By David Morton The Middle Ages were not a nice period to live in by our cushy modern standards. Most people were poor, they suffered from disease, and their freedom was owned by wealthy landowners. And if you committed a crime and could not afford to pay a fine, your hand might have been chopped …
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This seriously cool bike, it’s actually the world’s tallest bike, being 18 foot tall. It was created by Terry Goertzen. John Farr’s Skeleton Bike (Photos: Stephen H. Moore) Another cool bike: Max Knight’s Walking Bike Burger Bike Shopping Cart Bike (Photo: TheThompsonFive) Schlooooong Limo Bike (Photo: Rat Patrol) Rocket Bike (Photo: Fipi Lele) Bison Bike …
1Arthur Mole’s Living Formations Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass human photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass …
1Ring Thing Bottle Opener Everyone can be a little Irish with thisRing Thing Bottle Opener ($12.95), a shamrock-engraved finger-ring that doubles as a bottle opener. Wearers of this certain social lubricant always become the talk of the tavern. Wear it on your social finger (middle Finger). hook the bottle cap with the Ring Thing and …
Since we published our article on Business Cards more than a year ago, our readers have been sending us some more pictures, so we came up with another 12 strange, funny and bizarre business cards from around the world. LEGO minifig Business Card Google Search Result Business card Manicurist‘s Business Card Balloon visiting card for …
Using a projection called anamorphosis to create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle, these four artists create some of the finest 3D pavement illusions we’ve seen. Four artist, one art. 1Edgar Müller At the cutting edge of 3D pavement art is german artist Edgar Müller. His creations transform everyday locations …
1Cathie Jung: World’s Smallest Waist –15 inches Honestly, no Photoshop. Cathie Jung’s tiny waist measures just 15in (38cm), making her figure distinctly hourglass.The Queen of Corsets, as she has aptly named herself, has worn tight-fitting corsets for years to get there, and appears in the body parts section of the Guinness Book of World Records …
From Jocelyn Wildenstein, a US$4 million monster, to –who else?– Michael Jackson, meet these ten plastic surgery addicts, terrible examples of really bad plastic surgery gone wrong. Hang Mioku: the korean plastic surgery addict who injected cooking oil into her own face One of the most famous cases of awful plastic surgery gone wrong, Hang …