Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar (September / October), Thais celebrate the Vegetarian Festival. It is believed that the festival and its accompanying sacred rituals bestow good fortune upon those who religiously observe this rite. During this time, local residents of Chinese ancestry strictly observe a 10-day vegetarian or vegan …
Every two years, the owners of the world’s most elaborate facial hair come together for the World Beard and Moustache Championships.From 1990, the championships feature competition in a variety of categories that include everything from the delicate Dali moustache to the outrageous full beard freestyle.This facial-hair celebration is open to everyone and spectators are welcome. …
Lil John in 1989
A Solar-powered Bra! It can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod! Diet water Indoor Beach Spaghetti fan This is how you sleep on the metro Pet Friendly Car Nintendo Tattoo A sumo wrestler shopping for a mouse Square watermelons Head me some paper roll!
1World’s First Digital Camera (1975): Created by Kodak’s engineer Steve Sasson In December 1975, Kodak engineer Steve Sasson invented something that would, decades later, revolutionize photography: the world’s first digital camera.It was the size of a toaster, and captured black and white images at a resolution of 100×100 – or 0.01 megapixels in today’s marketing …
This. Is. Just. Awful. Most of Butthole Surfers albums covers are bad, but this is beyond bad taste This is actually recent (1999), but the creepiness factor of it makes us reconsider life “Let me touch him”. These four might be responsible for the invention of the restraining order This has to be one of …
Since our first article some months ago, we’ve received more pranks from our readers. So here we go, 10 more office pranks created by… you! Keyboard keys to the roof!“Our work college went on honeymoon to Thailand, we thought this was unfair!So we took off every key on his keyboard and attached it to the …
110 million Zimbabwean Dollars = US$4 If you think the American economy is bad, take heart that it’s nowhere near the ultra-super-hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, once one of the richest countries in Africa. The country’s central bank has recently issued a Z$100 billion note (yes, Z$100,000,000,000).So, what would a Z$100 billion note buy you? About two …
image credit: dogseat –thanks Eric!
“Police receive a report of a newborn infant found in a trash can. Upon investigation, officers discover it was only a burrito.” “Caller reports hitting an intruder in the head with an axe. Notes that intruder ‘was in the mirror.’” “A man came to the Sheriff’s Department to ‘find out how to legally kill’ a …