You might need to blink a couple of times to take in the image above. However, your eyes are not deceiving you – that’s a real buffalo riding around in a convertible. His name is Bailey and he belongs to Jim and Linda Sautner in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Not only does Bailey like to drive […]
Continue ReadingOn January 21, 2008, Italian police rescued Frenchwoman Martine Boublil from a house where she was being held captive by Scientologists. Ms Boublil had been kidnapped in France on the instructions of her brother, Claude Boublil, a senior Scientologist and doctor. She had been transported to Sardinia, where she was kept for 6 weeks, locked […]
Continue ReadingAt the 1992 Dandenong Show in Victoria, Australia, an inflatable bouncy castle took flight with 5 children trapped inside. The pleasant family annual event took a turn after a freak gust of wind blew the castle from its moorings and into the air. Thankfully, sideshow assistant, Ricky McCasker (21) was working at the nearby ferris […]
Continue ReadingWorld War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient John Robert Fox was a rare breed of hero. He sacrificed his life in order to save his fellow soldiers in a manner that saw him going beyond the call of duty to the very last. Lieutenant Fox served in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant […]
Continue ReadingBack in February 2011, the New Yorker published an article on Scientology that would become a sensation. Lawrence Wright’s extensively researched 24,000-word piece about director Paul Haggis and the Church of Scientology, delved deep into the inner workings of the organisation and its treatment of those that had signed up to the billion year membership contract. However, […]
Continue ReadingChildren can very often be an inspiration for their unhindered kindness. In 2012, a 9 year-old boy demonstrated resourcefulness and generosity that would put most of us adults to shame. Inspired by the story of the man that traded up from one red paperclip to a house, young Brendan Haas decided to use social media […]
Continue ReadingHow is this for heroism? In September 2011, a Gurkha single-handedly fought off an attack by over a dozen Taliban insurgents. Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun used up all of his ammunition and resorted to using his machine gun tripod to repel the attack that took place at a checkpoint near Babaji, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. […]
Continue ReadingPhotographer Anna Mika has a fantastic eye and real sense of adventure. While most of us would have to think twice before stepping into an eerie, abandoned factory or decaying hospital, the 25 year old from Poland clambers straight in. Her latest collection is called Urbex – Urban Exploration, and features long forgotten buildings from […]
Continue ReadingMost of us like to crank up the sound every now and then. Your favorite track is on your stereo and, well sometimes you want to hear it loud. But did you know that sound can actually kill you. That’s right, if a sound reaches more than 135 decibels and you happen to be in […]
Continue ReadingFrom comic books, to the movies and beyond, we see artistic representations of what the future may be like for us in a wide range of creative endeavours. However, concept art is a way that an individual can really offer visualisations of dreamed up future. Take the work of graphic designer Mike Winkelman for instance. Here […]
Continue ReadingThe English village of Kettlewell is home to a rather unique festival. In fact, if you know of any other scarecrow festival festival in the world, we would like you to leave a note in the comments. As far as we know, this is the only one. Every August since 1994 the village is overrun […]
Continue ReadingThere is no denying that the above shot is incredible. However, in order to capture it Pakistani photographer Atif Saeed put himself within a (big) cat’s whisker of being killed. It all happened in a Lahore Safari Park back in 2012. During a drive through the park Saeed spotted a lion a short distance away. It was […]
Continue ReadingHow’s this for adults at play? Two Nevada artists named Chad Sorg and Mark Rippie, originally dreamed up the concept and called it, ‘The International Car Forest of the Last Church’. In short, it is the most elaborate junk yard you are ever likely to come across. There’s no arguing that it looks damn cool though. […]
Continue ReadingThe 90’s was an incredible decade for Europe. First came the fall of the Berlin Wall followed closely by the end of the Soviet Union and the boundaries of the Iron Curtain. The people of Europe could move through their continent more freely than ever before. However, border crossings were still necessary. This changed in […]
Continue ReadingSingapore has a manpower problem. Tighter laws against immigration have seen a reduced flow of cheap and foreign labor available for service jobs. As a result, many restaurants find it difficult to find sufficient personnel to work the floors. The solution? Well drones of course. These unusual flying waiters navigate using infrared sensors placed around […]
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