We’ve covered some amazing doll houses, and some of the creepiest dolls ever created, but this is definitely one of the most interesting stories about people’s fascination with the child’s toy. Great Big Story traveled to the Hospital de Bonecas in Lisbon, Portugal and meet with Manuela Cutileiro. Cutileiro is a “doll doctor” at the …
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Weird Al Yankovic is a musical talent beyond words. This much is obvious. But who knew he could cover a punk classic and still infuse his famous accordion? Listen to Weird Al performing a perfect, accordion-heavy cover version of The Ramones’ classic Beat on the Brat. It’s one of the various punk tracks on the …
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The leg lamp from A Christmas Story is almost as iconic as the movie. It’s available for purchase if you’re looking for a Christmas gift for the oddball on your list but woodworker Paul Jackman decided a “manly” version of the was long overdue. Jackman recreated the leg lamp from A Christmas Story using his own …
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Most people keep a journal or pocket notebook to chronical their journies around the world. This artist draws amazing pictures. Amazing but incredibly tiny. Traveling illustrator Maxwell Tilse has been documenting his journey around Europe by creating tiny drawings of each city he visits. After two years of living in London, Tilse released a series …
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Incorrect Quotes is an Instagram account dedicated to pairing viral tweets, Tumblr posts, and random bits of sitcom dialogues with scenes from Game Of Thrones. The results are hilarious, even if you’ve never seen one episode of the show. Incorrect Quotes is even nice enough to explain where each quote comes from, so you don’t …
Earlier this month, we introduced the audience to a two-faced cat that looks like a Batman villain. Today, we found a collection of cats that might be just as tough of an opponent for the Caped Crusader. They are Cat ninjas. Japanese photographer Hisakata Hiroyuki has spent almost two years proving cats might the stealthiest …
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Everyone once in a while, a friendly board game turns into violence. Luckily, this story only involves death stares and not actual murder. Every year since 2009, a Redditor named IdiotSavant takes on his little cousin in a game of checkers after the family Thanksgiving dinner and every year he’s beaten her. To add insult …
It’s always fascinating to see an artist take their work to the next level by expanding boundaries and pushing themselves to achieve more like the cosplay make-up artist doing insanely life-like work. Scottish artist Ewan McClure decided that painting a photo of himself was much too easy so he added a degree of difficulty — he …
It seems like there’s a museum dedicated to everything these days. There’s a Museum of Death that pays tribute to famous serial killers and museum dedicated to penises so why not have a standing home paying tribute to some of the biggest pop culture icons of the last fifty years? If such a museum does …
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The typical day at the shopping mall involves many different things besides just shopping. There random oddballs hanging around, occasional mall meltdowns and hundreds of other odd occurrences depending on where you live. For example, the town of Towson, Maryland had an incredibly attractive but very naked young woman walking around recently and no one …