fit in a bucket, and now when it’s two-week old, it’s not bigger than a credit card and it’s still smaller than a mobile phone. Photos [...]
In this interesting photo project Italian photographer Federico Chiesa tried to imagine how would famous movie villains like like at an older age. All of a sudden, they don’t look so scary any more.