Eyes sore, no doubt

In an unbelievably weird and phenomenal performance, a Chinese martial arts expert has defied the laws of gravity (not to mention the limits of human belief) and actually pulled an airplane for five meters (more than 17 feet) by a rope hooked onto his eyelids! Certainly seeming like an act from a festival conducted by [...]

Baby butts

A 2-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked 40 cigarettes a day is receiving treatment to wean him off smoking. Ardi Rizal started consuming cigarettes when he was 18 months old and images of him smoking have been shown on international television after local media reported on his nicotine habit. The boy has been under the care [...]

Just look at it

Totally tanked

Nothing highlights a social awareness message like a giant Toilet-shaped House. That was the aim of Sim Jae-Duck, a member of the World Toilet Association, when he commissioned the construction of his new home, a gargantuan concrete and glass home that resembled a toilet. Located in Suweon, south of Seoul, the strange home towers over [...]

Holiday gifts, TSA-style

Everyone has favorite foods from home that they want to bring to holiday dinners, or items from their destination that they want to bring back home. Travelers are advised, however, that while pies are permitted through the airport security checkpoints, there are some other holiday staples that cannot make it into the plane as carry-on [...]

Asteroid strikes earth

INDONESIA — Picture this: A 10-meter wide asteroid hits Earth and explodes in the atmosphere with the energy of a small atomic bomb. Frightened by thunderous sounds and shaking walls, people rush out of their homes, thinking that an earthquake is in progress. All they see is a twisting trail of debris in the mid-day [...]