Imagine walking down a quiet morning street, only to see a man glued to a lamppost with duct tape. He has a handkerchief over his mouth and cartoonist-style whiskers drawn on his face. The man also has the word ‘thief’ written on his forehead. There is also a motorcycle that is thought to have been … Read more
Imagine floating thousands of feet up in the air with vibrant balloons all around you, but then realising you are getting blown away by the wind and heading towards an endless ocean. With no controls, no motor and no easy way to change direction. This terrifying scenario became a reality for Adelir Antônio de Carli … Read more
A lot of people would not even pay attention to used chewing gum stuck to the pavement. Some may see it as disgusting, while others may only think about how much of a nuisance it is, but British artist Ben Wilson (also known as the ‘Chewing Gum Man‘) sees something different. He sees a small … Read more
Imagine starting your day with the unbelievable news that a chicken is still alive despite having no head. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Well, that’s exactly what happened in 1945 in Colorado. A chicken that lost most of its head managed to survive for around 18 months. But what’s more amazing is that a mix of … Read more
Long before social media could turn an unusual animal into overnight fame, a king penguin named Lala was already stealing hearts by doing something that sounds almost impossible. People later said his actions looked a lot like what humans do. He lived with a Japanese family. He walked outside alone, and often visited a local … Read more
Canneto di Caronia had always been quiet. For years, it seemed as if nothing of great interest would ever occur there. This small coastal village, nestled between the Tyrrhenian Sea and Sicily’s heartland, would soon enough see an event transpire in one of its homes on the eve of Christmas in 2003 that made it … Read more
Most people think of an island as something nature creates over thousands or millions of years. Richart Sowa had a different idea. What if land could be assembled instead? In the late 1990s, the British artist began turning discarded plastic bottles into the foundation of something that looked almost impossible: a floating island where a … Read more
To most people, a small blue sippy cup would be something they could replace in a few minutes. For Marc Carter’s family, however, finding another one became an international search. His son Ben, who was 14 at the time, had severe autism and had been using a particular two-handled Tommee Tippee cup since he was … Read more
When Swedish musician and YouTuber Mattias Krantz decided to teach an octopus to play piano, the obvious challenge seemed to be teaching music to an animal with eight arms. But that was not actually the hardest part. The real problem was that almost everything about a conventional piano was designed for a human. The octopus, … Read more
After an argument with his parents, a 14-year-old boy named Andrés Cantó went into his family’s backyard in anger on March 9, 2015. That day, he was not there to build a house underground. His parents would not let him go to the nearby village while wearing the tracksuit he wanted. Rather than stay inside … Read more