Some content is too strong for TV, so thank God for the internet! Here’s a list with some of the most controversial banned commercials ever made. 1Blind Man (Levis) A banned commercial of Levis Jeans that aired in the United Kingdom, the setting is a public bathroom. A guy holding the white cane most of …
1Longleat Hedge Maze (UK) Made up of more than 16,000 english yews, Longleat’s spectacular hedge maze –the world’s longest– was first laid out in 1975 by designer Greg Bright. The Maze covers an area of around 1.48 acres (0.6 hectares) with a total pathway length of 1.69 miles (2.72 kilometres). Unlike most other conventional mazes, …
The practice of creating buildings, sculptures or monuments by carving natural rock is called ‘Rock-cut architecture,’ a tradition with over 5000 years.Some famous, others little known, meet some of the most breathtaking works created from the ‘living rock.’ 1Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt) A reclining lion with a human head that stands on the Giza …
1. The Man who divorced his wife for being ‘too shy’ to consummate their marriage… after a year! A Tainan court granted a man’s request for divorce because his wife was “too shy” to consummate their marriage, after a year! The man surnamed Chen, a 38-year-old teacher from Tainan County was introduced to a woman …
1The Potala Palace: Tibet’s greatest monumental structure Perched upon Marpo Ri hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, the Potala Palace rises a further 170 meters and is the greatest monumental structure in all of Tibet. In 637 Emperor Songtsen Gampo decided to build this palace on a hill, and the structure stood until the …
1Miss Landmine The millions of landmines planted in Angola during the bloody civil war inspired a competition for injured women. Created by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, Miss Landmine celebrates pride and empowerment over physical perfection. In this beauty contest 10 women competed for the title of most beautiful mutilated Angolan woman. The first prize? A …
1The Death Road (Bolivia) The North Yungas Road, also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico (Bolivia’s capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger: in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as …
1The Colgao This morbid lamp was created by design studio Enpieza in Spain. The Colgao (”hung” in Spanish) is hanging from the top horizontal rod of the lamp. The lamp looks very simple except for the tasteless, hanging anthropomorphic figure. Either the designers were fresh out of ideas or they are into black humor. 2The …
1Girl died playing World of Warcraft and got online funeral A young Chinese girl nicknamed “Snowly” died after playing the online game “World of Warcraft” for several continuous days during a national day holiday. Snowly’s friends, who share the same game community, said that she was always connected to the Internet. Several days before Snowly’s …
1Dry Valleys (Antartica) Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, with their barren gravel-strewn floors, are said to be the most similar place on Earth to Mars. Its fascinating landscape, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound, get almost no snowfall, and except for a few steep rocks they are the only continental part of Antarctica devoid of …